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Show Small House of Brick Has Low Upkeep Figure By disseminating the information among small wage earners that the small brick bouse actually costs no more than a "house of less durable con- pi ruction, if ihe upkeep costs are taken Into account for a period of j ten or twelve years, we feel that this j Industry is rendering a real service. j And not only the wage earner, but I people who are in easier linancial clr- I cumstances do not always realize the , truth of the economics of home build- ing. taking one malt-rial as against ; nnolher. And In the long run building I the walls of homes with brick does I not work a hardship on the lumber industry. Government experis and others' have pointed out that The forests of ; the country are diminisUng at an ; alarming rate, and the present prodnc- ! liin of lumber cannot continue for a great many more years. To build homes i f brb k is to const rve lumber .lust as much wowl Is um d in the interior in-terior of the house for par. ii ions, Honrs and Pnish as would be used in a frame h-ousc, the only dii'lereiiee is : thai Ihe outside walls are buill of a material thai will prolcl Ihe inside ! lumber from decoy and give it a lie i three to four times as long as if the ! whole house had :e--n eou.-.truered ot wood. |