New-York tribune., 1922-11-28
The biggest thing
a man works for
the last thing he let's 20 Of

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TT,HE one thing above all others that IN. .v....-
IL man works hardest TO get 10 home of HI. a 80
No sacrifice 10 too great 20 get slittle plaee. .
he can establish his family in comfort-a ss .is.s {
he is glad to come back to at the end Of the d.
Seldom does the average man ind h;msele -
ton to lay down the cash for his home ne rsss ~.
what he can and arranges for financial helm ,l.s
permits him to pay off the balance in amor,
and on terms that he lie able to meet
The man who is buying his home hangs ON tn !. J.
the last ditch He makes his payments ON Il.
home; sacrifice is too great, no effort too hard
for him to avoid losing the one thing be pr;a.
above all else.
There be little wonder In the face Of shis h.s
statistics-cold figures devoid Of sensment
show that when the average man buys homs
he goes through with il. He pays FOR IL Hs
would not want home in the first place il he
not worthwhile, industrious, dependable
He is good risk-the hest risk for you or me-
TO help We can depend upon his word; and
doubly when he gives that word TO paw for
the home he builds.
l leave it to others to promise to tell you the
easiest way to wealth by some short cut
My interests and the interests Of the Institution aeye
are devoted to helping the average man own hh
home. We do this not merely by planning and
building his home, but extead to him that ALL
needfui help to finance il plan that brings
home ownership years nearer than he eyer
thought was possible
Our business touches the interest Of the average n
very closely: and naturally are careful Of
the type and kind Of man we help The meas
ure of our ability to help men own their own
homes is not to be estimated i'm terms of Willing.
ness. Our services are freely az the call of men
and women who need the advice and experience
OF an institution such ours: our financial help
is limited only by the resources we can command
During the past four months we have received n
quests from 16O0 persons for aid in financing
and building their homes We are building the
homes of some of them right now; others arc 60
be built for occupancy in the Spring.
And every Of the homes we build is buiI ON
assigned contract with an individual We aenot
speculative builders; we are not interested IN
building large groups of houses in operations,
with the idea of selling them when completed
Our homes are sold before we build them
10 these persons of responsibility we have EXTENDED
the necessary help TO finance them But thers
is limit to the resources of even wisely d.
ganized and soundly functioning organizatioa
such ours.
We have reached point where the available capad
OF this institution is not sufficient to meet ihs
overwhelming requests for help We haw
reached the point in our wide activities whefs
we must expand il we would live up to our full
est possibilities.
The Empire Honebuilding Association makes profit
IN Its business of building. Each individual
building operation shows profit, else we could
not continue. The profits to be made are gov.
erned only by the number of homes we bald
under the Empire Homebuilding Plan Thelog
1cai thing for TO do, in the face of the success
that has attended our cooperative work il y
expand; to increase our available resources b
capital to enable us to accept the contracts that
are to be made the minute we are able to assume
them.
we invite your investigation Of The Empire Home
building Association; as to i,s record, its per
sonnel. its plan, and the possibilities before i
We believe will ErJ -. ~ sudi ia