The sun., 1903-06-07

Jewish children have the greatest contempt for
their mates who get the gains m1sd up with the
losses In the calculation of a business Transaction
The poor Jews arc probably the least cleany
in their houses of all natonalltlcs, " we compare
only those Italians who live In families: but In the
matter of food the Jews have much higher
standard Of living than the Italians
The lowest rate OF mortality Is among the Rus
sian Jews Deaths among them are very seldom
due TO consumption, but are due to dlph'hcna
much more commonly than Is the case with other
peoples The mortality OF the second generation OF
tho Jews is greater than that OF the nrst the rate
rising from 600 to 1895.
Family life is more complete with the Jews than
among the poor Irish and Italians, and children
are held In greater esteem: yet desertonsh nov
divorces, are not nfrequent among the Jews
The birth rate OF the Jews Is enormously high'
as /, Is throughout Europe. their increase In Poland
for example, being four times the rate of the Rus
SLAMS. who think themselves the most prolific race
In Christendom.
The competition OF Jews Is strong. whatever
be their occupation; but the very severity OF COM
petition In their leads them to sec inc ao'ah
tases Of combination. Consequently. 'hey arc
the varmest advocates OF socialism. and some OF
the trade unions are composed almost wholly OF
Jews
.In tho .ln,shouses the most noticeable thing Is
the entire absence OF Jews
THE Jews have q small criminal record. The
Jews do not commit serious assaults and ai'hough
they drink they are not drunken. AS class they
arc law abiding.
The family Me OF the Jews is, on the whole
very wholesome, unchastty among the women Is
rare, though not unknown. Some Of the younger
men who are deslrous Of conforming to the Gentle
world are no longer living In the spirit OF AosEss
commands concerning the relations OF the sexes
In the statistics OF naturalization the Jews
make a much better showing than the Italians
The Jews are not welded to any party or faction
and the handling OF their vote Is strain on 'he
sagaclty of even an Irish politician.
"A Jewish woman seldom marres Gentle
bu, occasionally Jewish young men marry Gentle
women: though In such cases. unless the man has
practically abandoned tho Jewish faith the women
are considered converts to Judaism
"A characteristic which has been attended with
important results Is the Jewish feeling OF superior
ity over other peoples. A certain contempt for
the outside Gentle world has been at the bottom
Of that exasperating conduct that has provoked
DR.. BUsHEE speaks of the Italians as
less self-reliant than many other nation
alties and as having made little prog
ress thus far, toward assimilation. The
Italian immigrants are mostly peasants,
are generally illiterate and are of an age
which fits them for hard manual labor.
The increasing number of women and
children among them indicates that there
is less disposition to return to Italy.
Commissioner SCHULTERs reports that
in 1891 he found that there were in Italy
nearly four thousand agents and sub
agents of steamship companies engaged
in stimulating emigration, and he est-
mates that three-fourths of the emil
grants tickets are paid for by friends or
relations on this side Of the water.
We shall draw no conclusions from DR..
BUSHES 8 important study Of the popula-
ton Of Boston, and we need draw none,
for they will suggest themselves to every
reader.