Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-23

ana&An Stupidity Ssnds ooo1
Clrlxens Here.
80 Refugees In rslsstsns. usssssA -
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Years ago. whsn a former mania fsr
Jsv bAitins ~as rife Ia Russia, l wsst 20
sas Of the receiving agencies maintained
~ wealthy Hebrews Of this country for
ths saceor Of their race, Aad made study
ct the types found there Such . scene
Of ~rstchsdaess did not soon expect 20 /.
see again, or 10 hear such tales Of oppFesr
sion Surely, ths world was getting
wiser. l thought.
some years later wAs passias through
Leeds, England. sad. h.ppsaiss to visis
sns Of the poorer quarters Of the city.
cav again the same strange Oriental
faces that had hAuatsd ne for wssxs
after visiting the agency here There
we're shs venerable pstriArchs ia skull
ssps. with long boards reaching to their
waists, and long coats tapping AZ their
heels. the same dark women. the sams
hssutifui silsas children. with mslsn-
shoiy born of generations Of suffering in
their big. iustrous sysA These were the
refugees from opprsssioa who had found
shslssf In England. and the opportunity
- WORK ss starving wages for sweat
Tag" vageA
nv days ago I happened into the
eiftcs Of tho american Hebrew" in
New York. and found that Managing
Editor Cohen had inst been hearing the
story Of . recent refugee from the fraus-
baikal Districtaof Russia. This waS
~sll-dressed. sshrdy man of intsliisens
features aud medium height. with 800 or
600 roubles Ia his enthusiastically .
desirable citizen for any coun try, one
would think.
A year ago the man from Trans-Baikal
had no notion Of coming TO America. He
had his little home near = station OF the
railroad on which hs worked, and his
wife raised vegetables. Then camo
notice that after y certain date, the lst OF
Nay or April last. ! doa's remember
which, no Jews would be employed on
the railroads. So many occupations had
already been barred 20 his race that tbs
was like q decree Of banishment lie
couldn't 90 farming; that was forbidden
He couldn't opeo . butcher shop, for
hidden He couldn't study medicine or
become q mechanic or anything ~ ali to
which il was possible for railroa man
TO turn his hand. But he could come to
America aud did
asked Mr.. Cohen what he thought Of
the Palestine coloniz alton and he seemed
very we'll impressed with 10. One Of the
Rothschilds Ii backing IL, has built
wins-pressing establishment, not as a char
ity, but as q business speculation, and
hopes to aid his people indirectly by 1t.
The land Is reasonably fertile and capa-
BILE Of improvement. The Argentine Re-
public colony dossn't seem to move much.
Baron Hirsch seat farmer, an engineer
and another expert to mako examina-
lions, and they reported several fine and
available tracts and a friendly Govern
menA But the people raised . great row
about the proposed admission OF Hebrew
eol0nisss. and the project languished.
England IL reasonably friendly to tho
Hebrews. bat has groaned much lately at
the number OF them. So, a. the capacity
of Palestine II limited, America Is far
and away the best country for the refu-
gees to seek Nor are they - likely to
become public charges as the poor OF
other nationalitiss, for tho Hebrews here
<.k. svealIsoe "a "a of than