Mr. Tom Parlon:

With regard to any contracts not already signed, I do not believe any of our members will sign a contract under the current conditions. There is no price security. You cannot fix a price, no matter what you are ordering. If you order ready mix, all the concrete suppliers around the country have put a notice out that from 1 May everything is up 10%.

There is no guarantee. If you were to sign a contract now and ring your local concrete supplier, he might say that in a month's time he may have to put out another notice.