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Show COMMUNICATION 1 Editor standard -Examiner : In a recent Issue of this paper titers apPSSrSd an editorial from which the following extiticta are taken: "Housing conditions in Ogden City almost preclude a growth In pupul.i-tion, pupul.i-tion, families coming Into the i it y ire unable to find accommodations. What to do to solve this problem Is a puz- j zle. "Advocating the giving of federal aid, Senator Kenyon says you cannot j expect to get good citizens unless their surroundings are healthful and conducive condu-cive to comfort and Sanitary arrange- I ments, there is nothing that will pro-1, ducc holshevlsm more rapidly than the housing of many people .especially .especial-ly those coining freshly to our shores, In crowded and sordid quarters." it is seriously estimated that there I is a shortage ot from two hundred to I five hundred houses In this city to I properly house the people already I here, and to provide for the natural growth In population of a city so favorably fa-vorably located for an Industrial center cen-ter as la Ogden, there should be at least eight hundred houses hullt in the next two years. W hy Is this not being done? It Is said that capital Is timid, but why timid In this case.' To receive very large returns on the Investments istancci can be cited Whsrs rents have Increased 200 per cent In the past two years, and tho working class who ate the renters are the victims, thia same class urc now confronted by a proposition to naturally nat-urally reduce their wages. Rentals have not declined and will not so long as this shortage exists. Hence, It Is not hard lo understand v. hj certain of our wealthy citizens refuse to ln-est ln-est In building houses to rent for workers. It Is up to you to remedy this situation. Signed C. ARMSTRONG. |