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FARAWAY BUYIiiG
CERTAIN BAR TO
OREGON INDUSTRY
State at Present Leads Western
Competitors in Most of Lines
of Manufacture.
HOME SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL
Money Sent to Other Sections of
; Country Does Not Help Swei
. Our Vitally Important Payrolls.
By A, O, Clark
5Itnerr Axtwlvtcd Industries of Ornoo
Kor the Information of those . ho have
not InvestlBratfd ami
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lt lt .be known that Orfrnn Ifar?. nil
Western competitors In the manufacture
01 lumber, furniture, woolens, biscuit
and crackers, candies, macaroni and
. other paste foods. Jams, jellies, pickles.
:iups. taoie conaimenU of tl kinds,
uuuer, irini juices.- cider, vine
car, etc In the manufacture of lum
u una DreaKiant loods we
Ktand In front rank. If we do not actu
ally lead In product, and our packing
rouges ana creameries, are noted not
only for their extensive oujtpuU. but for
the superior quality of their products.
And our mines hand us plethoric purses
Trry year. . .. : . .
And be it known that we should em
pnasize that word "quality," for the
reason that It is the pride of our people,
"hs well as the ambition- of, all Oreeron
manufacturers and packers to offer to
the market things which are better than
the ordinary and always true to their
names and representations.
And be It further known that those
. who assume a superiority for the prod
; ucts of distant factories are uninformed
as to the quality of our own. or wilfully
prejuaicea against their neighbors re
sponsible for their production. And
more, they are standing In tb,elr own
Hght. They are pulling on the reins to
retard the speed of prosperity In their
own community, and to stop its expan
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' Blame la Fattened 3
If there be contraction in the volume
of business; if there be houses vacated
and a decline In population; if prosper
ity takes wings to find rest and comfort
.In another clime; If merchants eomoUin
i and labor be idle, the patron of the far-
away factory is largely responsible for
the dark and undesirable condition. He
has sent his money to a foreign market.
Jt la enriching the man or the corpora
tion who has no Interest in Portland or
Oregon. - It Is the means of providing
employment for workers in factories of
other municipalities and states or In
foreign lands. He is draining the treas
- tiry of his own commonwealth and
without reason, without any Just cause.
Oregon has been prosperous ; beyond
' precedent. Labor never before was so
recompensed. Capital has been re
warded for Its ventures. Notwithstand
, Ing the high cost of every human re
, qulrement, these all have been supplied
on a scale of prodigality. And why?i
Because or tne monumental expan-
, on. with meteoric suddenness, -of the
pay rolls of this region. Hundreds of
; millions of dollars have and are being
paid in wages. And this vast J treasure
Is speedily transferred to the merchant
and other tradesmen. It is paid out for
merchandise or for the products of other
tollers. It percolates into every crevice
ffnd helps to supply every wantJ : .
And now, having tasted the : sweets
of good' times, having experienced the
- joys of plenty, having lived, for a fact,
in an atmosphere Jf luxury, are we to
return to the hulks of 1910-14? Are
we again to begin wondering whence
shall come our sustenance and raiment?
Sympathy Xot Sought s "
This need not be. If ought not to be
our lot. . It will not be if there shall
be an expansion of that; spirit of loy
alty to our home Industries which ap
pears to be growing most luxuriously
, in Portland and . the state of Oregon
during the last two or three years. It
Is a spirit worthy of all commendation.
It is one of self-preservation. It is one
which must prevail if we shall continue
to bea happy and contented people.
,. We solicit rto undeserved sympathy,
w k1c f rr nn unmerttArf lnv It v to nr
for the manufacturers of Oregon. To
request either ; would ' be a reproach to
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; The governors of our industries ' are
men of character, . of brains and "com
mon sense. Not one would belittle
himself by attempting to foist upon the
public an inferior article, then plead
. for its sale because it was made at home.
They are men of largeness of heart and
broad of vision. They have provided
their Industries with the most modern
, implements and machinery. They have
surrounded themselves with workers of
pronounced skill. They have- paid K a
. before. They have employed ; the, best
Furnace
Facts!;
The scond most Important
event Amc the Lewis and
Clark Fair, Is the advent of the
IWc OaieiMM. Btmtco Pivautsa rwMAc
in your City of koses.
H eliminates Heat in the
Basement, Dirt on the Walls
and in the Curtains,; Drafts on
the; Floors and down the Stair
ways, and Cuts your Fuef Bill
in Half.
Let Us Detnonstart
"How and Why"
The oaiauukL Patkmtco Pivcless Fuknacs
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(2) -II. S. Frank, first; vice preside
(5)--A. G. Clark, manager; (6) J.
(10)i. V. Vogan; (11) George
Renumbering
Simple System
Plans for renumbering Portland
streets to , eliminate complications and
to make .locations readily accessible
even to visitors, have : been prepared
by the city engineer's office and are
ready for submission to the c(ty plan
ning commission, preparatory to final
action by the council. A resolution in
troduced by Commissioner Perkins
called attention to frequent duplications
of numbers and streets, within the city
nu atreciea - uie engineers to prepare
plans for new numbers. - It was al.in
charged that one could not locate a
given street by the number, under the
old system, and the resolution provided
that there should be 100 numbers to a
block.
The plans divide the city Into five
sections, four of them divided by two
streets as meridians. ' Burnside street
would .replace Ankeny as .the east and
west meridian, and Williams avenue'
and the Willamette' river provide the
north and south dividing lines. Streets
unning east and west hereafter would
be known as avenues, and those north
and south, or the numerical thorough
fares, '. would be known as ; streets. In
cases where named streets are laid east
and west, their numerical equal would
be placed in parentheses on aigns. Thls
Is to aid in locating numbers. : ; ; . i '
The district east of the- Willamette
river and south of Burnside would be
known as southeast Portland. Num
bers would begin at Burnside on streets
continuing south and at the river on
avenues running - east.' with 100 num
bers to the block.
Northeast Portland would constitute
the section east of Williams avenue and
north of Burnside. As In the southeast
ern district, numbers Would run from
material to be had. Their products have
had no superior on this continent and
never will deteriorate In quality. They
have given and will still give 100 per
cent in value for every dollar they
receive, s And they spend their money,
so far as it be possible,' in our own
state and for Its products. ,
Fay Bolls Essential
Employer . and t employe , are
In Tact,
public benefactors. They make it pos
sible for the consumer to emulate their
example and spend his money at home,
thus continuing the prosperity which of
late .years has ; gladdened so many
hearts. They have created a condition
which affords no valid reasonable, sen
sible or patriotic excuse for anyone to
buy anything made at a distance if Its
like is manufactured in this state.
In prices our factories compete with
any. v . ' . m
In 'quality of " their , wares they are
Inferior to none and superior to many.
They are the backbone of the com
munity. Without pay rolls we are noth
ing. With ; limited ? pay : rolls we are
small. With large " pay rolls we are
mighty. ..With' such", we likewise are at
ease, we are satisfied, contented, peace
ful in. mind, agreeable and happy.
V If we have not all. these enjoyments.
It is - because . we : are ourselves - so
thoughtless, indifferent or so stupid as
to not realize that there is but one
avenue open to this condition of life, and
that the road to prosperity paved by
pay roll gold-
Portland Praised in :
Architect Magazine
PorUand," as the city beautiful of the
Pacific coast, received proper recogni
tion in the March number of the Archi
tect and Engineer, a San Francisco pub
lication. Description of Portland's beau
tiful homes and plans for future devel
opment of the city monopolize the read
ing section of the magazine and a glow
ing editorial tribute la paid to the enter
prise and el vie pride of Portland's cit
izens. The issue is elaborately illus
trated and articles are furnished by
Frederick Oennings. Ellis F. Lawrence.
A. U Barbur. J. J, Sayer. J. P. Newell.
"Hudson B. Hastings, Charles Cheney
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nt; (3)W. J. Ball, second vice president; (4 )--. B. Bain Jr., secretary;
A. Zehntbauer; (") A. J. Bale; ( 8) E. . Strong; (9) R., U. Irvine:
SlacOonald; (If) B. C Darnall.
Streets Planned
Being Sought
Williams avenue, east and from Burn
side north. ,.
'The district south of Burnside and
west of tTle Willamette river would be
known as south Portland, Taut thte desig
nation would be left off. inasmuch as it
would be attached to the northern sec
tion of the west side, making unneces
sary any designation of the southern
pan. or instance, letters addressed
to 300 Broadway would go to the south
em section in the absence of the desig
nation northern. In the southern dis
trict below Front" Btfeet.' where " num
bers begin, there is a strip of land par
tially i settled now. This strip would
be known as south - and .'in this case
letters should be so addressed.
North Portland would include every
thing west of the river and north of
Burnside to the city limits, with num
bers beginning . at the river and at
Burnside. North should be indicated
on packages to be delivered in the dis
trict' .v. ' -.
The fifth district would be that out
side the old city limits north of Burn
side and west of the limits. This dis
trict would' include Llnnton and is
known as northwest Portland. Th& old
limits are marked by a line running
north and south through the center of
Macleay park. Numbers in northwest
Portland start at the old limits and at
Burnside street. ' ' - ;-t ; ;
In the peninsula district, which would
be a part of northeast Portland, num
bers aly Lombard street would be made
to conform with the rest of the district
to provide simplicity in finding a given
location by the number. - Numbers
would radiate north and south of. Lom
bard. On avenues - running east and ' west
that do not cross the river, no desig
nation would be necessary;'
, 11 the plan is accepted by the city
council, it doubtless would be a year
before Jhe new order would take effect.
. In the .Peninsula district, which would
AreVYou Going to
you will find many xceed
ingly ; clever and up-to-date
ideas and suggestions in
"Distinctive
Homes"
A colJection of attractive,
practical Homes of Moderate
Co'st, say $750 to $5000.
Also shows Beach Homes,
etc., $275 up.
This Book will cost you
$1.00 Postpaid
t- Note: Many other books
on Home Building, etc., - in
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Walla Walla-Ranch
Without New Crops
Sells for $90,000
Walla Walla. April ! 5. One tof the
largest farm- deals reported here - in
several months was closed Wednesday,
In the transfer of farm land belonging
to the estate of Elizabeth H. Baker,
deceased, to Moxie "Zuger - tor $90,000.
The estate was represented by W. W.
Baker and Louis F, Anderson, executors.
; . The deed Issued excepts the crop now
growing on the place and also a pump
ingplant which , has been r installed on
It. :.' Mr. Zuger has negotiations ? under
way for the disposal of ' the" property
for J152.000. V -: , t: -. ?.a
The Walla Walla city commissioners
sold 37 acres of land belonging to the
city at public auction Wednesday for
$16,000, The realty business Is more
active in this vicinity than for several
years. There is a strong: demand for
farms, especially fori small acreages
near the city.
Man Goes West and :
Harnesses Fortune
Mariqn, Ind., April 5 Arthur W.
Hinds, Tormer Marion boy, told friends
he was going West to "make hi t of- i
tune." Being a civil engineer : of rare
ability, he has begun to make good his
prediction. ; He is going to mend Broken
Bow, Okla. His bid for -$280,000 for a
sewer and water - works mrtpm; ir
town has been accepted and Hinds is I
to De tne consulting engineer. As an
engineer In Marion, Hinds had much
to do with the development of the city.
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30 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY and WASHINGTON Sts.
Paved Highway ;
Excellent View Four Snowcapped Peaks
Overlooking Columbia and Willamette Rivers
Low. Price and Easjr Terms
ruth ;realty -company
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LACI! OF HOUSES
TO RENT INDICATES
EUGENE'S GROWTH
Since Signing of Armistice City
filling With Returned Ship
workers and Eastern People.
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Numerous Building Permits Dur
ing March and More Than 20
' Farm a Sales v Are Reported.
Eugene, April 5. The Increase in Eu
gene's population during the past' few
months is reflected In : the scarcity of
rental, property. ; Whereas during "the
war there were hundreds of houses teg
ging tenants, since the armistice was
signed the city, has been filling tip with
old residents returned from the ship
yards of the coast cities' and with new
comers from the east and middle west.
Desirable residences are now difficult
to find and considerable building is
under way. Building permits valued at
$13,250 were issued by the city during
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During March over twenty important
farm sales in this neighborhood t.wcre
reported to i Eugene realty dealers nd
the majority c ofSiese sales were made
to farmers from aHtside th state who
are coming here to make their homes.
Several families have moved here from
Washington and two sales of farm prop
erty .were made to Californians. .
Am important transfer of inside" busi
ness , property 1 recorded : th is week as
the purchase of the old United States
National Bank building at the corner of
Seventh avenue and .Willamette street
by E. W. Zumwalt, a . well known far
mer living rear Irvine from Harry E.
Gordon of ' Grants Pass. Mr. Gordon
receives as part consideration a 120
acre farm near Irving and a farmi of
20 acres located several miles west of
that town. Mr. Zumwalt and his fam
ily will make their home Jn Eugene.
ATiotner transaction - rencrtca durine
the week was the sale of 200 acres of
raw land four and one half miles south
of Harrisburg on the Coburg road, t for
$7000 cash. The land was purchased byi
Hesitancy Is
Demand for Homes Is Great
Hesitancy on the part of home build
ers in . Portland and throughout .the
country is fast disappearing in view of
announcements from government offi
cials and other authoritative sources
that the prospects fr a decline In price
of labor" and material are remote and
not likely to be realized ; for . several
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' Officials of the -department of labor
declare that 'there is an immediate de
mand for the erection of at least half
a million houses in the towns and cities
of the . United States; X Construction
work now, planned or under way Is val
ue at : more thaft one" 'Million dollars,
according to official estimates. f
This immense--building program will
extend over a-period, of several : years
and will be reflected In a strong mar
ket for all kinds of building material
Wages, it Is pointed out. . must remain
at present levels or advance to higher
ones, rather than suffer a decline, j
With the conviction firmly fixed that
there will be no advantage in delay,
home building in - Portland is already
making rapid strides. Permits to i the
number of 811 - were issued during
March, "calling for the expenditure of
$653,350. Hundreds of - houses now! are
under construction and plans , are be
ing prepared for a still larger number.
Several important Industrial plants also
are being built and there is no longer j
any fear of an exodus of workingmen
from the city.
This' prosperity is not 'confined to:
Portland,
but ' : Is general throughout
Oregon and Washington. Inland cities
such as Salem, Albany and Eugene, In
western. Oregon, and Centralis, i Yak
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A. Tengs. a farmer living in the Spencer
creek valley, from TL D. Smith of Rore
burg., Mr. Tengs will put the land
vnder cultivation this season. '
; A more Important -farm nUe just re
ported is the transfer of an S3 acre
farm between Eugene and Coburg from
W. B. Goodman to W, E. Knott, a re
cent .arrival from the east, for $15,000.
This is said to be jone of the finest
small farms In Lana county, a large
part of it being bottom land of the Mc
Kenzie river. Mr. Goodman took in i-art
payment' a four acre suburban place
near ' Springfield, where he will mr;ke
his home.
Lumber Mills Ship
More Than They Gut
. Stock on hand at 72 lumber mills in
Western. Oregon and Western -Washing-;
ton in March averaged 393,581,222 : feet
as compared vlth ; 418,a8.683 feet : on
January ; I, a decrease of 25,057.462 feet
or 5.99 per cent, according to statistics'
compiled, ; by- thet. West - Coast . Lumber
men's : associations 1 The situation of
these 72 mills is believed to be typical
of the industry i the -western part, of j
the two" states,' S Weekljn reports : show '
that the mills are shipping more lumber
than they are cutting. .Production, is
approximately 25 per cent - below ' nor
mal, according to reports of the assocla
tion. ' ri. -$: ' $s iiS-''S ttSlfi !
Because ;f the . high cost of manufacturing-
a ' number of the large mills
in the fir production "territory-have beer
closed since the beginning of the year.
This accounts for the comparatively
small volume of production. . Meanwhile
orders from retailers hive continued
at normal with a. slight increase, with
the result that stocks at the-mills have
gradually decreased. . .
Retail stocks .throughout the country
are low, accordfng to the report of the 1
West Coast association. Many of these 1
dealers bad . intended to supply their
peedS'from surplus lumber held by the.
government -following, the. war. but it
has developed that . this government
surplus is much smaller than calculated.
Instead of the estimated 400,000,000 feet i
it has been found by actual measure
ment that the surplus amounts to about
200.000,000 ; feet. .Of this amount the
war department has withdrawn 160.000.-
wa reet, leaving between 30,000.000 and
40,000,000 feet, located at - widely scat
tered . points and consisting of a great
variety of sizes and species of lumbers
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Prefers Theft to Hunger
, Cleveland. Ohio, April 5. (I. N. 8.)
Roxanna K. Kellog would rather steal
than go hungry. She told the police judge
nere tnat t. U. Lu forced her" to raise
one of her employer's checks $1, Steno
graphic wages are too paltry, said the
prisoner.
Disappearing
ima and Spokane, ,in Washington, al-
reaqy nave retrieved their prewar In
dustrial status and . are entering 'upon a
period or increasing prosperity.
These cities practically were emptied
of their working populations during the
war. wnue i-oruand, : Marshfield. As
toria and other coast. cities were filled
to overflowing with shipyard employes
and "other war workers. : A reversal of
mis condition , following the war was
predicted and plans . for an extensive
nousing program in Portland were roost-
poned, when It became evident that Ger
many: soon would be forced to sign an
armistice.
The fallacy of ' these predictions al
ready Is evident Reports from the
cities of the ; interior show that- an in
flux of population from the ' east 'and
middle west is accompanying the re
turn of their war workers, and the de
mand for homes is forcing these towns
to build additional houses. Similar
conditions continue to exist in Portland.
Thousands of fam sales have been
reported during the past three months
from the counties of Oregon, and fully
60 per cent of these are transfers to
recent arrivals from other, states. In
eastern Oregdn'the development of new
farm land through irrigation and drain
age projects rapidly is Increasing the
wealth and population of the state.
Similar - development work is in prog
ress In western Oregon, and . Portland,
as , the industrial and , distributing cen
ter of this vast area, must Inevitably
profit by these activities. No man can
make a mistake' in building his home
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BUILDliX lil 1919
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THAN FOR YEARS
Permits During Three' Months
h Past Indicate Building Volume
Comparable to Prewar Days.
BEST MONTHS YET TO COME
Probabilities Are' This Year Will
Run Farjand Away Ahead of
." Construction During Last Year.
? Building expansion .unequaled in years
Is augured in Portland during 1919 by
permits issued Ire the first three months
of the , year. I January, February and
March witnessed the issuance of' 1708
permits for a total value of $1,166,405,
promising an : activity this twelvemonth
!wl,":xceed that of. any .year since
1913.; With the best building months
yet .to come, permits totaling approxi
mately one third of those for the entire
year of 191$ have flowed oved the coun
ter of the bureau of buildings at the city
haUV ; During the latter year 5707 were
vfJ? build--s.'wlth a valuation of
-6.176.0S4. Fewer permits were issued
in 117 than in any 13 months since 1906,
only 3377 Portianders asking to erect
structures for a vain nt tn Citun . t
1916 permits numbering 4467 were issued
. o,ovj..dDu ; in ii there
were 4623 permits, valuation,: $4,895,345;
in 1914 a total of 5959, with a valuation
of $8.334.075. 1, Since 1900, the greatest
numlwr nf iwrmlti C91 A 1 3
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1912, and the highest valuation was In
uiv, wnen permits for a total of $20.-
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oou.iu- were granted. ' ; -
It would seem, however, that the work
to be done in 1919, judging from the
first three months, consists of repairs
and smaller dwellings, inasmuch as the
total valuation so far is but $1,166,405.
less than one fifth of the $6,176,054 valu
ation for 1918. It appears that the valu
ation for 1919 will average with those
Bince 1914. Since that date, few large
structures have been erected. - IL E.
Plummer, chief of the bureau of build
ings, however, forecasts : the construc
tion of many homes during the next few
months. ;
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1 buildings proposed will. Increase during
me lonowing tew months, the record for
March. 1919,r Is cited. Valuations for
last month which' were $685,605, were
greater than any year since 1914, and
three ' quarters as high as those for
March, 1913. It was in 1913 that the
total valuation for the year amounted
to $12,956,915, Indicating that totals In
1919 Will mount to nnnrnTlmoUln a nnn .
I 000 if the same ratio were maintained
i until December. . .
More permits were Issued last March
than for any corresponding month in
years. The B71 rrurtrt iiii-Ttn.. , it,
those issued in March during any year
oun.-j mi ii ls me tremendous activity
during last . March that ha. i . .
Portland men to forecast a heavy in
crease for the entire viur. it i nninii
out that 'requests for permits ordinarily:
begin coming in April and May, and 1
that the eariv rush nf hutiHoi-a ini... .
Uve of activity in Portland during the
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Newsies7 Yelling
Is Not Nuisance
Atlanta. Ga., April 5. f I. N. : S.
Newsboys yelling their papers in the
streets do not constitute a breach of
the peace, decided Judge Johnson In
police court, turning , loose two newsies
brought in by a policeman who had
been disturbed by the , "Wuxtries" call.
The judge was a newsy In bis youth.
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Hello Girls in Demand
Cincinnati,' Ohio, April 6. (I. N. S.)
There is to be another organization of
'Bring 'Em Back" clubs In Ohio. The
object : of the new ' organization is to
bring back the telephone operators who
have been with the American forces in
France. Telephone girls of Cincinnati
are at the head of the movement, which
is an organized effort to sell more war
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possible, ta prospective Home Owners. We Have a wonderful
rollection of nlans and nhnrno-ran1i nf mA
which we will furnish without,
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Local Improvement I ;
Projects to Be Aided
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R. R. : Bureau
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' Cities which have held up public works
because of their inability to set the
cooperation of the railroads to the ex
tent of paying their share of the con
struction costs will be Interested fin
knowing, that: circular No- 44, issued
by the United States railroad admin
istration. July! 29. '1918, under which the
railroads refrained from cooperating 1 In
local improvements other than those of
imperative necessity, has been rescinded.
This order was set aside December 0,
and the railroad administration ls now
endeavoring to handle the -...matter jof
joining with cities on local improvement
projects, as in normal times. 1 ;
Several municipal authorities recently
have written the division of public works'
and construction development. ' saying
local municipal projects were being licld
up because the railroads refused t as
sume, their proportion of the -costs. It
there has been such refusal since te
cember 30, 1918, the action has not ben
taken In line with the policy of he
United j States railroad ' administration.
Matters of this kind are now handled
by the local municipal authorities .witlt
the railroad i involved just as in -ure
war practlces4 i ' .
Nationwide Buildin
Boom Is Expected to
Eollow World War
. (U. F.)- A a-
tlon wide building boom, due . because
of the large amount , of construction
work postponed during the war, seems
to be under way at last, the department
of labor hasi announced. Business? in
general seems to be .getting back! to
peace time basis, it was added.
"A decidedly optimistic' tone is found ;
In our building and construction work
for the last 10 days," Bays a statement
of the department. "Building permits
for February show an Increase of 34iper
cent over the November figures. Par
ticularly In the middle west is theltn--creased
building, activity notlccable.f .
As indicating that great peacetime
prosperity is 1 on the., way, F. T. Miller,
director ' of public works -construction,
tonight cltedi the following conditions :
"Bank clearings are about $3,000,000,
000 a month greater than for the corres
ponding period in 1918. j
"Retail business is snowing improve
ment from week to week. I
"There is a noticeable acceleration of
advertising" activities. ' -i :.-;
"For -the first time since lS'n. jeai
estate in the metropolitan district of
New York city is active, some buying
inrftcatlns- that real estate prices there
are expected to advance." " f
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