The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
A MILLIONAIRES FAIR.
TO BUILD AN INSTITUTE FOR
THEIR UNEDUCATED POOR.


Jew is Proud How the Race Ra:
Risen In America Controlling the
Money Market and Revolutionizine
the Metropolis The Destiny Of the
American Jew.
(Copyri0ht.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Wlthin the mex
few weeks the American Institute building
will undergo Transformation. An army
of workmen will take possession and pre-
pare it for the great event of the year
among the Hebrews of New York-greatel
even than the brilliant Purim ball, where
millions Of dollars in diamonds are in sight
and the toilets are the richest that wealth
can afford. The occasion of so much prspa-
ration is the Hebrew educational fair
which takes place from Dec. to 81, and
the proceeds of which are 70 be devoted
to the erection of an educational insti-
tute, which is to be the home of the
Hebrew Free School Association, the
Young Mems Hebrew Association, the
Aguilar free library, and cognate sccie-
ties. In the management of the fair
are associated many of the wealthiest and
most prominent Hebrews in the metropolis,
which is equivalent to saying that it will
embrace some of the richest men in the
United States. Among them are banker
millionaire Henry Bulge, the president of
the fair; Abraham de Freeze, famous
throughout the country as a successful
manager of charitable enterprises; Messrs.
A. F. Hochstadter, Isaac Wallach, V. H.
Rothschild, Samuel Stiefel and William
Vogel, merchants; Jessie Seligman and
Samuel Schafer. bankers, Jacob H. Schitf,
also a banker and millionaire, known
through his manifold charities as the
American Montetiore,n and others equally
prominent and influential
AS spectacle alone the fair promises to
be the finest effort of its kind ever under
taken il New York. Lavish OUTLAWS have
been made for decorations. There will be
about seventy stands or booths, at which
the richest Hebrews of the city, their wives
and daughters, will preside. All the Jewish
congregations in the metropolis are work
ing actively for its success, and each con-
gregation will have one or more booths
Greeneries of ferns, orchids and chrysanthe-
NUNS, with tall, tropical plants and thou
sands of beds of perfume will make the
great building look like summer paradise
1t is estimated that the total expenses of the
fair will not fall much short of $780,
while the receipts will PROBABLY be quite
double that sum.
As in everything relating to social dis
play, the Hebrew ladies will take a verv
prominent part in the fair. Mrs. NJ. H.
Moses, Mrs. Henry Bulge, Mrs. Herman,
Mrs Schlff, Mrs. Isadore Strauss, Mrs.
Edward Lauterbach, Mrs Isador Wormser,
Mrs. Dewitt Seligman, Mrs. Robert Often
bach and many others will preside at the
different booths. The leading rabbis, Gott-
he'll, Silberman, Kohut, Mendes, Harris.
Well and Kohler will also actively assist
the management. A distinguished name on
the list of patronesses is that of Mrs. Anna
ID. Louis, the philanthropist and founder OF
the first Hebrew charity in New York. The
congregations, Emanuel, Bethel, Ahawath
Chesed. B'nai Jeshurin, Cherith Israel.
Ch'rai Tefilah, Temple Israel and Temple
Rodef Scholem will each have representa-
tves on the list of patronesses. Mayor
Grant will preside at the formal opening
ceremonies
An event of this magnitude, existing the
social, financial and political influence of
Hebrews throughout the metropolis, has
naturally directed attention to the status of
that remarkable people here and elsewhere
in the United States 1t has undergone q
marvellous change within comparatively re-
cent years. Forming but a fraction of the
nations Notwithstanding less than
one undred-and-twentieth thew
have acquired wealth and influence almost
beyond computation.
There is no capital city in the world to-
day where they are SO phenomenally pros
porous as in New York.
There is nothing dearer to the Hebrew
than his traditions, and he loves to keep
alive. by frequent repetition, the memory
OF his early experiences in the new land
where he found asylum when driven from
Europe 1t is a story told from father to
son, and is so full of the marvellous and the
seemingly improbable. as to appear almost
like a fable. These old fathers and grand
fathers tell the Hebrew youth of to-day.
with glistenlng eyes and many thrill of
pathos In their voices, how they were tossed
about and heroically treated when thew
first came to New York. Less
than 200 years ago they were
but a handful here. They were
not allowed to own their own homes their
trading limits were fixed at the whim of
the rulers of New Amsterdam. although
they had been guaranteed some privileges
by the home government in Holland. They
were not allowed the honor of doing mill
tary duty, and they were heavily taxed for
the exemption. They were even denied a
burying ground within the limits of the
llustrious city of New Amsterdam. Stuy-
vesant was their persistent enemy, and his
decisions against them were repeatedly an.
pealed to the home government, and FIRE.
quently reversed through the influence OF
tAio OubCh we 1uOld COMPANY, the Oil
rectors of which were masters and patrons
of the province of New Netherlands.
Since then, the Hebrews have done what
no other people could have ACCOMPLISHED
They have broken down all the barrier and
their genius has surmounted every obstacle
that lay in their path to prosperity. In
finance, in commerce, in manufactures: in
every avenue of trade and perferment thew
are in the van. They have outworn the
f.td ind
to be found even in the sacred lists of the
-Four Hundred. They predominant in Wall
street, aud are the leading spirits in q
majority of the vast enter
prises that are f1oated there. They have
500 900. 900 of capital in the banks
of New York city alone, and control the
financial operations of the metropolis. They
have completely transformed Broadway
out of the 1,200 firms doing business be,
tween Canal street and Union square over
1000 being Hebrews. They control the
clothing trade, too; 234 manufacturers EN-.
ploy 1900 hands, while in the entire
country the Hebrews in the trade have
$4,000 persons, nearly all of their own
racs employed. They control the I'm.
derweer trade, with its 80, 600 employees
in New York, and its $1,000, 900 of trade
per annum, and the diamond. watch
and jewelry trade Of the whole country.
with its $3.50, 100000 invested capital
There are 400 Hebrew jewelry jobbers in
New York alone. Tabacco, hats, furs
leather, feathers, wines and beer are ali