Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-13
JEWISH PEOPLE TO coMMEMo.
RATE ANNIVERSARY or COM.
ING TO AMERICA.
Also Proposed to Erect Suitable Me-
mortal to Express Gratitude of Jews
to United States - Funds to Be
Raised by Subscription.


States by Jews. It is proposed to make
the affair national one and commit
tees will be appointed In every city in
which Jews reside.
1t Is proposed to have the monster
demonstration next Thanksgiving day
and every person of Jewish origin is
to be invited to participate in it. One
OF the features of the day will be the
z simultaneous holding Of religious SER
y vices in every synagogue in the land.
1t has also been determined to erect
an appropriate national memorial to ex-
press the gratitude of the Jewish peo-
pie to the American republic. The
funds are to be raised by popular sub
scription.
Hebrews In New York.
AT the present time New York City
Is the largest Jewish settlem ent in the
world. It contains many more Hebrews
than the German empire, two and a
half times as many as Great Britain,
seven times as many as London, eight
times as many as all France and TWEEN
ty-eight times the Jewish population Of
Canada. There Is, in fact, only one
country in the world which contains
more Hebrews than are now living in
New York City-Russia, which has a
Jewish population of 100000, about
half of the race in the world. Galicia,
province of Austria Hungary, is the
home Of about 100000.
The Jewish population Of the United
Statas is 1,253,000. Much more than
b. Of this is settled permanently in
and near New York City. Between 1881
Aand 1904 no fewer than $4,000 Jewish
immigrants entered America through
the three ports of New York, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore. More than half
of them became permanent residents
; of New York City. Every two years
there are added more to New York's
Jewish population than the entire He
brew contingent of London.
Thousands of Immigrants.
More than one in six of the city's
inhabitants is the present proportion
On Manhattan island 1t Is even more
startling-one to four. And 1t Is not
so much the number Of those already
in the city as it is the thousands con-
stantly arriving. Since the unrest
caused by the Russian atrocities the
hegira has increased remarkably and
the end is not yet. Last year 10000
York, and over $4,000 of them re-
NAMED In the city The Jewish rate
Of increase is far greater than the
1880 the normal rate was 400 per cent
During the same period the Jewish
rate Of increase was 600 per cent. Last
year the general rate was 81 per cent,
and the Hebrew population increased
ia ic
matter to fix. the time at which the
Jewish population will be in the ma
jority.
Exclusive Hebrew Quarter.
A few years ago there was only one
exclusively Hebrew quarter in New
York-the district bounded by the East
river, Catherine street. the Bowery
land Houston street, embracing less
than one square mile. Now there are
several. The original settlement is to-
day the largest in the world, contain
ing 100000 inhabitants, 10000 more
than the whole number of Jews in the
British empire This square mile Is
also one Of the most congested dis
tricts in the world. Part Of it contains
1898 inhabitants to the acre. In this
limited area there are 306 synagogues.
In another Jewish settlement, in the
northern part Of The city west of
Eighth avenue and above Nineteenth
street, there are at least 125, 900 Jews.
A settlement in the Bronx district con-
tains SO 900 and in East New York, on
Long island, there Is unique com
munity of over 10000 known as
Brownsville, 80 per cent Of the inhab.
ltants of which are Jews Most of