Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-14


know where they may and may not
go. and how to prepare for emer-
gencies.-Phyolite Herald.
SUCCESS OF THE HEBREWS.
They Are Great Race and Always
Make Headway.
| Is America to become the New Jeru-
salem? The names written over the
doors and windows on State street,
Chicago, and Broadway, New York
the bankers in Wall street, the capital
in railroads, theatres and newspapers,
the human cloud that hangs over the
Ghetto land are signs Of the advance
Of nation, and not its exodus.
i II all the Jews in this country were
assembled In a single community, they
would make city larger than Bos-
ton and st. Louis combined. There
are no definite figures to show what
would be the wealth of such a city
of Jews.
In New York city alone there are
more Jews than there are in Ger
many, France, Great Britain, Italy,
Spain and Switzerland put together.
They worship under the laws Of
Moses in thirty-seven synagogues.
/ Every fifth person in all that region
belongs to the family of Abraham.
Asked "Why are the Jews so uni
formly successful in business?" Os-
car Solomon Strauss, twice American
minister to Turkey and a well known
Jewish lawyer and merchant, said:
when I lived in Georgia my faith
er sent me to the Baptist Sunday
school-there was no other in Tai
bottom. He said he would rather
have me among the Baptists than
not to receive any religious instruc-
ton at all. Hence. I think I can
look upon the Jews effectively and
not wholly within the purview Of the
race. The success of the Jews as
traders and men of business and
men of wealth has been overdrawn.
John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Car
negie Is worth more than all the
Jews in America Jumped together.
The Jew, no matter what the opinion
of the world may be, Is a broad
spirited man. He spends much and,
therefore, his wealth is exaggerated.
First of all he is said. to be a
trader, but other races slur over the
fact that he hasn't been free to
choose his occupation. Europe drove
him out Of agriculture. The mechan-
ical crafts were shut to him. My
family, / have said, were farmers.
There is a region in Russia where
the Jews are industrious and skilled
agriculturists. Prosecuted as they
we're. hemmed in as to their means
of gaining a living, legislated against
and robbed of what they had, the
Jews were compelled to adjust them
selves to circumstances and to accept
such narrow opportunities as were
offered.
1.-The Jew is said to have what is
known as the commercial instinct.
Hume tells us that under Richard
500 Jews sought safety in the castle
of York, where. not being strong
enough for defense, they killed their
wives and children, threw the bodies
over the walls into the mob below
and, setting fire to the castle, were
themselves burned alive. The gen.
try, owing money to the Jews, has
| whara their
bonds or promissory notes were kept,
and made a bonfire before the altar.
The compiler of the Annals Of Wa
verify, in relating this event. Hume
SAYS, 'blesses the Almighty for thus
delivering over this impious race 10
destruction History blazes with such
stories of self-sacrifice and barbarity.
The commercial instinct in this par
ticular case appears to have been on
the other side.
Instead Of the Jew being a nat
ural barterer he is the most spiritual
man alive. He has been pounded by
the ages, robbed and massacred, but
he Yields neither his tradition nor his
Ideals. Had he been materialistic ne
would have sold out long ago ana
bought peace. II he would join the
Greek church he would be safe In
Russia. Rather than do that he Will
walk into the jaws of hell. There
fore, I say he is spiritualistic or
Iidealistic rather than practical or
material.
Were I to choose a family that
would live, 1 would have to endure
lhardships and prosecutions. Were L
to choose one TO die, I would give II
pleasure and luxury. The Jew, denied
his civil rights, despoiled Of his prop
erty, scourged and murdered, has been
made tougher and longer-lived. HIS
enemies have given him strength, and
trained him most admirably for the
battle Of life no matter in what part
of the world fortune may lead him.
But" was the question recently put
to Mr. Strauss by James B. Morrow,
who tells the story, "the signs In
Broadway would indicate that the Jew
lis essentially an able and successful
merchant? y.
Your view is purely Christian"
Mr.. Strauss replied. Nor do you an
alyze the fact. Years ago Americans
did the rough and heavy work OF the
nation. Then came the Irish and the
American moved up. BY and by the
Italians swarmed in, and the Irish got
to be policemen, saloon-keepers and
politicians. When Broadway was much
shorter than it is now all Of the names
on the signs were American. But
those old-time merchants became OPP
ulent, they no longer desired to be-
small shopkeepers, and so they went
Into banks and manufactures. Now
the Jews have their stores. In gen"
Grafton the signs that hang and swing
today in Broadway will be down and
others will be up. Perhaps the names
will be Italian. No race goes back In
this country, but each, being; prudent,
industrious and ambitious, goes onward
to better conditions. New York
Commercial.