The evening world. Newspaper, March 24, 1920, Page 14

f PENT GOUGER IS BENG CURRED Continued from Page Thirtecn.) of the constitutional provi- im the Fourteenth Amendment, says that “no State shall de- any person of life, liberty or » rty without due process of law.” ‘oan clause in the act of Congress 0 /- Bemoribing the condition which, it is is brings the legistations with- ~ Em constitutional iimits reads: | “It is hereby declared that the | provisions of this title are made “ fecessary yd em grow- tng out of the war with the Im- * perial German Government re- ing in rental conditions in the re Columbia dangerous » te the public health and burden- te’ public officers and em- Blovees whose duties require them Feside within the District and whose activi re | Seential, thereby ombarras E Gee Federal Government in the * tranaaction of the public busi- CHICAGO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WILL | ‘ARBITRATE DISPUTES 4 Appoint District Boards to ~ Thresh Out Questions Growing 4 Out of Rent Quarrels. CHICAGO, March 24. EPRESENTATIVES of Chi- i cago landlords and tenants : met to-day to work out de- | tails for establishing district ar- | @itration boards to settle rent _ disputes. Real estate men, tenants and Mndlords will be represented on nd advocates of the > proposal declared that a majority of the dimgreements over in- 7 af +s eww St mach emcee st vinci | the plat ni in the plat- eubenitied for ratification placed ican organization inary exists, Brandegee, as Chairman, the convention to order, ee ee + HELD FOR MILK THEFTS. \ Max Hanapol, a milkman, of No. 62 Place, Irvington, N. J., has arrested for the alleged theft of tes of milk from doorsteps, after AT ATOM CPTAL = of he would maintain his stand C cannot constitutionally summon seuston, inasmuch as millnen had left the morning ; apor's explanation, according to that othe: had (Ne retaliate. fess. Tt te also declared that this i be considered tempor- lation and that it shall on the expiration of from the date of the f this act unless sooner MIT OF LAW LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED. The law has worked so well thus far that efforts will undoubtedly be made to continue it beyond the two yeur Mmit. The legislation for rent regulation in the District of Colum- bia is part of an amendment to the Food Control Act. It was approved Oct. 22, 1919. The bill created a Rent Commission a year each, with a gecretary and necessary clerks, The Commisston- ers appointed by the President are James F. Oyster, A. Leftwich Sin- clair, an attorney, and Guy Mason, also an attorney, who was fag a number of years one of the Wash- ington correspondents of The World. The commission began work Jan. 18, It has full powers of subpoena of persons and documents and its decisions are final, unless an appeal peale within ten days. It has the power to fix rentals and many other powers of a regu: i jcter, La aban, § that and enforce rd form of le commission fixed a fai sonable return from rents at from 7 to 8 per cent. net—8 per cent. may said to be the aver- age. This return is not figured upon the market value the Property fixed by the law of sup- ply and demand but on t money invested in the property under coi ration. ommis~ sioner Mason tells me that a Great majority of Washington owners of rental property agree that 8 per cent. net is a fair re- turn. PRISON FOR SPECULATIVE RENT GOUGER. The commission has the power to determine whether the sale or trans- fer of a property is bona fide or spec- ulative and designed to boost rentals. Transactions of the character of thousands in New York, where trans- fers are made solely for the purpose of raising rents, are punishable here BELL-ANS and Found” artictes AN “Lost edvertived in The World or reported to “Lost and Found Bui feen at any of The World’ “Lost and Found” adver! an be left at any of The ida 5 Advertising Agencies, or can be | telephoned directly to The Worlds Call 4000 Beekman. New York. @@ Brooklyn Office, 4100 Main, AM SPECIAL Full Line of ee .S Sizes 1 to 9. J.GLASSBE Short Vamp Shoes EASTER WEAR Models $10.00 - $15.50 T High Shoes, Oxfords & Pumps in all leathers, including Suedes. BRANCH STORE— 511 6TH AVE, BETWEEN SOTH AND Si8T Bra > Lo SALE for New FRENCH SFE EEE” Widths A to EE nO UL The Coffee is Upon the Table What coffee—Jo you know its name? Did you think it cheap? Was that why you bought it? Does the family grumble at it? Is it really good? Sloren AstoR Corree will settle the coffee question in your : home. "It has ldene [4 PRPS tity—a delicate, PE -cORFEE aromatic boquet that tes Ee h has made it “New York's old favorite,” More cups to the by | fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for one year, or both. The commission has power to com- pel landlords to furnish service called for by law or by the terme of a ruling of the cammiasion and to inflict pen- alties for non-compliance with such An interesting item of the law 1s the following, which would, if made a law in New York, create widespread consternation among the army of profiteers who make a bus\- ness of renting or leasing “furnished ant shall assign his lease of or sublet any rental property or|the District of apartment at a rate in excess of the rent paid by him under his lease | Commission is taken to the District Court of Ap- | Sy XY without the consent of the commis- |The result is of three members, who receive $5,000 games co - ~ —_ BUY in the store showing this confident that the values offered cannot be dupli- cated in any other shopping emblem, centre cf New York. From members you can buy - Everything to Wear Everything for the Home FOR WOMEN ‘Coats Shoes Dresses Skirts Furs Suits Jewelry Waists Millinery Under- Notions wear and F Beaded Novelties Hand Raincoats Bags FOR MEN Clothing Leather Furnishings Goods Raincoats Shoes FOR CHILDREN All kinds of children’s wear Avenue Association on the windows of the shops where you will FOR THE HOME find values and experience savings that will point out to you the Furniture Victrolas most efficient way to beat today’s high living costs—and doing it Carpets Lamps without lowering your standards of quality, style or service in Trunks, etc. SIXTH AVENUE MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION THE EVENING WORLD, WE DNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920. é pov g application in « particular | boost rents without warning. If they | that the business of renting houses or! SMALL PLANE TO FLY FAST.! TO “EDUCATE” ON SHOES. and in such case the commis-/|want to increase rents they go to|@partinents is affected with a public sion shall determine a fair and rea-|commission and ask for permis-|interest—as it undoubtedly is when sonable rate of rent or charge for|sion. Tenants find the landlorde are|so many New Yorkers are compelled to pay from 60 per cent. to 60 per|ttical Society and the Aero Club o' ineerin such assignment or sublease.” In two months the commisston has | about repairs and improvements t! dixpored of 400 cases. About 30 per|they were before the Rent Commis. formal pleadings by agreement tween landlord and tenant suggested | and sales bas entirely disappeared | affecting the contracts between land- | passenge at 100 t “ , lord and tenant, in so far ae it re.| on & Non-stop fight of 600 miles. ‘The| “educate” the public as to the rensohe the fixing of rents and|#! of engineers, he gaid, shouid be |for high prices of shoes than actual proceedings before the|ers, but has the authority to go into| profits, was found by the Congress | fowwetion of tote! welght of plane per commission is what has worked a/| court to enforce its rulings—the same|to be an extremely delicate matter, = remarkable change in conditions in/|ae the Interstate Commerce Commis. | because by the commission. ‘The moral effect of the law more and tenants k of the Sixth Avenue Merchants’ Association much more amenable to suggestions n|eent. of their incomes for rent and| America in the Bi be-| profiteering by means cf false leases |health is endangered. in the District of Columbia. The commission has no court pow- |lates to imbia. Landlords | sion. 1919, al there is a Rent United States—and of the State of |}. It is suggested that the New York|New York, landlords no longer \in passing legislation which declares |State authority. ot freight. ener SIXTH AVENUE New York’s Economy Centre Unites in a Huge Easter Demonstration of STYLE VALUES - ECONOMY FROM 14th to 23rd Street, from tomorrow on, Sixth Avenue will be one huge showing of BETTER VALUES, one immense : demonstration that you can buy as good style, as fine quality in everything to wear and for the home at greater savings, to better advantage than in any other part of the city. Every Store—from 14th to 23rd St.—That Shows This Emblem Is Co-Operating EVERY shop is contributing special values to this tremen- dous economy drive to re-introduce New York to its most famous old shopping centre; to prove, at just the time when every one wants new styles and needs new clothes, new furniture and other things for the home, its immense ability to reduce the cost of living without sacrificing one bit of quality for lower cost; to show, in the most forcible way, that Sixth Avenue Can Sell Quality Merchandise for Less Than Any Other Shop- ping Centre of New York RENTS are lower, selling costs are lower, upkeep is less on Sixth Avenue; not a cent goes into useless expense—every do!lar we have goes into merchandise, into values that can be equalled nowhere else in New York. Practically the same buying centres, the same avenues of style are open to us as to New York’s largest, most exclusive shops, but we can sell for less, because we haven’t the same expense; we don’t have to add the same huge overhead to our costs. Speaking before the New York Elec-| Deaters Pi ft are for that reason #0 circumscribed | Hullding last evening. Handley | Page, cent. of them were settled without /sion took charge of things. And|in their ability to buy food that their | gictad a viento tive marae Tamer eee: linge in the thot Legislation | chine capable of Caray ing pilot and 6 horse-power, with maintenance of hi speed. the Constitution of the| He said that in Engiand since Sept, ft iar tat flown 28 too—jealousl; ards | lee, carrying t it has power, |Legisiature would probably be safe |property rights aguieat ‘usurpation by | 19,467, Pounds of | trel Show Public Why Pr Are High. Societies! ‘The Allied Council of the Shoe aid Leather Industry and Trades, at a meet~ tor yesterday, voted tional campaign to In favor of a 0° miles an hour Representatives of retail, wholesale, manufacturing, tanning, hide import- ing id other allied groups were pres- en all voted in favor of the plan. passengers and| J: W. Craddock said the peak of high ht, without in-| prices seems to e been reached, loss of @ pound|and that the shoe men must prepare for gradual reduction I4TH TO 23RD STREET THE store that features this emblem is a member of the Sixth Avenue Merchants’ As- sociation and is helping to pre- sent the big values that make Sixth Avenue the greatest econ- omy centre anywhere. These stores can be conveni- ently reached from: In other words, you get the same quality, same style, same distinction in any merchandise you buy, but— You Can Save Real Money if You Shop on Sixth Avenue There is practically no requirement of your children, yourself or your home that you cannot fill for less on Sixth Avenue, be- tween 14th and 23rd Streets; there is no shopping district in New York that can be more conveniently reached from anywhere. You can take the surface cars, “L,” Tube, Bus, Subways—you can reach 6th Avenue between 14th and 23rd Streets easily from any point in or in the vicinity of New York. Come here tomorrow—and look for the emblem of the Sixth cny way! New Jersey Staten Island Long Island Brooklyn Westchester and every part of Greater New York by Tube Subway “EL” Surface Car Bus