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Show I TURNING TO HOME BUILDING B Gratifying Increase In Construction Noted In Practically All Parts Bl of the Country. fl It Is gratifying to rend with what K rigor nnd energy Americans nre bulld- Ing homes for themselves. During the j war unU for n time after It few prill pri-ll vnto homes were built, but now the ft country Is milking up for lost time. In the ten months of this year ending j October 81, inoro tlmn $000,000,000 V worth of houses wcro built, nnd heft1 he-ft1 fore the yenr Is ended the value of W newly constructed building will bo I nbovo $722,000,000. Domiciles will Lpp the nntlon to bring about better conditions. Men who own houses nl- ways nro good citizens; they feel of more Importance In the land, and no I "inn on earth will fight hnrder for any thing than will the person who battles to protect the roof that covers himself him-self nnd family. It Is believed that 1022 will bo the banner year In the putting up of houses; perhaps their total value will reach the billion mark. Then will come the chenper rents; Inndlords no longer will go nboul bult-Ing bult-Ing nnd hazing tenants, but rather will ! they be offering as of old a month of free rent to those who will lease their apartments. New York Morning ; Telegraph. |