New-York tribune., 1918-08-23
The Great Rent Feud
Increased Rents Produce Many and
Varied Reactions in the Tenantrv
BY Kenneth Macgowan
Fifth Article

BY Kenneth Macgowan
Fifth Article
# HE key to the rent problem is the equation
the Tenants League H and
In between is the ordinary, enana m
Of hmwth the truth locked his pocketbook 'n0n
Obviously can't take the realty for anv ~
than the of the Tenants League. 's
Just obviously nobody investigating board with -
al million
But if individual investigator the ctv,
Harlem The Bronx the West sde the old sde Cheseand %
babytendng mothers bareep charity
he is going acquire small but body infom
which ought to be general enough somewhere the f
the personal equation. ~
Let's instalment Of a dav's han,
Is the Sky the Limit?
The newsdeaer a punging pxus.
He starts us off with SIS raise SIS pot and the limit
1.-THE They'll ME in the f
again." ~ III 'e a
bit to the east, the secretary of painters
decorators paper hangers Naturally is about as @
exercised the decay of redeoratng he he m
He happens to live The Bronx his have
hold another day But he local WIN
live in Harlem all complaining of increases
We've all been raised he Some of about
the because we've eadier work than and
the painter making But kick sort of
dumps have live Now that nobody moving because there
am any place to move TO- and costs too much the
aren't doing you merbe
who tell there paper on their walls
against the aand others who have to to and own
flats keep the paying per cent mora
for that sort of increased
Back is pawnshop with clerk %
had his only an per
move out want to- ne adds ut costs three times what
and there isn't place Everything up
Various men and women Harem white supply the
of figures couple per cent raises
couple Of eos for 3o but Is per cent
Sometimes the jump Juy$l8 couple
umps$16 in July 1915 $18 in January day
Almost every in the neighborhood of steam
ther downtown.
What Yaphanl Does to Rents
Then EARNS and the man. up horizon begins
by the crowd around business NAM
nder-hel
tenth dollar embarkation Of co
contingent 10th district ACCOMPANIED ov relatives ~
The obivious housing problem in Harlem The
relatives have forgotten moment the going
away emotions there are msgvngs about making
that money has left the fiat
81 don't mind SEEM 'em away. right But they
shouldn't the rent"
father whose gone up s5 $50 SAWS the answer
is boarders Another is going woman
orty-hve vouch for the triple plav s7 $40 70 sa5 -
if the landlord in Spr
Thus to the confusion of varying
factors of income Some of these neon find their %
vdua higher they were somesna store
keepers mostare losing The total of family
by boy gone to war and balanced or increased
others young brothers working for the
first time And those higher for all things inanma
which make plead increase in rent have their own
curious relations to tenant.
Profteering in Shoe Shines
There is the proprietor of shoe shining parlor
bought from his wholesale supply house. which
omi1g ~ a,a. to INC lnsysqsed EOS &c. Cost
=" Al 1l's8f shnes ssa Are ""So"s No"
The shallow closets are hidden by mosaic
red and white polish tins--60O al
You keep empty boxes eh?"
"Oh no! Those all full just many the
seat. bought 'em year ago."
The then: Ieu MANY bows do vou
working for you?"
Cant boys nowadays They all gone work for
money"
Poteering shoe even if five cent shines
now ten how much profit shop
busy evening?
by the way has your landlord for your
Sure 1t used to be SIS, but it's
Wilson Attacked Wilson has "hynotisd the people