The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-03
If You Are a PrOfiteering
Landlord. Read This
Bv BILL PRICE.

IF Won hammer to be Washington landlord buoyant
ideas that good time to fill pockets with unfair
profits expense of helpless tenants might pay you
give consideration to few thoughts that may eventually
save you money and much trouble.
legislation for revival of the RENT COMMISSION was
doomed from the beginning notwithstanding the powerful
backing of COOLIDGE The short session OF Con-
gress and many conflicting Congressional opinions to the
best made failure of the legislation inevitable
It is safe to say though that majority of the Senate and
will pass legislation at the next session fagrant
exploitation continues until that time 1t all de-
pend Mr. Landlord what do IN the next nine months
vigorous legislative storm breaks with the
again leading the demand for Congressional action
There profound reluctance Congress or any legislative
body interfere with the law of supply and demand with
private property interests There much Government
regulation during that all business became in
dnant The reaction against policies of those days
have gone further should have DONE but there will
he another reaction SO far as the District is concerned
profiteeng rampant Senators and congressman
are as rule tenants themselves and thrown into q
rage when they find that reasonable rentals are exceeded and
they are virtually hed up Congressional resentment
again will wipe out the normal tendencies OF es
lators protect private properties and investments
Whether will be another fight for rent legislation is
going to depend landlords of the District they want
to penny wise and pound foolish they should go ahead and
stic their tenants right and left having nothing else
before them but the profeers motto OF get yours While
the getting is good ~
The interests the District extensive
to permit its thousands workers to be exploited It will
find legal method of dealing with rent boodsuckers
Very consideration has been given by men high in
Administration circles and in Congress to Government
of homes here for its workers who desire to buy
homes on the Government could offer That
uoud be form of Government competition with private
enterprise would threaten proeering gentlemen who
owners of apartments and homes It might be for
builders than continuance of the Rent Commission but 1t
would be constitutional
thing that could happen would be to let the real
its business the as other prvate
business If uniformly fair based upon building
costs and reasonable returns those COSTS there Ism
any use of Congress interfering But landlord hogs do
not see this the way for drastic legislation that Will
hurt honorable landlords they will the penalty
The abuse of estate business generally because
of the dirty acts of comparatively landlords is
of the meanest things of this whole rent fight The vast
majority of real firms this city composed of men
of high ideals rocbbed business standing and the good
of the whole community in mind They not crooks or
piraeers Large numbers of them who the building
business putting up homes for sale at fair profits above
doing public service and worthy OF full support
estate dealer who is responsible for rent
proeering merely the agent for speculative landlords
sucking all the rent out OF buildings they can get
to make showing prospective buyers to the returns
those buildings yield be made to yield. It sky
rocketng the estate agent refuses to handle the
business of these landlords they go elsewhere.
safely and wisely with ninetenhs of the real
estate Washington, confident that your interests
will fully protected You will also get square deal from
the majority of landlords
The sensible business in Washing
the who must continue to frown exploitation
and cooperate with wrong doing when is thrown
their direction We believe they will do it. They stand for
greater and better Washington and for dealing Their
influence will strong. Their attitude will do much toward
Government agencies the future be governed by supply
nd mand