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20.—
Y e a rs ago, w hen th e “ h ig h cost of
liv in g ” w as a b a g a te lle co m p ared
to w h a t it is now , th e la te J . J.
H ill sa id , th a t a f te r a ll th e p ro b
lem w as n o t th e high cost of liv
in g , b u t th e co st of high living.
S tu d ie s of th e b u ild in g s itu a tio n
in th e v a rio u s p a rts of th e c o u n
tr y in d ic a te s tro n g ly — a c co rd in g
to a review by th e N a tio n a l L u m
b er M a n u fa c tu re rs ’ A sso c ia tio n —
t h a t a s u b s ta n tia l p ro p o rtio n of
th e in cre ase d cost of c o n s tru c tio n
n o w ad ay s a s co m p ared w ith th a t
o f te n y e a rs ago, is d u e n o t to
m uch to th e h ig h cost of m a te r
ia ls a n d la b o r as to th e cos. of
lu x u rie s in both.
T he New J e rs e y L u m b e rm e n ’s
'A s s o c ia tio n , a f te r a su rv e y of
c o m p a ra tiv e b u ild in g cost.-, in .h a t
s ta te , p o in ts o u t th a t th e re re a lly
Is no p a ra lle l betw een th e cost
of d w e llin g h o u se now a n d of th e
c o rre s p o n d in g h ouse i n y e a rs
ago. ” As a m a tte r of f a c t,” say s
t h a t A sso ciatio n , “ such c o m p a ri
so n is n o t p o ssib le b e c au se an e n
tire ly d iffe re n t ty p e of h ouse is
bein g c o n s tru c te d at th e p re se n t
tim e . You w ill find in th e m ust
u n p re te n tio u s h ouse th a t i he- I
in g b u ilt to d ay m any o r a ll of th e I
fo llo w in g :
su n p a rlo r, window |
s e a ts , open fire p la c e , p la te ra il ■
a n d p a n e ls, k itc h e n c a b in e t, ex
pen siv e e le c tric
an d b a th -ro o m
lix tu re s , c o m b in a tio n ra n g e s, beam
ce ilin g s, b u ilt-in bookcases, col
o n n a d e s, b re a k fa s t nook, oak
flo o rin g , h ard w o o d trim . All or
m a n y of th e se ite m s w e re c o n sid
e re d lu x u rie s o r fix tu re s even ten
y e a rs ago, a n d w ere not c o n sid
e re d a p a rt of th e c o n stru c tio n
c o st: an d y et to d ay th e y a re co n
s id e re d to be a n ec essity a n d a d d
v ery m a te ria lly to th e c o n s tru c
tio n cost.
H ow ever, th e re has n o t been
su ch a c h a n g e in h o u sin g s ta n d
a r d s in th e last fo u r o r five
y e a rs as< to m ak e co m p a riso n s of
co sts im possible. T he New J e r
sey A ssociation p o in ts o a t th a t
w hen th e a c tu a l cost of lu m b e r
e n te r in g in to th e c o n s tru c tio n of
h o u se is co n sid e red in re la tio n
to th e to ta l cost a n d th e re is
f u r th e r ta k e n in to c o n sid e ra tio n ,
th e m a rk e d re d u c tio n in lu m b e r
p ric e s since th e s p rin g of 1529,
th e r e is no ju s tific a tio n fo r th e
c a n c e lla tio n o r p o stp o n e m e n t of
ho m e b u ild in g p ro je c ts. T he A s
so c ia tio n found th a t th e lu m b e r
fo r a h ouse bill, w hich cost $1,-
775 a t A tla n tic City in A p ril, 1920
co st in A pril of th is y e a r, $1,-
325. L u m b e r fo r a ty p ical sm all
h o u se bill in N e w a rk , w hich
a m o u n te d to $1,201 in 1920, now
a m o u n ts to >877. A lto g e th e r th e
A sso c ia tio n co m p ared p ric e s in
1920 a n d 1923 on 33 id e n tic a l
h ills in a s m an y d iffe re n t cities.
T h e s m a lle s t sh o w in g in fa v o r of
1923 w as a re d u c tio n of 17 per
c e n t a t P e r th A m boy a n d th e
m o st fa v o ra b le sh o w in g waS 34
p e r c e n t a t R u th e rfo rd : the a v e r
a g e w as 27.4 p er c e n t. T h e New
J e rs e y A sso ciatio n p u ts th e lu m
b e r cost of a fra m e house a t less
th a n 30 p e r c e n t of th e w hole.
In W isconsin a lu m b e r d e a le r
a t Fox L ak e fin d s th a t a house
th e re , w h ich cost $7,828 in 1920
c a n now be b u ilt fo r $ 5 ,278— a
c o m p le te hom e w ith seven room s
a n d b a th , fro n t a n d r e a r p o rch es.
T h e lu m b e r cost of th is h o u se in
1920 w as $3,600, re p la c e a b le now
fo r $2,450. C o m p a ra tiv e lu m b e r
b ills fo r M ay. 1920 an d M ay, 1923
w e re e s tim a te d by 39 lu m b e r It al-
e rs in a s m an y d iff e re n t W iscon
sin c itie s and v illag es w itli th e
re d u c tio n in fav o r of 1923 ra n g . i
in g from 10 p e r cent to 33 per
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WE F U R N IS H H A P P Y H O M ES
Prom the basement to the garret
Quality Furniture for every room in the house.
Universal b urn aces and Ranges
Armstrongs Linoleum
Biglow Hartford Rugs
Sw enson & P eeb ler
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Some Choice Sift
Hardware,
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22 a c re s p a rt in C ity L im its, m o stly
in f ru it, 5 'ro o m house, ch ick en
h ouse 14x60, p ric e $65 0 0 .0 0 . R eal
B a rg a in .
M * room h o u se w ith sle e p in g porch,
h a th , to ile t, hot and cold w a te r. A
re a l sn a p . P ric e $15 0 0 .0 0 . On Good
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See My Sign 73 O ak St.
Six room , m o d ern c o tta g e , nicely lo ca ted
new ly fin ish e d , a ll m o d ern c o n v en ien ces,
w ould a c co m m o d a te tw o sm a ll fam ilies,’
fifty foot lo t, s tra w b e rrie s , b la c k b e rrie s ,
■ n ru n a n d p o u ltry h o u se — w ill sell
• o r •; 2 0 00.00 E a sy te rm s.
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a i ,a - 60 ,o n ‘h a y in b a rn , tw e n ty cow s a n d calves.
>o fre sh O ctober 1. F in e sp a n m a re s, all farm
-i i i'n o a..,, w in s e n re a s o n a b le a n d ta k e up to $5000
in tow n p ro p e rty .
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S tate B ank
O f A shland
O ne of th e m ost re m a rk a b le
te n d e n c ie s to c h a n g e lo ca tio n s
t h a t h a s e v e r been n o ted in A sh
la n d h a s been o b serv ed th is
w eek .
T h e sh o p fo rm e rly occupied by
t h e O rre s ta ilo r sh o p h a s been
le a s e d by th e L itlu a B a k e ry ,
w h ich p la n s to c h a n g e lo ca tio n s
in th e n e a r fu tu r e .
T h e ta ilo r
sh o p h a s been m oved to Mem-
Loans m ade on approved
R eal E state
o ria l H all, w h e re it w ill soon re-
B a k e ry .
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soon v a c ate i t ’s p re s e n t lo ca tio n ,
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sn to th e fo rm e r L ith la
By th is se rie s o f c h a n g e s, a
new b u sin e ss h a s b e e n in tro d u c e d
to A sh la n d , a s M r. S c h u e rm a n ,
w ho h a s been In b u sin e ss in Gold
H ill fo r m a n y y e a rs w ill open a
g ro c e ry s to re in th e p lace w h e re
th e J o r d a n E le c tric S hop is now
lo c a te d .
M r. S c h u e rm a n w ill p ro b a b ly
lo c a te in A sh la n d so th a t he m ay
give h is b u sin e ss m o re p e rso n a l
a tte n tio n .
C lassified a d s b rin g re s u lts .
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W O R K OX H A R D HOM E
N E A R IN G C O M PLETIO N
E x c a v atio n w o rk on th e E . R.
H a rd y hom e on N o rth M ain S t.,
is n e a rin g c o m p le tio n , a n d it is ' tile b u sin ess in A sh la n d , th u s p ro -
expected th a t soon th e b u ild in g v id in g a n o th e r fam ily a ttr a c te d
p io p e r will begin to rise .
h e re by b u sin e ss p o ssib ilitie s.
M r. H a rd y is m o v in g h e re w ith
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h is fa m ily to e n g a g e in rnercan- j
C lassified a d s b rin g re s u lts .