The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
Frederic Haslkin's Lettey
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The Rent Strik . in Washington.

- VIC supreme court holds n.
act unconstitutional, then n. -
Of eviction can be issued. -. m
tenant can be put out But ~!
about all that can happen =
according to the ATTORNEYS n. y
league. and 1t is not ant 10 ~
for q long time. Here IT, ~
known delays of the law. vhi.A ~
ually benefit the stronger No.
are on the eide Of the tenant ~,
Of this kind are piling up a - -.
that many of those being fled ~.
will not be reached for a cosr, y. 4.
years, during all of which Tina 4.
tenant will be enjoying the =. ~ y.
the apartment at the old rent ~
thermore, these attorneys sav a..
no action for the additional -,
which the tenant refused n ~
will be effective unless the ~
lord has refused to accent the 4.
rent, which is paid by the tenss,
= the bonding company.
The total cost of thus notin, =.
appeal and resisting eviction ma
viding the machinery of the lean.
is used, is about $50. In the evan,
that the Ball act is sustained by N.
supreme court, and the tenant IN,
in the action for a writ Of evict,o,
he will get back all but S27 of ~.
money.
OF course the landlord may coma
bat in various ways the desire az,
the tenant to stay in the apartment
He may cut of the heat, the liaht
the gas or the telephone service
and perhaps if he is ingenious N
may find other ways of annogip,
the recalcitrant. Various cases al
this have occurred. Usually, how.
! ever, this sort of guerilla warfare |,
carried on by landlords land mora
often by landladies) who own a
single building each and live in it
THUS a case is reported of one won.
an with a baby Is months old, who
refused to either get out or to nav
the advanced rent She could not
find another place to go and she
could not find the money to nav
more rent. The landlady promptly
cut of the gas, SO that the woman
could not cook anything.
/ A indicative Landlady.
! Another landlady took all the fur.
niture out of furnished apart.
J ment, from which the occupants re-
fused to move, except a single
, chair. This she herself occupied
: and announced her intention d
staying there until the tenants hat
. vacated.
Such instances as this are rare
A reputable real estate agen
does not care to go in for sucl
practices. and in the present stat
of public feeling on the rent cues
, ton, he can scarcely afford to d
| so. In fact. the real estate agen
/ who collects the rents and man
, ages the property for the owner. |
i often a strong force for ameliora
ton. Frequently he admits tina
: the rents are excessive and endeav
: ors to persuade the owner to set
, more reasonable figure. The ten
| ant is is client, as we'll as the own
{ er, and it is to his interest to kee
) everything harmonious and smooth
: running.
5 In some cases all of the tenant
: lin a given apartment house hav
held an Indignation meeting an
have agreed neither to pay the az
: vanced rate not to vacate. Severs
t such apartment house soviets al
]. nounce themselves ready to TAX
). over the property and keep it hea
t ed if the owner does not do S
$ Against such an organization II
landlord is apt to be helpless.
t If such spirit were more gene
: al, rent profiteering would soon
: a broken industry. Here, as usui
e the ultimate consumer loses o.
= because he is afraid or unwilling
4 fight, and because he will not 0
:. ganize and cooperate with his fe
lows.