Substitution of Cement for Lumber.

Progress, Volume VI, Issue 9, 1 July 1911, Page 727

Substitution of Cement for Lumber.

. Two years ago there was an overproduction of 100 per cent, staring cement manufacturers in the face, as the estimated capamty of the plants at that time was 100,000,000 barrels per year and the consumption only 50,000,000. Present conditions indicate a consumption of 75,000 000 barrels this year. This increased demand, coupled with the fact that large Eastern manufacturers for two years have sold large quantities South and West at unprofitable figures, has caused the advance. •the increase, we believe, is largely due to the sale of Portland cement to farmers and other small consumers and the general prosperity of the South and West. Western dealers report sales of 16 barrels of cement per 1000 feet of lumber, against one barrel per 1000 feet five years ago.— From the Manufacturers’ Record.