Show I l Y Americas America's me ica s Lon Long L Lead Leadin ad adin in Home Ownership As a n home-building home nation the United States unquestionably leads all others Just at present present according to the he he Common Brick Manufacturers Manufacturers' association The proportion of residential building buildIng build- build Ing to all other ther t types pes of ot construction Is growing In America America each year The h statement often Is made th that t one- one half of Am Americas America's ricas rica's building expenditure goes Into homes but an accurate check heck of the different classifications of construction shows that in 1025 1023 nearly G 02 per cent of ot the building Inthe Inthe in inthe the United States was resl residential based upon floor space area The proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion in 1020 was 34 per cent In 1021 1921 52 per cent In 1022 54 34 per cent in 1023 50 GO per pr cent and In 1024 1924 01 Gt per cent As a n home building nation the United Unite States unquestionably exceeds all aU others at the present time DIviding DIviding Dividing Di DI- viding the the- various classes of construction construction tion into four namely residential commercial Industrial nail and naI n- n al aI In l 1025 we find that the second largest volume was commercial being 10 IG per cent of the total The next largest industrial b being 7 per cent and the next educational G Gy per cent |