Show THE MIGHTY BUILDING COST Returns from JO 4 04 cities of the United States show a total expenditure during May fay for building purposes of which is an increase of over 11 per cent over any other year and an increase increase increase in in- crease of per cent over May Maya a year ago That is a fact which legislatures ought to keep keepin in jn mind because it is one of the pointers which shows why the United States needs per capita or th three ee times as much money as older countries En England gland France Germany Germany all all European countries have have been a thousand years building the houses they live in and anti the temples temple they worship in while the United States is building houses in the wilderness wilder ness ness to make homes and making it necessary b by bythe bythe the products they send east and west to build new houses on the coast and he volume of money used in this respect is something that never had a precedent prece dent in all the world V |