New-York tribune., 1895-01-07
prTTERHOMES FORTHEP POOR
,nrsr1xG VIEWS GIVEN BY FEllN
ADLER
-u,r THE QUESTION or RENTS Is a
crr,r FACTOR N THE LABOR i''o'''.''N
...,.,.,,,, criticism or TRINITY.

~urxKS THAT THE V'
nr,T FACTOR ~ THE lN''o"
cow, SEVERE CRITICISM oF TRINITY
,o- - the former Tenement-House
As "c"'' adler has mad plenty OF
Comm'sS'oh .sx the question of workingmen's 5
cppor'unl'E 10 ,nra Yesterday morning In Music
homes, - .i' n.hat he thought WAS 'he peS' way
ia" ''o resuec,able donh'"e 70 'ne ""se
1, insure also made some 'emarks about
1rr,.i,, church that VIII Nv .,,ou.,.
nm ,,n, smoke in part as 'o''"N'
hr. Ndic' ~, i've more years to The end OF the
mere arr Tbe end o. thiS ve"ii; ias; rentnrV on ~
many way, aco great S.russe was De.hs
huntfeo ear poJca hocLN nT" aso We READ in the
social equa" hat Socialism could never take root
tcounry that IL "S 6e m ai5 81
origin anu 4, The recent Labor Convention in
ioreiene,mre Ne saw the powerful influence OF the so,
Denver "rhough il is true thai theE were NOT IN
the sSociaI!ss are men OF Amenva" paoh, ,ns nu'
this IS S.,,5re ru' @ riots the Homestead riots and
t chicago riots are slSns o. t"e srii'e uisVon
tent. Ilh,, Ihis n,S1 Srcstions to he solved
and nm, IN" mai the dwelling house question has
,c lV,o'5 5o Mlth the labor problem than any other
n4pS hnS md thai is the reason why ! have chosen
y for my lecture ms osi,oS IN wbir we c"rS cam
!, tn"r tln""nrosfhins to solve this great problem
hIsI r", n, We supposed in hrts. but in. tene-
'' TNsVW Nl4lltu Nob'AHti III idi &C phi-
menis ah'! !'eon Of ;his was their barbario state
racks. '"g B,,, how SAD to think that the people
O I"'ia, ,ha cnd OF the nineteenth century are
Q, e. 'unis,iaably 20 hye in the manner OF bar
th9risns Teuements should be reformed out OF
eYS'fn'J irue that the workinsman Of today is
- ~ I,rhaps 100 per cent better off thar he was
MY yT iTo s1oe this in support of their theory
!, H. - t-,e that the woman in London who some
ro-oiyes two. While the millionaire, who for
nov, no~ received per cent on his capital. now re-
- . ha VII ~ a \.
,nrreased lol per cent, while the income OF the
r1iionaire has decreased. Therefore says the
sss'iSifan sta ,he Sf%i d.amsh,Sf SH'
True j, is ,ha, while nifty years aso The WORKING,
,,e, vas only able 10 get three-eiShthS OF the
minimum quantity Of food necessary to sustain
vigorous life he is now able to get bs
fore he was starved five-eighths This is gam
o'; Because All we have in this city few model tene
men;s and because the new teneTnents in Harlem
are title better Than the old ones. We should not
b. 10 real Improvement until every iannl! mas Il
detached dwelling-a cottage. no matter now
il has been shown that during the last fifty years
reni IN Ensand mas risen loo per cent ~ ms h sred
yan.arc that come with the decrease IN the price OF
Pent Is the ban and chain that keeps
me Eorkincms, down. 1t is therefore our duty to
Sisn ND Won ever notice that the poor man pays
As a ruia the poor man and his family are obliged
~ work a whole week in order 10 pay the ren; for
one month In other words. one-fourth o! his income
goes for rent Not even the millionaire who lives IN
a palace paws such a nigh per cent for shelter
The Tenement Commission on which hal tho
honor TO serve thought 1t was DONG innIn goo.
put in provision that on every floor there should
be hydrant That bill was passed by the Legs
lature. signed by the Governor and then ii wa
blocked in the courts. And by whom do YOU sup
pose was it blocked? BY the saloon-keeper, who
would profit b. the lack of water? No ny the Io-
lice. who We have lately learned were in league
With crime? No. !. Trinity church that refused
II put water on every floor and that appealed to
the courts. I read in one paper that the church
was merely acting on business principles and mat II
But this was not the first time that Trinity Church
blocked the way TO reform 1t Is an Ola oIehTe' qec
given for fighting the reform was that the
people who lived in the houses were dirty ana tnere
fore did not need water !l-aughtert Aho.1er D,,
cuse that Trinity only owned the land @ tSu.
those tenemen.s were a disgrace 10 New ofK 'he m
Trinity Corporation continued 70 MAKE heW iti.'ss
every year And he r1o, sbaroa 01 on sSh poev ana
shame on its defender. This is the church that
himself who said Feed the poor tend the sick,
who said love your neighbor as yourseh. Is lhis
10 give TO the neghbor who comes TO you 10 ask for
aid. We should 20 % him and see that ne mas "hat
.s necessary for his physical and moral comfort.
Of homes lies in the solution OF the question OF rents
Bridges about to be built and rapd trahst VIZ ~
soon be reality Land that Is now M hp. ~
IN nv nriva,e corporations as a speculation. and
when the workingnen desire TO move out TO access.
be places tneN VIII De ~ 80
nous profits that are counted on. The city should
huv up this land and hold II until such time as
here is a demand for IT, 1t Is the only way 10
void such landlords as the one ! have told Of III
the Constitution forbids the city 10 spend S5oVpVp
NJ s5 COO OO for rapid transit. the which would
be necessary 1t could buy several million dollars
worth of land every year. II is not my intention
10 20 into the details of the scheme to-day. only
wish 20 interest YOU in the agitation which mas
already been started.
There can be no real home in tenements. There
must be room and plenty OF it-room for each mem
her OF the family retire for cOntempla ton ana
-h,a n,p Df he
pxctab,e? Why are they easily aroused? ]; ls
because they never have real rest. They live hu1-
lied together always I'm each others presence. on
hat one family should take a whole block for iis
lew square feet,