The Washington times. [volume], October 16, 1920, FINAL EDITION, Page 15, Image 15

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'More Houses' Is Only
Remedy For Situation
Says D. C. Ex-Justice
Judge DaniWl Thew Wright, .friy on the bench of
the District Supreme (ourt, and a deep student of hu
manity', with an insight in human nature gathered from
lmg year. of experience in cant with all the phases of
lfe, makes some interesting paiats with regard to the
hefsing situation in the Disti Mi letter will be read
with much interest becaus he teumhes upon all phases of
1 question that is uppermost in the minds of the people.
His lItter follows:
"V01* afusbi Of he nes ft for-4
mob~ pube eitaes am questioms NOW wh at be canlnaws
ao s at inluence of mure; the oe id a Wh
=50mr 00 =00a.d parY- men iiake themaselves by writing them
0larly upen the acute subject of on vaper as utatute' The latter ca
-mi- oonditions in Washington. never change or repeal the former; a
%a this law of nature requires water to run
su ,e the= onition Of down bof; it will continue to do no
an viag operatos to the remedy no matter how many statute legisla
WI will Supply the needs of the tures might enact requiring It to run
hel people; legislation which tend the other way; the moon gets full
toloag the existing shortage In every twenty-eight days; she will se
b,9r to make It werse, is neither renely continue with accustomed regu
m n h r defauihe ltecty to Induge in that periodic di
Mankind lives under two oinds of persion no matter how many laws
ISM sio kind, the laws of natural men might pass to prohibit u Con
Homes fom nre71r
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BUREAU OF HOMES FOR COLOREDI
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.r... Might o.t .aw r.eq.itg
the Potomas river to heep bk full
in the "now time; bet it will run
dry La hot weather jest the amoe ad
the water supp will be short.
Wbthor'lhere is water to 'go
rod depende upes e matUs law
of and defd tterly uain
aar- klad ef a Uea wateh
the wis mn* n ay eseidl I* Writo
in their statute b4 abset It.
Whether there are @BM hewe to
's rund' deped ala ses the aSo
eral law so supply and : o.and
Congrees eqaaOt 118,. lit at
11 Stat4to to the .OtW It 400oMt
depeA upon whether rests are high
or low; it do"e dpend upes how 11a1y
houses there are, ad how many peo
ple there are to 1ll them To reduse
roste do"e ot ay mere houses.
nor any less
"But the number e hps sad the
number of peopl who wnSt' than do
ft and deteraln their "market
value." either for reatmi or for say
other .purpose. The natuaul law of
supply and demand settW I$. It there
is not enough of am w to "o
round" among these reqdie It,
the price is bound to go up I th
Is more n enough to the
an=d, = 11pri"e mom and al 1I
this is a natural law and will continue
to operate no matter what legiels
tures 'nay say about it. and men can
not evade or repeal It by writing
something to the contrary in s statute.
"Also it is a natural law that high
prices (deman4) stimulate and in
crease the production of a thing; and.
further, that this increase in proluc
tion in turn inevitably drives the
price down by satisfying the over
demand, and thereby eiiminattng ItL
"It there were a general exodus
from the city, so that not enough
"tenants" were left to All the "rental"
property, landlords would have to be
content with whatever their tenants
(if they had any) were willing to pay;
for if the landlord Insisted on more.
the tenant would move to some other
landlord's untenanted property and
leave the first vacant.
ALL UNTITLED TO ROOF.
"On the other hand, those who have
to live in an overcongested city and
an find no place. havE as much hu
man and moral necessity to live under
a roof instead of in the street as
those who happen, to occupy all the
rental properties of landlords.
"There being not enough houses to
'go 'round.' there is but one remedy,
nd only one: more houses. More
houses must be built until there are
enough; only Increased supply of
'rental" properties can afford relief.
"Legislation which had a tendency
to increase the supply of roofs by en
couraging eople to build more
houses for 'rental' purposes would
be wise, because it would promote
local welfare by Increasing the supply
f a necessity which in short. Legis
lation which has a tendency to deter
people from building new houses for
rental purposes is not wise, because
nomical to local welfare In that
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Attractive Homes on Webster
Street'
Some of a group of fourtEen houses of stlking appearanee in a
popular section of the northwest. They oantalt eight rooms, two baths,
breakfast room, are of the most modern oomstructjam, and have "ne
garage., L E. Breuninger built and marketed the project.
Its effect is to prevent increase in the slgn theft ames to It. and mutualy
supply of a necessity which In short, desir. to carry It out. The degree to
.bus stifling and 'throttling the only Which this kind of legislation stimu
-emedy which can cure the evil. & enhouses to bi d
"Of the mass of Ali inadinitio es Mr osst edsoe f
"Of he am O &i 1n5dintie does not readily disclose itself to the
with which legislatures have scourged understanding or laymen: Anyone.
buffering oommunities throughout all however, can understand how a man
time, the District of Columbia rents Who owned
act Will stand as s enduring anda' rprt ol
actwil *tndma s edurngand wish he didn't, be glad to get rid of
everlasting monument to impenetra- It. and want no more of it
ble stupidity. The effect of the Sauls
bury resolution, which preceded it. DMAND WIL coNUI.
was immediately, not only to discour- While the sudden and uanticipa
age, but to paralyze and prevent local ted influx of a great number of new
building of any more houses for people. such as the war brought to
rental purposes; no man will use
money to build houses which he can
not control, to be rented to pepl create a temporary shortage of
whom he does not want in them, at quarters an consequent inoonvail
a figure about which he has nothing lence, yet the grea natural law of
to say. supply and demand inxtanUy sets to
"The only remedy for the congested work, and inevimbly adjusts the situa
condition was, and is, the remedy of tiOn to a Proper and natural equi
"more houses:" no law was justified librium: eventually it will do so yet
save such as would stimulate and on- in Washington. in spite Of legislative
courage people to build more house* impediments. and no matter how long
for rental purposes. Yet the so call- I effect may be postponed by un
ed "Ball Act" not only undertook advised and thoughtless statute; for,
to deprive the landlords of all right 'demand' will continue to cy 'more
to fix the terms, conditions and prices hous,' 'more houses.' until the
at which they would rent their prop- clamor grow so loud that even Con
erty. denied them the right to select wress will hear it. and will be ready
those whom they thought would be to pension People who will build them,
desirable tenants, but actually under- instead of undertang to class them
took to prevent both landlords and with thieves and highwaymen.
tenants from making any kind of a "Had Congress let the situation
valid or binding rental agreement alone, to be corrected by the only law
which either of them could hold to, which ever can or ever will correct
although they were both happily con- It-the eternal and sleepless
tented and satisfied with its terms, law of 'supply and demand,' ne
although they reduce it to writing. buildings would at once have begun
=ANNOUNCEMENT=
) N MONDAY, October to
whch an office condu
g a General Real Estate Busin4
-d specializing in Northwest, (,
rban and business properties
hopened at 72'7-729 Fourtee
aet
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patmt nae coagenuedf e
pehvngat oo, ugh asnoewarbredtt
Wasangonneaty, wrihoms walay
mdenceve thei herotnatl lawof
titoy urp onoeroemadsaurleq
P o e M in Wahnto,070 ieoflgsltv
Beenmperetadimentw Yodrk mAerhwng
"LSTNG effectI b oTond" n
>f Home
RAD W
Modem Hows n G0rg Ave.
Among Rsbidene Sels.
During the pest week mine treas
fore of real estate wob mad threugh
the offie. of William a Phillips. 1440
New York aene northwest.
Three of the four brisk, au inderW
bormg recently SoSeeauted by Mr.
DwIght S Partele on Gosigia a0a0e
northwest were Ad.
Kr, Alaide M. Talbert p4r6aed
1 Georsia avesme northwest. An
other e, was M14 to Williamn C.
Cresuberg. loted at 4W GOergia
vense northwest. wUle the third oe,
loaated at 40"3 Georgia avsesn Nortb
west, wsee sod to Mr. and Mr. Albert
11mith.
A h-a-dome readesoas bult of buff
u46Zt7 brisk. .ostaIimg even
rooms ad bath, waee old to Mr. Ar
thur . Drown. This is kaown as
lop hpherd street mortweet. The
torewr owner of this property was
CoL Them" L, Pagh.
Mr. Irwin IL Milboerue pusehased
3518 new Hampshire avenes north
west him Mrs. UarWSt L Cottaa.
whick he will ocimpy as his beren
Mr. Charles P. Paliag' bought a
seven-room home from Mr. Joseph Ar
ner. located at 1203 Randolp street
northwest.
' Mr. Michael J. Panaing bought a
home recently completed by Mr. Fran
eis D. Klimkilowles and Charles J.
Walker. This propsrty is located at
3015 Thirteenth street northwest.
Mr. William M. Robrer bought a
home from Mrs. Laiu C. Parso"a. lo.
cated at 3434 Mt. Pleasant street
northwest.
Another sale was made to Mr. We.
ley . Tryou. He perdissed a besen
from Mr. John P. Reed, located at Mt.
Ranier. Md.
to arise as soon as the demaed for
them began to be felt; the supply
would have continued to increase un
til housing sufficient for all demads.
at rents universally satisfactory
would have resulted. and doubtlessly
by now.
"As it I. the legislation which has
been had upon the subject has so
confused, confounded and terrified in
vestors, builders, and landowners.
that at the best, even when these
wild laws are wiped out, some time
must elapse to enable them to forget
the attempted upsetting and over
turning of the natural economic laws
which control 'value' and 'prices.'
and be ready again to produce ren
tar' properties Any further project
in the came direction will multiply
the chaos, and its fallacies should be
exposed in its inception, and this the
public press is able to do."
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spae smeway holds a pairtfiaa m Sao, Iwan~anw. ofsa*fo ho ml
sneesceemyhe~ a artculr i-Quarters, and innemeiable ON thme
teest for the rent payer. For this clocks, that hang om both wals.
reason Beeon's "ty" clock shop, It is tated that bad the Proprt~m
made out of a alar s#Jrway, comes 'ot be Careful in his earl life 0
in tor no small sagost of attention. kept his girth within outroL be
It is situated jMt below the st would have found it ckomoly dIft
MxcbWage BuIlng inam han 01 cult to do busess within such e
Boston analtrctd quarters. ay a rotund
94WWIN sa~a disrio. It Auocustomer ba haod to stop on the s8de
glame window Is only de toot wide Walk and call the Proprietor out $a
and Its doorway measures scaresly order to do business.
IF YOU CANNOT RENT
WIlY NOT BUY?
North Capitol
and Evarts St s
16 New Home-lI Sold
INSPECT
SUNDAY
Take North Capitol Street
cars to Evarts Stteet and
walk east one-half s'uare.
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