Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-10 | Page 8 | Mayor in Indiana Routs Depression

MAYOR IN INDIANA ROUTS D DEPRESSION F Forces Builders to Get Behind Behind Behind Be Be- hind Towns Town's Program EVANSVILLE Ind April April 9 The The government government government gov gov- reported the shortage of homes in Evansville at But Hut the building material men and contractors pat Jt tight Then young oung business men put on ona ona ona a drive for to to- start new lines of ot industry and Increase the factory payroll a year The thing cant can't be put over said saidI ol older er heads Everywhere the campaigners went they I got this or Its equivalent Three of my customers moved out of town last week because they couldn't find homes More are going What you OU fellows should dois do dola la is to get some homes I Next day It happened At a noon luncheon of oe the campaigners many oft of t Oie te h e building trade men w were there Mayor Ben Bosse a furniture manu led the campaigners right into I the camp of the building trades men What he said aid was aplenty Henry Kleymeyer president o of the bl big g Standard andard Brick company and headrick head of the e Evansville chamber of commerce ee was first to capitulate He promised to tort cut rt 10 0 to 25 2 per cent off bricK Others followed suit Then Mayor Mavor Bosse got concessions from the unions n Factory fund raised home homebuilding building el al-el already ly started local depression depression depres depres- sion disappearing All AU Al that was t nef needed pd was wal far the material material ma ma- I men and building men to realize that they mu must t take their medicine like the rest of oe us says Mayor r BusseI Busse I I am confident that there ther will be he h from i iI too to 1000 homes built In Evansville this this' 1 I year I