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GENESIS OF THE TENEMENT, THE first tenement New York knew bore the mark of Cain from its birtli, thougli a genei ation passed before tlie writing waa deciphered. GENESIS OF THE TENEMENT THE FIRST TENEMENT NEW YORK KNEW BORE THE MARK OF CAIN FROM ITS BIRTH THOUGH A GENERATION PASSED BEFORE THE WRITING WAS DECIPHERED
 their labor ; but tenements must cease to be * Forty p";r cent, waa declared \iy witnesses before a Senate Com- mittee to lie a fair average inferept on tenement property. Instances =,Google INTRODUCTION. 5 "good property" in tlie old, heartless sense. " Pliilan- thropy and five per cent." is tlie penance exacted. If tliis is ti-ne from a purely economic point of view, wliat tlien of the ontlook from the Christian standpoint! Not long ago a great meeting was held in this city, of all denominations of religious faith, to discuss the question how to lay hold of these teeming masses in the tenements with Christian inHuences, to which they are now too often strangers. Might not the conference have found in the warning of one Brooklyn builder, who has invested his capital on this plan and made it pay more than a money interest, a hint worth heeding : " How shall the love of God be understood hy those who have been nurtured in sight only of the greed of man ? " ,y Google „Goo'^lo OHAPTEE I.  SECTION ONE OF HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY MAGGIE RUSSELL HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES BY JACOB RIECE CHAPTER ONE
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