Price of Bricks

Progress, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 1 September 1922, Page 17

Price of Bricks

"NOT UNREASONABLE" SAYS BOARD OF TRADE. Inquiries have been made from time to time by the Board of Trade during the past year with the object of determining the extent to which the cost of production of building-bricks has declined. Reductions in price have been put into effect in a number of centres, and- while the present slackness in the building trade prevails there is no doubt, states the Board's report, that brickmakers are quite unable

to secure more than a fair price for their product; in fact, recent indications show that the industry is trading on what is practically an unprofitable basis, and sales are being made at lowest possible rates in an endeavour to stimulate trade. It is to be hoped that, in view of possible lessened cost of coal and labour, further reductions in cost of production can be made, and that both the brickmaking and building trades can be stimulated thereby.