Word: readycut
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...middlemen increasing their profits at the expense of the farmers? They deny it, argue that increased costs for wages (up 16% in the packing industry from 1954 to 1955), trucking, etc. helped keep the price of beef up. Furthermore, the great increase in processing, e.g., for frozen and readycut meats, builds in costs that make retail prices react slower to wholesale price drops...
...equity in the total cost, Sears, Roebuck furnishing the rest on a first-mortgage payable monthly for 15 years. Investigations of prospective customers are made and no home will be sold which is considered beyond the prospect's means. Family budgets are also furnished. The lumber is sent readycut and marked, labor furnished from the locality (until this year, labor was not included). The homes vary from three to nine rooms, cost from $3,500 to $20,000 including everything except furniture. Sears, Roebuck sells that too. Stock designs are kept for milk houses, stables, silos, summer camp bungalows...
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