The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-10
THE JEWISH PROBLEM.

lem" Miss Lazarus has evidently spent much time in the study of history, and in a manner highly creditable to her per sistency of research, shows where the Jews from time almost immemorial have been oppressed. and denied in almost every country the commoness rights of citizenship. She shows why they deserted art and science and became usurers, ex- plaining that the more ennobling pur- suits of life were denied them. Historic ally, the Jews have indeed been sub , jected to sad and depressing eSperi- ence. In nearly every country ol the world they have, by governmental enact ment, been supplanted by men of less ability. In the dark ages. no dungeon was too deep for them. The great man who came not 10 destroy but to fu!hll. who csme not Q save one man bu; all WAS misunderstood. and his words in- tended as q ligh. unto all became unto the Jews darkness Jesus himself was a lew. and was the first, al least the most torclile example of the sacred deelara- ilon that a prophet Is not without honor save III his own country and among his own people. The Jews cannot be blamed Tor not accepting Jesus as the sa- vior of the world, for among all the pco- pie of the earth, they have ever been the least supersii,ious and credalons.
 In only d few countries does the Jewish problem need consideration, for. as d rule. they are the most prosperous peo- pie in the world. What they practice with success in trade, the Christian often practices with failure. The Hebrew gen. ,leman who secures large and remuner- ative trade the r@de secured by prac- tiees only known to his shrcwd class and remuneiatlorl>inainly derived from prae- tees ~hi~h the average Christian in vain attempts 10 initiate, should not be con wllcs, although far-mn Jed men do not endorse them. for it IS only a lack of a certain kind of ability that keeps the Christian from outstrlpping him in the great mercantile race.
 Mir. Hooknose,' as the Jew Is famil- iarly termed, IS business man. He be longs to a worldwide fraternity. He is taught from infancy to regard the Gen. tile as commercial enemy, and his great advantage lies in the fact that he is a member, no matter how humble, of a brotherhood, while the Christian knows no ties outside of his own circle of friends. The Jew is close in business but liberal in pleasure. No maa, quicker than the Jew, will spend money for the enjoymen, of his guests. If he beats you in trade To day go to his house to-morrow and he Will spend more than the amount in your entertainment.
 The colonization of the Jews al Jerusa- ,cTn. 4 subject now under serious discus sian. ls a waste of tlme. The world Is the home of ,he Jew. Jerusalem may have been dear to his iathers, and at one time was d great centre of trade, bu; the worlds geography has changed and the former grandeur, could not carry on d trade commensurate with q demand nec- essary tn a uaiutaiDaure of u,c,t though now scattered family. In retail the Gentle trades with the lew The city ot jerusalem, composed of Jews. would be cramped in matter of trade In wholesale way it would be crippled, for the location of the city, if anything like apretense to former site were maintained. would be uncommercial.
 The Jew is in pretty good financial con di.ion just at present. Last year he may have carried d pack around the coun- try. but now he has store on ,he corner and we do not see why he should want a situation as policeman in Jerusalem The Jew does no, figure very conspieu- ously before the police judge The records of the police court do not show that the Jew IS particularly in debt 10 the city. The books at the peni,entiary do not show that the Jew has been a con spiouous factor in the gigantic work of building cheap houses and bad roads. The Jew does not eat the bread of idle ness. Sometimes. when the clouds are peculiarly dark, he may tramp, but a sunshine for him soon appears. The American who to-day gave him twenty cents for pair of ten-cent suspenders. tomorrow finds him the proprietor of an establishment.
 So far as the modern, that is the Ire gently modern Jewish problem is con- cerned. the talented Miss Lazarus need not interest herself, for 1" Mir. Hooknose," is essentially able to take care of himself regardless sf the oppressive legislation irnposed nunon him in time< forrver erone