Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-25
WANTS JEWISH NATION
President of Hebrew Society
Visits Iowa in Interests OF
Cause
PLANS ARE NOW UNDER WAY
Native Country of Palestine Selected
as Place and Jews May Come Back
to Their own-Wonderfu Progress
Already Made in Re-establishins
Themselves There-order Grows.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.


Sioux City, Aug PA wonderful
beginning has been made by the zion
lists in establishing a new nation OF
Jews in their native country OF Pales-
tine from which they We're driven over
1000 years ago." said Hon. Leon
Zolotkoff, of Chicago, assistant states
attorney Of Illinois, and president OF
the Western Order of the knights OF
Zion. Mr.. Zolotkoff addressed the
Sioux City zionists at Benefits hall.
Twenty years ago there was
scarcely 10000 Jews in Palestine. These
We're for the greater part old men and
women who had gone there to die in
the Holy land which is the ambition
of every pious Jew. They engaged In
no industry, simply lived on the money
they had accumulated or We're Deepen
dent on charity from abroad. They
had been drawn there by religious zeal
and had no desire to produce OF build
up a country. They constituted an
element of pauperism and We're a drag
rather than an incentive to the young
er Jews.
Progress Has Been Rapid.
But within the last rs years change
has gradually come over the natives
of Palestine. Some of the old men
who went there to die took a new
lease OF. life, and married young ma
tive girls. It is the offspring OF this
union that has put new life and higher
ideals into the Palestine Jews. The
new generation of young men produced
were not content TO live in poverty
as their mother had. They had an
Unborn desire to do something, to be
somebody. They realized the vast OPP
portunities offered in the land which
had lain waste for 20 centuries, and
settling in the country began to TIL
the soil. An Industrious agricultural
element sprung up. The news of the
success of the venture spread rapidly
and young Jews turnout the world
became interested in the retaining OF
the waste lands of Palestine which had
been untouched by the hand OF man
for 1000 years. Educated Jews with
the latest theories of drainage ana
scientific agriculture went to the land
Of their fathers and aided in estab-
fishing the work on systematic basis
that cannot but succeed. While this
struggle for the rebuilding of Palestine
is somewhat romantic and interesting,
it is, nevertheless, difficult feat OF
pioneering that lies before our race
Many wealthy Jews in this country
have invested money in the new Pal-
estine and are doing all in their pow
err to encourage the venture. Edmund
Rothschild invested over $1OO00,O0O
within the last 10 years in building up
the wine industry in Palestine and he
considers II one of the best invest
ments he, ever made.
Large Agricultural Population.
I. Palestine has now an agricultural
population Of 100000, while twenty-five
years ago there were practically none
engaged in agriculture. The most mod
modern methods are used which in
way accounts for the rapid progress
made. They are now forty colonies OF
Jews who have a republican form OF
government Each colony elects DEL
egate to a committee which controls
the affairs of the colonies. This body of
forty delegates appoints committees to
manage the affairs of state. Everything
lis harmonious in the little state. There
has been no friction and such a thing
as a law suit is unknown. If the little
republic grows in the next twenty five
years as it has in the last, we will have
a population Of 100000. OF course. we
have great dreams for the new Pal
estine The Zionists of the present gen
GRAFTON will feel content IL we but make
firm foundation for the retaining
of the home of our fathers. We will
leave the glory and honor that are Ger
tain to come ito the nation as a goal
for our children to work for and en-
joy"
Order Now Strong.
The western Order of the Knights
of Zion, of which he is president. boasts
Of a membership of 5000 of the leading
Jews OF the middle states. The order
has headquarters in Chicago and con-
|ventions are held annually which are
attended by representatives of every
branch order of the organization. The
next meeting will be In Chicago in
January. Mr. Zolotlsoff goes to Lincoln
tonight, where he will deliver an adj
dress before he will go to Denver,
where he, viii also speak. He spends
his vacation in this way.
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