Show nationwide nation wide movement to bring homes up to date the old off homestead la is to be entirely refu re furnished ra dished home sweet home Is to be given a new lease leage on life the old oaken aalen bucket Is to be replaced by running hot and cold water in the kitchen mothers dally daily job of scouring the lamp chimneys chin meys Is to be a thing of the past for electric globes are to supply bright light for every room the model 1890 porch Is to be replaced by a beautiful modern veranda ve randi and sleeping porch tiny dark rooms are to be made into big abrl bright ht ones by pulling out useless partitions anil and up to date fuel saving insulation new roofing paint and other modern equipment Is to make the old place took look like ille new and be more sanitary and comfortable than ever before tills this Is the sketch of home hoine better ment on a national scale that was wag drawn at a meeting to in chicago when hen industrial leaders representing 44 branches of the building business founded the home modernization bureau of the national building industries these men started this movement to bring the existing homes in the united states up to date more than huff half of the finely constructed ted but antiquated dwellings are re in the small town class according 1 george ceorge B E piper of chicago who wis was made managing director of the bureau the organization nil establish prop erty values in thousands of the small er communities making them more attractive tract lve to new businesses and anre alluring to new residents 1 ry by stimulating the rehabilitation of old homes he be said this work will make for the of whole towns tills this movement which received com emendation men dation and offers of operation cooperation co from secretary of commerce hoover and secretary of labor davis Is a response to two noti national final needs first that of the people for better belter ho homes illes second tile lie need of the building in duttry for renewed prosperity walter J kohler of kohler Ko lilor wis aia villo nho was elected president referred to work being done by the lie of clubs of several they are investigating home r i nil 11 lions in their communities to find in how to relieve housewives of theli x ciss lve burdens these investigations investigation have shonn mr kohler stated elated tonii that tens of thou sands of american fa families milles are arc living in conditions no better than those of european peasants thousands of families even in communities where there are water and plumbing systems have not even running water in their homes of free occur ev ery cry year because the houses laik iak the fire safety provided by modern con st ruction no one can guage how much disease results from unsanitary conditions in our homes nor what la is the burden the american housewife has to bear because of lack of modern home borne equipment to correct these conditions Is the primary object of the home modernizing bureau so far as the business welfare elfare of the country Is concerned the executive committee pointed out that there ae I 1 unemployment in the building industry and that lack of prosperity in this industry Is a detriment to the national welfare new construction today provides neither adequate nor sufficiently regular and dependable employment ers tor for the manufacturing facilities and the labor force that constitute the industry the committee stated after more than a year of preliminary investigation ti and testing to in the held leaders to in the industry are convinced convinced that a large substantial and stable demand fur for all types of building materials equipment and labor con can be developer devel deve opeil lopel through modernizing the millions of structurally sound well located amerlean american homes already existing and that this activity will benefit new construction besides this the movement Is expected to accomplish the following things thing too I 1 stimulate new building 2 stimulate home ownership 3 modernize other types of structures besides homes 4 Per persuade sunde public bodies to undertake necessary public programs including hood flood control measures 5 preserve property values in many en communities n I 1 6 improve social conditions make farm homes more attractive to farm children and reduce erline crime in ID cities |