Economics of the Construction Industry

United States. Information and Education Service

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Building materials - 263 pages

Contents

• SUMMARY: 13
• THE DECREASE IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF MONEY: 19
• COST AND SUPPLY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: 41
• Comparison of rise in building materials and all other commodities: 43
• Comparison of rise in building materials and other commodities: 47
• Comparison of rise in various building material groups: 48
• DIRECT: 49
• Relative prices of pig iron iron ore and coke facing p: 52
• Relative prices of steel rails facing p: 53
• Maximum rise of the price level in the United States and other coun tries: 57
• Comparison of prices of 92 commodities Civil War and present war: 72
• Fluctuations of gold and commodity prices Civil War period: 78
• Building materials prices Civil War and present war: 79
• The fall of the price level during the period of readjustment: 82
• Comparison of price fluctuations wheat steel and lumber: 107
• Relative prices of steel bars facing p: 110
• CONTENTS: 183
• Average annual hourly scale of building trades: 202
• Increase of cost of living compared with union wage scale: 203
• SOURCES AND SUPPLY OF CAPITAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 205234: 205
• RENTS AND LAND VALUES 235240: 235
• DEFERRED CONSTRUCTION: 241
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 249
• 177203: 259

Bibliographic information

• Title: Economics of the Construction Industry
• Author: United States. Information and Education Service
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919
• Original from: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Digitized: Mar 29, 2011
• Length: 263 pages