The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-17
A COLONY IN PALESTINE.

renewing our acquaintance with the
carriage used By the Kaiser OF Germany
in his trip through Palestine hauled By
! three horses harnessed abreast. with TIE
faithful John at the helm. We reached
the Jewish colony OF Sammarin. twenty
miles south OF Haifa. which was founded
! by Baron Edmond Rothschild C Paris II
1888. writes ". E Curtis. IN the Chicago
/ Record-Eeraid, IL a letter from Jana.
! The twenty Rothschild colonies. stu
ated in various parts OF Palestine are
under the general management OF 2fr.
I Schtsrkaet. who IS now here making al
! inspection. with a committee from The
Jewish Colonization Society OF London.
/ The local director az Samnarin IS a Sfr.
: Bescop. an intelligent. progressive earn
est man, Jealous for the wel-oeing CT
his co-Teligionists but rather discouF-
/ aged over his failure 70 make farmers
out OF men who have neither the taste
nor the strength for such work.
Sammarin is reached BY a half-day's
drive from Haifa. following the coast
line over a rad that was built hy
Herod the Great and repaired for the
1 benefit OF the German kaiser. Il is
dotted or either side with ruins Of the
HeroGiau era, empty tomhs and cls-
+ terms. blocks OF marble. granite and other
4 building stones. fragments OF pillars and
t corniccs. scattered here and there IN The
/ fields. with occasionally q wretchec Arab
village wherever there is a spring. Upon
the coast Of the sea about halfway
down in large building which was
/ erected by Baron Rothschild for q glass
( factory TO utilize the labor OF col0nists
who would not work on the farms. and
! the vitreous sand which lies along the
/ beach. but it was q had business propo-
sition and did not succeed There IS very
{ little demand for glass in Palestine. The
native cabins have no windows. and IN
he rfff nd - =
blank and the rooms open upon an inner
court, 50 that glass IS not always neces-
sary. There was no other market for the
product Of the factory without paying eN-
cessive freight 70 Europe, 50 the enter
prise was abandoned.
We passed through q succession Of we'll
titled farms and growing vineyards which
show that somebody about the Jewish
colony has industry and skill n agTicul-
! ture, and that there are exceptions - the
rule. We climbed a long, stony hill 10
the top Of a high plateau. passing an
immense wine factory. where the grapes
from the vineyards OF the colony are
crushed and produce about l5o99 gallons
OF wine q year. which Is Shipped 20
Egypt and Germany: then entered the
best looking town We have seen in Paies-
tine excepting the German colony at
Eaifa- 1t looks like a factory town. only
the houses are more substantial than
those usually built for worSingmeD.
Their walls are Of white stone. neatly cut
and dressed, and their roofs of red tiles.
The houses are double. with accOmmoda-
tons for two families. and are detached
and surrounded by fences and kitchen
gardens. \ few of the gardens were
neatly kept The most OF them were
running 10 weeds and showed long neg
lect The companys building. which
stands in the center of the town, is
large and imposing structure; there IS
ar assembly hall. a synagogue of some
architectural pretensions two school
houses. a market and a company's store
like those you see in manufacturing
towns or in the mining regions OF the
West, with a miscellaneous stock Of
goods, including everything from agricui-
tural implements 70 flea powder; and the
latter is an urgent necessity. As we drove
INFO town in the twilight the streets were
filed with men and women. promenad-
ing standing around in groups. gossiping
with each other while the children were
screaming at their games.
The hotel was most uninviting place.
The building was substantial and even
expensive. and of attractive design, but
the interior was repulsive, and was filled
with a lot OF lOafers. one OF them. who
talked English. told me that he had re-
Gently come from Australia and would
be glad if I could refer him 10 some one
who would assist him 10 reach the United
States. The rooms We're good and the
beds were originally comfortable, but We
had them made over under our OWE eyes,
and as the dining-room was not very APP
petizing and was crowded by the neigh
bors. we persuaded the landlord by
judcious use Of blacksheesh, &c let us
have our supper in the parlor which,
compared with the rest Of the house. was
clean and palatial apartment
After having examined the culinary de-
partruent we concluded 10 provide our
own supper and started out into the town
&c szirmish for supplies We got some
good potatoes and eggs. which we boiled
with the skins and shells on so that they
could not be polluted. sardincs. excellent
canned German asparagus hss. cheese
and box of Albert biscuits which had
evidently been bequeathed by the ances-
tors OF the present stOrekeeper, and We're
considerably shelf-worn As We carry
our own tea outfit. and the landlord fur
nished plates. cups. knives. forks. spoons.
stl and pepper. we Jared well. and Il was
one OF the best meals we have had in
Palestine. and we knew that ID Was clean
The appearance Of things az Sammarin
suggests that Baron Rothschild overdid
things and pampered his cclonists too
much. The houses are too fine for such
purpose. They are rot suitable FOR farm
ers and are so much better thau anything
IN the villages around as 60 furnish die
agreeable contrast The colonis,s arc
generally discontented. some who could
scrape together sufficient money have
gone away. and quite number ~ The
houses are empty. Others who stii re-
main. unable to secure funds 70 pay their
passage 20 any other place, are occupy
ing their time abusing the management
vhile an OF them are opposed - the
Zionist movement o. which taey axe
part because they say t5ere are alto
gether TOO many Jews in Palestine to-
Gay.
Prom the heights ~ samuarin the plain
q. sharon stretches Cut from tne sea
&C the mountains 81 seuar-a lu one ci-
rccti1n and % those 81 1edea ir tnc
other X Isl beautiful. diversified and D.
ken hy little r-cges urcn which the Fa-
ages ~ the farmers stand. an. way u7
toward the TOD ~ several rocky peeEs
We colid SIC groups Of uAite cabins lest-
ling against the cllns- Ns ca uet lnl
any liies ~ tho vaIey. b.t TIE rose
cf Sharon climbs over the dead walls ard 4
rocks IL IS the criiuarT sinCie fosr
retail pink rose that we are aerastgr7ed /
L.. and is generally called sEeettrl1r- f
she Had ~size5" Him Up.
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