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ine ower 3s itally interested in Idwhat's inside" of the faucets and valves and such other mechanical fittings as waste. controls and show- er mixing valves. Brass plumbing flttings conta ining the mnechanical parts- the- parts that are subject to daily wear, - the meehanismn which, if it wears out, ceases -to function, and, thus makes the, entire plurnbing fixture useless. Considering the smnall difference in the, price between a second-grade faucet and the kind ofhigh-grade faucet sold by plumbing- contractors, it is surprising that. anyone- would take a :chance with this1 important feature of the plurnbing system. want traditionai flouses made, up ex- teriorallY of combinations of planes and texture pleasing to the eye. They want sloping roofs and walls of wood and brick and stone. The picture of the finiished. street shows how that was done on. Long Island. What do You Pay for flouse? Seventy-fiveë per cent of urban dwellers who. will buy the haif mil- lion, new houises expected to be buit in 1940 in this country, want houses. to cost a r o u >n d $7,000 includ- ing lot and landscaping,. with a 10 per cent down payment. and month- ly amortization payments including taxes of from $35 to. $55. So any builder of flivver houses must build to the $7,000 market with FHA in- sured financing. So you get from the Long Island Ford in housing, a five, six or seven room house, with a bath on the sec- ond and a toiflet lavatory on. the first, on a small lot-generally about forty by one hundred feet. In Chicagoland, the,. same houses built from one to three at a time, would cost, according to the judg- ment of one of our local leading homne builders, some 30 per cent more. Some of this excess cost is due to higher wages for building mechanics, but most of the 10w cost advantage, in whatever geographic loca tion, must corne from the join- ing of forces of big arnounts of money, power machinery andl sav- ing of time in ail operations. When WiII it Arrive? ofThe beginnings of mass production ofhomes are already to be found i n this area. One builder put up per- haps 50 or 75 Iast year and expects to double in 1940. Several others are aiming the same way. But these numbers are too small. Do you re- memiber when Ford promised a re- fund of $50 and gave. it if so many Model Ts were sold that year? So is there a point of minimum cost in 'P.I.ph@os ', Mortgages, Insurance 524 Davils Street. Evanston UNI. 6886 AUL INDS ALL SIZES* FOR ALL PURPOSES RATES.. as, Low as the Lowest Whether you want ta buy, build, remnodel or refinance, First National will be. glad to help you work out a loan best suited to your need. Loans may run from 5 to 20 years with. monthly, quarterly or annual payments. Service is always prompt, friendly and fie p fui. Corne in at any time MW