Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-19
HOME BUILDING BOOM
a New Record in Construction Will
Be Set This Year.

Tie g-eatest home building boom
re world las ever known will De
launched this spr;1g-is, IN -act, a.
-eadE started. Sucn IS the 1agni-
tude IT this unprecedented activity,
that the human mind cannot fully
grasp It's immensely and extent. Most
CT Is nave AZ some tine seen local.
les experience .boorns' IN building
even seen. perhaps. whole sections Cf
re country undergo i process II db-
normally rapid development thar n
tailed an extraordinary amount q
building. But TIE boom "tcat We
have with Us crday.' IS the after
dinner speakers Say. : n~laiifest:ng
.rseif II eye-y v3,!Z.4 c.ul1Ty n me
world universal stimulus mat s
moving humanity % creaIe more
ZONES. Tia IN ted States viii De nc
exception among countries. for no
Were = = 81 IT ard sentiment Cor
home Guiding 70 pronounced Is here.
-cne pu-pos Of this worldwide
bu.i,.inc ac-!*:,y viii be. II European
countries. % restore homes thar we're
N The pam Il wars devastation. N
MS UuCt-T there are many factors
iluportan. IN tie yrea- movement. II
Tie first place. the United states )
lar behind Il It's normal .lome-bu!ld-
lng. because sucn work practically
came N i s~tandsyill herr fer more
than a yea- while The nation concen-
t-atad all is energies on he 9rosecu-
ticn CT ne war. During that lnten-
slve period the government dis
~csuraged lome-buildicg. while now
ne national administration IS calling
uprn TIE people 10 build. not only as
a patriotic duty. hut as a mean u
providing additional employment Tor
returning soldiers ard. for artisans
released from war production active
les. Secretary Wilson OF tie De-
parIrnenr OF labor has caused 20 ne
Sent OUT from Washington a., ever
the country. LARGE ~placaris alEocat-
ing immediate Ecme-buIidiIC. Dur
ing the war II vas patriotic noL =
build. low We can res; snow our PAL
r;oI:srn by hu.,l!-G'. Raids me Cf
these placa~3s. another reais. "Owa
d T+s!ne f- EaU- C:l.idEea's Sake.
and a Ia:rd sars. "Consrruc;ian adds
10 tte ~ealtl q The couItry-bu.ld
now -fe-e are others jusc as ur-
Las tur not least in tie
Huercer ending 10 stimulate home
bu!ld!n., throughout MS country are
the z t.-Tid. publicity campaigns
be!-~ o~~-duct-d a. manufacturers Of.
aEG ~lca,e-s n bG ding materials
wao are pointing ~. - re public the
do -~ -s,rE- - 49, 49, -, b,--f-E,rv
homes nav. One ASSOCIATION of manu-
f~aCtIrers alone. me Southern Pine
Association. is expanding mora than
so. Apd,9o A month in telling the peo-
pie n ne Country of the prospective
great foreign demand FOR American
lumber ard pointing Il me act that
The price OF lumber today IS ta- less.
by comparison. than that Of other i'm
portant commodities Manufactures
of paints. makers CT patented build
ing materials n other associated
interests are conducting similar cam
paisns.
Undoubtedly the foremost factor in
American home-building activity.
however, IS IN intensified sentiment
regarding home ownership. The
people of this country never before
realized TO such a degree what the
home meant; certainly American SOL
diers who ven 70 the battle fronts II
Europe anu scw the thousands OF
homes destroyed and the hundreds Of
thousands Of homeless people. are
coming lcEae with a new and more
vivid appreciation Of the comfort. con-
tenrC2ent and happiness thas is found
only IN the home. The i~lardships Of
var have quickened their conscious !
ness II tie attractions Of a real home.
and -l!ey gre coming back hungry for
all the comforts # home"-not for
The cherries hospitality Of a board
.ng house or the c-amped and ar,:f-
al environment OF the apartment
house