South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
PAGE OF SPECIAL, INTEREST
TO HOME BUILDERS

ice. and in fact, the entire business
life of the city is bound up in that
little home multiplied by so. by 100
or by 1000.
The married home-owner is con-
tented. is glad 10 stay in your town
as long as working conditions are
favorable. while the drifter whose
home is wherever he hangs his hat
is neither stable or desirable. The
I. w. w, bolshevik and anarchist is
never a home-owner; he is a home
destroyer. The best insurance against
labor unrest is a small payment
down on a home.
In Kokomo, Ind, representatives
OF the various business houses in the
town have organized a building and
loan association and will lend up TO
so percent of the value of any new
building. This association will not
make a large profit for several years
but the incOrporators realize the
value OF home building TO the COM
munity and are acting accordingly.
The Chicago Examiner in an ar
ticle entitled Build Now" says the
very gentlemen who are doing the
most worrying about Social I'm
rest and "bolshevism" hold it with
in their power TO put this community
on a happy prosperous basis in the
twinkling of an eye. But much of
the private capital has considered
dividends entirely without regard TO
the human factor How do they
know labor or materials ever Will be
cheaper?
This need for action is pres
ent need"
Even if there were a possibility
that labor or materials would be
cheaper, further delay would be in
excusable.
Why not display little American
craftsmanship. Turn the money
loose Wake up Chicago.
The Mishawaka Trust & Savings
bank announces that it has 5000
600 available which it viii loan on
improved city and farm property
Watch Mishawaka grow!
The Indianapolis News in an ar
ticle entitled, Owning Your Home, "
says there is hardly any question
that the home owner has a deeper
interest in his community than he
who rents a house.
Home is not necessarily a palace
or q mansion, it may be a hovel or
IS
pride in it, beauties it and furnish
es il to the best of his ability. and
he and his family are better citizens
for it,
The L. S. Steel corporation re-
Gently Joined with the other steel
companies to stabilize conditions and
Chairman Gary said that business
generally would return to normal if
business men retained their stability
and courage" He also said that
the spirit of cooperation must be
applied wherever possible"
Prosperity Is Here.
Louis +. Post, assistant secretary
of labor, in a recent interview said
that Before snow flies the Il. S. will
experience the greatest prosperity in
its history"
Before the war our net immigra-
ton was $4,000 per year. Now it is
nothing. The demand for labor, if
it does not become greater than be-
fore the war, will at least absorb all
the supply. Europe's needs and our
own legislation will restrict immigra-
ton. What if the cost of living is
high as long as wages remain high,
dollar is only a measure of value
as lon gas you call it so.
Finally if you have any business
man in your community who is
blocking the wheels of the car of
progress, go to him and explain that
he is not only injuring himself but
your entire community by his stand
pat" methods.