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JEWISH COMMERCIAL ouer Vino re Oltr pay-envelope could
INSTINCT INHERITED ° The economic reason for excluding
Feathers in the Wind
By ESTHER GRAY.
the Jew from the less fluid forms of
wealth and forcing him into finance At last the day of great promise
from
both the Jew's wealth and
Page his
" corn- is readily perceivable. Rulers found had come.
him a convenient collector of trib-
mercial abliity undoubtedly
is allowed
over-
To the
bargaining
to exercise
his chattering,
1 ute. Ile was
w
estimated in the Gentile mind. It powers of acquisition until his Sc- omen,
to the wife,
perspiring
owner, was
to
his blustering
this Tuesday
is difficult to determine just at what I Zmulation of th
the possess
possessions
of f the
'
l,ike any other harassing, unprofitable
case
point
minimization
in
the
first
ends and exaggeration in the other non-Jewish population was sufficient-
ly large, Alen a trensfer of the Sc- u "'
But to the gray-haired, stolid old '
begins.
cretion was accomplished by the sim-
pie process of confiscation. A per- feather-flucker in the choky rear. r
Jew. Have Moderate Means.
It is an erroneous Idea that the feet analogy is found in the bee, room of the meat shop, it was a day,
Jews as a whole are excessively af- which, as the more efficient honey- of fulfillment—to justify his plodding,
1
fluent or that they are extraordinar- gatherer, is permitted to harvest and existence.
The long years at his tedious task
ily gifted in finance. This mistaken st ore his sweets until his hive cham-
due
to
the
hers
are
filled,
when
he
is
robbed
of
of
plucking
the
bleeding
fowl
had
,
impression doubtless is
fact that, while th ere is no t a greater the product of his toil, the process aged him, dwarfed his stature, matted
aggregate of prosperity and ability being repeated endlessly. Man , his beard and furrowed his face, but,
among the race, there is a higher av- scarcely would permit the bee to in- it could not crush the one burning
erage of both—less economic inequal- vest his surplus saccharinity in flow- desire of his life; to bring his wife .
ity and mental disparity. Nearly ev- er gardens or clover fields instead of and children to the "land of prom-
cry Jew is to some degree a finan- yielding it periodically, to his hand.
ise." To give them the opportunity
cier, but comparatively few are im-,
of an education denied him. That
Industrially Productive
moderately developed in that direc-, Industrially, the Jew is construct-, was him dream. By skimping and
tion. The greater number of the ive. In business he is a builder. In scraping, by persisting and starving,
world's foremost financiers are non- the purely monetary field he is given old Abraham had at last managed,
Jews. While the Rothchilds are re-1 to constructive finance, being an in- to extract enough from his pitiful
puted to be the wealthiest family in vector rather than a speculator. wages to attain this end.
the world, not many massed fortunes
This constructive bent of the Jew
In a happy doze Abraham left the
are in the hands of the Jews, and partly is due to his realization that
be-
none of the large landed estates are money
is not economic
intrinaiic understanding
wealth; he has fore
shop
in time
to reach
the bank
be-
sufficient
closing
hour.
His thoughts
raced
held by them. A considerable ma- a
exultantly on. His patient labor
jority of the Jews are possessed of ' to know that money has no value in it- would have its reward. His children 1
only moderate means.
self, that it simply serves as exchange I
receive a splendid education,
Legendary wealth of Jews prob- for transactions in goods. lie fur-l'ould
might even aspire to the
ably depends upon the circumstance ther recognizes the fact that enlarged 1 in eetm
fact, they I Little
!itt I (I! id anyone sus-
that there is little destitution
pro
meat depends upon among
the increase of
I
se
the ambitions of Abraham, the
these people. Most Jews, under nor- the aggregate of communal wealth,' P weary feather-flucker.
mat conditions, are capable of ac- which • turn is regulated by the vol.!
As he turned the corner of Eld-
quiring a competence. Yet this is ,
f production
not done by miserly methods, but
It is a business policy of the Jew, ridge street he was dimly aware of
through the exercise of prudence. to concentrate on special lines of knots of people here and there; still
With them thrift does not mean par- trade instead of scattering his forces vaguely the thought occurred that
this was no holiday, no occasion for
simony. I have yet to see a penur- and resources.
ious Jew. He is niggard neither at
Modern finance , as distinguished truancy from work.
Ile saw the crowd merging into •
home nor abroad. Ti,,. Jew is a good from mediaeval trade, is chiefy the
liver and a good spender. WV, then creation of Jews. They lead. as feverish mass and suddenly realized
should we regard the Jew's financial bankers, for which form of finance,' that something unusual was happen-
independence as reprenhensible? Soc- they have a peculiar affinity and • ing. A strike, he concluded, when
1 his attention was riveted by the black
iety would be eased of much of its special fitness.
swarm around the bank building,
burden could Gentile incompetents
Jewish Solidarity.
air:
follow the Jew's example of econom-
How may we reconcile the un- ! Shrieks and curses rent the want
our
is self-sufficiency.
doubtedly Jewish economic dorni. , "Money! Robbers! We
money—"
Surpassed in Commerce.
nance with the absence of a greater
to
Wedged
in,
Abraham
managed
Although the Jew is popularly re- aggregate of racial wealth and an??
garded as the personification of the individual superiority in the techn , gasp: "'What is the matter?"
commercial spirit, he is, and has been que of finance? The answer is found ; The answer was short and furious:
indicated, matched and sometimes in race solidarity, pooling of family , "Old fool, are you asleep? The bank's
surpassed in this respect by the interests and resource& more equa- failed!"
Greeks, Armenians and other eastern ble distribution of capital, a better. What happened to him Abraham
peoples, and by the commercial can.' , average of ability, more general , did not know, for something snapped
nines of the Scot, if not also by methods of co-operation, and a facul- , in his brain and his eyes grew stony.
Yankee
keenness.
Concerning
Arnold White,
in "The
Modern this,
Jew," ty for controlling conditions and ad- Although the mob about him clam-
' ored until the police dispersed them,
justing situations.
says: "On the Yankee of the Eastern
Nothing could be farther from the Abraham was dumb; although the i
States, the Auvergnat, the Stoch• truth than the belief by Gentiles that street was fast becoming deserted,
man, the Armenian and on the Greek all Jewish valuations are vulgar— Abraham stood rooted to the spot.
mercantile community he makes no measured in terms of money. Es- A neighbor took pity on the dazed
impression: he bites a file." pecially is this case in the Jew's soc- old man and led him home.
It is charged that the Jew is attach- ial life and his domestic relations. For weeks Abraham lay like a
ed to the land. It cannot be denied, Jews esteem earning and intellect- corpse, an inert, shrunken figure in
nor should one care to deny, that the uality above material wealth. It is his dingy, squalid room. Neighbors
Jew does not monopolize the natural the ambition of almost every Jewish tried to help, although they, too were
sources of production. His econom- family of substance that a (laughter poor and the bare necessities were a ,
ic ethics are not those of the Gentile. shall wed a scholar or go lius, with luxury. One day the housekeeper
Yet, whatever tendency toward land- little regard for his financial condi- 1 heard him call for water. In the
holding he originally may have had, tions. Contrast this attitude with midst of plucking a chicken she car-
has been eradicated by long denial the sordid matching of fortunes in vied it with her to his room. As she
of the right to realty. matrimonial alliance by rich Gen- handed him the tumbler of water, she
tiles.
i noticed his uncanny stare fastened
W e Son of the Soil.
on the fowl.
It is not true that the Jew never '
Jew Has Ideal.
possessed love of the land. Before
A flash of understanding shot
It has been said that money is not
commerce had been extensively de- everything, but it will buy the rest. through her and she placed the
veloped and while occupational choice This is not quite true, but the Jews chicken in his hands. At first clum-
remained to him, the Jew was a son found it would buy most of the things lily, then as his stiffened fingers felt
of the soil. In common with all he did not possess. It will not buy of their accustomed task, steadily
primitive peoples, he extracted his an ideal; but the Jew already has and rapidly, he began to pluck.
Abraham returned to his daily stint
sustenance from the earth. As far, that.
back as the Adamic period we have
Truly, the Jew has the instinct for and once more became the humble,
a record of the Jews as agriculturists. traffic, but in his merchandising he is insignificant feather-flucker, more
Cain and Abel formed the first farm- more than a trader. Ile is a pioneer dull and apathetic than ever.
ing and stock-raising combine, and of progress, the avant-courier of in-
Meat Shop as Meeting Place.
got along together in business about dustrial improvement. Ile is a mod-
A year passed and brought in its
as harmoniously as brothers usually ern Argonaut, whose adventurous wake the horrible European war with
do. Then came Jabal, the first-born argosies have carried the message of its untold sufferingi.and destruction.
of Lamech, of whom we are told "he a higher civilization over every sea The community seemed ablaze with
was the father of such as dwell in that reflects a sail to every land , relatives in the war zone and the
tents, and of such as have cattle." Al' where floats a flag.
meat shop became the meeting place
though a large number of the ear y ,
for those who wished to hear the
Jews were nomadic, looking upon the
news or have their letters read.
land merely as temporary grazing
Old Abraham's ignorance was piti-
ground for their flocks and herds,
ful. He received no word from his
much as the stockmen of our pioneer
family and the papers were mere
West regarded the open range, many
hieroglyphics of print to him. His
others were tillers of Inc soil. Had
1 clouded rain slowly absorbed the ex-
the Jew been allowed to continue
A most attractive wedding was sol citement around him. One day the
such pursuits it is probable he would emnized on Tuesday afternoon when town of P— was mentioned on the
have developed their commercial pos- bliss S. Ruth Thal, daughter of Mr. list of conquered towns and the shock
sibilities to the highest attainable de- . and Mrs. Jacob Thal, became the wife cleared his brain; it was the home of
gree; that more efficient farming of Joseph J. Blumrosen of MaMs- his wife and children.
methods now would obtain, animal
Then began a period of agonizing
Mich., son of Mrs. M. Mum-
breeding would be more of a science tique,
for he had to depend upon
than it is, and we would have a more ! rosen of Detroit. Rabbi Carl Her- torment, nfor
t n em wa ss .. ,T r e be i tt o rv il i g n e il o y o mee nd -
ff
i
ate
T
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e
r
e
a
o
c
t
.
s
of Cincinnati m
effective system of foodstuff distri-,
th
rage
d aes e g, v o i en t r e; y tt
the e ap a ln Jew uo re devotes
The
urcee as: gi tt n o it nei e st t i yo o I
c
t
errifying
ci
ud
to
ti nege i 1 rq i ug m
t h t :a l s s a n : R
tiisti oeu s m
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z f i, yt p h e e ii r sn: ( a .,bar n r.so d of tg a h eh t ra e e.s n s: , e,t . e rtrt i o l : 0 i b l., 7
'or him,
r
f
affairs,
true
distress
• 11: t. ' §
o an
ctiii:; :e :
' n i
e fttill iss c s t o .ht
being impossible to obtain the full sen of Pontiac. The bride was charm- sharpened his wits) tripped many of a
ing
in
a
gown
of
ruffled
georgette.
one
to
an
unsuspecting
confession
1
and exact facts in this matter, con-
elusions must be formed from the in- trimmed with pearls. Her veil of silk the truth.
The suspense was wearing him to a
, competent evidence available. In my tulle and old lace, which has been
' investigations of those forms of fi- the bridal veil of the family for three shrunken shadow. One day an unex-
nancial operations that afford most generations, was draped in crown pected even hushed the gossipy-
opportunity for usury, I have found fashion. She carried a shower boo- tongued shop. Old Abraham had re-
that, contrary to popular belief, non- qua of roses and valley lilies. The ceived two etters! Benny Rubin, the
Jews predominate in this field. Of maid of honor was attractive in shell "Old-Reliable" reader for the corn-
course, from the limited extent of blue organdie and carried Ophelia munity, was called to satisfy the cu-
my researches it is difficult to deter- roses. After the wedding supper Mr. rious and allay the fears of the teeth-
mine whether this condition is uni- and Mrs. Joseph Blumrosen left for er-flucker.
A glance at the first letter was
versa), but as they were conducted an extensive motor trip through the
in metropolitan communities it may northwest, after which they will be enough, for Benny shouted: "Here's
be assumed that the data are fairly at home at Manistique, Mich. Among luck for you! Full interest on four'
those who entertained at delightful' hundred dollars--"
representative.
prenuptiall affairs were Mrs. A. Green-, At these word
s , Abraham being
Jew Not Usurious.
The Jew is not naturally usurious; baum, Mrs. Louis Levinsohn, Mrs. thrilled, a strange glow lit the seamed'
extortion is not according to the Jew- Harry Lenick, Mrs. Sam Lenick, Miss face, for hope soared high in his
Ruth Miles, Miss Margaret Ilemme- breast. Why not? God was indeed
ish nature nor consistent month Jew- , lain,
Miss Nadeline Moore, Miss Bes- good and his blessings many. His
ish principles. To profit exorbitant- ,
ly from the necessities of others is sic Mulhogen, Mrs. John Immerman, chidren would yet enjoy the oppor -
Mrs.
Charles Marienthal, Mrs. A. D. tunities of this honeyed land. His,
expressly forbidden and sternly rep-
rehended by the leaders and teachers Phillipe, Miss Irene Phillipe, Miss Is- eyes shone feverishly with renewed
rael
Rich,
Miss Beatrice Kellar, Miss faith.
Isr ae I, t h e prop his and patriarchs' Jeanne Nlorfet.
Among the out-of-
Lost in • M.. of Mumbling..
witn ess the ollowing:
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An eager expectancy filled the
"Thou shalt not lend upon usury town guests were Mr. anad Mrs. S.
to thy brothers; usury of money, Saulson, Mrs. M. Blumrosen and crowd as Benny continued with the
usury of victias, usury of anything daughters, Ruth, Helen and Rita, other letter—it was from a Society
(Deut.,1 Miss Ruth Friedman, Dr. and Mrs. J. for the Protection of the Jews. At
upon usury."
Rosenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Barney last the news was definite. Suddenly
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that is lent
xxiii:19.)
"And if thy brother be waxen poor,' Blumrosen, Mr. Saul Blumrosen of Benny's voice faltered; he hurried
and fallen in decay with thee; then Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thal, Mr. on, repeated empty phrases and lost
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though . and Mrs. Roy Thal,. Mrs. L. Thal, himself in a maze of mumbling&
Abraham was tense with agony.
he be a stranger, or a so-journer; that Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thal, Miss Lillian
ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE
he may live with thee. Take thou no Thal, Miss Emerson Gill, Thedae "What's the matter? Read on."
. I eslie, Norman, Thal, Mr. Nat Blum-'
Benny could not control his voice.
usury of him, or increase
Thou shalt not give him thy money rosen, Miss D o ro thy Barnett of Pon- It grew thraoty. Ills eys were seared
upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals tiac, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kanter of by a blur of tears and his hands trem-
for increase." (Levit., xxv: 35, 36, Alma, Mr. Ellis Thal of Grand Rap- bled violently. Benny turned away
ids, Mrs. Sam Amoniff of Chicago, from Abraham's insistent cry. The
37.)
"If thou lend money to any of my Miss Freda Rosenthal, Mr. R. Rosen- neighbors, who had gathered in the
: people that is poor by thee, thou shalt tha land Ben Rosenthal of Flint, Mr. shop, sobbed gently.
not he to him as an usurer, neither amid Mrs. Arthur Rosenthal of Tra-
Abraham stretched his weazened
shalt thou lay upon him usury." (Ex., verse City, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rosen- neck toward Benny. Ile clawed at
that of Manistique, Mrs. Sam Rosen- his beard, matted with the blood of
xxii: 26.)
"lie that by usury and unjust gain Thal of Ann Arbor, Miss Rose Lip- f owl s,
, ∎ 1 household goods, pianos, trunks, stet es ill privat,
increaseth his substance, he shall man of Bassett, Neb., Mrs. J. W. Le-
"It isn't true," he cried.
gather it for him that will pity the yin of Long Island and Mr. and Mrs.
The crowd moaned softly, the worn-
compartments.
poor." (Prov., xxviii: 8.) Joe liirsberg of Bad Axe. en's sobbing broke the tenseness of
"Lord, who shall abide in thy tab-
the old man's agony. lle reached for
ernacle? . . . Ile that pip eth
the fatal letter. He looked at it,
not his money to usury." (Psalmxv:
Moving — Crating — Packing — Shipping
turned it over with tender, knotted
not his money to usury." Psalm
hand, and scrutinized it with blank,
xv:5.)
Long Distance Work
unseeing eyes.
Then with head bobbing, elike a
Natural Bugloss. Man.
strangled bird's, he turned to his
in a
Pritc,
"The
Jew
sees
possibilities
Reasonable
Guaranteed Service
Rabbi Adolph Steiner of Temple blood-soaked and littered table and
nickel that wouldn't be apparent to
others in a hundred dollars," says Israel addressed the Rotary Club las comm enced mechanical plucking
Theodore Dreiser, the novelist. Ile Wednesday on "Education," which feathers.—The American Hebrew.
has a natural reluctance to be em- was highly appreciated by the club
ployed; with ever so little capital, The rabbi was asked to give the game
plus much imagination, he embarks' speech before the Lyons Club on DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION
periously but courageously upon a Monday, July 11.
I WARSAW.—Premier Witos call-
—
business of his own. It may be on
Sons, Props.
D. Robinson
Rabbi Steiner held services and ed a conference of Polish and foreign
an absurdly small scale—no more
than a push-cart or • peddler's bas- gave a talk to the Boy Scouts at their press representatives and discussed
Melrose 477&4779
ket, but it fires his imagination with camp at Wolff's lake on Sunday, with them the critical international
Brady and Hastings Sts.
status of Poland's affairs.
visions of unhampered opportunity; July 10.
(Continued
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