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The Chain of Jewish Tradition

New Year Greetings

By DR. ABRAHAM L. SCHECHTER,
Rabbi of Congregation Adath Yeshurun, Houston, Teals..

From

Among the people of Przyscha a lumbus took along with hint the.
story is told: The great Rabbi Jacob astronautic tablets which wore pre-
t 4.
Isaac of Przyscha had once a sleep- pared by the great Jewish scholar and
Sonic of my readers did not like my reference to the International I, o NI. Franklin will occupy the pul- less night. Ile kept sighting anti sails historian, Abraham Zacuto, and
pit and speak on the subject "God's
re
Goodwill Conference held recently in Pittsburgh. I remarked that the
which aided Columbus in the dis-
sorrowful the whole time. Ilis pupils
•
s'" Services begin at 10:45.
was too much ill will apparent among its members to make for goodwill, Fouls."
mosey of America, while on Aug. 2,
"Rabbi, what has happened.
among the world of men. Now I come. across correspondence exchanged .
"I cannot keep the thought out of my 1492, corresponding to the ninth day
st i . 1 Saturday Morning Services:
of Ab ITisha It AvI, Abraham %n-
between Ernest Abbott of the Outlook and Fred B. Smith. At fir
..,
. answered,
Rabbi 1.1.011 Film Will occupy the mind," the
ollow'e'd b}. cut with ,300,000 more .Jews were
-gl
' s , U lIS f followid
lieu ' -gloa't
M thy lieu
couldn ' t place this particular Smith for I could syartudy realize that he was pulpit Saturday morning, Jan. 1, and MO,,
the amiable, bluff, hearty, companionable., oratorical Fred Smith, who has speak on the subject "Adventures • the Judges, these were followed by , expelled front Spain, The elescenel-
.
, first
f I these
- J • Jews
• were
a world-wide reputation as the greatest promoter of good will on the face
prophets, later t I lyre . tame h the ants of
were th
the
i
Services begin the
With B ible V€eg
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I le;
' elders, the A fishy Knesseth Ilagdolah, group to look for peaceful refuge on
was forced reluctantly to the conclusion that it was a .
of the earth. B
t 10:30.
then the sages Clannaim and Am.- the shores of this country.
none other than the same Fred.
--.........se
"The. sun sets—and the sun shines
• rain)) were handed over the ;Mind . -
Japu•r y 12k:
. . .
n those passed away the up agitin.
Now, if friend Fred is to be an apostle. of g oodwill he should not go
k•as e ta e note that the symphony , it s , t and
With the growth of Judaism in
ame.
Now
I
see.
the
rabbis
about with a chip on his shoulder and wearing el face red with anger. It ' . concert to be given at Temple
rabbis
c
when
I It , th '
Ti
ra
passing
away,
too,
and
I
sigh.
America
the
chain of our tdition
seems that he was exceedingly distressed, not to say angered, to the extent El Will take
not on Jan. 10 . ' are
of even demanding back his $5 for a year's subscription to the Outlook if heretofore announced, but on Jan la; I With no leaders, what will beconie of ' was enriched by another link. Today
aby-
the
old
process
of
(1111
see
we.
his worst fears were confirmed. Mr. Seitz of the Outlook staff delivered • It
t he n'Y. of Jew
i ( b be .
je , sh Israel?"
i t is
,s to
a "Ial
Judges, prophets, elders, sages, ; Ionia and Spain repeat itself, al- . 1 4 1
an address at the Congregational Church in White Plains N. Y when he music given by
the Detroit Symphony!
''
''
thoughn
a
different
form
and
under
i
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took occasion to utter a truth or two concerning the eighteenth amendment, orchestra under the beaten of Ossip, Geonim, saints, rabbis, have
,t. s. . A. niiiiit.,..,a 1 is
ol,ift'i•
,r rt( 1, 1 t,i ; tiru
whereupon Mr. Smith, taking hearsay evidence as the basis for his ill will. ' Gabrilowit (eh at the mai,: temple ieu-! ' passed away. T ' he past generation of '
are
now
no
more.
Who
beco ming now a center of Jewish
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great
wrote that
tlitorium. All seats are $1.50,
will the leaders of our future be? • learnnig and knowledge. This is now
Cj
Babylon hail to ,five up
I think, now, any man who is unwilling to obey the laws of this
' Friday Evening Service:
her
place
A' to Spain in the . eleventh
fad-
i:, souther
, the . 8
country ought to exercise the common decency of quietly withdraw-
' adtdrieteieglit
t'nhk" to ue' tilhi e s e a.lc•Jei'siel it of rour
The next Friday evening service link
• cen tury, and a Spanish-Jewish schol-
1 will lee held Dec. 31 at 0 o'clock. The tradition of a great nation?
ing from the country. Ile does not belong in the United States and
five famous IMUICS, tel
one
has no just claim to the protection of the flag.
speaker will be Rabbi Ilenry J . Ber-
The Rabbi of Przyscha sighed. been itecit pteti
. i ni-
as a Gaol, in
'11
the mstanc
There But we---, we shall not sigh! For ditha, as a successor of Rab 11111; the
kowitz of Kansas ('it p, Mo.
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Why, Mr. Smith, if all the men in this country who come under the 1 will b e special music.
we realize that all those wonderful same might happen today in this
heading you suggest I am afraid that there would be a forced exodus from
epochs of old were subject to many l , . ,,antes.
i
may soon I l ready
y. i
this country that would leave us with no more inhabitants than would com- Annual Joint Meeting:
destructions before they gained their to take ts
ts place as a spiritual eat er
fortably fill Carnegie Music Hall, New York. Rather nonsensical. think
The annual joint meeting of the fortitude.. From the time of Moses
you not? Can't get for on the Goodwill Highway making such ill con- Temple Sisterhood and the Temple to the time of the J .lodges, countries'
cotries! f e
Mire Jewry.
u In one of his famous addresses,
sidered statements. I am glad that Brother Abbott of the Outlook told Men's Club will be held Tuesday eve- were destroyed, nations disappeared,, Abraham Lincoln said: "Fellow citi o r
Mr. Smith a few truths and returned his subscription check to him with ning, Jan.. 25. Dr. Charles Fleischer ruins are;
the
see
we
os yet,
Judges looking
into
the can
new depths eerie,, we cannot escape history." N
of New York City, one of the leading
thanks.
can
S
writers and platform speakers of our
with a smile. Later, the proph-
Insv'tlutions of higher Jewish learn-
An inquiring reader sends this; "Do you think that Mr. Ford will ever day, will be the principal speaker.
. parts
ing are now established in all
explain himself?" My answer is—he will not. It is humanly impossible. Dr. Fleischer will speak on the very ens risefar
and and
high ruins,
above
these and
in- of America
depths
deepen
smalittr and larger
.
.
.........—
. 1
and
Sinaitie idea
absorbing topic "Why Marry."
develop the
schools mi d Seminaries are t ound .ed ,
strengthen the chain of the Jewish and all with the one thought to re- y
Seems about time that w e had an "air censor." These Fords certainl
have a phobia of some kind or other. Now comes Franklin Ford, studio Beth El College:
nation. And thus another link is juvenate the old Jewish spirit and
"The Beginning of Christianity" is added. culture, make it new and fresh. Con-
manager and official announcer of Station WHAP, New York, who, because
of his "air" attacks on Jews and Catholics, is excused as a juror in General the subject now being studied in the
However, the world does not rest; gregations, Hebrew and religious
Sessions by Judge ftosalsky. Surely there must be some way of halting class in "Comparative Religion." The the law that governs all nature also schools are flourishing in all Jewish
men who take advantage of the "air" to vent their prejudiced opinions and class in "Jewish Literature Other rules the ways of the world and man- centers and communities. The road
t stir up strife and hatred against a class of people. The first thing we Than the Bible" has now entered kind; nations puss MA Mill new na- . is puveal, the direction is indicated;
know the other Ford up in Dearborn will be broadcasting his half-baked upon the alluring literature of the tions come into existence. Old values it is the foundation of Jewish tradi-
he any way of stopping hint. Talmud. The selection from the Tal- disappear and new values and ideas tion that always remains pure and
lies about the Jews and there won't
-
19111.
mud being taken up is the famous take their place to enrich the soul fresh to stimulate Jewish spiritual ac-
Ile came from Hungary just before Pirko Aboth, or the "Ethics of the and mentality of mankind. With tivities and to bring in new •,igor and
Jew.
Yes, Dr. A. S. Horovitz is a
the war. While there may be conflicting opinions as to the value of his Rabbis." The class in "Modern Jew- Rome and Greece coming into power, vitality into Jewish spiritual growth
Member Detroit Real l'Istate Board and National Association seal
patented com ound "narcosan " as an absolute cure for narco tic atliction ish History" is nosy following up the new creations and developments be- and development.
rn gin to be noticeable. Al
W
of every sort, yet the fact remains that the results thus far have been emancipation of the J ews f oeste
n this new
The old Rabbi of Przyscha sighed,
Estate Board.
amazing. And it looks very much as if once again a ,new has rendered a Europe. The class in the "Five Books culture does not stop in Rome and and the pessimists of the present do
signal service to suffering humanity. Drug addicts live in Hell most of of Moses" is now proceeding to at Greece ; for suddenly new and the same. They have lost all hope
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the time, and I know of no discovery that will be store universally ac- analysis and appreciation of the Book strange influences begin to flow into of resurrection and see only the slow
r.
of Exodus.
little Palestine and take by storm agony of a great religion and ei great
claimed than this boon to "dope fiends.
the land and its youth. Thus behold! culture losing, foothold and slipping
After several hundred years of persistent effort, clergymen were finally Temple Beth El Sisterhood:
the Jewish youth is being caught and away.
The Temple Beth El Sisterhood in- drawn away by that current of the
However, every critical period in
able to get on the front pages of newspapers. But their hold on that pre-
.
cious position was precarious and, after struggling desperately to keep vites the members of the congrega- new a nd strange., by the current of Jewish history has its Esras, its up-
terest alive in the discussion of modernism and fundamentalism, they have tint to use the uniongrams for all excitement and novel culture; the old builders, who find new foundations
finally toppled back near the classified pages. But the editors had a taste messages of greeting instead of the traditions and beliefs seem in the for the old tradition. So also today
of the unusual, so they have decided to try something else that is new— ordinary telegram of congratulations face of the new ones entirely out-of- we, in an old-new land, add link after
to put God on the front page. And, of all the stupid, inane, simplex exhi- at weddings, births and such events, elate and obsolete. The youth leave link to the chain of Judaism,
bitions of the first class, this deserves the Nobel Prize, if -Bernard Shaw A uniongram costs 25 cents and is the institutes of learning, the young
The synagogues in America, the
sent through that most reliable mes- priests the altar—and fling them- institutions of Jewish education and
has definitely made up his mind that he won't take his.
Sanger, the United States postoffice. selves passionately and with eta- learning build up and develop a
young and strong generation, full of
Here we have the press of the nation engaged in futile business of ask- The proceeds of the sale go to pro- bility into the flow of modernism.
ing if their readers believe in God! Probably the most pointless and vide scholarships for students at the
But in Palestine still lives the little knowledge and courage, who will
Hebrew Union College. The sister-
empty enterprise that was ever undertaken by a group of presumably in- hood
announces also that the deli- spark of the Jewish spirit that never surely be able to hold high the taper
telligent men. What is the purpose of this referendum? Do they hope to
died away. The old guardians of this handed down to them anxiously, yet
on the
sale.
The spark begin to realize the danger hopefully, by the ancestors.
rove God's existence by ballot? Heywood Broun publishes this interest- cious leickuchen are now to
Nettie
ing note in his column in the New lock M orld and it welll o f spec ial proceeds of the sae go
lurking upon their youth and with the
interest to those of my readers who know the daring Lewis Browny, author Simon Relief Fund. Women who de- motto of the Urim and Turnin (Light
PRAISES ZIONIST WORK
of "Stranger Than Fiction." Our friend, Lewis, famous author and ex- sire lebkuchen are asked to communi- and Truth) in their hearts, they take ,
cate with the chairman of the corn-
such steps to cool the passion of that
rabbi, makes this wager (probably with his tongue in his cheek):
mutes, Mrs. Julius Rothschild, 10 moment. One by one the students! JERUSALEM—II. T. A.)—Praise
the Jewish achievements in Pales-
Moss avenue.
I am willing to be a complete second-hand set of Spurgeon on
come back to the institutes of learn-
Was expressed by Baron Titehau,
•
the Psalms, plus my cast-off, bust still stainless preacher's coat,
ing, the young priests return to theiritine
altar, and thus the period of the vice-president of the Belgian Chum-
The
Bethelite:
against anything purchasable in a Woolworth story, that, no matter
her (A' Deputies, who is on a visit
Members of temple are asked to
what the results of that (the religious) census, they will prove abso-
Mishnah is saved.
'treat
see to it that their children are sub-
The great agony of mankind comes! here. Baron Tibbau expressed
lutely nothing.
scribers to the Bethelite. It is a along. . . . The old nations which! satisfaction with the Jewish activities
have made themselves famous by in Palestine and particularly with the
highly
important
factor
in
the
reli-
They will prove nothing," except that the newspapers
Browne is right.
Hebrew University. Zinouism sets
gious education of your child that he
their great might, slowly die out..
are in dessperate need of a new sensation.
shall he a subscriber to his religious
Also in Palestine a wearines is felt; high standards for others. The kvu-
'tis a mental exhaustion. But the zoth are a useful preparatory step
school peeper.
Getting very friendly in Palestine. The other day the Greek Patriarchate
perpetual guardians of the Jewish for the land pioneers, he said.
for the first time in its history sold a piece of land in Jerusalem for Jewish The Choral Club:
spark, the old num who have. now be-
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purposes. Possibly
t he epidemic of the "palm-itch" is spreading. Our
b
If your child has a singing voice,
ader,
Rabbi
Judah
I.
Magnes,
purchased
the
ground
come Emoriant, are not to be fright- whlolakir by hair, you may pluck out the
fascinating Zioni st le
encourage her to join the choral
ened.
They
gather
the
Tablets.
and
for the United Synagogue of America for the purpose of building thereon group of the School of Religion. The
hcare .
'
the first modern synagogue in Jerusalem. The price was $58,000 and the club meets Sunday morning after the remains of the Tablets, the Bible
site covers an acre on King George V avenue, which, by the way, is the class hours under the direction of and the Mishnah, the Tosephta and
the other Talmudical collections, and
widest boulevard in Jerusalem, and is one of the outstanding features of
Mrs. S. Kessler.
migrate for the moment to Babylonia.
the recent Jewish development of the city.
There quietly and silently the great
fashionable language, Memorial Gifts:
work, which is called by Vs the Tal-
If this keeps up, Hebrew will sett be considered 11
There are several opportunities for
even in this country, and our co-religionists of reformed tendencies, instead memorial gifts by which dear, depart- mud, is being created.
It takes a few hundred years till
of finishing off their sons and daughters in French, will send them to some ed ones may be commemorated. You
language
• in
—through the teachings of the Geo-
•
Hebrew Institute to learn Hebrew, The re en
are invited to consult Dr. Leo M.
who are acti gscow
nim—the Jews learned to love the
is due to the presence of the Moscow Theater!labiu
t he Franklin on the subject.
ewm. York. The . Mo
Talmud. Also Palestine revives; a
.. •
"D bbuk" in Hebrew at the Nl ansfield Theater, N
literary rivalry between Babylon and
Theater Habima was founded shortly after the 1.00 revolution
"The City Without Jews":
Palestine begins. In the course of
by N. L. Zemach for the acting of plays in Hebrew. It struggled through
"The City Without Jews," the
time the. Palestinian institutions of
•
r
told
"the
Soviet
disapproval
•
and we
the
e czarist persecutions o f 1911
championed by 5Iaxim Gorky. Stanislavesky, novel by Ilugo Bettauer which has learning become more and more con-
of 1917." At that time it was
N • it lands according to a New created such a sensation throughout sidat
o l
sequtty g e rse
ed and sub•nlivi
,
s
ow
Challiapin (of the glorious voice).
York Times writer, as vigorous influence in the art of theater expression. the world and whose author was as-
bor. to a full-dedged Palestinian Goauate,
a worthy rival of the great Baby-
With the Ilabinia see see a fresher method of group acting, suited to the sassiosted for writing it, may be
dramas of a freer technique. Our stage may learn a good deal from it in rowed at Temple Beth El library. Ionian Gaonate. Liturgy, Midrash
orchestration of producing. Make a note of it and the next time you The book was recently reviewed in :1Iassorah and the vocalization sys-
e Detroit Free Press. It is trans
the
em are the literary products of the
to New York go to see it, even if you can't understand the language. th
Fated in the German by Salomea Neu-
go
Palestinian institutions.
mark Brainin, the delughter of the re-
When R. Ilai Gaon assumed office
Sophie Irene Loeb is the busiest little woman on this planet. But then nowned Jewish philosopher, Professor
Sophie's busyness is of a constructive character, so she stands excused. David Newmark. Other interesting (998-1038) the Palestinian Gaonate
ais a "fait accompli."
President of the Child Welfare Committee of America, our Democratic books now available at the library
It was quite natural that as some
"Al" Smith, says she has put through more constructive welfare are: The Dybbuk," "Kiddush Ha-
friend,
as Palestine cast off the authority of
That they will average
legislation than any other person in these United States. Another reason shorn," by Sholem Ash; "The Origin
the Babylonian Geonim other coax- I
that I admire Sophie. But the third and best reason why I am friendly is of the Republican Form of Govern-
That they will involve a charge per hour between $45,659 and $47,945.
she wrote her first article for me, so many years ago that I have no ment," by Oscar Straus; "This Be- tries should do likewise. Questions
that
from France and Germany were now
That from six cents to six cents and four and a half mills out of every
desire to embarrass her by giving the date. Lately she has been writing lieving World," by Lewis Browne;
dispatched to Rome instead of to
and talking about Palestine, a sort of antidote for Pritchett, so to speak. "Dreamers of the Ghetto," "Children
dollar taken in will go towards taxes.
Babylon. R. Ilai Gaon and Samuel
Her energy is amazing and her range of worthwhile activities is equally of the Ghetto" and "The King of
b. llorni were compelled to watch the
That the railroads in 1926 will have to devote more than the net earn.
amazing. I noticed where she spoke in her old home town the other night, Schnorrers," by Israel Zangwill.
ground
slip
from
beneath
the
Baby-
which she has helped make famous. The next time there
ings of one mile out of every four for the payment of taxes.
McKeesport, ra.,
lonian Gaonate. Desperately did the
is a vote taken for the 10 greatest Jews in the world, I think I shall have High School Athletics:
last Gyonim of Babylon fight for the
The
gymnasium
committee
of
Tem-
to include Sophie Loeb's name in the list.
preservation of the old spiritual cen-
ple Beth El has granted the use of the
1920, to January 1, I926,by about $4,250,000,000 — four and a quarter billions.
I am glad that Secretary of Labor Davis has virtually scrapped his plan gymnasium to the boys of our high ter. Quietly, without much ado, was
the Babylonian prestige created, and
of registration for aliens. But never for a moment did I credit the state- school on Saturday nights, 7 to 10.
quietly it disappeared. The letters of
ments that Mr. Davis was anti-Semitic. I know him too well to believe any A basketball league is being organ.
increased by about 6:‘i billions — $6,750,000,000.
the last Geonim appealing that the
such thing. He may have been wrong in his idea to force registration of ized. Your boys are invited to join
Babylonian center of learning be not
aliens, but that is no excuse for accusing him of being opposed to any
allowed to perish, are indeed touch-
special grou. It seems that opposition to his plan has been so strong that Women's Gymn•sium Clan.:
governments have been incurring obligations 20 times as fast as they paid off
But . . . history is pitiless;
ing•
Jacob Mazer announces that a spe-
the old debt. During this same period, debts of state and local governments
he has suggested in its stead the
history has no consideration for eith-
cial class has been organized for the
er affection or sentiment. The can-
combined have been incurred 4!-i times as fast as they were before the sear.
women of the temple. One of the
Government assistance to voluntary emsollment whereby all
best women's instructors in the city ale was extinguished in Babylonia,
aliens who may have entered America illegally will, by virtue of such
and another one WAS lit In Spain
be permitted to o
has been engaged for this class. It
registration, secure legalization of their status andd th
higher than at the peak of the war debt in 1919.
will meet Friday mornings, 10 to 12. through the four captives. The sun
remain permanently in the United States, provideey are foun
s
The women of the temple are car- sets—and
the can shines up again.
to meet all other requirements for admission under the general im-
reduced at the
The law of nature repeats itself.
dially invited to enroll.
migration laws."
All these happenings are historical
billion dollars a year — $750,000,000.
indispensabilities, or—to quote the
Men'. Gymnasium Classes:
Mr Secretary; that is much better.
more than a billion
Jewish historian Abraham ben David
Thk
an you , M .
The men's gymnasium classes are
(1110 - 1180) —they are "Godly
and a quarter dollars a year — $1,250,000,000.
From the official copy of the new famous address delteere by Michael held Monday and Thursday evenings
causes." And due to the-se causes,
Kalinin, president of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, sometimes re- from 8 to 10.
the Jews cannot stay in one place
1920,
•
nt •
•
• .
in
for a long time. They seek new set-
ferred to as Ruscoa,
expenditures were reduced about two billion dollars — $2,000,000,000.
Boy Scouts:
tlements—new centers for the cre-
The
Boy
Scout
troops
of
the
tem-
The Jewish {Copulation of Russia, who have lived for thousands
ativeness of the Jewish spirit. And,
ple hold their meetings on Wednes-
are now only finding their native country . • •
thus the Jewish genius wanders
of years in Russia,
ments increased more than two billion dollars a year—$2,000,000,000—and
day night.
When Jewish capitalists are deserting us and carrying on a hostile
from land to land, from Babylon,
would
they are still increasing.
propaganda against us we do not care, but I counter that
Arabia and Africa to Spain, from
w of set Soviet
Girl
Scouts:
be absolutely inadmissible, front the point of
Girl Scout troops meet on Monday Palestine to Italy and Germany.
regime, that the Jewish toiling masses should desert us in search of
From Spain further to Holland, Tar-
night and Wednesday afternoon,
of rising costs. Labor asks for higher wages, Producers and distributors pass
happiness elsewhere. Comrades, I hold that the Soviet Union should
key and America. From Germany
be the fatherland, 10 times more a real fatherland for the Jewish
along the accumulating burden to swell the family budget of the ultimate
and France to the Slavian countries
COLONIAL BASKETBALL
and back.
masses than any bourgeoise Palestine.
consumer. This, too. involves higher rents (or home ownership cost), higher
TEAM TO PLAY KELSEY
Thus before our eyes the produc-
food, fuel and clothing costs, etc.
A statement which I shall leave to the Zionist spokesmen to answer.
tivity of the Jewish mind; • sad sight
The Colonial Clothes basketball it is, always subject to wandering
team, composed of all Jewish young and roving. Yet those momenta of
look forward to his tax bill with more anxiety than does the railroad.
prepare for the card party, there is
men, last year's city champions, will greatest Jewish discoveries and pro-
JR. CHAPTER BABY DAY
every indication of a social and finan-
meet the Kelsey Wheel team, last ductiveness where new horizons and
NURSERY PLANS AFFAIR cial success.
year's industrial league champions, new epochs through Jewish mental-
A Meeting of the card party com- at the University of Detroit gym- ity were opened to the world, happen
mittee has been called for Sunday nasiuni, on New Year's night. A pre- to be also the ones marked down in
The Junior Chapter of the Baby afternoon. Jan. 2, 1927, at the home liminary genie will start at 7:30 the pages of Jewish history as the
Day Nursery is planning a card party of Mrs. Robert Morgan, 2955 Monte- o'clock. most tragic and bloody for the "peo-
to he held on Wednesday evening. rey avenue, at which time tickets will
The Colonial Clothes basketball pie of the Book."
Feb. 10, 1927, at the Knights of be available for distribution and final team is composed of the following:
Still, the cup of tears is perhaps
Pythias Hall, 3153 Cass avenue. Miss plans discussed.
Theodore Blatt, Louis Schwartz, J. the secret of the creative power of !
Belle Silberblatt, chairman of the
Tucker, Al Tenenbaum, Ed Weston, the Jew. . . .
"Id
Another of the Godly causes was
card party, and the commitee in ac-
Nate Gealor, i.. Goldstein, Cy Ag -
One soldier does not make a regi-
that on Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Co-
tive charge of the affair are already
ranowich and David Sachs.
ment.
at work. With ample time in which to

I Sunday Morning Services,
on Sunday morning, Jan. 2, Dr.
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the latest estimate for 1926, being that they will aggregate somewhere
A
between $400,000,000 and $420,000,000, which may be expressed in

various ways, although meaning the same heavy load:

from $1,005,800 to $1,150,675 a day.

The national government has cut down the national debt from January 1,

In the same interval, the debts of state and local governments have

During this period of federal debt reduction, the state and local

The total public debt of all forms of government in this country is

The national debt is being

rate of three quarters of a

State and local debt is being increased at the rate of

From January 1st,

to January 1st, 1926, national government

During the same period current expenditures by state and local govern.

Rising taxes are one of the initial moving forces of the vicious circle

After all, railroads are like any other industry. The farmer does not

Have we not reached the danger liner
Is it not time to retrench state, county and local expenditures?

MICHIGAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION
47Wood'rd
3.ww.d
The Shop Where Courtesy 10,

A. C. Kranz

and Serrice Prevail.

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