The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-01-29
Tri State
Lumbermen
Have Meeting

Tuesdays Rocky Mountain News
contains the following account of the
recent tri-state lumbermen's conven-
tfon in Denver:
"The high prices of lumber and
building material at this time are not
any higher than essentials in other
lines OF business. including labor.
declared C. A Bfggs, president of the
Mountain States Lumber Dealers As
citation. and mayor Canon City, at
convention of that organization at the
Brown Paalce hotel yesterday.
Lumber and building material are
high when considered in dollars and
cents" said Mr.. Biggs. but when COM
pared to other commodities IL does
not take any more livestock or pro-
duce to purchase given amount of
building material at this time than IL
did FIVE years ago. When compared
in price il will be found that while
building material is undoubtedly high
II is no higher in comparison with
prices of five years ago than suit of
clothes or days labor.
In other lines. production can be
increased by extending the acreage or
the length of a days work but once
the lumberman has cut his supply
there is no more for a generation. from
that ground. Another source Of loss
to the lumber producer is the tremen-
dous income tax. For instance. if a
man purchased a tract of timber some
years ago at small cost. when he
cuts il today he is charged an income
tax amounting to about SO per cent OF
his profit In order 10 make up what
would otherwise be a loss he is com
PEELED 10 charge the retail dealer a
higher price who in turn is forced to
charge the consumer even more TO
make a living margin OF profit.
THE retail lumber dealer is just as
anxious to lower the price Of building
material as the consumer Is to have It
lowered For at the present high
price OF 500 per 1000 feet. the con
sumer Will not use the amount he
would at $50 per 1000. and yet the
percentage that IL was at $50 per
1000. Added to that is the equally
increased cost OF upkeep and help.
When lumber was 40 per cent
lower than IL is now il looked like II
was going 10 come down. but now
there is no telling where II will go.
One reason for this Is the decreased
output of the producer on account. of
the tremendous tax on incomes. An
other reason is that people will not
bus on account OF the high prices"
a,.auaspg fha convention a-a nm
proximately 500 delegates from Colo
RADIO. Wyoming and New Mexico. They
with their wives and friends. will be
entertained tonight at the annual Hoo
Hoo considerations in the convention
rooms at the Brown Palace hotel.
The convention was welcomed to
the city by Gov Oliver II. Shoup. who
was followed on the speakers plat
form by Douglass Malloch of the
American Lumberman of Chicago. Mr.
Mallach is known te the lumber fra
ternity as the poet of the woods" T"
His talk was a humorous comparison
OF the optimist and the pessimist.
Features of ioday's sessions will be
addresses by Nels Darling of Okla
homa City. and ]. w. Kelly OF Den.
yer, followed by the election of offi-
GERS. To night the visitors will be
the guests of the Denver Knot Hole
Club. composed of Denver building
material dealers. a, banquet in the
tearoom at Daniels & Fishers. The
convention will close tomorrow. with
meeting of the newly board
of directors.