The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-15

Ip,iie, Tell Why
Building is Slack
80 /, holding back building
,t,uetion work?
a. five hundred opinions o'
~..tiop have been received II
Is weeks by the 1nforma.
rdueation Service of the U
.,,ment Of labor. Many build.
,.horities blame Congress
eb,rge the financial interests
eourrtry with responsibility. In
...tr,l west, freight rates are
I be exerting an injurious in
=. Ia the main, high costs OF
a, .re held to be the chief OF
mi expect private capital to
i rerely for the sake of furnish
Is ior workmen," writes we'll
architect from Buffalo. THAT
4, obligation of the government,
i local, state or national, Let
n works be started at once for
ieuefit Of the public. The cost
u high and the public will have
- the price, but the public will
he benefit in the reduction of
pjoyment, the absorption of the
II, Of many industries and the
! Il many works of which there is
4 need"
|lum Passaic, N. J., comes the fol-
~ statement: Il am greatly him
In progress of this work by not
r able to procure loans by way
/ 1nmtgage, in large amounts, say,
Ii|e seighborhood of $l50,0O0. The
Efne Institutions and mortgage
naies are making only small
= around here and, even where
X i ample security, will not con-
y investing a large amount of
- h one place"
|,kpf conditions and demands are
ato Be unfavorable to immediate
~ operations by many of the
1Mities writing to the informa-
IA Education Service. An ar
80 writing from Lincoln, Nebr.,
- the following statement. typ
|oi The complaints along this line ::
Idastrqction work lin these parts
- aqd has been impeded. not a
= due to the unreasonable de-
Y Of lshcr not only for exhorbi-
wages but pore, BY the fact GER
vsgg sedesirable trade rules are
! 3eptorced BY labor organiza-
! which run Up the cost of doing
! encrnously.'
IN IF the contractor, and build. |
: tie central west assert freight |
! tfe the chief trouble. Typical |
lese arguments is the following |
Cfeenville, Ohio:
= have no complaint to make in |
inter Of securing credits, build |
ntefials, and labor. 1t is true |
!. ssees are quite high and yet not |
bltive The greatest detriment |
|. !! 'adns5ry through the central |
\ pfohibitive freight rates on |
sad gravel. Il is not only
lsalas 70 destroy our Industry,
! e ssne time it is impeding
: Construction and other J!
projects which demand .
aee Of these basic materials"
a. = cooperation on the part of
= y, INT interests seems to be the
. eaas . !. obstacle in New York.
z sne best authorities on the
:'...a: INDUSTRY in New YORK sums
alssfion there in this fashion
ave IN the United State.
| ! se'if'sslty g owing. practically,
!. oa~'uinsness of financial in
4 sooperate in building pro-
y snsmaterial and labor mar
present condition. We are
: total of nine industri-
\ - hsolving important in
s1ters. but in each case we
peIed By the building loau
y Inc only definite work we
|, ! s.iry out without DELAY is
sss,de I. ct the United States"
]. 9 Louis, Mo-, ! well-known
], 4. ..,'e'; \ y am firmly CON.
- lns one thing the building
] 80 g know is the cost Of
I q. sod.y as compared to the
80 = g five years. If thew
., assured that the cost viii
w'tnin that time, ther.
u. i tendency to proceed with
go work" win
-. . Z 'ast question the Infor.
. Aoacation Service of the
|. J. oi Labor, through the
: 81 Public Wnea,.