New-York tribune., 1905-12-17

The problem when confronts u.s. said Lee
Charities, 'is it has been for the last twenty
five years the problem OF the arriving inmi-
grant. The native born Jewish poor continues
to be ahcut = per cent Of the total number OF
families assisted. Generally speaking, it may be
said that the society does not confront the prob
lem Of pauperization To-day as for many
years, we are meeting problem of simple pow
erty, dde TO the conditions under which our CO.
religionists are compelled TO emigrate to the
United States"
Another stumbling block il the way of the
Ancricanization of Hebrew immigrants is the
evil of deserton among them In the list of
appeals for charity printed above 1t may be seen
that ] ,921 were cases where husbands had aban-
doned wives
'Of all the causes for distress among these
people" said Mr.. Frankel "desertion is the one
which Is distinctly evil. and one which it should
be Public elicy to eradicate at the earliest op-
portunity. 1t cannot be gainsafd that the ma
jority of abandonments Of wives and children
are due to me lack Of moral stamina on the part
OF desertng husbands and to the unwillingness
to shoulder marital and parental responsibility"
Yet despite the shortcomings of the Hebrew
immigrant from Russia, his co-religionists In
this city implicitly believe that his coming will
benefit not only himself but the whole COM
munity. Powerful organizations have been
founded to for all who would seek these
shores to correct both their moral and their
physical weaknesses. A crusade has been begun,
for example, TO eradicate so far as possible the
evil of desertion AS Mr. FrankeI says in quot
ing the last report of the United Hebrew Char
tiles:
the enor1nity Of desertton can be brought home
to recalcitrant fathers we co-operated with a
special committee on desertions, which drafted
a bin presented at the last session of the iegis-
lature making desertion felony This bill has
since become law, and went into effect on Sep
tember l Of this year.
.sSince then we have instituted an active cam
paign in the hope Of bringing deserters to JUS
tice A special committee on desertions. made
IN of representative professional and business
men of the city has been organized. special
desertion agent has been engaged, and the CO
operation Of the Jewish press has been secured
tn give as wide publicity possible to this
movement. The committee has already been
successful in bringing several offenders to JUS
tice and the publicity that has been given to the
movement Win eventually work as deterrent
10 Others who may contemplate deSertton in the
future It is the belief OF the board Of direc-
tors that through the active propaganda which
viii be made, il will be possible for us. during
the coming year 10 materially reduce the
amounts which we spend in the care OF deserted
women and their children"
To counteract the hiving tendency Of the Rus
sian Jewish immigrant TO build up his body by
transferring him from the East Side to more
healthfuI regions, q society has been estab-
Iished called the Industrial Removal Office. with
at No. Ia 2d-aye. Since it first
began work In 1901 the society has sent away
from New-York % 600 Jews, and recently it
SO enlarged its work that it is now able TO send
out a thousand Hebrews month. TTansporta-
fion and board until work is secured are fur
ntshed free The society never loans money.
,rhe work is practically charity as few repay
what 60 exnended on them. As about one-half
oF those removed from this city are heads Of
families they send for other Jews as coon as
+,av rooted The society," dccorullSiy, nAS
been the means OF distributing, it is estimated.
nearly 100000 persons. The reunions of 4S9
families have been reported TO the NeW-4ork
Missouri at the present time is getting more
re5rs from New-York through the society than
: : ~. o,s,e- STATE In the last year $50 Hebrews
We're sent thither most Of them set settling IN St
Louis Other states received s5d ne Iol.owlng
STATE (oJtside of New-York Cityl 40: California
90. wisconsin 364. Pennsylyania -; Minne-
- .r11. colorado 1S9: Indiana. lSe: Michigan, |
g. ,-t,rsslra 1S4. Iowa 157: NewJersey. IL |
Texas, 10 Most OF those sent are skilled WoriL
:. 49,. ~ s.ectsn trades WsaYerG-nTa sent tn