| Show 15 il- il 1 The Problem of Rents I H A DV ANCES made recently in rentals by various apartment T house owners of Salt Lake City have resulted in sharp and at times bitter criticism It may be that the criticism is justified it may be be that the criticism is unjust unjust the the point is that there exists no available means of arriving at a proper decision in regard lo o the dispute r 1 It is quite probable the tenants would withhold their criticism if they could be assured the advanced rates were giving the property property property prop prop- erty owners only a reasonable return on their investment It is also quite probable a majority of the apartment house owners perhaps all would welcome the opportunity to publicly justify their acts v Legally there is no means by which the apartment house owners can can be called upon to produce their books together with f It Itt t ment of investment and cost of upkeep but there is no reason why such action should not be taken voluntarily It is a matter that either the Commercial club or the city commissioners could take up and with very little trouble determine the justness or unjustness of the rent advances A committee properly constituted and representing some official official oW- oW cial cia or civic organization mi might ht hold a series of hearings From these hearings a correct judgment could be reached reach The honest apartment house owner could then be cleared of blame and public odium could be ca cast t upon the profiteer if there are any such Criticisms w would d be directed against those deserving of criticism and all others be relieved of blame r The Telegram believes that some such plan should be followed fol fol- I lowed to Criticism Criticism leads to unrest and w we look upon it as asa a public d duty it to to o alla allay unrest whenever r and wherever possible I I kt l 1 4 We Ve owe one one debt to the Th They y gave us a new term er to apply to people who dont don't agree with our ideas idea 4 When Then the smash comes the profiteers will reflect concerning that t chap who killed the g goose ose that laid the golden eggs IJ P if If g government has authority to fix a high price on wheat why hasn't it authority to fix a alow low price on eggs ham socks et al at dt The The first thing we e know the peace treaty will be a scrap of paper entirely surrounded by reservations |
