Show MOST OF LUMBER DOLLAR TO LABOR labor receives considerably more mora than halt or of the cost of the lumber employed in the construction of the tha average home it was declared by the national lumber manufacturers association if the labor of the woodsmen woodsman woods men who cut down the trees the labor of the sawmill workers who cut the log loga into lumber of the mill men who make the doors sash and flooring of the various transportation and distributing agencies are considered the portion of the lumber dollar vying to labor in the construction of a dwelling will be approximately 07 cents the association finds A survey in 15 large cities in as ag 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 cents the lumber dollar made up of the cost of carpentry work lumber millwork and other items was dt dl elded between cents for materials and cents for labor this classification of material referred to materials delivered on the job and did not reveal the portion of labor going into its preparation it la Is ex es planned washington star |