Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — WHY HOME OWNING IS URGED [ARTICLE]

WHY HOME OWNING IS URGED

Fen Powerful Arguments Put Forward by Those Convinced of Wisdom of the Plan. Home owning will result in benefit to people who become home owners ind to the city as a whole, for these, imong other, reasons: 1. In the long run the home owner Is more prosperous than -the renter, ind the prosperity of any city depends upon the prosperity of its individual citizens. 2. The home owner is permanent; the shifter does little good to his city ar himself. 3. The home owner is progressive; the renter is not Interested in progressive movements. 4. Habits of thrift learned in home buying add to the wealth of the individual and the city. 5. The home owner beautifies the city; the renter does not; the more beautiful our city is the more people will be attracted to it. 6. Other things being equal, the home owner is a better worker than the renter, and keeps his position after the renter is discharged. 7. The owner of a home has an everpresent protection against poverty, and will not become a charge upon the community. 8. No city of renters can ever succeed. No nation of tenants ever became great. 9. A city that is worth living in is worth owning a home in. —lO, Other things being equal, the home owner is a better citizen, a better soldier, a better American than the renter.