The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-11
HEBREW COLONTSTS.
4 New Colony to Be Established
in Southern Jersey,
A1DEDBY THE BARON H1RsoH FUND

.nly Newiy Arrived Immigrants and
Those Who Have Been I'm tho
Country Not More Than Two Years
60 Tie Assisted-The Governments
Interest IN the Matter.
NEW YoRK, July fi.-The committee
on agriculture Of the Baron de Hirsch
fund in this city, which have devoted
much time TO maturing plan for the
establishment Of Russian Hebrew agri-
cultural colonies In the United States, is
!, about to begin practical operations. A
'-srsbt os LAND, epbrating about 5000
eeres, has been secured in the southern
part Of the. state Of New Jersey, on
which the first colony is TO be started
by the settling Of about fifty families
AS soon as this colony is under way
steps will be taken for the establish
mont OF fresh settlements
1t is proposed that the field Of opera-
eon shall include newly arrived Rus
sian Hebrew immigrants and those who
have been in the country not more than
two years, from among whom families
will be selected with special reference to
their fitness for Agricultural life. The
insure the success of the colonies acri-
cultural labor must be supplemented by
other industry, and as each new colony
ts started special effort will be mace to
supply this need.
Only Family Men to BE Assisted.
The plan, at the outset at least, is to
mako the colonies seni-agricultura and
4fmi-industrial. Only men with fam
thes are to be settled with the money Of
the fund; and in order to secure the best
material, only such will be selected as
have resources of their own amounting
30 at least 5000.
In New Jersey the agricultural work
will mainly take the form of fruit
. and truck farming, in which the indus
ny OF the Hebrew col0nists in the neigh
borhood of Vineland has achieved highly
satisfactory results, having been con-
verted into fourishing gardens. II is
proposed to allot fifteen acres to each
settler, who in addition to his own pri-
vate means will receive from tho fund
support 10 the extent of about 470o, be-
Gdes the land, which will probably be
given to the colonists ut the outset.
The Term oc Payment.
The term Of payment is to be fixed at
about fifteen years, aad no payment will
be required for tAe first two or three
years. As soon as the colonist has
brought ten acres under proper cultiva-
Non ten additional acres are to be al
hctted to him. Uaassisted Russian far
wers will be invited to buy land in the
pelonies, and as each tract Is purchased
the committee, q large part of it will
D set aside for occupancy by non-Jew-
kkh farmers, the committee being deter
mined that the Russian Hebrew colo
nasts shall not lead an isolated existence
sn their new home
A journal Is soea to be started in the
German language, printed in Hebrew
characters, for tho benefit Of the would
DO farmers and those already established
On farms. There are now about / 900
families Of such settlers in various parts
q the United States, the bulk of them
being in New Jersey.
Most of the Russian farmers outside
q New Jersey are settled in the Da-
ketas, Connecticut and Nebraska. Some
ere to be met with as far west as Cali
fRnia and Oregon,