. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN Prosperity Coming'Now Go Out And Meet It General Building Activity Will Show Substantial Increase During Present Year Which Will be One of Recuperation—Some Comparative Costs *By A. R. Whittemore, Toronto, Manager MacLean Building Reports The construction industry in the principal countries of the world is, with the exception of agriculture, greater than any other indust- ry, when the yearly volume, expressed in money, is taken into co
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN Prosperity Coming'Now Go Out And Meet It General Building Activity Will Show Substantial Increase During Present Year Which Will be One of Recuperation—Some Comparative Costs *By A. R. Whittemore, Toronto, Manager MacLean Building Reports The construction industry in the principal countries of the world is, with the exception of agriculture, greater than any other indust- ry, when the yearly volume, expressed in money, is taken into consideration, and it is the greatest of all when expressed in terms of labor employment. It is computed that for the successful operation and carrying on of structural activities there are required the products of over 3,000 industries. It is esti- mated that this industry in Canada represents a value of $7,700,000,000 or 27 per cent of the national wealth. Fully 1,100,000 persons, either as workers or as memlbers of workers' families, are estimated as deriving their liv- ing from this field, either directly or through manufacturing and mining products used in the construction industry. This is a growing country; it requires in connection with that normal growth a corres- pondingly normal growth of building. If we go back to the year 1910 and trace the incre- ase up to 1914, this normal increase is quite clearly defined. The line marked XY on the chart,'graphically illustrates this point. This chart 'is developed by using the monthly averages and their increases up to the war, and theoretically continuing the increae up to the present. Since the growth of the country has continued fairly consistently year by year, such a chart cannot be said to be unreasonable or to distort the situation to any extent. Volume Based on 1913 Costs This chart shows a very great falling off in building of all kinds during the war—a greater falling off in actual volume of work than is indicated b
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