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Isaac Gruenbaum, Champion of
Jewish Rights

Flower Show a Rare Event.

The National Flower Show, to be
held here March 12 to 20, probably
still mark the only opportunity given
to present day Detroiters to see such
a nation-wide exhibition in Detroit.
By Z. TYGEL
Under a ruling of the society of
American Florists and Ornamental
Considerable interest was aroused Her zl, Gruenbaum has become him- Horticulturists, the show cannot be
recently when it was reported that self one of the important p•rsonali- held twice in the same place until all
the American Jewish Congress had
eligible cities have been served. There
ties in world Zionism. He believes
invited Dr. Isaac Gruenbaum of Po-
are 46 such cities, each with the
land to visit America as the guest
qualifying population of 200,000 or
speaker at its session, which is to be
more.
held in Washington on Feb. 20-22, in
However, unlike most exhibitions,
order to present to American Jewry
ithe flower show is not held annually.
a picture of the present situation of
The 1927 show will be but the eighth
the Jews in Eastern Europe. Yet
held during the 26 years since the or-
there are few Jews in this country
ganization of the society.
who are familiar with the personality
The show will be held in Conven-
of this remarkable man, one of the
tion Hall and is said by its sponsors
outstanding Zionist leaders in the
to be the largest ever projected. The
world, the center of numerous con-
entire six units of the hall will be
troversies, an undaunted and fear-
utilized for the thousands of displays,
less champion of the Jewish cause
including the rarest and most costly
who, perhaps more than any other in-
products of North American floricul-
ture.
dividual, has guided the destinies of
Polish Jewry in our generation. Dr.
Approximately 150 Michigan flor-
Gruenbaum is one of those thorough-
ists and nurserymen are expected to
ly sincere Jewish leaders who shuns
offer displays in competition for the
$33,000 offered in premiums. The
the glare of publicity. But at this
time, on the eve of his visit to our
final date for making entries is
March 10.
midst, it Is appropriate to give a brief
outline of his career.
The high light of the exhibition
will
be the special open class compe-
Isaac Gruenbaum was born in
tition to be staged Saturday, March
Warsaw in 1879. His parents were
12, the opening day. Each exhibit
of the comfortable middle-class type,
in this class will cover 1,000 square
but the education he received in his
feet of floor space and may include
youth was distinctly Polish. He at-
lawns, flower beds, shrubbery bor-
tended the high school (gymnasium)
ders, rose beds, bulb beds or any ex-
in Plotsk and imbibed at an early
hibit chosen by the exhibitor. An
age the spirit of Polish culture, des-
appropriation of $4,000 has been ap-
pite the fact that the high school was
portioned to four exhibits of this
Russian. Polish became to him like
class, $1,000 of which has been do-
a mother language and later, when
nated by Mrs. Alfred G. Wilson.
he began to learn Yiddish and ap-
ISAAC GRUENBAUM
peared as speaker at Jewish meetings,
it was with difficulty that he went
through the transition from the one that Zionism must apply itself to
"Gengcnwartz Arbeit" as well as to
language to the other.
The period when Gruenbaum be- the work of establishing the future
gan his first activities in Jewish pub- of the Jews in their own homeland.
lic affairs and began to write in Yid- Moreover, he contends that Zionists
dish and Hebrew, some 30 years ago, everywhere must not only participate
was one when assimilation among the in the Jewish Kehillah life in their
Jews in Poland was at its height. The countries but must also take part in
Jewish youth, even those who had the political Jewish activities, carry-
received a Jewish education, rapidly ing with them into all environments
moved away from Jewish life, which the national Zionist ideal. For this
at that time expressed itself chiefly conviction, he has fought stubbornly
in Chassidism and in endless praying during all the years of his public
in the Beth Ilemedrash. A great work.
many who acquired a secular educe-
Aside from his distinguished ca-
tion and studied the sciences tore
reer as a Zionist leader and theoreti-
themselves away and disappeared
cian, Gruenbaum's work for Jewish
from the Jewish fold. Only a few in
rights in Poland and elsewhere and
whom the Jewish instincts and inter-
for the improvement of the Jewish
est in their people were strong
position everywhere socially, cultur-
enough proved themselves able to
ally, and politically, has covered a
withstand the rushing stream and
wide range. agitation for a Jew-

The silver and bronze medals of
the society of American Florists and
Ornamental Horticulturists will be
awarded to any new plants and flow-
ers judged of outstanding value.
Approximately 6,000 delegates are
expected to attend the forty-third an-
nual convention of the society, to be
held in connection with the flower
show. This will also mark the first
time that the two events have been
held together in any city.

GRANADIER BACK FROM
EAST WITH NEW STYLES

Sam Grenadier, who has achieve I

from the forty-seventh annual style
show, which was held at Pittsburgh
this past week. From Pittsburgh he
went to New York, where he pur-
chased the latest designs and patterns
in imported and domestic woolens,
which he feels will elate his patrons.
Incidently, this marks the first anni.
versary of his existence in business
and during this short time Mrs Grana.
dies has stepped to the front rank of
Detroit's leading tailors. His pro-
gress is attributed to his painstaking
desire to please, plus his distinctive
style of making clothes.

Sun Life Annual Statement.

The report of the Sun Life Assur-
ance Company, which appearse else-
where in this issue, is a luminous
comment on the wise and aggressive
management of one of the world's
foremost life insurance institutions.
Particularly remarkable is its finan-
cial record, which confirms its out-
standing position for strength, im-
pregnability and profit earning power.
New paid-for insurances amounted
to $265,880,000 for the year. The
total insurance in force passed the
great total of $1,125,000,000. Assets
recorded an accession during the year
of $42,000,000, bringing the total to
$345,251,000. The appraisal of the
government valuators indicates a
further increase in the excess of the
market values over cost of the securi-
ties held by the Sun Life of $7,000,-
000 for the year. The total surplus
earned by the company during the
year exceeded $20,000,000, while the
rate earned on the mean invested as-
sets of the company for the year
SAM GRANADIER
reached the remarkable figure of
an enviable reputation for producing 6.69 per cent.
dressed young man, has just returned
As might be expected, this great

prosperity is reflected in the further
strengthening of reserves and bene-
fits to policyholders. The govern-
ment valuation of securities has been
discounted by a further $2,000,000,
so that the company is now carrying
its securities at a figure $5,000,000
below the official government valua-
tion. The investment contingency
account has ben increased by $1,-
000,000 to $11,000,000. After mak-
ing these allocations more than $5,-
000,000 was added to undivided
profits, bringing the total surplus
over all liabilities, contingency ac-
counts and capital stock to over $34,-
00,000.

ing allowed on policy proceeds,
profits, etc., left in the hands of the
company.
The Sun Life has operated in the
United States for over 30 years and
is now donig business in 20 states of
the Union. Its aggressive policy is
reflected in the fact that the business
from the United States policyholders
has quadrupled in the past four
years.
The great sum of $125,000,000 is
invested in United States securities.
For the convenience of American pol-
icyholders, policies are payable in
United States currency through the
company's various divisional offices.

For the seventh successive time an
increase in the scale of profits to pol-
A CRAB
icyholders is announced. During the
past six years the scales of profits to
Years ago he was led by his wife.
policyholders have been doubled and Then he was towed by his children.
in 1926 the company actually paid Now he can be seen almost any morn-
out in profits eight times the amount ing running after his dog. His next
so paid out 10 years ago. Policy- step forward will probably be to fol.
holders and beneficiaries of the corn- low his undertaker. Some people
pony also participate in its prosperity progress backwards—like a crab.—
in that a rate of 5!4 per cent is be- The Supplement.

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SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA

A TOWER OF STRENGTH

Insurance in Force (net) - - $1,256,490,000

ideas, they stubbornly remained at ish world Kehillah belongs to the
their posts in the Jewish fold and most democratic and far-sighted de-
launched a war against the movement mends in Jewish life. When the op-
of disruption and assimilation. portunity arose to translate theory
Isaac Gruenbaum knew how to di{- intopractice, he made a strenuous
effort to realize this ideal in actual
ferentiate the external polish which life. That was in St. Petersburg fol-
covered the creatures of Polish cul- lowing the first revolution, at the
tore from the intrinsic eternal values time when the new wind of freedom
of Jewish historical contributions to and justice for every nation began to
the store of mankind's culture, and blow. Being above all a champion
thus he gradually evolved into the of democracy, he, the Zionist leader,
proud Jewish champion who fought the stubborn and unyielding Ile-
for hie people and for the things that bralat, demanded at the Zionist gath-
had sprung forth from the Jewish ering in Petrograd in 1917 that the
Yiddish language be recognized by
By making an exhaustive study of the government, basing his position
the Hebrew language, he became in on the ground that two languages
time one of the outstanding Hebrew cannot be demanded. Ile was se-
publicists; he attained the same dis- verely criticized and bitterly attacked
tinction in the Yiddish language. Yet by many for this and for his demand
Gruenbaum is not a journalist in the for a Welt-Kehiflah. But Gruenbaum
narrow sense of the word; he does is a fearless fighter who is undaunted
not belong to the category of the by opposition.
clever, slight - of - hand journalists.
Gruenbaum is the father of the
Journalism to him is interwoven with Jewish National Council idea. His
his entire social and national Jewish achievements in this respect cannot
work;,it is a weapon in his fight, a be fully appraised. It was a heroic
means for the expression of his pro- task. At first he had to establish and
foundly sincere convictions on the prove his proposition in theory. Then
Jewish problem. His writing, like he undertook the work of actually es-
everything else he does, exemplifies tablishing a national council of Jews
the outstanding characteristics of his In Poland. The realization of this
personality, integrity, firmness, ear- ideal marked an important chapter
nestness, a concentration and assur- In the history of Polish Jewry. Ile
ance. Every word of his vibrates was aided in everything he did by his
with energy, fervor, with the emo- proud Jewish bearing, his great eru-
tions and cumpassions of a great soul. dition as a lawyer, his unfailing op-
When Gruenbaum was still a stu- timism, and his belief that right must
dent at high school he began to fa- triumph, no matter what the cost may
miliarize himslef with the national be, if only no compromise is made.
Jewish problems. The idea of Chovas Anothre important phase of his-
Zion in a concrete national Jewish
form was being talked about. He torical significance in Gruenbaum's
aligned himself with the movement career is his role as member of the
Polish Sejm, and as president of the
and later became one of its theoreti-
Jewish Kolo. With the fiery courage
clans. He read with avidity every ;
of a Mnccabee, he addressed the l'o-
book and pamphlet dealing with the
renaissance of the Jewish people. In I (ish representatives in the Sejm, the
majority then vicious anti-Semites,
time he became a prolific writer of hurling the truth in their faces. Ills
articles bearing on Zionist qUestions
and when the movement had madeiwords carried a proud warning to the
enemies of the Jews, whom he brand-
progress and expanded, Gruenbaum
ed a s enemies of Poland. There were
was editor of a number of Zionist
periodicals in Polish, Gins Zhidovsky,'thos e among the Jewish members of
the
Sejm who combated his method.
Zicze Zhidowski and so on. His Sr.
tides are characterized by an ed it They contended that the best way
was that of compromise. Gruenbaum,
cational tone which was both en-
however, stuck to his guns and never
lightening and encouraging to that
part of the Jewish youth familiar budged an inch from his position of
fighting the enemy openly and with
with no other language but Polish.
It is no exaggeratior, to say that, due dignity. When the opponents of his
to his agitation for Zionism, he at- philosophy signed the famous "agree-
ment" with the Grabski government,
tracted
hundreds of assimilated
he left his post, not, however, as one
young men and women into the Zion-
ist environment, and many of his dis- beaten, but with new courage and
zeal, continuing the battle with his
ciples later became themselves lead-
pen and at public meetings. Subse-
ers in Israel.
quently his position was vindicated
Isaac Gruenbaum's role as cham-
and everyone now concedes that his
pion of Jewish political rights in the
countries of Eastern Europe has method was the best, because it was
the most honest and the most proudly
placed his name in Jewish history as
Jewish.
one of the greatest fighters for Jew-
Gruenbaum has performed a his-
ish emancipation of our era. He was
the first one to evolve the national torte task by helping to transform the
Jewish conception into a cult which Jews of Poland from a cringing mass
later became the central point in the to • proud Jewish community. His
fight for minority rights throughout motto has been "We may let ours
the world, not only for Jews but for selves be bent, but never broken."
the other nationalities who are con- And this has been the guiding prin.
fronted with the minority problem. ciple throughout his career as leader
In this field Gruenbaum is recog- of Polish Jewry which he has imbued
with a new spirit, driving the old
nized as a leader and an authority.
He was also the first in Poland fears from its blood and converting
who gave the national Jewish prob- it into en upright and proud member
hems • scientific background, divest- of world Jewry.
ing the Jewish demands of their for-
American Jewry may well look for-
mer phraseology and imbuing them ward with eagerness to the visit of
with a pragmatic content. His ar- this great Jewish patriot and the
ticles on the national Jewish prob- American Jewish Congress is to be
lems if collected in book form would congratulated for bringing him here.
constitute several large volumes
which would serve u a vital contri-
bution to the development of the na-
tional Jewish philosophy and to the
national problems of other peoples as
well.' He is not only the fighter for
his Ideas, but their theoretician.
DENTIST
A devoted follower of Dr. Theodor
Formerly at Hastings and Rowena,
has moved to

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BRADLEY COAL CO.

Hickory 8138-R.

78,972,000

Payments to Policyholders and
Beneficiaries —

38,576,000

Total Payments Since Organiza-
tion

257,816,000

300,240,000

(including Paid-up Capital)

Surplus and Contingency Funds

45,011,000

Rate of Interest Earned on mean
invested assets - -
-

6.69%

To

secure the absolute protection of its policyholders in the United

States the company actually maintains on deposit with United States

Trustees approved securities equal to its net liability to American

policyholders.

Policies written and payable in United States currency.

Dividends to Policyholders increased for
seventh successive year.

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNITED STATES SECURITIES EXCEED $125,000,000

EXTRACTS FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT

The operations during the past year have re-
sulted in substantial advances in all depart-
ments....
The new policies paid for
almost double
the figures of two years ago.
The assurances in force, after deduction of
reassurances
show an increase of
over twenty-three per cent.
Policies and group certificates now outstand-
ing aggregate well in excess of half a million.
1 he high quality and profitable character of
our investments has asain !icon demonstrated.
As a result of continued reduction in prevailing
rates of interest, and of satisfactory industrial
conditions, there has been a further rise in the
market values of our long-term bonds and of
our preferred and other stocks. The appraisal of
our securities made by the Covernment Insur-
anoe Department slimes that the excess of
market values over cost Las increased during the
year by S6,894,266.:6. In addition, the sum
of $1,729,364.52 has been re-sliced as net profit
from the redemption or sale of municipal deben-
tures and other securities w hich had risen to
Ligh premiums. 1 he rate of interest earned on

the mean invested assets has also risen to the
remarkable figure of 6.69 per cent, as the result
of substantial dividend increases, bonuses, and
stock privileges received in connection with
many of our holdings.
The quality of the investments listed in the
assets may be judged from the fact that on
99.55 per cent of the bonds and on 99.71 per
cent of the preferred stocks, not one dollar of in-
terest or dividend is in arrear for even one day.
On our common stocks the dividends now being
received are greatly in excess of the dividends
payable on the same stocks at time of purchase.
The total surplus earned during the year
amounted to $20,457,077.28. From this the
following appropriations have been made:
The sum of $2,000,000 has been de-
ducted from the official valuation of our se-
curities to provide for possible fluctuations in
market values. This raises the amount set
aside for this purpose to $5,000,000.
In other words, the value at which our
securities are carried in the balance sheet is
$5,000,000 less than the appraisal made
by the Government authorities.
1 he account to provide for unforeseen con-
tingencies has been increased by $1,000,000

bringing the total under this heading to
$11,000,000....
An additional amount of $400,000 has
been set aside to provide for greater longevity
of annuitants. The total held under this head-
ing in excess of Government requirements,
is now $1,500,000—
• To our policyholders, profits have been
paid or allotted during the year to the amount
of $9,235,526.80.
After making these deductions and alk-ca-
tions an addition of $5,371,564.56 has been
made to the undivided profits. The surplus
over all liabilities, contingency accounts and
capital stock, now stands at $34,011,565.25.
For six years in succession we have increased
the profits to participating policyholders. Dur-
ing this period our profit scale has been doubled.
While the assurances in force have multiplied
two and a half times since 1920, the amount
paid or allotted as profits to policyholders has
multiplied five and a half times. We are gratified
to announce, for the seventh consecutive time,
a further increase in the scale of profits to be
distributed to our policyholders in the ensuing
year.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF CANADA

9100 OAKLAND AVENUE

C
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(Near Charo:moat mstl Oakland
car lines.)

ERNEST W. OWEN,

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are invited. We guarantee our
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W. E. HIGGINS, Dentist
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Total Income

Total Liabilities - —

Dr. W. Elvin Higgins

COAL AND COKE

265,889,000

Assets at December 31, 1926 $345,251,000

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Pocahontas Lump
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Pocahontas, mine run
Kentucky, mine run_
Kentucky Lump, screened
Furnace Coke

1926

Manager,

General Necessi•ei Bldg., Detroit.

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