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Show LUMBER TAKES LEAD In Bummarjzlng the business outlook out-look the Irving National Bank of Now York says: "A distinctly encouraging feature la the gain of 32 per cent in expenditures expen-ditures for building construction In February over January tho more notoworthy because tho prices of building materials havo not yet fal len much below their maximum." Lumber is tho chief exception to thin rule as In many instances it has dropped CO per cent and Is tho cheapest cheap-est building material today. If other building, material and lumbor's example, tho long delayed lumber's example, the long delaped buhling activity would be on In full blast and thousands of mon out of work at presnt would have steady employment. |