Programme Increased Fourfold in Twelve Years: Important Home Modernization Movement: Prevailing Luxury root Ore OWN ConsesroxuEs® trade in China in revolutionary: periods—everyone used to declare that this year's trade would show a fearful decrease, But when the it stands to-day. This is ing statement, but if you travel in this country, in the great urban districts and the countryside alike, the fact will be borae in upon you that the outstanding factor of American progress to-day is her enoniibus building programme, J9L4 a large-group of one hundred cities spent $748,000,000 in new buildings, but in 1926 (the latest figures compiled, though 1927 is expected to be greater) this figure had grown to no less then $3,336,- 000,000—say £667,000,000, Building costs had a little more than doubled Customs returns of trade came along there would always boa recorded increase. So with America's building programme, The more she more the building de-one can sce that the statisticians ave probably correct who state that there will not be a single building of the present year of grace. two decades time, And wst not be considered that buildings going up are of the Jerry built type so common in very' early American settlement, To-day, some of the gigantic skyscrapers are works of art, erected so that they will be able to stand the ravages of in that po in 1926 was more than four times what was spent in 1914, la wi year, due (0 the fact that there was no quota in immigration, a's population was increasing. faster than is to-day.
ich_ your the United States 160,000 families to its 1028 rome 430,000 is were erected. ince 102. building retain has from 400,090 to 450,020, and include the thousands of accom modation being provided in new hotels for the small families that are ings into apart wonder that Britons visiting country for the first time exclaim at the luxury of the American hon rmiatter No where one may be—admiting the rely old Colonial Houses of Con-
Beautiful Structures Being Erected 'The modern skyscraper Jonger just a square box, uns and dear, any architecture of the past. It iw said of Cardinal: Mexeier, when he was being driven down' through Broadway in New York, that he complained of having been missi formed regarding, American Cathedrals. "What cathedral is that we are passing now?" he asked, and was politely informed that that was not a cathedral, but the lofty Wool worth Building!
There can be no question that the building industry of America, hand in hand with her automobile industry, has been responsible for American prosperity. How can it the otherwise when one remembers that it has accounted for business amounting to eight thousand million (approximately) and 3 to existing probably to newer an fine modern houses ty Hace the older ones which are apparently so. ruthlessly pulled dows or renovated,
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