Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
Have You a Home .


IuIs - u yi.-- I-1c-'". v h~t Il
period oI Vux.t.".- a't.: t,s- {! L~man
cnJ.urarc", pAE.:ct,lf, i2"at-iiy and
spiritually. Il j., OR h2Is> ought TO
be" capitalized 10 Us ~ expression
Of TIE nnaLce wits. HAT Is, the
money expc4,ioi - ie--.r '.i..-'t 10 D.
applied as instaiipl...- ~ 80 mcnt OF
the property occupied i! '.' tenant.
II is not always ~. 'tic,3.o 10 40 thi5-
Some families. rs cent q railways and
other corporations. ar liable 10 remoV-
al TO other places Of duty, ana there
are various circumstance tnAf prevent
sons people from OWuinI homes ct
tueir OWL. Inp:c i.rc H.aNy others.
who ara Row renters. who might pur-
chase homes and thus accumulate Il
little property that otherwise they
never will have.
\ house for She family j 4 domestic
savings bank. L. & good town the ~
crease in the value Of the realty Will
offset the ezptls3 OF ordinary repairs.
Tie taxes. Insurance, ~nd the interest
upon TIE borrowed 'uoner viii amount
TO 10 moro thar ;le rent; i frequently
will be less. A-Sur.iuJ these three
items to be equal 70 the rent, and that
the family i unable to make any larger
payments. where arc the economic
advantages OF bayingn home
There are various things to he con
siderea in answering this question. In
the first place il there WAS no actual
money gain. tie moral influence upon
the family of living in a homo they
could cali their own. even before it was
raid for, is one that counts for much.
The sense of proprietorship adds to the
dignity ard tie happiness OF the cccu-
pants, 1t makes better citizens and
has salutary influence upon the young
people. 1t fosters the hCnle feeling;
there is something to work tor. Each
can help to pay oil the debt unon their
homestead for it is their home and not
j some one 8 elsa who may at the expira-
ton of the lease thrust them cut to give
place to others. Every tree and shrub
and towering plant upon the premises
has been planted, or added 10 by the
hands Of the occunanis, and aro the
objects of lavish affection. Ihus the
ties of doa,esticity are multiplied aud a
silentinfuence reaches out toward ever
heart to hold it in tender au1 cOLi!nu-
ing embrace 20 prevent restless feet
wandering from tho sacred precincts OF
!, that dearest of all snots, the America
home.
There are also pecuniary considera
lions that obtain. If. AS Benjamin
!, franklin said Three moves are equa
staying IN one place. damaged fdrii'
, tufe, lost articles, nlsh'tiniS carpets
, injured heaIths and damaged .em:'cF'
all have more or less direct bearing
on the purse, sometimes throwing on
, Ines reaching as lar as the ooofs o. inc
doctor and the undertaken 10 say ho!h
ing OF the SERVICES OF sunury artisans
3 to repair damages ana OF time 1851 IL
3 removal that could nave heen more
) proiltably occupied IN the regular prf'
suits.
Then there is the vaine added 70
place oy the lndustry ana skiii OF tnt
, occupants IN beautifylng 1t and multi
? plying the comforts ana cohvenaencef
OF the home. Ihere Is Doth pleasure
and proht IN such WORK, nut 1t Is Tor
{ elgn to the renter. iaerel Is no place
like home, provided 1t IS your own
, therefore, II you 40 notyet possess one
| the ud'ckeye advises the reader t.
stralghtway set about planning TO 80
cure that Kind OF sheet anchor: l.
Will mako you better, happier citizei
7 aud ultimately help out your bank &c
. count Burlington dawkeye.
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3 DOES WEALTH BRING HAppINEs s p
s On one of the last days of his earthly
r existence Mr.. Johns Hopkins called biz