CELLING LUMBER 



193 



painted will prove as nearly fireproof as it is possible to make 

 roofing material, and keep it within the reach of the average man. 

 What we have to ask you is that you study this subject closely, 

 and that in your home towns and wherever you go, you give pub- 

 licity to the facts about the wood shingle. You will find sympathetic 

 listeners everywhere, for the public likes the shingle, and has been 

 led to view it with suspicion against its will, if at all. Tell the 

 house owner who has been made afraid of that great, big bugaboo, 

 old "sparks on the roof," that a good coat of mineral paint will 

 fix him up if his roof is reasonably sound and well laid; tell him 

 to ask his city government for an ordinance requiring that shingle 

 roofs shall be constructed under our specifications, which will 

 serve every purpose of public safety, and conservation of property, 

 instead of interfering with individual rights so dear to the Amer- 

 ican heart, and enacting class legislation in favor of a certain group 

 of manufacturers. Tell the citizens and the local legislators of 

 every city that the greatest single thing that can be done to aid 

 in the upbuilding of a great city and the advancement of all of its 

 people is to encourage to the greatest possible extent the building 

 and owning of homes by its citizens, and that anything which re- 

 tards in any degree this tendency will inevitably prove detrimental 

 to the growth and permanency of that city. To encourage home 

 building it is necessary to place within the reach of the home 

 builder at the lowest possible cost, the most suitable, desirable and 

 artistic home within his means. The use of any other material than 

 the shingle as a roof covering for the modest home is to decrease 

 the desirability of that home while increasing its cost; there is no 

 known roofing material that can take the place of the shingle, ex- 

 cept at greatly increased cost, in usefulness, permanency and beauty. 



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Shingles. 



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Users. 



