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THE PROPOSED LANDLORD AND TEN
! ANT BILL.
! REPLY 70 "ISDIGo BLUE"
! To the Editor Of The Chicaqo Tribune:
| Chicago, jan. so.-There have recently ap.
peared in tho columns of your paper aomo letter.
relative to the relations Of landlord and tenant,
| aud the proposed enactment Of = law regulating
| them / have read them, and particularly one
signed "Indigo Dlne." which appeared On the
| 2Sth- Whatever may be the motive
! Of the writer of snid article land
! Of those Who baye written in q similar
yen), his letter presents the view OF the subject,
| and advances tho sa1ue arguments {if they
| may DO called such) as a1e presented
! and advanced By those belonging to that numor-
ous class who make it a rule to pay nothing they
can get out of paying. Constitutional rights
| as an American freeman" Benefcens exemp~
| tion laws for the protection Of thu poor maii
against the grinding extortion of the rich. +"
| " Graspiug and heartless landlords" and SINH
| lar spread-eagl9 buncombe and clap-trap are al-
ways to bo found ct hand with the clasa referred
to, to create public opinion against those Wlo are
constantly their victims, and against any meas
| uro calculated to invade their lops-establishea
right Us frco-born citizens, to pay or not to pay
their just debts, at their option.
WhiIa the f1amcrs Of the Exemption laws in
teulol that they should constitute q protection
to the honest man, who, from sickness or un-
avoidable Inis:ortunes has become unable to
ind tho means to pay for shelter and food for
his family, / can hardly believe that they i'll
tended or expected that in their practical opera
ation, they would take the wide range that they
do; that " "dead-beats who are too lazy
to work for their living should take refuge
under their protecting wings, and secure bY
their aid legal authority to defy those Who have
been 30 unfortunate as to trust them, or allow
them to become their tenants. The writer's OF
those articles claim TINT landlords should have
no more legal assistance for the collection ftheir
rents than should the grocer butcher and
baker for the collection of their just claims. ]
do not (and I believe no ono does) claim
Or expect ; ..clnss i legislation" na such. H.
with tho grocer, butcher, and baker, for
It is fact woli known to all landlords, md to
most Of the public {aud certainly to al1 of the
class known Is ".dead-beats ~, that landlords
under tho present laws have very little chanca
for redress against nou-pnying tenants and ars
certainly in a much worse position in dealing
with them than are any tradesmen. If grocer
finds that Ills customer is M Exemption law
protege" who will not pay. he can decline to
trust him with another penny's worth; he can
Vf1Nf m
him: s'You can have no moro goods Of
mo on credit" Appeal to the protecting shield
Of the Exemption law prevents the grocer from
collecting Ills just claim but tho debtor cannot
20 to tho grocer and take his goods by force, Or
compel hun to continue to sell him without pay.
Not so With HE creditor, the landlord for, after
exhausting patience. much valuable time. and
probably some money, be finds that bis
tenant does not intend to pay him. Le-
gal enforcement Of paTmcnt is barred
BY tho Exemption laws; he cannot. lize
the tradesman, refuse to sell hiE mora goods,
for the landlords goods, unlucAly for him, con-
sist oi the possession Of tho premises owned by
him, which the tenant has aud can retain in spite
spons;ble, ard the landlord is responsible;
hence, eiectment without process Of law would
pe hazardous for the landlord, He knows the
laws delays, sud is posted iu all OF the points by
which stays OF contlnuances and appeals are pro-
cured how 5ariss ;.a almost ssa inyarabiy nv de-
and that. if finally Judgment is obtained against
hlu, appeal and worthless bond will insure
to him the possession Of the promises for
nl3aths. Aud to the landlord what is the io-
suit: First, loss Of perhaps years rent; sec
ord, badly used-up louse aud. probably
made vacant 1T 81 unreasonable time OF the year
for renting; and third, loss OF time, and good
money thrown away in the struggle to get the
right to Use his own property.
All landlords know how different and how
Yrh is han fI,1&1 1f
mon. An Irresponsible tenant has everything to
gain, and all tho advantage, in a contest with
landlord, aud the Landlord can gain from n
wearisoue, prot1acted, and expensive litigation,
which belonged to him, and of which he has
been robbed from the day following tho ezpira- |
ton oil the term which the tenant had actually ]
paid for, and which, if the laws we're as they
should be, he would be ao!e to secure sat oEe- |
tenth Of the delay and cost now incident to such !
I think express the views Of ninoty-nine out |
Of every 100 persons who are familiar with the |
subject when I say that landlords want equal |
rights before the Inv with tradesmen for the /
collection Of their just duea. They want laws
based upon tho recognition Of the TACT that pos
session OF premises is dc facto and de jure IN
article to be bought and sold as are sugar, tea,
clothing, etc.; laws which will enable them equal
j with any tradessnan to 1etain their goods
hat is, possession Of their premises if their GUS
souleE le1Astb W pa! 1u1 WAhI Has 1eeh already
sold him. The Importance of this subject will, |
trust. be acceptable as my excuse for its length
EDWIN f. Brown.
ANOTHER P1oTEST.
70 the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune: t
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-It has been very evident,
rom the tone Of tho letters lately published in
our columns in reference to the new Landlord
nd Tenant LAW, that some OF them were written
y certain class of lawyers, who make it their
'uslness to defend nll dishonest tenants, taking
$ their fees one-half OF the ront kept back
rom their landlord, and agreeing to furnish
'osus bonds1nen, and hold possession OF the
property two years. II they will read the law
f landlord and tenant as presented
0 tho Legislature, they will find The