I. wo years a»o there was an overproduction of Iflfl per cent, staring cement manufacturers in the face, as the estimated capacity of the plants at that time was ,100,000,000 barrels per year and the consumption only 50,000,000. Present conditions indicate a consumption of 75,000,000 barrels this year. This increased demand, coupled with the fa*t that large Eastern manufacturers for two years have sold larce quantities South and West at. unprofitable figures, has caused the advance, The increase is believed to be largely due to the sale of Portland cement to farmers and other small consumers and the general nrosneritv of the South and West. Western dealers report, sales of Ifi barrels of cement per 1000 feet of lumber,'against one barrel per 1000 feet five years ago.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 30, 29 July 1911, Page 10 (Supplement)
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127Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 30, 29 July 1911, Page 10 (Supplement)
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