Show MOST OF LUMBER DOLLAR TO LABOR labor receives considerably more than halt of the cost of the lumber employed in the construction ot the average home it was declared by the national lumber manufacturers as if the labor of the woodsman woodsmen woods men who cut down the trees the labor of the workers who cut the logs into lumber of the mm men who make the doors sash and floor ing of the various transportation and distributing agencies are con soldered the portion of the lumber dollar going to labor in the construe alon of a dwelling will be 67 cents the association finds A survey in 15 large cities in as many states made by the united states bureau of labor statistics showed that the al material cost in residential construction was cents of the building dollar while labor costs amounted to 37 3 cents the lumber dollar made up ot the cost of carpentry work lumber millwork and other items was dl elded between cents for materials and cents for labor ahls classification of material referred to materials delivered on the job and did not reveal the portion of labor going into Us preparation it Is explained washington star |