New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-10

We notice that the landlords of what are called
chr first-class hotels" are divided In OPINION
some of them being in favor Of raising the daily
rates, while others think, as no doubt 40 their
guests, that these are high enough already. we
have already attempted to show that the dihcuity
il TO be found, not in the fact that it costs or is
worth anything like 50 day to maintain ana
lodge any human being. Whoever actually spends
that amount daily in bed and board, pays more ior
them than they are WORTH and it is not 'mprooaolo
that he is paying larger and still less necessary
sum for what are termed "extras" Moreover
he is obliged to pay, whether he wants it or nos
for all manner Of costly upholstery to which No Is
not accustomed at home, which he does not need
or care for abroad, and which efectua'ly prevent
him from taking his ease in his inn. II he be alone
and sufficiently bold he can take refuge Id inc
"cheap hotels, and there secure every com'or.
at considerable price; but if he have q oevy OF
ladies under escort there is nothing for 1t but 10
go to an uptown caravansary, at cost as irend
of ours ssid) of Zone dollar minute" We sup
pose that very few persons have any idea OF the
rspdity with which prices have advanced. MOI
long ago 50 per diem was thought to be great
charge; but fifty years ago in New-York two sh'i-
ljpgs for meal and one shilling for lodging were
ordinary rates.
We have not alluded to this matter at this time
to propose any particular reform in bookkeeping
but because it naturally connects itself with another
s,h;sct-tbe great increme in the general cost OF
living. We hear great deal said OF the iohy Oh
h'A"b'
boarding But what are young couple, "i'SSas
children. and with only moderate income, TO DO
Or even suppose that they have one or two chill
dren. The business of house ting is COM
mepced. This tenement is $500 per annum; that
5000 another $500. Now these hunters, having
DO money to spare, do not care to waste IL In
hiring more room than they can possibly occupy.
FAIR rooms would give them ample space, but they
must take eight rooms, or have none at all. lney
NAV be able to let two or three, or they may not;
but tbec cannot afford to run the FISK Oh DONG So'
What nossale refuge for them is there save ooaid
ro.bouse-in zine case out Of ten, little pam
demopium of slanier and scandal, or cheap
VANITY Fair of fipperS and fOly' Yes, there Is
ono other resource. there is room up SIX
FIGHTS of stairs in a hotel, IN which, az large
price, they can insure privacy, and in spite OF their
high petition, be put down as very 10" people, IL
the wife ventures to the table dht% In cameo
dressing. gown. Here every attempt may DC made
to economic, but the thing is almost hopeless nom
IL 20 beginning. There is perpetual danger o. run
ming into extravaganza which very few will resist
Now here it will be seen that the original diff
Guilty is in obtaining proper dOmicile That Sc
cured make.shifts and privations become easy,
because they are not exposed to the gaze and crit
cism of the world If the family be unable to pay
for certain articles, it simply goes without them,
and that is the end Of the matter. But within these
walls, humble though they may be. all the sacred
delights of home may be secured with its constant
moral influences and ennObling associations. To
secure ouch teDements at cheap rate, it sevident
that many Of them must be united under single
roof But this is not incompatible with the strict
est privacy. If our American idea of such build
ing is that it must be uncomfortable, it is because
all we have seen at all like it have been from mis-
management uncomfortable. But people live thus
in Paris, London and Edinboro without the slight
est inconvenience or interference with each other
Who then will distinguish himself by erecting few
model hOuses-nOt unsightly, illplaced and repul-
sive; but attractive, cheerful, comfortable, and fit
for the dwellings of persons of taste and feeling!