Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — TIED TO A HOME [ARTICLE]

TIED TO A HOME

The owning of a home, a fortune greatly desired by every man, is achievable by most men. And yet the proportion of Americans who live in rented quarters grows larger year by year. One of tho prime reasons for this Increasing tendency is that an increasing proportion of earners are employes, and being employes they wish to hold themselves free to move as better employment may offer itself. To this hope of better employment the hope of a home is easily sacrificed. The fear of being tied to a home is not uncommon in those who are not employes. Some are not content to settle down permanently, being lured by the enchantment of the beyond—that beyond being the other side of the continent, or the other side of the street. Moving becomes a habit, made easy by those whose business is transportation. But in the end the habit is expensive. As a matter of everyday demonstration, two facts stand forth: First, being tied to a home is vastly more profitable than being foot-free and homeless; and, second, the home-owner need never be tied to his home in an undesirable way. Few men ever accumulate enough to carry them through life without first being caught and tied up. Every well established business is a financial hitching post. The business of the life insurance agent is to catch and tie those who will not otherwise accumulate. Buying a home while living in it is one of the surest ways on earth to persuade a man to accumulate property. But a prudent man is not financially hampered by owning a home. A home wisely located, wisely built and wisely cared for is always a liquid asset. Somebody can be found willing to pay full value for such property. The chances are that the property will have increased in value in the owner’s hands. Thousands of home properties are increasing in value steadily, even though the buildings grow older. Good judgment in the building and care of a home always pays good dividends. A man too timid to build a home is seldom brave enough to build a fortune.—Minneapolis Journal.