The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-07-21

house the same principles OF Standardization.
machine factory aud quantity production that
are employed by ALL other great Industries.
Most experts agree that the real crux Of the
Industrial housIng problem lies not Ia land cost.
taxes or Interest rates. but In the house ITSELF
Tho cost OF construction The Investment In
building IL anywhere from three 10 ten times the
cost Of tho land. and Is therefore he dominant
item and the most potent factor In the entire
problem. II 10 all very well to eliminate the
waste In the other faetors-wsste Of time labor
or materiai-but N the productivity OF human
labor and capital In construction can be Increased
the result would be real step toward the soiu-
tion of the difieuity and the benefits OF such an
seonomy would accrue TO all parties involved
THAT the ready made house will come event
uaiy h evident from the progress made. The
nrst experimental building designed 70 demon
strsie the principle OF Standardization aud fac
tory production successfully erected In 1909
Since thsn tho work OF demonstration aud de-
vslopment has proceeded. with the general result
always pointing. In my Judgment. TO the sound
Of the principles and thsir ultimate success.
The help We need ought to come from gov-
srnnssnt research department established for that
purpose. THIS department would have to bear
the same relation 70 housing which Is commodity.
that the department Of agriculture bears 10 wheat
or the bureau Of mines 10 minerals. In other
words. the housing Of the Industrial army Is as
important In peace that % the manitlen work.
srs In wsr times Or the nxhtnx units themselves
Aea for these purposes the government spent
hundreds Of miilieea Of doiisr--snd established
a special department n IL a fair question whsth-
sr tho Importance o. shs problem today does not
Justify he establishment Of permanent bureau
% housias-
~whst srses VIII this Increased activity o. tbs
iuabsrlsek have our lumber sapplyr' Is an iu-
portsst question.
The sxpsrtstiea Of Amsricsn lumber on the
scale likely TO rv.an FROM the Europssn demand
Zoe material win. ucie>~ accompanied BY provi
soa fnr rvsro~th seriously dspisss the supplies
needed BY henis Industries and ltapo~s hsrdships
on shs consuming public here 10 tho view % ueury
y cr-v~a eaiss II TIRE unifsi states forest srrv-
iee
me a~e4rtmsas Of agriculture has issued q
pamphlet By CoiuasI 0rsves warning the wood
asnx Industries. the unhsrmen and Fii interested
IN Aesss .appfs. q Forest products or foreign
trade Ia th<m. that the question ~ lufahsr en-
Ports esasss safely b lsfr 10 the esrs q i,sstf
rss situation 10 especially eriticai be points eat.
with s~rsssn cs ecr highest xrsas woods such 80
ash sak Aiekory. ysisw poplar and hlsek wslnut
which So the support % important inde~trl~~
saa w,sA sesth<ss ysfie~ p,ne Of which tho
sns which Il Hhe,y 70 Be exported In large guam
titles 70 uess snerthewar demands
ms sisrauca. coioasi Graves holds 10 oos Of
su,lnoas possibilities -Most Of the lesdinx I'M
sp.tsssi nations ef the wcrid.- he says whether
lightly wooded and dependent upon imports 90
heavily wooded and exporters are taking steps To
safeguard aud develop their timber resources. The
United states atone Appears to be eootent TO
bafid up . great export trade without considering
the ultimate s6eet upon domestic timber ~
sources ana their capacity IN the future to suppl
the homo narhs<"
spu,d p,hne psncy Hoss 81. Aewsvsr. pscss
sarsq 6snas1 u Gscssrassasss Of sVerA