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Show av oo NO HOUSES FOR STRANGERS J Housing conditions in Ogden almost I preclude a growth in population. Fam-i j Hies coming Into ilv city are unable J 1o find accommodations What to do j to solve this problem is a puzzl-- This Is not a local difficulty Sena- I lor Kenyon says ihr-re are one million I homes needed in the I'niied S'ate- I Every large city has the same story to Generally the working out of th J force? of supply and demand over R comes conditions such as exist in tho j building line, but for two years those 1 having money which could be made' 1 available for construction purposes 1 have found nothing inviting In 1 building houses to rent or sell. 3 There has been a tendency to wait 4 for lower pricea of lumber, hardware, j and building materials of every kind. Though rente have been high, the un- certainties involved have kept money out of the business of building. I Advocating the giving of lederal aid, Jj Senator Kenyon says : I "You cannot expect to get good Cltl- M zens unless their surroundings are I healthful and conducive to comfort and 1 sanitary arrangements. There is no I thing that will produce Bolshevism H more rapidly than the housing of ,jj many people, especially those coming a freshly to our shores, in crowded and ' sordid quarterr Thr.t is the condition J today in many of the large cities and industrial centers. d In Chicago we found that in one $ congressional district there was an av- -J erage of seventeen persons to one house and that Ihere were 500.000 -I people In the city without living fac.ll- I Hies. Many of these are aliens, and It lj so happens that those suffering most M are the alien populatilon 'j! Senator Kenyon Bald that the federal . m government could do little to bring & about a reduction in the cost of build - -Jj lng materials and wages, the two un-derlying un-derlying causes for the shortage of M homes. The cost of materials, he said, jl are gradually falling, and a lower lev a el will come very soon, In his opinion, - Jl In the cost of supplies, just as wages will drop under the law of supply and j demand, which la teadlly operating along all lines of industry since the I wartime regulation.' arc not being en I forced. There Is not a day passes in Ogden without some renters calling up the newspaper men or the authorities to help them out of housing difficulties Tenants refuse to get out, others fight the higher rents, while the majority complain against the poor living arrangements ar-rangements to which they are com pelled by circumstances to submit. Many inquire for bouses to rent. Un-' rest is manifested and irritating die- 1 content is unmistakable But, again, who will invest the money 7 Who will make possible moro houses" oo |