The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
RENT BEATERS'
SYSTEM Barred
Realtor Tells How Easy 1t Is
To Beat Poor
Agent.
PLENTY OF METHODS
Everything Goes from Ship
ping Family Away to
Moving Suddenly.
PLENTY OF METHODS

Here's a tip on how to beat the
rent profiteer. given by Joseph
Pcars6ns. Chicago realtor,- and
taken from the National Real Es-
tate Journal. He says:
There are few loopholes for the
wary. none for the unwary. l pro-
pose, out of the goodness of my ma
ture. to point out the ways.
Suggestion No. If you md the
fair rentals asked greater than your
purse can satisfy. ship your wife
and family home to your folks TN
til a Republican Presiden mt is elected
and the country unsafe for Demo-
Gratis. Your wife and kiddies un-
doubtedly would be glad to get
away from you for a time, and II
would be a good joke on your
mother-in-law. You might be able
to get a cheap room with your
friends. That would be a good Joke
on your friends.
Make Friend OF q Judge.
Suggestion No. 2-Cultivate the
friendship of one or two judges,
That is a necessary provision and
you can thus fortify yourself for the
program that 1 am about to outline
briefly to you. / will assume then
that you have the friendship OF
these judges.
Very well.
Lease an apartment. That is, II
you, can find one. Pay the first
months rent. Then refuse to. pay
any further moneys and in right
eous Indignation assert that the
landlord is a robber and a thief and
his first name is extortion.
BE ordered out.
Refuse to get out,
Have the case brought before
-Our friend the judge.
Obtain a temporary injunction
restraining the landlord from dis.
possessing you pending the final dis.
position of the case.
I'm about siN months, or about
the time when the case is due to be
heard. move out. 1t is very simple.
Suggestion No. Buy a house on
contract and PAN the first two o:
three instaIments. If you still hav,
refined the friendship of these
same two jurists. use the formula as
oVtli7ed in suggestion No. 2. Vary
y t. 2ri' the taste and serve without
trimmings. Maybe the original own
huUSr back. You will have had the
US, OF il for several months.
Suggestion No. IF you are q
bachelor or a widower. cast your
nets for a rich widow and buy an
In this way you may be able u
have the laugh on the profiteers
There may be other suggestions
but J have let you in already onto
many tricks of the trade and have
opened the avenues by which you
may travel far from the evil inr1u-
ence Of those who loom large on
your horizon the first of every
month.
Landlord. Want Fair Rentals.
For am here to tell you that
il these days of SEQ shoes. 500
overcoats. 800 suits. 30-cent su-
gar. 81 admission to the Cubs park
21-cent gas and a thousand and one
other things which have advanced
from 100 to 800 per cent. landlords
and apartment house owners are
going to get a fair rental. ] dc
not hold a brief for landlords who
are trying to make hay in this wet
cold weather. but when a landlord
go lOI an
formerly rented for s45 he doesn
necCs sarily have to be the owner
of horse. as was Jesse James.
of course. he obtains his Goa
free, the janitor' service Is giver
Eratuitously. and you have noticed
that land valuations are away be.
low what they used to be. and take:
reduced every year.
Nothing to Do but Clip Coupons
The landlord has only to sit bach
and clip coupons and take a triI
each year to Philadelphia and
laugh at the mint.
Verify. il is a gay life: an easy
existence. this getting while the
getting is good.
II trust that you all know now
how to beat the landlords game
and il you do you should not sit
idly by. but should capitalize thi.
knowledge.
Relieve me. there's money in IT,