Show questionnaire ANSWERS WHICH WILL SOLVE perplexing PROBLEMS OP OF THIS reconstruction ERA I 1 Q query ry the government has launched an n educational campaign to encourage building in order to put more men to work would not a similar movement to show how the old structures can be best beat and most economically repaired and made good as a new also help answer it Is learned that such a plan Is in effect and s linked directly with the washington propaganda industry must be turned back from wo works r ks of war to the ways of peace employment must be found in the meanwhile for tor those whose occupation has been interrupted there Is no real surplus of labor irk in the united states rather there Is a shortage aich would be acute if normal condl i 1 editions were already restored and one step towards restoring res them will come n A ith resumption of repair work government restrictions imposed by tile the necessities of the war program hare lave for many months past r retarded or altogether prevented construction improvement and repairs these restrictions strict ions are now off and there la is scarcely a town a city a factory a dwelling or a farm that does not reveal a crying need for prompt attention nothing delays such instant action except the feeling that prices are high for the time being and way may be lower that Is not logical no ko matter what it costs to repair the cost Is less than i the cost of neglect no mat matter ter what the lie cost of paint the wind and the weather will collect a higher bill in deterioration and decay query what do you think of paint as aa an investment aside from the appearance it lends ends does it really PAY to paint a house regularly say every three or four our years I 1 An answer siver good paint properly applied when needed Is the main thing in 1 in making alting a house last long and well A I 1 I 1 house worth 2500 can be painted at a I 1 I 1 c ost cost of about in GO CO years that house will need about 15 paintings the total cost of which will be 1895 left without paint such a house would I 1 I 1 rall fall into complete ruin in 30 years so I 1 taking CO 60 years as a basis for our fig anres tires we find that with paint a home will last that time in good condition and will cost plus paint without paint the house would have to be rebuilt at the end of 30 years and would be ready for another complete renovation when the sixtieth year ar lived cost without paint tor for a home ready to fall to pieces does regular painting pay As the old dutch adage says PAINT PAYS FOR ITSELF query I 1 have a quantity of old paint 0 on n hand can I 1 use it for or the first coat in repainting my barn answer on no account should old paint which has become fat be used for priming either old or new work old paint in that condition Is best used on io a fence brickwork or it if you value your barn sufficiently to paint it do it the justice of a good job |