Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-08-07
Lumbermen Must Turn Out
Ten Billion More Feet a
Year to Meet Demand for
Home Building
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n a H. LUAIBERJACK will have to nus
MN tie. That is the publicly expressed
ii r. opinion among the experts IN every
Ee line Of business connected with buhd
~ Ing. They say among other things.
~ That the demand for homes In the
~ United States is nationwide.
e. That 100000 homes should have
b., been built at the normal rate in the
H. last two years and that only 10000
were actually built. leaving short
,sc t,s, is estimated at fully 10000 homes.
M from 100000 to $4,000 homes must hc now
Iullh YEARLY to make mp the shortage and TO get
,eck POO fl, normal rate.
M .0uDoOO feet of lumber. board measure.
xilI have zoo be cut yearly instead OF 4owoooo
ket which, the normal rate.
Tfai au Increase IN the lumber output of 10.
popo f.r' year will certainly make the luin
|esjs hustle
III expert, do not agree rs To figures in all
.aAes lui 10 Is evident that the shortage IN
Iomes /, very large. At the recent real estate
mseniiou u Atlantic city Inadequate housing
- ties we're reported from all parts Of the
Nm anl the shortage in homes was put AT
Aguu b; should be remembered that the or
aInafy demands Of manufacturers for lumber are
N o. bee met
Jiu' the demand Of devastated Europe for
xpoer Will undoubtedly stimulate export from
Afa cornir,
Mill all the lumberjncks OF the country will
lnRs 10 hustle Il looks ns n the biggest activity
~ BE- demanded from the lumberlacks Of the
|edfc coas' whore most Of the lumber comes
hon nowadays.
m pictures show scenes in Idnho and WASH
y b northern Idaho and there is sin snow
- ground In June. The tranoad Of logs is on
mfro" gauge road In the Idaho pine forests
F FcruNood. The three magnificent yellow
- are ln % logging region near spokane. Vel
ID" is me principal source ~ lumber In
Ten Washington. The normal production -
sios pine Is about iGOOOOOOO0O feet (honri
H~rc year. II Is figured that This output
% pave 10 be Increased 10 about 20oo0ooOOOn
~ some Of the white pine trees near Spokane
- Nv feet IN diameter and l75 feet high The
rFKest white pine helt left I'm The United STATES
& IN northern Idaho Some of the largest ana
sse''f+oninpod 'awmins In rho country nrc in this
"ashl ng'onldaho district
1mS housing problem is n big one-so big that
may lood 20 action by the federal government.
{"e ihr'm"nt OF labor. I'm announcing I'm jan
~ fhai 10000 new dwelling houses were need.
had This 10 say:
Two billion dollars. available for loans to
~ nli'lrrs would 90 far I'm providing the
ny capital FOR the building Of these dwell
Securities ~ value approximnting 5000.
"a nre held by the constituent organizations
! ni"d Sintcs League Of Building aud Loan
'il"n- Labor conditions. manufacturing,
Pcid needs clearly Indicate the desirnhhty
immediate Rccceratlon OF building act!vl-
S'ysN roushout The country.
ufn.fp,
z- ...'me tentative plan may matcriali7e in ~
s~s' system Of home loan banks The plan
- Ilates the creation Of bank In each fed
rserVe district similar to the land banks
E ss".'e' under the federal farm loan act with
f~-" local building and loan association could
E' collateral, receiving I'm exchange home
- bonds"
" ~ announcement has been made in Washing
S.,s LOUIS H. Sherman. president of the United
GO 81 housing corporation. that the land IN varl-
~ eS which was 10 have been utilized by the
E>,e'un'ht In Its war emergency building pro-
10 be sold TO home seekers for the cree
k private houses. The conditions governing
'3'e oI such property are that there Is n real
----'' ior houses In the community and that the
h,' ION OF homes Will he started Immediately
u~"'np the sale The lots nre to be sold pub
49,. complete sets OF plans. prepared by arch
M ~ Inc housing corporation. will be fur
Fs"eu with the various lots
Dk.N'' Atterbury has some interesting
say on this problem He Is known ms
- OF international reputation. He Is
OF the board OF directors Of the Ma
- ouSlng association chairman Of the war
- rrUuSlhg committee. member Of the National
s,. ."nh'ng institute. member of the French
W architects and Engineers on the prob
''"nSiructlon I'm the devastated regions
ilE-.~.-m' lnoer of the New York tenement house
Sssason For 10 years. under various appro-
ko.,~@ "'glhnlng with the Henry Phipps en-
~ "a ana then with the Russell Sage founda-
ukcr4 "as spent large pnrt of his time I'm re-
S[< orH and experiments I'm the possibilities
~ - production of the small house suit
u a. "orNlngmen. These kpractlcal studies
~ q o's'ratlons have involved the expendi-
- Nv" Vt three hundred thousand dollars
10 among other things:
nSX, nuke no substantial progress toward
- WI OF the Industrial housing problem
"pp'y to the production of the small