BUILDERS WERE CAUGHT on the farthe...

BUILDERS WERE CAUGHT on the farther side GUARD last month when bond shortages hit south Florida and started spreading to southerly Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas, states that hang on cement imports shipped from overseas.

Cement imports average 22 percent nationally, moreover Florida imports 40 percent of its bond of union which is why the state was the first to report a vexed question The cement shortage is causing anxiety