The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-26


on this question have been received
in the last two weeks by the Infor
nation and Education Sergi,e Of the
u. S. Department of Lab +. Many
building authorities blame Congress
others charge the financial interests
CT the country with responsibility. In
the central west. freight rates are
said to be exerting an injurious in
fluence. In the main. high costs OF
materials are held to be the chief
obstacle.
"Dop,t axnec+ nr;vate canitaI to
hrild merelv for tbe qake of finnish.
mo iohs for worl5men writes wei.
known architoct from Buffalo "That
is tbe obiigation Of the government
no If local state or national Let
nnbIic works be started at once for
tbe banofit Of the nublic The cost
will he high and the public will have
"a nav tba nrce but the pubIic will
roam tbo banefit in the reduction of
unannlovment the ahsorption of the
nroducts of many ministries and the
use Of MANY works Of which there is
oreat need
From Passaic N J. comes the fol-
LOWING statement. ~ am greatly
bindared in nroeress Of this work by
nor heing able to procure loans by
wav of mortgage in large amounts.
cav in the neighborbood Of Slo0 900.
The banking institutions and mort
eaqo comnanies are making only
small loans around here and. even
where there is ample security will
NOT consider investing large
amount Of money in one place.
Labor conditions and demands are
hold TO he unfavorable to immediate
building operations by many of the
authorities writing to the Informa.
tion and Education Service. An ar
cbitect writing from Lincoln. Neb..
noal,ee tbe following statement tvpi-
oa1 NJ the comnlaints along this
line.
"Conetruction work IN these uar.s
is now and has been impeded not a
LITTLE due to the unreasonable de-
mands of labor not onlv for exor,
Infant wages but more nv the fact
certain very undesirable trade rules
are being enfored bv labor organ "a.
tions which run I'M the cost of do.
ing work enormously
MANY Of the contractors and bniId.
ers in the central west assert freight
rates are the chief trouble Typical
of these arguments is the following
from Greenville. Ohio:
eve have no complaint TO make in
the matter of securing credits. build.
ing materials and labor It is true
that wages are unite high and vet not
probibitive. The greatest detriment
to our industry through the central
west is prohibitive freight artes on
sand and gravel It is not onlv threat.
ening TO DESTROY our industry but at
the same time it is impeding highway
construction and other building nro.
iects which demand a high grade of
these basic materials
Lack of co-operation on the mart
of financial interests seems TO he the
outstanding obstacle in New york
One of the best authorities on tbe
building industry in New York CITY
sums up the situation there in this
fashion.
1--WE have in the United States So.
rious difficulty. owing. principallv TO
the unwillingness of financial inter.
ests to cooperate in building nro.
iects with the material and labor
market in its present condition We
are working on total of nine indus-
trial projects involving annroxi.
nately 5000 workmen's homes to he
carried out by private intere ste in
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