Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1919 — Proper Homes Important. [ARTICLE]

Proper Homes Important.

To provide proper homes for the people is one of the worthiest objects of human endeavor.. Proper housing conditions have been regarded as the basis upon which all other reforms and betterments must rest. Without decent home surroundings, light and air, proper sanitation, we do not have good citizens. All of this has been said many times before. The surprising thing is that in this country, at least, there has been comparatively little interest in it among Well-to-do who desire to aid with their wealth the wellbeing of their fellow men. Money expended now in building serves a double purpose, meets a coincident need, the need for employment and housing.