The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-12

| we cAilnOJ BuLer as WB have hOrBtU.
lore doEe for want Of labor for this
purpose If to contract with for.
eignors to do work here is unlawful
then is the act OF disqualification q
most bungling piece Of folly and dom
ogoEuory andhjustiee. II gEtrathu
to bo one Of B'sMAKcK's de-
utos than igw Of froo end Democratic
America, TnG HERALD ontors iie
protest to such undomocratic lagisls.
ton.
LET US HAVE LOWER RENTS.
Tho continuous growth OF Dallas ia
better exompliHod in the oontinuou.
demand for house9 to rent than any
other fact This lea saomIugiy incor.
rect statement 30 those who have been
over tho city and noted tho many
sigus "for ronp displayed on evpry
street. But tho fact romalns that while
there is an abundant supply OF ompty
houses In Dallas there ls ovou greater
demand than ever for houses to ronf
There must be- some trouble some
whore. Tho public desiring domicile.
do not desire to DO continually bar.
ras7at in "a hunt FOR The sauo and
placed i'm such IN unouylably inoou.
Yeniont position, nor 90 Tia
rCal estate firms and ur,p.
erty owners, wo fancy, de
sire TO SEQ ell thoir houses vacant from
month to month. The one class wants
houses, Tho other wants returns on iu-
yostinon,sj and got SEQ this auoma.
lous state Of things In Dallas to which
we have just rOieuod-a prens de
mand unaalle6od and q groat supply
uutaken.
Why ia this2 There can po but one
answer. Rauta mg ruling 800 high Ia
Dallas odon tho homo wants tho noe
essary surroundings, Gxtures, water
and conveuionoos, but TOO often 1t lisa
matter OF price, Real estate owuer4
frequently arc carrying on thoir prop
orty aums borrowed from banks at ~
per oenI Added to this lsrgo interest
must be tho taxes nnd insurance. Tho
proprietor 60 como cut even aud cros Vi
% sinking fund to meet tho orlglnr,
dobt must roalize 20 per cent. 10
yet less rs ruiuous, aud no demand 81.
therefore, heavy rent. 10 10 AN nm
fortunate situation, for those who want
70 rentnro poor aud cnuuot psv hirt
ronts, and me must suffer 2 monthly
loss hocsuso his property is lying idle.
Tho supply aud demand arc properly
nnd nlcoly adjusted, hut tho ruling
prices OF tho sellers arc too higa for
tho purchnser,' mo8na. Matters cnn-
not adjust thomseIyo5 according TO-
business principles, for tho indebted
ness ol the property ie too great Go
admit of even business production. A
mnn has only 90 go aropaJ Dallas,
snow tho nac0ssluna ol usuy
property ovuols and tlog
note the oNorbImpt vaa doc
monded for miserable Hllo placos
90 recognize thojusneBor lhis crlu
cIsm, Either ,hat, orproprletors aro $50
sh1ras.ghtoltbly would rather get q
bigropt ior tlryo months per annun
aod close Che promises fer Tho ROMAN.
der OF tho year, than a gooi tenant az
@ foirrout Che yolr round.
The question naturally arises what
IL tho remedy? lis tho common mass
Of humanity thatTuE HERALD il at
tempting to assist, the poorer but
equally Important classes. Such poo-
pic uoed cheap money and choap
home7, aud for these things We are
oontending. Both can DO obtained In
spite of local illiberslity and local cor.
morents. Those who can no.
lioVe us can DO induced TO
come into our midst and
help against the anaconda coils Tint
have been tightening around our poo
pie OapltM VIII come OF its own &C
cord, but now and from our own local
capitalists whose attention has not be.
fore been directed to the matter. we
can get more and better and cheaper
houses to rent. Banks may want ~ to
20 per cont, but many men hero, fully
able to do so, could rent scores of neat
little houses at lower figures than
houses arc now let for, and receive
living interest aud DO satisfied. To
build such houses and supply one OF
the most pressing wants in tho CITY
would DO q public beneiactlon. In the
Interest not only OF tho property
holders themselves, but Of tho con-
veniouce Of our growing population.
TnE HERALD Is earnestly desirous
that either our own citizens or
strangers will proceed to give our poor
people cheaper homes. Rents are too
high, aud tho town is suffering in con.
quonce.