The New York herald., 1865-02-26
THE RENT QUESTION.
etrfks ~ the Lsndlords and Disnay Or
the Tenants.

0trfhO ~ the Landlords and DfsAay Or
ths Tenants.
One Of he poss knowing" questions TO the inhabi-
Of Manhattan Island q the present season. and In
deed, u the corresponding season every year. IL
.'whither shall We gof' "wherc shall we pitch our
quarters for the next twelve montnss "where can We
nnd spot 70 lay our heads with the certainty Of being
able to meet the daily demands Of the butcher, the
baker, the grocer the taor the drsssmaker the land
lord and last though by means least in these latter
days, the unwelcoms cals Of the NJ gashsrsn"
This complicated question is asitatng the community
y It's very centre Father and mother husband and Wife
sister aud brother vainiy cndeavong 70 cut the
Goraa knot Of their diicutcA Mr. Landlord the most
despoc dsspot that ruled the dcstinies Of
people, has 'put down his foot" persmptoriIy and
put up his prcss such astonshng altitude that the
entire domestic circle is utterly dismaysd.
my goodses, what ara ws coming 70 a als asks the
head Of the family, with an emphatic stress on ths
''nessn and the saren
'T'm sure don't know, my dear" answers the other
head Though mot softer onel adding by way OF comfort
~ things don't change very soon, wen be ruined 70
certainty"
right" reons the detected husband "But the question
is what win dof Where will gos Mr.. B. tells
we can't have this house any longer a the present
90 We must losk about look shout"
'LOok about look about It's easy 70 say H." ex.
claims the wife. ''Havn't searched from end Of
the city to the otherf Havnt been through avenue
and and and street and street and street,
Havn bscn east and west and north and south and yet
yoa tell 70 look about declare you take things
very cooy. tell yoa can't get decent place,
copt At rent can't afford 70 pay, In this city"
'Why, my dear, you know, there must be some
places" replies the husband in meek tone to the
whelming eloqucnce OF his wife.
'ssome placesi Why, 50 there are, to be sure. You
settle yourself in tenement house, II you
IKE. You rent floor in . building with twenty
families undoubtedly my dear But do you want TO do
that do you want to emigate TO Brooklyn Jersey
or Westchesterf you do, say 30, and Of course will
try what be done with the landlords In those paces
This last observation admitting OF debate OF
the husband obliged to acknowledge his better half TO
bo entirely correct and last resort authorizes her TO
make pilgrimage to Long Island Jersey there to
hunt up places let with tho hope Of finding spot
where, with his little big fauily TIC may be-
he may rest peace for the year and keep the wolf
from the door But the trial by ends here
Tho wfo searches and searches outside OF ths great
metropolis and finds to her horror that IL things bad
here they very nearly there The rush Of New
Workers out of town. matter of course has produced
the natural result of advance In house In sub
urban regions. Where twenty five per cent more is
required here fifty ia demanded there and this large
difference s sufficient 70 bring the rents in brooklyn
and Jersey the figure established hcre The poor wife
returns home detected and saddencd, weep at the
hardness Of the times and her experience
partner Of her joys and sorrows.
Anybody in midding circumstances and blessed with
the responsibility of wife and family, in these days,
will admit that the picture ID not overdawn. The ad-
vance In house rents is quite alarming. thought
last year that he last ditch Of the landlords had boen
reached But the mistake great one. A Ave hun
drcd dollar house of decent pretensons s
osis IN s Such piaces brought that rent hast year
have been up eight hundred and the pro-
portion Is noticeable in the prices Of houses Of greater
dollars per month will not DO let for less than twenty
The OF all this cxtraord nary advance the
increase TO population lately from the South
other quarters and the scarcity OF moderate sized
respectable dwelling houses In the city Unless some
steps takon by capitalists and philanthropsts
b remedy this defect soon, the evil will become
Of appalling magnitude What seems TO be wanting IL
up blocks OF suitable for tho
Of small families II Is speculation that ought not
prove failure for the necessities Of the people
great that of such houses would be repay
themselves Ia few years. with handsome interest. Who
will be the first to set the ball in moonS
In every part OF the city the only bills TO be noticed
general rule, arc those Offering houses for SALE The
familiar ITO Let Is the For ale"
very low years ago Landlords evidently trying
this as dodge to force their tenants to TO terms
speedily, and seems to be proving quite successful
Tenants altogether In the power OF the pro
pery who display very little feeling consideration for
the interests Of their follow beings