davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-04-20
I'm chino dementc

Tn mongol, Enrique Chin, muy
conocido y muy popular en- IA Vecl-
NJ villa fue nevado por Ell tren de
aver a Hermosiuo. para ser c~ontlna-
do en- un hospital.
:. chinito en- question Sc ha vueI-
20 loco, : vaea5a por las GALES, asl
enfermo. sin hacer nal q Made, pero
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

ception to this and upon the follow
ing grounds to justify my stand:
"The ownership of real estate is
business, just like any mercantile
business, and cannot be compared
with the ownership of bonds or
stocks, which is merely an invest
ment and not business. AS in any
other mercantile business, success
depends upon ones actual ability,
knowledge and foresight. Unless the
proportion of profit to the amount
of capital actually invested is large,
no ordinary mercantile business can
be carried on successfully.
AT no time in legitimate mer
camille venture is the entire capital
invested so much at stake as in a
realty investment. We are being
called profteers. If profteering
means getting the market value of a
commodity one handles, then we ad-
NIT the accusation and plead guilty;
but is there any one in this room,
indeed anywhere else, who sells
commodity for less than the market
value?
Let any one-lawyer, physician
or business man-speak up and say
whether he sells his services or mer-
chandise for less than what he can
get for it in the open market. The
rule is buy low, sell high, and the
law of supply and demand holds
true. AS long as we live under this
system that will be the case. If YOU
desire to change it, do so. You have
my hearty support and I am with
you. Any system is rotten which
allows any member of a community
handling commodity needed by the
public generally to make his own
terms in his own fatuous way.
ut should go, but start right at:
the beginning. Start with things
as tney are IN the raw and follow
the ling straight down. But don't
think you can reverse the process
and start at the other end. As for
myself, as long as we have this sys-
tenn will look out for myself in the
same way as all Of you are now
doing, as evidenced by your pres
encc here. / intend to get for the
commodities ! handle the fair mar
ket value, and don't intend to let
any one stop me, excepting as all
of my fellowmcn are stopped from
doing the same thing in their re
spectIve lines. II am profiteer,
who Of you isn't, except the man
working for yearly salary?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

~ will take as big a step as
any one, but I won't take the first
step"
"You can't settle OH a reduction
of any of these rentals?"
"Under one condition. If every
one is going to give up something,
let the tenant give up something
along with me-"
what, for instance?"
eve will shut down the elevator;
we will get rid of the switchboard
we will walk up"
Are you willing above the third
story to cut the rents in half?"
81 will base the rents on a walk
up basis. l will take what it costs
me to run that car and what it costs
in help and deduct it from the an
nual rent and give it to the ten.
ants"
what will you give up?"
Il will give up possible rent roll
on the basis of that being a high
class house"
"You are willing to let these peo-
pie walk and let them save the walk
ing expenses"
II am not willing to; if they want
to I will do it,"
"You are a man about twenty
five or twenty-six years old?"
"Twenty-six"
"And you have been in the real
estate business since you were PIP"
"For five years"
"Your experience in the world
outside of real estate has been linn
ited?"
81 don't know what you call ex-
perience"
"Measuring experience by age,
you are quite young man."
II imagine So
"Have you father?"
mo" .s.t.a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

he takes another crack at the ten
ant. But here is a house where the
apartments are leased from year TO
year-an elevator apartment house
in a good location. The type of
tenant is not the type who cannot
look out for himself. They are on
yearly lease. Their lease does not
expire until September 80. They
have four and a half months to
look for another apartment"
In other words, you don't care
If they move out?"
Il do care. l would like to have
as many remain as possible"
ION what do you base the in
creases?'
ION the fact that an apartment
of that kind is worth it to-day"
"And also because you think that
your tenants can afford to pay it,"
That is something for the ten
ants to decide for themselves.
don't propose to regulate my rent
roll to meet the incomes of the ten
ants. l know that about ten ten
ants in that house own cars
do you think they ought to be
bounded because they own cars"
mo, but they are not in posi-
ton where they require this pater-
nal attitude, this protection
Then there are two reasons you
advance why the tenants should pay
you rent. One is that present con-
dltions warrant it, and the second
is that they can afford it,"
mo, one condition only. The
present condition warrants the in
crease"
You mean that because of the
scarcity of apartments you can get
the rent?"
The increased value of apart
ments. not the scarcity"
That means the increased value
CT the building as well?"
Yes, and the general boom IN
real estate. Mayor Hylan
the other day refused to put 2.25
down as the tax rate. There is an
$1S,000,000 teachers bill going
through. 1t looks as though the city
is going to be asked to bear part Of
the cost of home building. judging
from the fact that this investigation
is on: The city is extending its
functions of government. That all
costs more, and I expect that the
budget next year is going to be very
much higher"
''You know that what you are say
ing you don't mean"
If l can do as we'll not saying
what / mean can write for one OF
the COMICS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
This Is Boy Scout Week, With a Million to Raj

One Of the most important feat
ures Of the work to be carried on
during Scout Week VIII be that of
making known the exact nature of
Scout work What Will it do for
the boy? What has it done for
those who have become Scouts?
The 100000 new associate mem
bers-many Of whom are expected
to be made Scoutmasters as soon as
they can prepare themselves for this
work-will find that the require
ments of the Scouts are numerous
and specific. Here are thirteen
duties, as set down for the informa-
ton of the new Scoutmaster:
ITO hold himself responsible for
the conduct and morale of his troop
as a achole as aceu as its fndividuol
members.
2-To exercise oil possible skiu,
Initiative and forethought in plan
ming his troop meetings Nth rieaV
to carrying ont the Scout programme
in spirit and in letter, remembering
alVays that scouting IS primarily an
outdoor game and must not stop
With indoor activities.
S-With the aid and udvice Of his
troop committee to seek out and en-
list the services of experts as ad-
users, Instructors and examiners IN
the execution of the Scout pro-
0ron,me.
ITO cooperate Nth his troop
committee and local council IN the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
A Million Men, That Is, Who'll Give
Their Dollars, Hearts and
Hands

TINE boys who sold q $780,
100000 block of Liberty
Bonds to-day are setting
about new task they have
outlined for themselves.
The Boy Scouts of America are
seeking a million men who are will
ing to give their dollars, their hearts
and their hands to the cause of
American boyhood.
They have allowed themselves Just
one week-Scout Week, set aside by
Presidential proclamation-in which
to finish their task. And, judged by
their past performances, nobody
who knows the Scouts doubts that
next Saturday evening will find their
membership books crowded with at
least that number of new names.
Just now there are nearly 100000
Boy Scouts in the United States, or
about one twenty-ffth of the number
of boys of Scout age. Ask any Scout
of your acquaintance why the re-
naming boys of the country are not
enrolled and he will not leave YOU
long in doubt.
Say, we can get them in a min
Ute" he will tell you. But we have
to get Scout leaders before we take
them in"
There is no necessity for member.
ship drives to get the boys. Scout
ing is catching as the measles and
as tenacious as crab. "Once
Scout, always Scout" formerly was
q slogan. Now it is an axiom.
So, the scouts set about finding
the leaders necessary to organize
the entire nation into a Scout camp.
William G.. McAdoo, former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, who knew the
work Of the boys in connection with
the loan drives, was sympathetic as
soon as he learned of the ambitions
Of his youthful associates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
A BRAHAM BLUMENTHAL
is twenty-six years old. He
4 "A has curly light hair, an en-

gaging smile and wears
nice clothes and spats. AS principal
owner of the Beachwood Realty
Company, especially organized to
play in a rising real estate market
he is principal owner Of the six
story elevator apartment house at
$50 West 164th Street, near the cor
ner of Broadway and on the crest
of Washington Heights.
Two years ago four-room apart
mentc in this building were renting
for $40 month. Next October they
will cost $40, with a few choice zones
at SIS. Six-room apartments that
used to be $50 will be 800 and sos.
This is because, as Mr. Blumenthal
puts it, "the ownership of real es-
tate is business" and
unless the proportion of profit to
capital invested is large, no ordinary
mercantile business can be carried
on successfully"
Mr.. Blumenthal is frank to admit
that the present economic system is
rotten" He said so when a dozen
angry tenants had him before Com
missioner Of Accounts Hirshfield to
Justify raises in his rent roll approx
mating 65 per cent. IF any one can
change it, he may count upon Mr..
Blumenthars hearty support.
Amy system" he told Commits
sioner Hirshfeld and his tenants
us rotten which allows any member
of community handling a commod-
ity needed by the public generally to
make his own terms in his own fatu-
Gus way"
The quotation is from a document
pronounced by Commissioner Hirsh-
fleld one Of the most remarkable
that has come TO his attention in the
investigation by the Mayors COM
rnlttee Of alleged profteering in
rents. Mr.. Blumenthal prepared it
over the week end between hearings
after some Of his tenants had spoken
harshly of his methods.
4 got this statement up between
Friday and yesterday" he told the
Commissioner. II thought this thing
out, and this il the result of nv
thoughts 1t gives my attitude in
this matter very clearly.
IL A<Is IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

combed the territory they had
worked and raked up 100000, 900
they had missed.
"But I'll tell you what I'll do.
Suppose I work with you? I will
help all can in the campaign"
The Scout and some of his elders
talked the subject over with Mr..
McAdoo later. Finding one million
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

men for any work, even when it is
as popular as associating with boys
Of Scout age is bound to be, isn't
the easiest task in the world. Fa-
miliar as the public has become with
such big figures since the United
States entered the war, body Of
one million men still is large one
"Why not let the machinery Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

the Liberty Loan, which the boys
helped during the war, turn about
and help the boys now" suggested
Mr.. McAdoo.
The idea took so we'll that the
entire machinery used for adver-
ticing and selling Liberty Bonds
to-day is working to "sel" the
Boy Scout idea. The United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

II an, here before you so-colled profteer.
'The rule is buy lo,e, sell high If you desire to
change it, do So.'
'4s long haze this system ,cH look out for
myselt'
IF an, profteer, ,olo OF you isn't excep, the
man ,corking for yearly snlary?''
sYour only solution is to build houses, and plenty
of then and cN come do,cn.''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

Scout service ~ the oouc1szxx;tv
LTo render al possibse asa .
Scout leader tn oil patriotic 60.
vice.
TO hold himself responsible n
the troop committee and the locoi
and national councils for the pron.-
use Of the Scout uniform, badge ard
other equipment of the troop.
S-To attend to the proper reos.
trotion of his troop.
9-To attend oil troop meetro.
and outings whereuer possible. -
not able to be present, his outho,st,,
Is delegated to has assistant
10-To supervise all troop cct;,k
ties.
Ito delegate authority to patro,
leaders and others.
1910 supervise tho pork ~
these leaders.
1S-To keep the Scout oath and
the Scout lar himself and see thos
his boys keep 1t. He IS directlv -.
sponslble to the troop committee for
the conduct of the troop and erecu.
tom Of the Scout proqr1mn,e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

DO you want to indict ever,
other landlord? You maintain that
inasmuch as under present condi
tons you can obtain as high rent
as you think you ought to obtain
that because of that fact you should
not consider anything else except tc
get it. You say that if that is
profiteering you are willing to admit
you are a prohteer?"
"Yes; / am selling them a com.
modify up there for the current
rate"
"1n other words, if there is no
blood in the vein, a prick with a pin
will not hurt you Is that it?"
Yes, | guess that sums it un."
Mr.. Blumenthal, | think you are
an ornament to society and to the
real estate world of New York
City"
Here Mr.. Blumenthal bowed pro-
foundly. Obviously he was resolved
not to let Mr.. Hirshfield rufle his
temper.
do you know what your property
was assessed for in 1882"
Il believe it is assessed for $780,
OOO."
ut has not been assessed for
1912"
mot that l know Of"
did you figure out how much
less the taxes were on that property
this year than last year?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
Don't Need Help

care you going to help u.s."
Scout acquaintance asked the for
mer Treasury Official.
"You don't need help" was the
prompt reply. "You boys can ac-
complish tasks that grownups would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

no reason why a number of apart
ments should not be vacant during
the summer if any tenants should
violate their leases"
You are going to sell the house
when you get your price,"
Yes, around December.
Here there was some discussion as
to the amount of money Mr.. Blumen-
thai should allow for depreciation on
the house. Commissioner Hirshfeld
said he thought two per cent a wear
was enough; Mr.. Blumenthal had
figured the three per cent allowed in
the Federal Governments income
tax exemptions.
Il figure, distributed over the next
three years, $500 a year for three
years for the cost of raising a new
second mortgage" said the witness.
Have you any objection to that?"
"Why should the tenants have to
pay you $500 because you have not
enough money to pay on prop
erty you buy" demanded the Com
missioner. THAT $500 should come
out of your earnings because YOU
have so much less money to invest"
THAT $500 should be included in
the expense of the building."
THE tenants should not pay you
because you have not enough money
to pay for the equity in the house"
II figure the cost of raising a
new mortgage as a legitimate ex-
pense on piece of property"
Too Much Profit
"You must reduce the profit.
You are adding that to the rent
roll SO that the tenants should pay
you for procuring a loan. What
other novelty can you producer"
"a new first mortgage at the ex
plratlon of the present mortgage
Will cost between now and the next
three years $1,40O a year. | be-
lieve l am justified in increasing the
rents as l have"
"On what do you base that be-
lief?"
"On this fact. Let me just say
one thing to you first. | can read
lily understand going into that Room
1920 and seeing those people there,
who live in Brooklyn and The
Bronx, who pay $25 a month.
Those people cannot afford to nav
an increase of So month. and thew
are asked to pay an increase every
month. Those buildings change
hands constantly. Each man buys
on an increased rental basis, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

"Mother?"
eyes"
"Have you talked with youl
mother about these affairs?"
"No."
Don't you think you ought to:
She is an old woman with a heart.
Il have as much heart as am
other landlord in New York City,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

be afraid to tackle. Veteran bond
statesmen are still talking about
what the Scouts did when they
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interests Of his troop and the fur-
Meronce Of scouting IN general.
$40 seek out opportunities for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

81 believe a fair comparison with
other values in this section will
show that my rents are no higher
than the prevailing rents. These
rents are necessary to prevent the
recurrence of the numerous failures
which took place in real estate dur
ing the past decade. On account of
previous low rents holders of mort
cages are even to-day looking to
dispose of buildings which they had
to take over under foreclosure.
Houses do not go to foreclosure be-
cause they are prosperous, and real
estate history-and the Washington
Heights chapter in PARTICULARS
! replete with financial failure and
ruin.
II think you gentlemen will agree
with me when l say that in no bust
ness have people sustained losses so
great and complete as have the
owners of real estate in this city.
The records are open to all of you.
In closing let me say that so long
as the present conditions prevail
and most of you are on the side of
the fence which is fighting a change
in these conditions your only solu-
ton to the problem in hand is to
build houses, and plenty Of them,
and rents will come down."
Very Nice, but
"That is very NICE" observed
Commissioner Hirshheld. "But let
us come back to your own case.
How long have you been in the real
estate business?"
about five years." replied the
witness.
$50 you didn't suffer reverses in
the last decade?"
"No, and l don't intend to suffer
any in the next decade. This state
mcnt shows horrible example that
am not going to follow. am not
going to allow my property to be
foreclosed."
Did you prepare this epistle?"
You can have me on the stand
and question my morals, but will
not brook any question as to nv
literary ability. | admit, if it is an
admission, that | did draw it up.'
AS long as you condemn the
present state of affairs of permitting
every one to fix his own price. for
his productions, don't you feel that
you, as young man and as a leader
IN the real estate world, ought to
take the first step?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
He admits IL

Il am here before you az a So
called Drofteer. ! wish To take ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
Depends on the Goat

"That all depends on who you can
get to buy-who you can unload
on.
Il would say arbitrarily the build
ing will be marketable during the
course Of the next twelve months at
about S27O,0OO."
"On the present basis of rent what
is it marketable at, not taking into
consideration that it will bring more
rent in October?"
Selling the building on it's pres
ent rental, suppose you could sell
it at seven times the present rent
to-day-say for S21O,O00."
You are not figuring on any va
cancies just now"
81 am"
"You don't expect to have any?"
81 don't know"
UNLESS you raise the rent skv
high and the tenants have to get out,
how many apartments did you fig
ure on having vacant?"
Five per cent Of the gross income
of the house."
You would not have that at the
present time if you were a careful
real estate man."
AT the present time in that house
there are three tenants that | know
of my own knowledge contemplate
moving out for the reason that thew
don't want to pay the increased rent.
and they don't see why they should
remain in that house all summer and
pay rent. These apartments are
usually rented from October /. sea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

making canvasses that resulted i,
the oversubscription of every Lib
erty bond issue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
No Moral Slackers

But even those specifications do
not represent the sum total of Scout
requirements. A moral Stacker has
no place in the Scout organization.
A keen minded boy is the most
astute as we'll as the most uncom.
promising judge. The false note in
the makeup of a man is quickly
seen by him. AS a consequence the
new Scoutmasters will be selected
with far greater care than are tho
heads of many big corporations.
The Boy Scouts of America had
no more ardent advocate than
Colonel Roosevelt. He was himself
the embodiment of all that the
Scout organization stands for. He
recognized the merits Of member
ship in such a wholesome outdoor
organization and identified himself
with the movement as a Scout Com
missioner. He never lost an oppor-
tunity to appear with or work for
the boys Of the Nassau County
troops.
Beginning this morning, when ser
mons will be preached in practically
every church in New York, in which
the praises Of scouting will be
sounded, until the closing rush to
sign membership applications next
Saturday evening, there will not be
a dull hour for New Workers.
That the funds to be raised
through this increased membership
in the Scout organization will 90
exclusively for Scout uses is assured
by the great army of unpaid workers
whose services are given solely be-
cause of their interest in boys.
With an enrolment of nearly half
million members, including leaders,
only $50 of its organizers and of
icials are paid salaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

"No."
"You know as a matter of fact
the taxes this year are lower than
last year,"
"You know this is the first time
IN fifteen years that the taxes have
not been increased?
'If I erstand-despite NV
youth--the taxes were increased
last year something like Is points.
and this year they have dropped a
few points,
"What is the yearly rental at the
present rate?"
"About $50, 1900"
"With the advances, what will
the annual rent roll be-"
"About $4,000. An increase of
about $4,000 on the yearly rent
roll"
what do you figure on that basis
the increase in the value of the
property"
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has been divided into the same
sections and given the same num-
Der of captains for the work Of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-18
Pershing Honors
Okarche Officer

COBlENI, Monday, March II
The men Of the Third division Of fhe
American army who fought against
,he Germans on the Marne IN the last
great German drive were inspected
reviewed ard presented with dccora
ton, by General John ! Pcr,hInl this
afternoon The review va, held N
tine great aviation field near Nnlcf
mach. On the west bank OF the Rhine
In addition ~ two congressional
medals oi honor and other American
decorations awarded the Third dI
vision. q number OF French and Bat.
,h metals were presented by General
T.r,hug 10 the men OF the Forty
second division who fought with the
British 100 Northern France with the
Twenty .cycn'h division The medals
of honor were given Lieut. Gcofpr
Ha,s of Okr.hc and Corporal Bark.
lev ot Missouri Brpadlcr.Gcn.rll
n e. Bishop received 'hc Dn
uugwshci Service Cros. and Colonel
William M,Clclyc, chief oi staff f..
General Robert ! Howe, was ri,rm
the Distinguished Service medal
Eighty. eight Distinguished Scylor
Crosses were gwen go officer, and
men oi the Third division