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Show V HOOVER AIDING I HOME BUILDING C mm- j Officials at Washington f j Urge Construction of R More Houses WASHINGTON, Feb 28. -Secretary EH of Commerce Hoover is the home H builder's frleud. At least he is con- EH Sis tell tl) advocating and actively en- 1 cotiralng the erection of more homes EB for the people of the United StatCS g i..i pi tii Elardlng himself i- as B domestic and home-loving a man as can he found in thf republic M 1 H ficiui Washington is keenly Lntereated Ef In the subject of homer., not only be ll cause homes are the normal and hap EH piest domicile of men aud women, but P because that nation id roost self-rell- P ant whose lines of strength lead IH strnlght to the hearthstones of a cou H tented and home-loving people H Will 1922 be a good year to build a H home? Experts declare that it will be. H For practically all building materials H nr' down to as near pre-war levrU as H they are likely to go under the new I conditions confronting the world. This EH is especially true of lumber, which Is H being produced at almost pre-war cost H and I--, b' itip Id 1) r t.ulrrs generally B ai tigures us low as the present high PV cost of handling and Iran H ' will p. inli. In ihe . naiur- of DH things lumber is expected to advance B because of the decreasing supph ol forest timber. The man Who builds of a wood now may be reasonubh .-nre that in the long run is fully protected in his in estmeni . But suppose some items of construe-tiOn construe-tiOn do become cheaper. The man who i lives in bis own home can save enough In rent in a single year to oftset any likely temporary' reduction In materials, mate-rials, and after that he may be reasonably reason-ably sure his home cannot be dupll cated for less than it cost him. Build now Is the advice ol those who know ; building conditions. And already there arc indications of such a renewal of. building that probably by the middle lot Ihe next building season an advance in tbe general cost of materials will set in that will represent substantial j profit to those who take advantage of ih" building conditions of early spring |