Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-03-07
HOW THE JEWS HELP ONE AN
OTHER.

Not long ago a New York con-
temporary had an interesting ar
ticle showing the the growth OF
the Jewish citizens of New York
City into a great political force,
that, without any other seeming
direction than that of a sort OF
instinct of mutual attraction,
moves solidly together. 1t is es-
timated that the Jewish voters
of that city number about 49,
900, so that, to all intents and
purposes, they may be regarded
as holding in their hands the bal
ance of political power there
This fact is not precisely new; 1t
has for some years been well
recognized by New York's prac-
teal politicians,
Unfavorable critics have de-
MED to the Jews the possession
of inventive or creative genius.
But if they do not make oppor-
tunities for human progress, they
are keen to perceive the oppor-
tunities already existing and to
turn them to excellent account
for the progress of the Jewish
race, and now that they have en-
tered the sphere Of American To-
cal politics, this characteristic
of theirs has already been we'll
manifested, as the writer shows
in New York. It is remarkable
how large a hold their united &C
ton has given them upon the
machinery of the leading polltl-
Cal organizations so as to secure
Tor themselves very much more
than a proportionate share OF po-
litical emoluments. One mark Of
the superior intelligence of the
Jews in this entrance Of theirs
as a body into what is called
practical politics, is that usually
they put forward their best rep
reSentative men. Their SagaclOus
conduct in this matter may be
owing in some degree to the III
huence of the many societies anC
clubs that exist among them de
signed to look out for and to as
sist and improve their young
men of promise and to help then
on the road to success, Besides
if the Jewish genius is not ere
ative, it is highly assimilative
and a taste for reading, so as tt
learn what others have done, i:
to be observed among the create.
number Of Jewish young men
and this again has been encour
aged by their various clubs, AM
by the societies clustering arount
Lnolf ueS.
The study of the enormous in
fuence obtained in New York b,
these people, most of whom ar
immigrants since the Civil War
is full of lessons of what can b
accomplished by mutual helu
And what has occurred in Ne
York has been repeated in a pre-
portionate scale in every city i
the Union that has attracted
Jewish immigration. The cours
Of this immigration can be traced
from the seaports, through tn
commercial cities Of the NORTH
and then on down the Valley
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tn
same story Of the poor peddle
with pack Of notions becoming
rich merchant; or perhaps
banker, and always in his ow
upward progress from povert
to wealth holding out his hand
help the newcomer, or the youn
man of his own race, to do rs
himself has done.
The history Of the Jews is OF
of the enduring wonders of tt
world. Before the birth of Chri
Cicero inveighed against tt
Jews of Rome as constituting
menace to the Republic, a SO
of Emporium IN impe45o, and he
we have the New York paper
at tire end Of the nineteenth &c.
fury after Christ, not exactly i
Weighing against the Jews #
the same thing, but careful
providing facts and figures whi'
may form the basis of invectiv
by others. Even before Cice
it was a Roman that showed be
tender twigs, that could be east
broken across the knee, were,
being tied together, made CAP
BILE of resistance. In union the
is strength, and that is the seer
of the Jewish success. Sh;
they be blamed for practicing t