REAL 1 ESTATE/ THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D- C..~ SATURDAY. JANUARY 6, 1923. t REAL ESTATE.

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!. Finance and Trade Conditions¦. _ „, Viewed By Roger W. Babson- ¦¦¦

Irery Saturday tUi well known student of Vasisets U writing for rondon ofIke But s-a article interpreting industrial and investment problems. x

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WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., January

6.—How much of your productive time

during 1922 was used In. paying taxes?

Roger Babson, the statistician, an-swered the question today. In a state- ,ment that shows the equivalent of one |day each week spent to meet the di-

rect and Indirect taxes that nation,

state, county and city levy. j“One hour and twenty minutes of each

business day—or one entire day a week—is demanded of every able-bodied per-

son in the United States to ma.ntaingovernment," said Mr. Babson. ThatIs the lesson of a recent analysis, show-

ing that one-sixth of our national in-

come goes for taxes —federal, state and

local. The 'amount divides almost

equally between national taxation and

the expenditure for state and local pur-

poses. The question is not, therefore,

one of any particular party politics.

American Business Needs,

“This habit of ‘getting the govern-ment to do something about it Is one

of the most costly and wasteful ideasthat we Americans have developed. U |

has grown upon us since the war. vt e

became accustomed to things then that

would not have had consideration be-

fore. Now we are exceeded by one

nation only. Great Britain, in our cost

of being governed. There the ‘unem-ployment doles' and other legislation

put forward by a stronger labor votenave exceeded anything attempted hereas yet. But this tendency must be

checked abruptly if American businessIs to survive in the competition whichit faces over the next five to ten years.

‘‘Because any one individual doesnot see the tax collector he, thinksperhaps that he does hot pay, hut he

does pay just the same. Taxation coatsrepresent an item of overhead in every-

thing that any one buys, consumes or

uses In process of working up to a fin-ished product. The tax burden is in-evitable. There are a certain numberof potential labor hours represented in

the individuals making up any com-munity. The number of these laborhours which it takes to protect hisproperty, make safe his home and edu-cate his children are just so much

taken away from the possibility of es-tablishing that surplus of wealth upon

which the community thrives.Old Way of Paying Taxes,

“The truth of this situation wasperfectly clear in the old days, whenevery man in the community wascalled on for five days’ work on theroads a year in lieu of taxes and•when the ‘nightwatch’ was main-tained by periodic service of thetownsmen. How would you like togo cut and patrol a police beat oneday each week, year in and yearcut? Or how would you like to takeyour turn as a member of the fire de-partment one day in every six?

This would be our lot if we paid iour taxes in the old way today. Or.applying it to road work—nearlysixty days’ service on the roads Ibe required instead of five.

“What wonder living costs are high Iwhen this toll comes out ahead of Ithe productive capacity for benefitof the opportunity? The actual tax-ation does hot tell the whole story.Costs of»collection. particularly underour system of federal taxation, some-times treble the amount actually re-ceived by the government Any moveto restore excess profit taxes or spe-cial classified levies on trade is bound ;to make the situation worse.

Frills All (oat Money. • |“Wq, should be able to make the

people understand that fads and frillsall cost money,, It Is all right to beprogressive in our ideasjbut it is not

PROPOSED BUILDINGD STO

Five-story. reinforced concreteframe building at ISIR-20 D afreetnorthwest, to he erected for Fred S.Glehoer hy the Schnetder-Splledtcompany. Thomas W. Marshall Is thearchitect. It will be used for lightmanufacturing purposes. The cost.It Is understood, will he STO.OOO.

always true that ‘progressive’ legis-lation means an Improvement overthe old way of tending to our busi-ness at home. The country was sweptby the cry for ‘more business in kov-ornmenf atfd ‘less government Inbusiness.’ We have not as yet suc-ceeded in edging government very fartoward the door of the business office.

“A step toward remedying the con-dition of burdensome taxation, whichnow hampers business, would be to

1 let everybody know when they arepaying taxes, and how much/’

“EXTRAS” RUN UP COST |OP BUILDING NEW HOME

Failure to Closely Estimate SmallItems Results In Stagger-

ing Bills.

The so-called “extras” are the jI source of most of the troubles and j.disputes between the home builderand the constructor. It is the extras,which look to be a small item, in, a

closet or door, the extra windows, the

better woodwork that run into a stag-gering bill If the owner is not careful.If caught in time the extras wouldhave cost much less and perhapsnothing at all. *

The big source of extras is the in-complete original plan, the sketchthat has no specifications. The ownergets a figure on how much his houseprobably will cost, but the word }“probably” is a dangerous word, jWhen the home is under way theowner finds there are other thingsthat he wants—things that he simplymust have. Sometimes he puts themin: then he tears his hair over thebill. •

Nine times out of ten the amount tobe spent for such things as electric |fixtures, hardware and decorationsruns out of sight unless there aredeflntle specifications to show justwhat these Items are to cost. Thenif the owner decides that he wantsfancy glass knobs, for instance. In-stead of Inexpensive metal ones, heknows he has to pay extra for them.

Minor changes often can be madeIn a house without making much orany more expense if these changesare made before materials are boughtand before the work is under way.If the owner waits until after thework Is started then the changes ‘nearly always cost an amount thatstaggers him.

I LOCAHON-COMFORT-VALUECombine to Make These Homes the

I Best Buy Offered Today

WILLIAM S. PHILLIPSREALTOR—BUILDER I

- 1409 New York Ave. N.W. Main 4600 |

anil 11111111 l 1111111 l mi;:

IHome Values Without Competition |

Close to 14th St. Cars J INowhere in such a location can be found

homes priced as low as these

1204 to 1236 Ingraham Street N.W. |a a NEARLY ALL SOLD-

iSpPpnsantg|ffi ¦ Six rooms and bathLots 159 feet deep to wide

paved alleyIMIMMII. Extra large'porches - |

S’" Convenient to stores, schools, |5 I :

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churches and BeautifulI ll Rock Creek Park

S I ' Open, lighted daily and Sunday ¦

Ijfc':-.::-:-: * until 9 PJW.

Convenient to all car lines

D. J. DUNIGAN |1321 New York Ave. N.W. Phone Main 1267 I

NEW 36TH PLACE RESIDENCE

Recently completed home for John N. Swart sell, at 381 S Stth place,corner of Fait on street, Mnasnchusctts Park. The dwelling, which wasspecially designed for the owner, has many umutual features, ns. farinstance, kitchen at the front of the house. The window, with Power box,shown la photograph, shows location of kitchen.

ARCHITECT DEPLORESUNNECESSARY FENCES

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At Least It Should Rot ObstructView of Landscape, Says Al-

fred Hopkins.

Once updn a time when our ances-tors spoke of their “defenses'’ they

referred to the great walla and bat-

tlements which protected themagainst warlike neighbors, but nelgh-

jhors are more friendly nowadays, andthe “defenses." have dwindled downto mere “fences.’’ Most people own-ing detached .homes like to haveeither a fence or a hedge along theboundary line.

There is not so much to learn fromEuropean countries with respect tofence design, says Alfred Hopkins,

the well known architect, in theWhite Pine series of architecturalmonographs, as there is from theAmerican colonial period which wasrich in this particular. England hasgiven some excellent examples of the

Iron fence, but the Iron fence has hadno great development here.

The tall solid masonry walls of thecontinental estate are not friendly-in America, nor are they desirablehere, Mr. Hopkins points out, becausewe have endless land and compara-tively scattered population. The Im-pulse for privacy on the part of thewell-to-do in as Insistent as ever, butas a general principle, says Mr. Hop-kins. a fence which is not absolutelynecessary should be done away with,or at least it should not obstruct aview of the landscape.

(130,000 REALTY SUESI COMPLETED IN WEEK| ' •

Twelve Houses Disposed of by

Salisbury Company—list IsAnnounced.

Sale of twelve houses, totaling in

value more than 9130,000, was an-

nounced this week by the N. I*. Sans-; bury Company.

Bertram G- and Mary L. Poster pur--1 chased from Mrs. Abby K. Walter theresidence at 1757 Lanier place. This

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is a two-story house, containing eight

rooms and two baths and having a

built-in garage.James R. Morgan and his wife

bought the dwelling at 405 RockCreek Church road from Winifred M.

Adams and wife. This is a house ofsix rooms and bath, containing all ofthe latest Improvements.

Premises 424 Lament street north-west, one of the row of six-room

- houses just completed by Samuel, Taylor, was sold to Abo and Anna F.

Goldberg by Mr. Taylor.The detached home at 1428 Monta-

gue street northwest wae bought byLottie E. Hesslck from Joseph H. andMary H. Waters. This is a nine-room house in Sixteenth Street High-lands. It is Improved by a garage.

Sanford Emanuel and wife boughtthe house at 1338 Randolph streetnorthwest from Mrs. Mary PageHufty. This dwelling has sevenrooms and bath, with extra lava-tory, and there is also a two-cargarage.

William Conradls sold his home at3017 13th street northwest to OttleJ. and Horace B. Ware.

Errett Wallace and wife bought

from Clarahco H. Small the propertyat 2)10 Cathedral avenue, a Blx-roomhouse In the row of houses Mr. SmallIs Just completing In Woodley Park.

Premises 4814 9th street, a six-roomhome built several months ago, wassold by Georgia M. Marks to Mrs. IMattie L. Portet who is now occupy- IIng it as her home.'

Rosetta B. Barlow purchased the Ihouse at 1810 Columbia road fromCharles A. Stum. This dwelling con-tains nine rooms and two baths.

The sale of. two new houses inseparate building operations was alsoreported. Premises 221 S streetnortheast, in the row of six-roomhouses being built by Mr. Tankersly.was sold to Lawrence P. Mater and1210 Madison street, one of the homesjust completed by Walter A. Duni-gan, was sold to Fannie H- Terry,who has taken possession of same.

Stella H. Cochnower sold her homeat 4813 Kansas avenue to Sara C.Randall. It ief understood that theproperty will be held by the newowner,as an Investment.

INDIANA WOMAN, 102, DIES. |LAFAYETTE, Ind., January 6. i

Mrs, Lucy J. Jerry, 103 years old, jsaid to be the oldest resident of jnorthwestern Indiana, died in a localhospital here yesterday. Mrs. Terrywas physically and mentally activeuntil a few days age. She was bornIn Connecticut in 1820.

I MOVE INTO IIYOUR OWN HOME

With Every Conceivable Convenience

501 to 521 Longfellow StreetJUST COMPLETED

Possession NowTo visit these homes, take Georgia avenue car to Long-

fellow; walk east 3 blocks—or take 14th street car marked ~

1 “Takoma"; get off at sth and Kennedy; walk one block north

j to homes. *

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SI,OOO DownFirst Floors—Wide reception

halls; colonial stairways: •'

livingrooms; diningrooms;double French doors tolarge breakfast porches;

C_J A entrance to kitchens; Dc- PPO AAhJall? troit Jewel gas ranges;

pantries and service

57,950 Second Floors Three well Month 11proportioned bedrooms;

f complete tile baths ; clothes| Homes With closets in each room; extra Including InL

linen closets in halls; sleep- S

Garages ing porches of extraor- and Principal| . dinary depth, extending the „.

_58- 25 ®full width of house. •" 2<* Trust

Finish —Mahogany and white;number one clear oak floors,

inch thick; bright, drycellars; laundry tubs; hot-water heat; electric lights.

—THREE SOLD—-t

Open and Heated Daily and Sunday to 9 P.M.

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IC. I6830

'brazil builds homesFOR FEDERAL WORKERS

I Contract Let for 5,000 Houses in

Bio de Janeiro to Sellfor f 1,400.

Government employes of Brazil will

have an opportunity to purchase a

home from the government under theI terms of a contract recently let by

I Rio de Janeiro for the erection of' 5,000 dwellings in that city. The !

houses are to be sold exclusively togovernment employes and laborers,according to Information received by

the Department of Commerce.Work is to be begun Immediately

upon the dwellings. The private firmwhich was awarded the contact has

the right of expropriation of prop-erty necessary for the fulfillment of

i the contract. The contract also pro-I vldes that the firm shall enjoy ei-

i emption from payment of municipal! and federal taxes In connection with

i the construction of the houses.The houses will sell for about ,

$1,400. They are divided Into twoseries of eight types of constructioneach. The purchasers are to haveliberal terms,of payment, extendingover a period of fifteen years with a

maximum interest charge of 6 percent.

The action of the government inproviding for the construction ofhouses for government workers andlaborers is largely an outgrowth ofthe efforts of the local “Diga do*Irquilllnos" (Tenants’ league).> which'has.conducted an intensive campaignfor government assistance in the Riode Janeiro press and has, in numer-ous Instances, brought pressure tobear on legislators, according to thedispatch.

$50,000,000 WILL FILED.ROCKLAND, Me., January 6.—The

will of George Warren Smith, saidto have been the richest man in NewEngland, has been filed here for pro-

bate. The document, disposing of anestate estimated at between $50,000,-

000 and $100,000,000, contains lessthan fifty words. , .

Aside from two bequests of SI,OOOto a sister, Mrs. Cordelia Murray, theentire estate •is bequeathed to abrother, Benjamin F. Smith. Thewill was drawn four years ago. Thefour Smith brothers, of whom onlyone survives, acquired their f«rtupein gold mining in Colorado, and realestate and stock yard operation* InOmaha, Neb.

I An Attractive Chevy Chase Home |I Fbir Saleat a Sacrifice Price B

g 4104 Harrison Street, Chevy Chase, CI ‘ House is center hall type, 38 feet wide, situated on a spacious lot 60x150.

First floor contains large living room with side porch, dining room, reception hall, "¦

Second floor lias four large bed rooms with open sleeping porch and two com- S

¦ Servants’ room in basement and'a built-in garage.Oak flooring and slate roof. One block from car line.

|H Alley and street both paved.jig .. This home has all tht latest improvements and is in excellent condition. The pj|

gipund* are planted with attractive shrubs and flowers. ;• BIfyou want a good home at a low price , we suggest you see this home

Open for Inspection Sunday From 10 A.M. Until 9 P.M.Come out Connecticut Avenue or Wisconsin Avenue to Harrison Street

I L. E. BREUNINGER & SONS I1 Main 6140 706 Colorado Building a

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Homes Stamped With an |Atmosphere of Quality |

| 2422-2432 Tracy Place N.W. I(Between California St. and Wyoming Ave. and 24th and 25th St*.)

SEE THESE HOMES TODAY!First Floor —Large entrance jiall, with bedrooms, two tiled baths and built-in g

B spacious coat closet, living room, dining ,^ur€B^ aln P^ e c !°set space, gr . . , ~ „ Ihird Floor—Two servants rooms, Hroom, breakfast porch overlooking tree- bath 8t e attic Hb tops, kitchen, pantry and service stair- Basement—Completely inclosed fur- g

H| way, naoe room, double garage, laundry andSecond Floor—Four nicely arranged servants’ toilet. . p

A great opportunity to both homeseeker and investor. Attractive price and roa- c

| sonable terms. t

Open Daily From 10 A.M. Until 6 P.M.

I WARDMAN |

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