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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, May 09, 2004 ::
Plywooding their trade AP, Longview Daily News, WA
Lumber prices are so high, said Michael Carliner, an economist with the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Homebuilders, that they are tearing the profit out of new construction.
'There's 300 wood panels in an average home. The wholesale price used to be $6. Now it's $17,' said Carliner.
In Springfield, a city surrounded by mills, the resurgence marks the first time in recent memory that the manufacturer, not the builder, called the shots.
'You can hear the sense of panic in people's voices when they have a job to fill and they can't find the wood in time. When you have 10 of them on hold, you know it's time to raise the price,' said Josh Gibeau, sales manager for McKenzie Forest Products.------------------------------------------- posted 9:37 PM :: reference link ::
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