. Carpenter . re signifi-cant when it is realized that they only repre-sent the building activities in the largestcities; they do not take into account the con-struction of dwellings, stores, and other build-ings in the thousands of small cities andtowns scattered over and not included inthe forty-nine cities on which the reckon-ing is made. In towns and small cities wood is usuallythe predominating building material, andit is safe to say that if the statistics hadincluded figures for all places of whateversize, the percentage of wooden construc-tion would have been much greater. Thesefigures,
. Carpenter . re signifi-cant when it is realized that they only repre-sent the building activities in the largestcities; they do not take into account the con-struction of dwellings, stores, and other build-ings in the thousands of small cities andtowns scattered over and not included inthe forty-nine cities on which the reckon-ing is made. In towns and small cities wood is usuallythe predominating building material, andit is safe to say that if the statistics hadincluded figures for all places of whateversize, the percentage of wooden construc-tion would have been much greater. Thesefigures, as a rule, are only for the corporatelimits, and the suburbs of these cities haveeach very large amounts to be added. Thecost, also, is relatively higher in thesecities than in towns nearer the base of thesupply. One of the most powerful forces tochange human nature for the better is thechanging of economic conditions. To speak or write nature did not per-emptorily order thee; but to work, she did.— SH5o6I6etrod)tungen. S)a§ 9lefultat bcr $Jfobein&erroat)Ien iiaiiinter organiftrten ?trBettern nic^t geringea3eftiirgung l^croorgcrufcn unb manc^engrofee ©nttaufdjung gebradjh SKon tnagiiu-3 iaS SBal^IrefuItat aU cine 3fieberfagcanrccfjnen frcr aber faaraitg folgem tnoUte,bai3 t>ic StrbeiterberDegung biefe§ SanbeS beibcu Ie(3ten SBalilen etnen Sliicffdilag eriittenfia&e, tciirbe batntt nur fetnc UnfenntniSbc§ aSefeng unferer SSetoegung bchinben. Ste ?Irbeiter bicfeS 2anbe§ finb im all=gemeinen, politifcb nodft fo riirfftcmbig, ba^fie c§ nitfit fiir nothienbig fialten in i^retncignen ^ntcrcffc an ber Oefe^gebung Seil guncljmen; fie iiberlaffen ba^ ®efe|emac^enibren geinben bie fie in iTircr SScrblenbungaU i^re greunbe betradjtcn. ©te l^etfenfefbft i^re 5?etten fcEiinteben, unb fo longebiefer ©Ilabenfinn unter ibnen borberrfditIncrben bie geinbe ber Strbeitcrfac^e bor trienac^ einer SBa^I bie Oberl^anb bc^§ ift bie Qa^I ber intcreffen unbflaf
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