Show WHY L WT ER ADVANCED aw V oil V E D IN PICE OGDEN YARDS COMPARE FAVOR ABLY WITH OTHER PLACES margin of profit is less now than a year ago although prices are much higher lumber men claim chalm there is a small margin between the cost and selling price of lumber and at the figures for last year they made more money than they arc are able to make at present DrIg brigham hain ballantyne of the oregon lumber company is evidently not of the same opinion as tho the committee which made the report to the meeting of the ogden heal real estate dealers yesterday with regard to the excessive high price of lumber in ogden that said sald price retarding building operations in an interview mr ballantyne had the following to say the gentlemen clemen making the report to the ogden real estate association a 30 elation were either knockers or else misrepresented the facts because they do not know what they are talking about we are and have been for years selling common lumber to all the principal dealers in utah and the same saine price is maintained to every dealer whether in logan salt lake city kaysville Kays ville or ogden or in smaller towns and it would be impossible for an outside yard to undersell the ogden dealers from 7 to 9 for the reason that there is not that much difference between the coat cost and the retail price and this la Is not taking into consideration the expense to the retailers of handling and carrying on their business true lumber lumb er Is higher now than it was a year ago but the cost of pro is much greater caused by a general advance in logs labor etc besides the advance in wages it ie is impossible to obtain experienced men so that the manufacturers are compelled to hire more men in every department or turn out less lumber As an illustration of the prices of a year ago and today common boards eliat were selling wholesale last year tor for 1950 have been advanced to 2500 the union pacific railway company is paying us 1700 now for timbers that we were furnishing them last year at and yet at these prices all the western mills are very much behind in the filling of their orders |