The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-02-28
BUILD, SLOGAN
BEING h HEARD
OVER ! COUNTY,
Also BEllIDJI
This City Not to Be Behind
81 III Movement Gaining
Strong aeadways
sPIONEER,, WANTS NEWS
or EVERY OPERATION
Materials and Labor Plentiful
and Prices Have Dropped; z
Save Your Rent

,s Save Your Rent
Build q Building" ].
y That's to tbe the slogan through
osit the country during the coming
spring and summer months. And
there's a, reason, and good one!
No building other than that which
was absolutely necessary has been
done during the past year. Govern
.ment restrictions, made necessary by
the war emergency, practically
stopped all construction work. Now
these restrictions have been removed
7 and there are many reasons why
building plans should be revived and
carried out ais speedily as possible.
The buildings are needed, their con-
ytruction will add to the general pros
'perity Of the community and, last
but not least, the work will provide
employment for the soldiers who are
now being discharged. 5...s. 1
Bemidji should not and undoubted-
ii will not be behind other coynmun-
tiles in this particular. Many resi-
dents not only Of Bemidji but OF the
surrounding country were planning
new homes OF other buildings,-pr Inn
provernants on old buildings when
:Wat pHtA an end. to these activities.
sNow there is no reason why these
plans should not be revived and, as
stated above, there are many reasons
why they should be carried out. ..
= New Homo Building Department. &
THE Pioneer wishes to print all the
news regarding building plans and
buiidinx operations in ;Bemidji and
vicinity, and asks its readers to give
itAhfbrmation Of their own plans and
any others of which they may have
kffdWiedge. News 'of this kind is Of
general Interest and its publication
viii benefit the entire community.
Construction work Of useful char
acter Is a. boon to the community.
ftsputs money into circulation where
AZ will do the most gcod-at home.
It improves labor conditions and
briuras ad deds pfasperity to every resi-
dent 81 the community.
sss Govsrnment Behind Movement. s,
= The United States government
itself is behind this "Build q Build
siilt movement. William B. Wilson,
secretary Of labor, issued statement
recently, calling ION individuals as
we'll as state and municipal author
!. itfee to begin at once the building
Rf0jccts that-had been stopped to re-
lease labor and \ materials for war
purposes. Secretary Wilson summed
do the situation when he said
ssLack Of dwelling acc omnod ations
and lack Of publfc conveniences in
the way OF roads, bridges and public
buildings are a.Berious detriment at
this time, when we. are anxious to
pass through the read justnnent period
with all speed. There iss another and
equally sarsbus side, however, namely
chat WIFI the lack Of building ACTIVE
tiles mapy of our returned soldiers
who afes Skilled in. various building
trades. will End themselves. out Of enl4
Payment on their return to this
country. s i. u. II 5 81
M have no thought ef advocating
wasteful or unnecessary building, for
that would be q poor solution Of 9
most serious problem ]; hut ] do feel
that II we can secure from public au-
thorities and private individuals an
early intention to start work in the
construction Of buildings, sewers,
waterworks, bridges and similar ufl-
dertakings. all OF which are vitality
necessary, we'll not only be increas-
ing the total substantial value OF our
country, bat we will in a measure be
stabilizing general economic condi-
tons during the period Of reconstruc.
tom u; gs55 .s3
Materials and Labor Plentiful,
It is apparent that there will b.
! no edearth OF either ma terials or la.
hor tor the building that is necessary
during the next year or two. As 8
starter the United States Steel cor
poration has announced a reduction
in the price of building materials hut
as a matter Of fact, the advance il
the cost of building during the last
few years has been far less than II
almost any other line, and incomes
have Increased IN a much greater pro
portion.
Lack Of dwelling accommodation:
has created a bad condition in many
places. It has: increased rents on
Of all proportion to the increase il
the cost of construction andsthe ne
cessity for increased incomes of this
owners. This condition will be main
tanned until such time as there have
been provided more homes.
Farmers Lack Buildings. Il
&c., The farmers, who have greatly in
creased their production of food un.
der the stimulus of high prices and
the appeals. of the government, lack
many buildings that are necessary fol
the efficient operation of their farms
This sort of building, like all others
was halted by the war Industries
board. All restrictions now have
been removed and everyone is free to
carry out his building plans.
Build Building" will become ex,
ceptionally popular this spring and
summer and everyone who has had
such a thought in mind during the
period Of anxiety will do well to gel
busy and formulate -hiss plans4 is ~
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