The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-18

bSoANAs oShCN bAAS 1dtobAOi VI lliN National Association of Real Estate Dealers in their annual convention in Chicago last week.
 In particular MT. Jemison dwelt on the lure of other forms of in- vestment that have been brought about through broad policies of ad- vertising. In addressing the conven- tion, he said:
 In my own city real estate is
 losing it's appeal. while invest
 ment in securities Is becoming
 more and more general. And my
 city iS one in which concrete
 cases of the large profits or in-
 crements on real estate invest
 ments are probably as great and
 impressive as can be foua1 in
 thy city of the same size In the
 United States.
 To turn the tide back to real estate ownership, MT. Jemison sug- gests a national bureau, whose mis- sion it shall be to conduct broad campaign showing the public through the printed word the "su- perior attractiveness of home owner ship and the safety and desirability of real estate investments. He be- lieves it would be feasible to secure the cooperation of building mate- rial men, such as lumber, brick, tile and cement manufacturers, and make it campaign that would have it's echo through the nation.
 The logic is good. Advertising sold Liberty Bonds and associational advertising is selling the ideas of bankers, manufacturers and mer- chants. The home and real estate owning idea can be sold as well through the same means.
 The drift from real estate to se- curities is fact The high interest bearing ones have been especially easy to place after liberal use of ad- vertising space. The same opportu- nifty is open to those who sell real estate. It is the idea that needs to be advertised.
 A New York man who has been suing his wife for divorce for seven years is said to have taken her out 800 times during that period. People who go into that sort of thing should make up their minds one way or the other.
 Belly crawling" is not a dignifie1 term for senator to use in debate However, there are times when the Senate positively refuses to stand on It's dignity
 Brother Crafts thinks some of the reformers are trying to go too far. Can it be possible that we have mis- judged Brother Craftse
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 If it will reassure Japan, we can state that the disarmament confer ence will not include relativity in it's discussions.
 It is reported that Georges wants another chance at Dempsey. The purse will have to be cut down con siderably. Lloyd Georges political enemies who attack him for his plan to visit America are hard up for a talking point Tt looks bad for beer" says the San Francisco Chronicle. Following out the alliterative idea, it looks 1 worse for wine,
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 bat ha ie. ington. Judge Taft will have to fore go his favorite pastime of catching trains. The local atmosphere always clears considerably when few L w. w. agitators are chased out of a town Tom Watson may not know much about constitutional law, but that's no handicap to oratory.
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 For an impractical dreamer" Hank Ford is doing very well in business way.
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 The Muscle Shoals neighborhood is ready to receive Henry Ford with brass bands and fireworks.
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