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Show PRICE OF AIRPLANE SPRUCE TOO LOW New York, Jan. 16. A report on the cause ot delay in the production ot spruce for airplane construction submitted to Howard E. Coffin, tho chairman of the, aircraft board . by the Aero Club of America, made public pub-lic here, states that the lumbermen cannot produce airplane spruce at the price set by the government. The, special committee of the Aero Club whtch-lnvestlgated the situation recommended that In. this case, as In pother cases the. cost plus ten per cent plan, be adopted. The difficulty the report added, Is. purely economic. The western lumber men say that they cannot cut the lumber for the price offered by the government spruce production bureau, the report re-port said, because the quality schedule sche-dule was standard of Inspection have been raised since they, aareed to furnish fur-nish the lumber at a price, of $105 per .1000 feet, and they can only meet the new schedule at. a financial finan-cial loss. . |
