Telegram-herald., 1889-12-08


u Nsa Xer4 a-ens Ishaeeo. hats.
frs. leather feathers. vines "a s~sr
ara ~ Fsrg sse-F CensF4lled ia rnssr
bands. ssms ei tls trades mentienea
errl-alv 50 And. since tbs a. .hea
Levy ssc4rei ths reaetsas az
su-4l -eE1s et4yFesanE To- nis par
e 1.llg fA3-stefY bricz house IA
-Hacrl s-rasA t1ly have aec u,-la1sd
holdings ~ rea- estate IL Ihs Metfopo-
ls aa4Bt-ls 81 Si58. 60 ego. klse-
Enr.s M rLs i4asfers uo8adaVs ars
e. aal
tAs startling record o. progress,
baked ~ lls peculiar zealus for
uaae aaAlaz nas al been accom-
fl a ies decades TOR 10 took
lens 10 relax the stringent AVS
aa8 cages Ebas opera % @ their disad-
vantage lle great Jeslsr Influx be-
ga less raan Ten yeass 40. In $50,
900 cams % tnis country being
$500 fIsm I-elr homes ia Earope bF
r.- .-.l " tl4 hlsslAl. Polish. Ger
-al A1-lallan Governments
t.u -I -' --,t ia. COO arrived
r.a All nors have come since
t.n lo-14F there are Fs0. co.. hebrews
g. Gle ni.e- states, " whom Ia. GO
a.ela >-a ors. A. the present rare
cades. control the balance ~ trade Ia
The u-ol.
one os ths bes. informed Hebre.
statlst.cians. Isaac Markens. estimates
tlar tEs Hebrew Wholesale trade % New
fors llrY renresents ar annual amount
o. s5a8oo 11o Df this, t55. eco 300 %
- c.alalng 80. COO 0o0 In ,ewelrY,
s-5, ,oeo Coo ln meats s35. Oo0. 600 n
wines, spirits ami 0eef, So, 000 600 q
tobacco aud cigars, tl2. 600. 600 In d.
uoHas. and = Ike sun IA leather and
l.l-s Tie Hebrew butchers OF New
york and Broo clyn employ 8. 0U0 men.
TIE m-nmotn retail DRY goods and fancy
euota establish meuls o. the metropOli IS
ars all.r similar control, the Alrmans.
tas bloomlngdales, Ehrichs. Sterus and
Others being Tao leading spirits. Pot
tery, faces, oll, trunks and bags. cor
sets ana umbrellas are also In their
hands Ia Deorgla the trade OF the
leading cities Is controlled by them,
lu Baltimore they are prominent IN
banking. clothing and trade generally;
in -au tranD SEQ they are among the
wealth esq and most influential citi-
zeus .n Galveston they are foremost
in Uae business world. and many other
western and southern cities owe much
ol fheir financial aud com mercial de-
vel0rmeng % tho wonderful genius Of
thls race.
In Wall street thatocean Of sunken
fortune. the master-spirlt of the
Hebrew has asserted itself for the last
MY years. As early as 1900 the names
oi Gomez, Hess, Seixas and Hart were
prom nenr among the money brokers' OF
AeW : orS. The Hebrews have always
been among the leading spirits on
change The Lisponards, the Bran
don-. Helrlques. ScLsfers. HarmOns
aud Nathaus, we've among the best
known. All began life poor Joseph
Sell yman. the elder. was q bank clerk,
and saved up his salary % bring his
brothers t1 clls country. Philip llei-
delbach was a poor bevarian boy La
l4rls tall ga-ten started almost without
capital the NOrnsers were in the
clothing business in a small way IN san
Francisco before coming East 20 be
. money kings: Nathan Bloom. whose
trade extended throughout the south
western States and who died worth
lor 000 came here a poor cmigrant
ueddler; Isaac Friedlander. the late
/ grain king OF California, hose fleets
/ mann bcroi go ships. was a penniless lad
+ before be became a golG-hunter in the
+ Hockies. jacob II. Schin emigrated 60
this country in l-85 and found employ
uent IS bankers clerk before he be
came @ broker and banker. lie Is one
OF -ue richest and most esteemed lie
arcws iu AweIica and is widely known
flrou-h lis beuellcu0us 90 deserving
charities. IhalmesS niger. another very
wealthy banker. was drug clerk IN
Boston, ~elrman oTpcnnc mer was a
s.a0oluast.l .u 1erment David Keller
Nat ..ra .. .-rrrsl ksar flah
Louis Strasaourrer. who controls the
imported watch trade of this country
ani has . diamond cutting house al
Am tcriam. arrived hero q penniless
boy from Bavaria: Lazarus Straus, who
has the g-eates5 pottery establishment
ll the wUtld. began with q small
crockery shoD on Chambers street
FIRE. Ierlok H8berman, who now employs
1000 men m the tiu-ware trade, began
life on LAe t0WDarh. IN every Instance
these men attained wealth and promi
nerce through the very qualities that
uerved their race 20 endure the seem
Inrlr endless persecution and Injustice
in other ands; tlroless perseverance
and -he pluck that seems 10 have fused
down through the whole Jewish race
eyer since the days OK the Maccabees
and which never knows when II Il
beaten Not ono is ashamed OF his
humble origin and his early poverty.
l- has been said az different times
that the bottom has fallen out OF Wal
rect as far as money-making is con
cerned and that the speculative mani1
Is dead. This Is not borne out, however
when one looks 40 the gigantic fortune'
some of the Hebrew mOney-klngs have
rolled uD there within few years for
tunes that are second only 20 those o
tbe GoliIs. and Na1derbilts, and Astors
The house o. Seligman is reputcd 20 be
worth from $4,000 900 20 $50, 600. 900
the ~revo-s have =. 900. 900 more
Jarob ~chif IS GOOD for SO. 600, 600 the
Worusors onto as much the SchOlI'
Brothers rrof 1biv $1,000. 900 Edwarl
Taute-bach. az railroad and corporation
. f1nr. 5000 COO the HallTsrteus 5000
r0H -he Telmcnts. who are che Amert
can agents of tbe London Eothschiids
sIH .00 000 Never Lehman 5000. 600
end a hundred others have bank an
STOCK rrrounts reaching lp well into tn'
millions
Next 70 his rotonti3litv a money
maker. is the Hebrew power as
factor in rofics Nowhere Is this g
Tells as i'm ~ew York. where Ia get
Dis share ~ the Offices and The conse
ert patronage with the rest. Theo
fore Myers. CltY Com ptroller. Judge
Tsrnmar. gol5forle. Dessar and Ear
li-n Ccrone< Ferdinand Levy and man
rthar rFcra.s a-a Hebrews. and some o
! shon a-rrrr4frr Civ r0aul ar and able mea
Asarulatna f.5icial faculty. - stronEi'
err .nred m trr race. and t1eir ruin z
te~rh ,-e rareiv revsrsed D
-cr4l. s-7t. and nasicnal IeEisls sure'
tre srr-f.fr sre-rrre is widely feIt. an