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difficult to drevent it. At ut there is a difficult to preven

difference between an increase of rent

caused by a land speculator and that

Caused

by

a landlord. The

in

way

which landlords increase rents is lo

first find out whether or not the

property is a

thriving one, and after having discussed the amount

of the

increase with the tenant, to wait for

a

year

Omany

half a year before they

effect it, but they

from day to day

wwer

changs about

of month to month

Like (and speculators. When the

circumstances

of

the

case are braced

to their source, it is

found that the

speculators rail the rents with an

intent to transfer their property

wate

zasily

easily.

This has become an established

prastice, and is not looked upon as in

any way sochaont imary,

sochaoni inart. It is proposed

ما

request

months of

that hereafter until eight

year

have elapsed from the

purchase of the property and the change.

of

تک

the lease, no persons should have a right to increase the rents. There speculators cannot have recource to their

cently devices, and the evil caused by land speculation may protaviny

to excist.

3.

clau

Seccording to Laws, the

tinants upon removal cannot pull down the fixtures to list there should be any damage to ite walls. The speculators depenting

on this law, a

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