Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1921, Page 11

7" Real Estate : Investments Part Two. BETTER THINGS FOR WORKINGME, 1 BY ROGER W. BABSON. some nice sunny spring Sunday af noon you may hear a polyglot of tions blaming our social, "ecconomis political order for the fallures of great mass of people. This is the fourth of & series of articles by Mr. Babson appearing in Th Star. The | fifth will appear ia next Saturday’s Busi- | i mess Section. At st Opportunity came ‘0 wan who was buniened with cares, And suld: I now offer the same Opportunity that has been theirs, Here's w duty that ought 1o be done, - e if you've got the time to fake it." N last week's article 1 named eight main obstacles that retard our prosperity as a nation by hinder- individuals. T 2, pass it in! tind time or I'll make it." - same social, economic and political exensex there are thix old world is nccursed, et ix by far feeblest, the worgt. : ing our progress a | aiscussea five of these. ot t <t. the WASHINGTON, D. C, fter- ora- c or the Tt is rather para- doxical that Joseph Fels, manufacturer of Fels' naptha soap, once blamed the 1 or- der for his marvelous success. The same energy, time and effort spent in blaming our economic order devoted to making good would achieve the desired result. BUSINESS SECTION SATURDAY, JULY 16, BRODT BROTHERS' NEW HOME. Becau e three remaining have to The boorest. the feeple Men are successful because they have do particularly with the hardships—| " If the habit ix yours, you should shake It, | certain six characteristics referred to in fometimes real agd sometimes imagi- | For if von want 1 a later article. These soap-box orators § . A What is offered 0 i seem to think that men are successful t “nary—that are faced by men who work ] You'll find time to do it, or make it lh(mu“ they have money or because an | for employers, 1 have reserved them| o . i for the opportunity. The | economic system favors them. The for more extended dis ns this week. | only Kind of situntions and positions | causation is just the other way Ot e anpleas: | are not successful because the e e erassing 'posi- | wealth. They have wealth beca e we e long enotsh. are successful. Men are not succe: for my own amusement I re- making good to an algebraic | Cquation. The result is as follows: Disappointment. are: obs H down and wait These thre 1. A willingn for opportunity around. A belief that position of a workingman is without hope of better- | ment. i 3. A tendency to blame our present economic system for all our trubles. A certain man is working in the same &hop today where he worked in 1872— man_who is me morally hflll‘ physically fit in ev v Wi He is doing same ro ne work that he did fift. 0 at approximately the same Another man that went me factory has in a cars gone from a $100 < position to a $20,000 mana- Ferial position with @ firm of con- tractors: who, on account of the obstacles on the Tuck may have had something to do | oo ot Aeeount ol e o the ubile with the selection of the latter man. ! itv to jts macimum. dut” it had absolutely nothing to do | paflure chmes to those who get the with his making good in the Dosition. | opportunity, but have not the ability to ! The former may not have had 'the op- | i one Lciition, oile. those who. 08 portunities of the latter, but it is Safe to | hing wbillty wnd Bever Fet an. oppors that he failed to utilize as well What | jumity: Hve in JEnorant contentment. ortunities he did ha e e : n Sapaing of Infuiryes \ | In a previous article 1 made The captains of industry today cume statement: - from the ranks of the wageworkers of vesterday. The captains of indu: ‘One of the saddest features of the nt teachings of trade unionism is morrow must come from the the wageworkers of today. Opportunity e doctrine that labor no longer 10 develop is the sine qua non of makin; any hopes of developing into the good. Make your own opportunity if employer class. Surely organized lahor you can. A great many progressive|is making its saddest mistake in aé- mployers are 3 the need of cepting this position as final.” Eiving you the opportunity. Co-opera- | * Of course, all labor leaders not tion in this between employer and wage- | make worRers believe that it is impos- worker is an important factor in our de- | sible for them to develop as individuals. velopment. A much more important|But whenever they do the idea is en- factor is your ability to recognize an | tirely wrong. Instead, every worker opportunity when it arrives. Opportu- | should know that it is possible for him nity taps at least gnce at every | 1o become an emplover, that it is pos door. sible for him to become even a capi talist, an that all these things are pos- sible under our present social, eco- nomic and political order. Not only pos- sible, yes, they are all stimulated by our present system. Hence, labor lead- ers should not teach labor that it must always remain labor. The possibilities of development of the individual should be inculeated in the minds of the great | [ to sit to come TR but they are isting under the economic order. ‘the causes of success find: the laws of our land. by the various hindrances that placed as distinct barriers in the of business, but even laws cannot _its way The above algebraic equation clearly {shows that ability is the basis of all It also shows that along with must go opportunity before suc- s can be consummated. 1f one has | ability but never getd the right oppor- tunity to exploit that ability it is not but disappointment. ~ There are | thousands of people with ability along {certain lines who never get an oppor- ity to use their ability.. There are thousands of people with marked ability from the mind of man. So far Success. Eapecially for Employers. And now I want to say a Wwor employers. to sucsed in one I stances ‘to work along, half-hearted discouraged, at a task for which main talent is useless. T beseech the employers of this periodically this | of their laborers for the specific develop themselves. other concerns. ganlzation. really doing things? Are they the concerns? No! They are the men have risen and developed right in who was delivering trunks for an our gross pportunity tapped at a door, With a chance for the brother within; He_rapped till hix was a carpenter on my garage cannot supply, Fery quickly replied : Bid"tellow, T haven't got time." * “Opportunity ‘wandered along In search of a man who would rise, He_said tothe indolent throng: geres & chance for the fellow who tries." each of them xaid withi a smile, ‘I wish I €suld do it. but I'm Very busy today And I'm sorry to That 1 realis. havea't got thme.’ of age. Wellesiey Farms! mass of workers. Each should know that there is an attainable goal; that he has latent power: that he has talents: that he has intellect: that all of these things are capable of development; and that the possibilities of developing them lie almost wholly within himself. 1f ‘yeu visit the Boston Common on ago. Men Falling to Preduce. istence of our modern . industrial Just Completed CLOSE TO 16th ST. - / % N % ) W, % % 2 Heavy Oak quors, Heated Garage, Four Screened Porches, Breakfast I’orcil, Wide Lot to Paved Alley, Steel Beam Construction.. 8 Large Rooms, 2 Com- plete Baths, Floored At- tic, Built-in Refrigera- tor, Cold Storage Room, Artistic Fixtures. 72227 7 2227 7, B. H. GRUVER, Owner Phone M. 768 Union Trust Bldg. 1 “WARDMAN” OFFERING - of NEW HOMES 4 SOLD 3LEFT 2810 to 2822 Wisconsin Avenue These “homes” embody the true meaning of the word. Designed and finished in refined and practical taste. Eight Large Rooms—two" baths— open fireplaces. Breakfast and sleeping porches. ~Built-in garage. Com- plete in every detail—screens and awnings. : LOCATION: Wi Ave., One Block South of Massachusetts Ave. tion Overlooking Entire City Exhibit No. 2810 Wisconsin Ave. Representative on the Premises S:nd.y Until 9 P.M. HARRY WARDMAN 1430 K Street NW. . Phone Main 4190 | %fllfllfllfllfllflfllflllllfllflfllfllfl!flllflfllfllflllflfllflllfllfl il Phone Main 4190 | | | T i Sometimes the erroneous concept of into because the economic order favors them, | successful because they take advantage of the opportunities ex- This is evidenced | are | path pre- | yent men from being successful, unless | those laws can obliterate the intellect laws have been unable to annul intellect or its .result—and the result of intellect d to Perhaps the saddest of all failures is the failure of the man who has ability e, but who missed | his opportunity and is forced by circum- and his land to look over their plants with a view to finding men in the ranks pur- pose of giving them the opportunity to Quit looking around for stars from Look into your own or- ‘Who are the men who are men you acquired readymade from other who your own plant. have a young man in my business ex- press company twelve years ago. Today he Is my sales manager and has built business from §$100,000 $1,000,000. One of my best experts, a man who is sought for by the leading chambers of commerce all over the land, to nine years ago. Another one of my experts, a man the demand for whose services I never acquired recog- nition until he was over forty-five years 1 found him keeping hens a(] A young lady in m; office, to whom I pay $200 a week, an who is worth, to me, $1,000 a week, I [Mmaking most of them economically non- picked up at $4 a week twelve yearsProductive. ‘There is only one reason for the ex- or: ganization, ‘and that resson is produc- l ion. ". |gone. Al yof Is this—our present system, som 3 | almost stultifying men economically The building formerly occupled by Brodt Brothers, Inc., on 11th sireet, between E and F atreets, hax been razed and a mew bullding in being erected, an shown. The plans for the structure were drawn by Julius Wenig, architect, I it doesn’t produce it is worth- 4 wages will not do it. Shorter hours not do it, The waze worker must feel right, and' the employer must ‘eel right: Tt ©. Feelings rule this hings. The reason that are not successful with collective bar- zaining and prpfit-sharing and all these Sther plans is 'because they think that men act according to what they say. or according to what they learn, or accord- ing to that in which they agree. act according to their feclings and “good feclings” Is synonymous with the spirit of co-operation. Onc cannot exist with- out the other and prosperity cannot con- inue without both. Hence, co-opera- tion I8 necessary if we are to make prosperity permanent. less. en T was in Washington during the war I had a wonderful opportunity o meeting the representatives of capital and labor. 1 had some preconceived ideas on the labor question when | went to Washington; but now they are all About the only thing I am sure world—not how, for some reason, fails to stimulate men to produce. By nature men like to produce. Our boy, as soon as he can toddle out-of- deors, starts instinctively -to make 2 mud ple. When he gets a little older he gets some boards. shingles and nails and builds a hut. Just as soon as he gets a knife, do you have to show him how to use it? He instinctively begins to make a boat. or an arrow or perhap: something he has never seen. Why” Because in his soul is a natural desir to produce and an inborn joy in pro- duction. But what happens to most of these boys after they grow up? Our Industrial system has resulted In and ~ (The overcoming of all obstacies and ‘he winning of prosperity is accom- plished by the development of six quali- ties that, with the letter. will deal with “The Wix I's of Pros- perity pany. First published in The tar by arrange. e eny, ot Know. 1| Tlent with Associated Editors, Chicage simply say it happens, and the salva- tion of our industries depends on dis- covering something which will revive in man that desire to produce and that joy in production which he had instinctively when he was a smail boy. B3 Bullding wages are being cut in many eities, declares tue American Lumber- 20 - If I Lived in an Apartment— and the children were as hot and cross as only days such as these can make them, and their mother was utterly fagged with the effort of carrying on, I'd go out to . 14th Street Terrace and I'd give the mother the cool, spacious, breeze-swept rooms of a detached house that has everything to make life worth living and I'd give the children the large lawns and the trees and the flowers and the clean, healthful atmosphere that they need to keep them well and strong. I'd go now and see those detached homes of from 7 to 9 reoms and 2 baths, and, inciden- tally, I'd stop paying my money into a land- lord’s pocket. Iknow now that if I can afford to pay rent I'm cheating my own pocket by _not putting that money into the very reason- able -payments on which one of these homes: can be made my own. p ‘ . To Inspect ‘Take 14th street car (best service in Wash-' ington) to corner of Ingraham street north- ~west. Sample homes open every day until’ 9 p.m. ; SHANNON - & LUCH o Builders of Homes _ and Jefferson Streets N.W. Columbia 5625 14th The Foening Slar. 1921 ELEVEN PROPERTIES SOLD BY FIRM DURING WEEK Bungalows, Homes and One Store Throughout City Change s Hands. Eleven properties aggregatnig in value $110,000 were sold this week through the office of the F. M. John- son Realty Company. i The list of transactions follows: Louis J. Raeback sold to Michael Polumbo a store and residence prop- erty, 1215 9th street northwest. S. F. Brunner sold to John L. Ber- lin a six-room and bath brick resi- dence, 1511 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. F. M. Johnson sold to Mrs. Fannie Shaffer one of a row of new houses built by Mr. Johnson last year, prem- ises 234 Upshur street northwest. Mrs. Lucille A. Calmes sold Royal Bartlett, premises street northwest, another of the houser built by Mr. Johnson last year. It is a six-room and bath home, con- taining all modern improvements, to s all a question of feel-1 come peopie | Men | and was purchased as a home for Mr. Bartlett, J. S. Fraser sold to S. F. new modern bungalow, nue, Takoma Park, wh will occupy as a home. Martin_sold to Alex L. premises 253 Tennessee avenue northeast, a brick home of six rooms and bath! C. M. Johnson sold Surraci premises 1021 20th northwest. This is a ten-room bath brick home, which chased as an investment. Brunner a Pine ave- Mr. Brun- to to Gen. Mark L. Hersey 2714 Cathedral avenue, Woodley Park. This is home of ten ros and three baths. which will be occupied by Gen. Hersey as a honw. T. L.. Funkhouser sold property a to G W, Mount Rainicr, Md., Funkhouser. Mrs. Gertrude McPhail sold to Mrs. Louise M. Alter premises 1726 Wil- {lard street. s @ modern brick of ten rooms and two baths. H. Nichols Upshur street northwest. This is one of a rowsef homes buiit by Mr. Johnson. —_— HOUSES BUILT AND SOLD. First Unit of Group in Woodley Park Is Completed. Completion of the first unit of homes {in W. C. and_A. N. Miller's building {operation in Woodley Park and the was an- street, built by Mr. i 18ale of the entire group {nounced this week. . Purchasers were Edward White, Mahlon T. and Edith R. H!I, 2507 h street; Mrs. Jere- miah Fickling, 2509 28th street; Mrs. Margaret Senior. 2511 28th street, and S. M. Revness, 2813 25th street. All of (h%hou!cn are constru 2505 28th street light bricll with Indiana limestone trimming, and bath each. They have large front jwith the most modern plumbing, heating and lightinz fixtures. The floors are oak throughout and the (Copreight, 1921, Fleming H. Revell Com.|WOodwork is finished in white enamel. | A groun of six houses identical in type has been completed adjoining the row. R North Carolina lumber mills re- port that costs are 1918. - ing bath to ‘to see, 23 4 Upshur | Demetsio | street | nd | was pur- George Y. Worthington & Son sold | Burgess a new bungalow on Harris | d of | nd contain seven rooms, and rear porches and are equipped ! lower than in| Home Ouwnership is the “Keystone to Happiness and Comfort” WOODRIDGE A Subdivision of Home Owners " A BUNGALOW consisting of five rooms—connect- —cellar _under -entire house—kitchen and pantry ° well proportioned—hot-water heat, electric lights, honse well constructed and on large beantiful lot. Price, $7,500—$2, For- further information and appointment 1405 Eyefil. s ....;.MCKEBVEaucos i o) Finance Classified Ads. ‘ 8 Pages NEARLY $10.000,000 EXPENDED IN D. C. HOME BUILDING IN 1920 Exceeds Amount Invested in Similar Con- struction in Many Cities of Larger Population, Report Shows. Statistics just announced by the housing burcau of the United States Chamber of Commerce disclose that I nearly $10,000,000 was expended dur- ! ing 1920 in the erection of new resi- dential buildings in Washington, eclipsing the accomplishments of {many cities of larger population. points out, there were ing a population of Their total population was 38,000,000. Of these, 131 citie a population of X1.5 per cent of the total. have reported their building permits to the housing bureau of the amber. If the rate of building in the cities not reporting was the same {as in the §1.5 per cent which These buildings were apportioned as | Ported. the 1otul number of build L n_all cities may be estimate follows: Six hundred and sixty one-|195,000, with an estimated cost of $1.- family dwellings, costing $4.955,000; | 280,000,000, sixtecn multi-family dwellings, in-| The number of on ily dwellings clud incipally apartments, cost- [may thus be estimated for the coun- ing § .000, and three other types|try at §1 or 81 per cent; of two of dwelling, such 1otels, club- | family dwellings or T pe . costing §1.450.000. cent, ‘and of multi dwellings residential - Structures, | at 2,175, or 2 per . with total more money was invested in ere of dwellings estimated at %9, of garages in this city during | nishing accommodations for 114, past E n any other cla families. buildings, rep shows. A tot The above fignres are $1,330,000 was used in the construc- | prise probably the most of 794 garages. This proportion | formation on the bu exceeded the figures submitted | America ever asseml a4 number of the lurger cities. only one year, it de tures were erected here | struction projects exclusivel cnteen office build- | housing bureau emphasizes tl 1 1 L000: 106 stores and | of @ similar compilation for reference {ather mercantile budings. $966.000: | purposes for preceding years. but ex- 4 amusement places, $4%7.000; plaing that to secure such data n churches, § 100; 4 hospitals would be almost impracticable, be- charitable institutions, $788,000; cause of incomplete records in the schools, $664,000. various cities. The years from now Reports From Other ¢ it was x(\lxlméu.»d_ the federal :rh\vr £ ment will be in a position to furni A s@mmury of the figures compiled | 4hig information by assembling t rom reports in 131 cities shows that | (% Al n 1 \proximately 70 per cent of | f#Cls regulariy the families protided with housing Need of VMethod in Record accommodations received on In the process of gathering the sti- houscs; 11 per cent, tw v ! tistics on_the construction industry {houses. and 19 per cent. apar | the need for a uniform method of in multi-family dwellings, It also is | keeping building ords in various indicated that the proportion of | cities was cited. From some cities, {multi-family dwellings provided i complete returns came in {1920 was largest in the small cities From others only partial which have not had much experien were made. From many With this type of habitation, than {M+others there were no returns at all. the larger cities The civic development department At the same time it is shown that | of the United States Chamber of Com- there was more house building in merce therefore took up the matter | proportion to population in the small- | with local chambers of commerce. ler than in the larger cities. For ex- pointing out the value locally and lample, the new accommodations, | nationally of the .data sought and houses or apartments provided in @sking their co-operation in enlisting citles of 25,000 to 100,000 population | the interest of city officials, This averaged one for every 258 inhabit- | brought in many more returns. but it ants, while in cities of more than a | also showed that many cities have no million population the average was |adequate records and that others keep one for every 591 inhabitants, and | their records according to systems the average for all cities listed was | peculiar to themselves and therefore one for every 350 inhabitants. were with difficulity brought into id to com- omplete in- and Y et * Gt the extimated one billion forty- | relationship with others in the com- three million dollars spent on build- | Pilation of figures. ings throughout the country in 1520, | —_———— in the cities reporting, over per cont, or 3352307000, was devotea to | AIRSHIP ROMA IN N. Y. dwellings. Factorics and workshops | came second, with 16.8 per cent; stores | o, f and mercantile buildings third, with inlg Craft Will Soon Fly to Lang 113.3 per cent. and offi ecbuildings and feld. warages tying for fourth place, with | - ley !j“ld' | §5 per cent, each. Schools, hospitals i NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Julv 15. and charitable buildings _together | The huge airship Roma. purchased | Cillica for 5.4 per cent, or $77.388.000. | from the Italian Eovernment by the | Amusement places cost more than | United Statex, now is in New York ohurches, hospitals or public build- {and will be flown to Langley Ficl | 7, within the next few weeks, accord- {inEsEwith§aseaTA00Sexpencce. ing to officials at their air Station | Ceusus Buresu Figures. The Roma was brought to the According to a Uniteq States comsus | I'nited States on the naval collier seport for 1920, the housing bureau ! Mars. Another One of “Our Best Offers” bedrooms, large screened concrete porch ,000 Cash; $70 Per Month ' ‘Including All Interest phone McKEEVER AND GOSS™ Main 4752 Real Estate ervics 1405 ~Eye Street. N, 1405 Eye St.