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Yet so illogical is human greed that, at a later GENESIS OF THE TENEJMENT. 9 day, when called to account, " the proprietors frequently urged the filthy habits of the tenants aa an excuse for tlie condition of their property, utterly losing sight of the fact that it was the tolerance of those habits which was the real evii, and that for this they themselves were alone ^responsible." YET SO ILLOGICAL IS HUMAN GREED THAT AT A LATER DAY WHEN CALLED TO ACCOUNT QUOTE THE PROPRIETORS FREQUENTLY URGED THE FILTHY HABITS OF THE TENANTS AS AN EXCUSE FOR THE CONDITION OF THEIR PROPERTY UTTERLY LOSING SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE TOLERANCE OF THOSE HABITS WHICH WAS THE REAL EVIL AND THAT FOR THIS THEY THEMSELVES WERE ALONE RESPONSIBLE AND QUOTE
als, improvident in liabits, degraded, and squalid as beggary itself." It was thus the dark bedroom, prolific of untold depravities, came into the world. It was destined to survive the old houses. In their new role, says t\ie old I'eport, eloquent in its in- dignant denunciation of " evils more destnictive than wars," " they were not intended to last. Rents were fixed higli enough to cover damage and abuse from tliis class, from whom nothing was expected, and the most was made of them while they lasted. Neatness, order, clean- liness, were never dreamed of in connection with the ten- ant-house system, as it spread its localities from year to year; while reckless slovenliness, discontent, piivation, and ignorance were left to work out tlieir invariable re- suits, until tlie entire premises reached the level of ten- ant-house dilapidation, containing, but sheltering not, the miserable hordes that crowded beneath mouldering, water-rotted roofs or burrowed among the rats of clammy cellars. LOOSE IN MORALS IMPROVIDENT IN HABITS DEGRADED AND SQUALID AS BEGGARY ITSELF AND QUOTE IT WAS THUS THE DARK BEDROOM PROLIFIC OF UNTOLD DEPRAVITIES CAME INTO THE WORLD IT WAS DESTINED TO SURVIVE THE OLD HOUSES IN THEIR NEW ROLE SAYS THE OLD REPORT ELOQUENT IN ITS INDIGNANT DENUNCIATION OF QUOTE EVILS MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN WARS AND QUOTE QUOTE THEY WERE NOT INTENDED TO LAST RENTS WERE FIXED HIGH ENOUGH TO COVER DAMAGE AND ABUSE FROM THIS CLASS FROM WHOM NOTHING WAS EXPECTED AND THE MOST WAS MADE OF THEM WHILE THEY LASTED NEATNESS ORDER CLEANLINESS WERE NEVER DREAMED OF IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENANT HOUSE SYSTEM AS IT SPREAD ITS LOCALITIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR WHILE RECKLESS SLOVENLINESS DISCONTENT PRIVATION AND IGNORANCE WERE LEFT TO WORK OUT THEIR INVARIABLE RESULTS UNTIL THE ENTIRE PREMISES REACHED THE LEVEL OF TENANTALUS DILAPIDATION CONTAINING BUT SHELTERING NOT THE MISERABLE HORDES THAT CROWDED BENEATH MOULDERING WATER ROTTED ROOFS OR BURROWED AMONG THE RATS OF CLAMMY CELLARS AND QUOTE
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