. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 181 prominent manufacturer pleads his failure to advance price in 1920 as a reason for maintaining practically the same schedule of prices for 1921. In my humble judgment this argument is a little short on logic, for it would have only reflected good business judgment to advance prices when the market and wage scale were both in- dulging in a "balloon ; On the other hand, I very seriously ques- tion the advisability or justice of at- tempting to maintain a high selling price in the face of declining com- m
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 181 prominent manufacturer pleads his failure to advance price in 1920 as a reason for maintaining practically the same schedule of prices for 1921. In my humble judgment this argument is a little short on logic, for it would have only reflected good business judgment to advance prices when the market and wage scale were both in- dulging in a "balloon ; On the other hand, I very seriously ques- tion the advisability or justice of at- tempting to maintain a high selling price in the face of declining com- modity prices and an inevitable ad- justment of the wage scale. This same manufacturer states that lum- ber prices are no cheaper than July or August, 1920. I am working under a little handi- cap, as I do not know just what kinds and grades of lumber supply manu- facturers use. This matter interested me greatly, even though I am not ac- tively in the market for supplies, and I have accordingly assembled some data on prices which I believe will prove to be of interest to all of my fellow beekeepers. I will not burden the reader with a recital of percent- ages and will only state that these figures bear out my contention that the present trend of the market is steadily downward. It is true, of course, that this may stop at any time, but up to the present time a steady decline has been in evidence, in fact most of the prices presented in the appended table have been shaded since January 1. California sugar pine and Northern white pine prices have not suffered so much of a cut as the other woods in common use, but reduction in price has also hit these two woods, and there has been some recession in prices since the high point of 1920. Cypress—Cincinnati, Ohio. Base July 1,1920 Jan. 1,1921 4-4 5-4 . 4-4 5:4 Fas $ $ $ $127 00 Selecis Shop No. 1 Com 68 00 No. 2 Com Basswoo
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