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Show LUMBER INDUSTRY WKSIAIUS Important National Conference Confer-ence Opens at Chicago i CHICAGO. Jan. 6 National leaders of the lumber industry are meeting here today to conalder ways and means of stablliiing building costa and to encourage en-courage building, conatruction projects. The conference wua called hy FMward Ulnes of the Hines Lumber company. "Building must go on If lumber Is to be sold," Mr. Mines said In calling the conference. "We are five years be- i hind in building. f Building must be stabilised. Lumber prices are below coat of production Just now." Mr. Hines said the lumttcr dealers would take stock of their business, including in-cluding labor and living costs and wnge paid, together with the consideration consid-eration of work with reasonable reduc-t reduc-t Ion- from t he preen t wi ge men lea. rather than hKn waifa and periods of Idleness. According to Mr. Hines. after activi-tiea activi-tiea are begun prices w ill be determined by supply and demand. |