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Show Are Fabricated Houses Coming-? Speaking of th? hou.ing prcblem Clyde L. Rogers, in th ; A:.m.list' calls attention to the fact that the awei-age- co. t cf a one-family hous' increased from -2,173 In 1909 to $4,020 in 1931. In th? same per od average, cost of automobiles decl'ned frcm $1,6S2 to about $678. Prefabricated housei; are being bilked about but the manufact.-es s cm inclined to feature t xpens'.vc improveniei :.s. like rircenditionlng. bmlt-ln radio ;, electric refrigtrat o:i etc., rath -r than low pr'ce. Aleng this lin R bert L Dan on director cf r"s arch cf the John b! Piexj Founda'ion, estimat s that the low:r one-third in income of our pcpidat'on parys en average of $14 a month rent and therefore argu- s that the mark t that exist ; is for a dwelling and site to ee'l un r $2 500. Apparertly, ;h n the cre.iticn or hous-s n fac-tori-s. to be er cW and bolt d together, mu-t d. pend upen the sal of large numbrrs and an organization able to reduce cot- by muss product ion. |