, 1872-11-24

prohibited, by heading his proclama-
ton Landlords squeezes'' The felioitous Ian
guage Of Yen will be readily appreciated here,
where the squeezing by landlords is both fre-
quent and Affect onate. Having established the |
fact that his proclamation is arigorously-prohib-
tive one, Yen enunciatea two other important |
facts: first, that the principle OF landlord |
and tenant exists in all dwelling places, and,
second, that the birth Of children is |
common among men. Thus Tar. the
parallel between China and Chicago is
complete. We have landlords aud tenants;
births Of children are common here, likewise
landlords squeezes. The connection between q
landlords squeeze and the birth Of child is
next elucidated by Yen. He ssys that it is re-
ported in his Prefecture that the female tenants
very often give birth to children, Thereupon the
landlords extort money for such child that is
born, and will not desist from their demands.
As he reflects upon this fact, Yen grows
indignant. He proc1aims boldly that this
abominable custom Of squeezing tenants, Ehen
their families increase, must be crushed out,
ttA4SANA1A~t
owners OF rooms or houses in this district are
expected to know that when you haVe rented a
house to any one, and have been paid, you
ought not to demand any additional gift in case
Of child being born, as nor people in great e1-
tremities can often find nowhere to
lire.'' There is q slight difference
right here between the practices OF the
landlords of Hang-Yang and those OF Chicago.
The latter make no additional charges Of rent for
increases Of population in their houses. 4 man,
for instance, may rent house, being childless
at the time, and the maximum number Of thir-
teen children may be born to him, without af-
fecting his rent but how would it be for = man
with thirteen children to present himself before
landlord and make application for
house? How many men have the cour-
age to do it2 The unfortunate victim
may be model family man. He may be proud
Of his extensive progeny. He may even labor
under the idea that many and such thrifty olive
branches are credit to hin, and would make the
landlords house rather attractive than other
wise. He may indulge in the fancy that the
landlord may jump at such chance aa this, AZ
puing that q man Hith thirteen children,
who ara thirteen anchors holding
the tenant to his home, must
OF Necessity be an Industrious, peaceful man,
xnd more likely to pay his rent than the man
without children, who is only tied to his home
by his meals and lodging. Unfortunately, how
ever, the landlord never argues that way. He
sees only destruction and devastation in the
thirteen children. In his minds eyehe conjures
up faucets that won't run, white walls
covered with Little fnger-prints, locks
without keys, broken window-panes,
doors without knobs, remarkable lead pencil
drawings On white paint, an attic transformed
into hospital for broken dolls and sick kittens,
| q back yard which combines all the propertiee
| Of 8 juvenile managerie. circus, and museum,
and front yard and steps mainly devoted as a
! bakery and repository Of mud pies, and other
! forms OF earthly pastry in which children de-
light. AL these possibilities doat be-
| il the man With thirteen children gets the
| house, he pays q rent which is fixed not only
| upon the basis Of taxes, water rents, assess-
ments and interest, but also upon the basls OF
thirteen children, and what thirteen children
can do in one year, where they have 3 fair show
| at house, and free access to the modern
| improvements. The rule is, however, that
! the man with thirteen children doesn't
| get the honae-that il, the chances are thirteen
to one that he Will not get it, the fortunate ten-
ant being the man with one, or the man with
none. But this is not the only squeezing that
the man with thirteen children gets. As it is
impossible that 8 man can acquire thirteen chill
dren and wealth at the same time, it is necessary
that he shall be either hoarder or tenant. Un-
| able to rent, he searches for boarding house.
The first question always is, Elbow many
children ?" In despair be turns to the ADVERTISE
| ments Ia the daily papers. There are plenty Of
boarding houses, but in each instance aPpeara
the caba1istic announcement, "Fami1y without
encumb1ances preferred" Is human nature IL
constituted, however, some people must have
children. Soma people must have
thirteen children, and however fortunate
or unfortunate the latter may be, they must haVt
an abiding The necessity in fact, ia thir
teen times greater than in the case Of family
with but one chicken, and that pindling one
The family Of fifteen gets house somewhere
after long season OF peripatetic discomfort
and constant perp1exities. Naturally,
woman who has thirteen children tt
look after cannot have much time to at
tend to household matters. A sar7an
| must be had The servant girl Of the period hsI
horror Of one child, and, when ahe finds thu
; there are thirteen, she stays not upon the orde
| Of her going, but goes at once. And this is TIL
usual programme Of Affections which Waits upo'
the man with thirteen children. The only dit
ference between the Chinese and the Chicag
landlord is that the former squeezes the tenan
at stated periods during his lease
: while the latter squeezea him all at once. Th
Chinese landlord increases his rent as each ne'