Architect and engineer . 1913 M 15 16 17 18 19 20 US Pi^ P^ ^- *? *I2S lllll I9IJI4 15 16 17 IJ 19 to. m\* 1S °I6 17 1t 19 to PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALS IN NEW YORK FROM 1913 TO 1920HOW LONG WILL THE HIGH COST OF BUILDING CONTINUE? The prices of building materials and labor are controlled by economic law-—supply and demand. The present abnormal demand for building materials isdue to curtailment in the normal amount of building during the war; to a 10 percent increase in population since the war began; to a shifting of population fromrural to urban centers, where thousands of
Architect and engineer . 1913 M 15 16 17 18 19 20 US Pi^ P^ ^- *? *I2S lllll I9IJI4 15 16 17 IJ 19 to. m\* 1S °I6 17 1t 19 to PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALS IN NEW YORK FROM 1913 TO 1920HOW LONG WILL THE HIGH COST OF BUILDING CONTINUE? The prices of building materials and labor are controlled by economic law-—supply and demand. The present abnormal demand for building materials isdue to curtailment in the normal amount of building during the war; to a 10 percent increase in population since the war began; to a shifting of population fromrural to urban centers, where thousands of men and women were attracted bywar wages, which have increased, in many cases, since the war ended. The labor shortage is due to the practical suspension of immigration since1914; in a small measure to the return of foreign workmen to their own coun-tries ; to the stimulation of all manufacturing industries brought about by warconditions abroad; and very largely to the development in this country of en-tirely new industries, on a very large scale, such as dye manufacturing and shipbuilding. Authorities agree t
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