The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-02
Rev. Joseph Krauskopf.

there forbid them to live in villages or
the country, but force them to huddle to-
gether in congested cities. Such was the
meaning of the ukase uttered against the
Jews in Russia, forcing them to live in the
Pole settlement, which is in the south
western part of Russia.
such law compelled the Jews to en-
igrate to America in great numbers; they
came to us Speechless, helpless and trade
less, and asked us for assistance We gave
them all in our power, but they came in
such numbers that it became too great a
drain on US.
l was charged with mission to the
car from the Hebrews of this country.
1t was to state that we wanted to help
our people in their own country, where
they preferred to remain, thus saving them
the money required for journey to Amer
lea Our idea was to get the cars per-
mission to take up some of the enormous
tracts of land now lying idle in Central
Russia and establish our people there in
colonies as farmers. We would spend our
money and teach them to become success
full agriculturists, which would make them
a beneficial and money-producing class to
Russia.
1.-The difficulty 1 experienced in enter
ing Russia is well known. Nothing but
the power of the United States govern
ment enabled me to succeed; then when
l reached St Petersburg l was obliged to
fight the cholera, an epidemic of which
was raging at that time 1 had great diff
ficulty in finding the people / wished to
see, as they had fled from the city. Once
my mission was well understood | had no
difficulty in reaching those high in au-
thority. | was unable to see the car.
however, as he was at that time dying in
the Crimea, and his death occurred a few
months later.
~ different from that of Baron de Hirsch,
is supplementary in this, that his colo
nists will need people to teach them to
become successful farmers, and it is my
sitions.
u have just come from Attain
of the Southern agricultural works,
in Atlanta, has offered to furnish the
school with all the plows of every de-
Scription, and the two Atlanta furniture
companies, the Southern and the National.
have offered to furnish three rooms The
Atlanta branch of the National Council of
Jewish Women is going to make an ag-
gregate contribution of money, and the
young ladies' of Atlanta are to get up
a fair in aid of the school,
1.-The former love of agriculture still
glimmers within the Jewish people, and
will yet be famed into a powerful flame
For many city life and mercantile callings
have greater attractions and hold out
inducements of larger profits. But for
others and especially those whom this
institution will reach, 1t is not so. 1t is
intended to reach mainly graduates of
orphan asylums and other similar in
situations, and deserving boys of poor
families, who, in these days of over
crowded city populations, have little OPP
L
is not intended to be exclusively for poor
boys and girls. but is to be a school
for the well-to-do, as we'll as for the
poor. The conviction is growing in our
land that the pursuit of husbandry is not
only good for the immigrant, or the poor
but also for the native, and for his chill
dren. even though they be in fair cir
cumstances. Modern society is suffering
of a plethora of clerks and professional
men and of a dearth of mechanics and
husbandmen to develop the millions Of
acres of arabic lands that have not vet
felt the touch of the pillow, and to open
the countless mines that have not yet
been penetrated by the foot of man.
In speaking Of the school DR.. Kraus-
kopf SAID: ut is proposed TO run this
school on the cooperative plan, to supply
our pupils with board. lodging. clothing
and tuition and charge them for it on the
books At the same time, we propose
to pay them for every days labor on the
field. from the LIST of April till the LIST of
October, and give them credit for il on
our books and enough TO leave a nargin
in their favor. At their graduation NE
propose to give them not only their grad
uation certificate, but also a deed to their
own land (which we expect to have do
mated to US from the government, the vari-