The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-14
JEW LAUOS HIS
RACE As NATION
BUILDERS
MAKE VALUABLE CITIZENS AND
IMMIGRATION SHOULD BE EN-
coURAoEp, SAYS REV. LOUIS
MYER.

ltOF Oh tue MlsblOudTy NeNieW VI NhS
World. and a Jew who has embraced
Christianity. delivered an address on
The Jew the most important element
OF our immigration problem" before
the members Of the Pastors union In
the Central Methodist church, Mon
day morning. In which he contended,
and showed by statistics that Jews
are anxious to become Americanized;
that they become valuable citizens
and are q helpful element in the up
building Of the nation.
The speaker showed by figures that
since 1899 $1,000 Russian Jews had
come to this country, driven here by
the prosecutions In their own country.
and said that IL the Jewish immigra-
ton continued, in 1909 We will have
all the Jews from all the world. He
stated that OF the Russian Jews com
ing here, seven-tenths OF one per cent
are professional men. 81 per cent are
skilled laborers; 10 per cent are un-
skilled laborers. and those OF no occu-
patton, this including men, women
and children. principally the women
and children. number AZ per cent.
Whenever the Jew comes to our
country, he comes to stay" said Mr..
Mysr, and he brings his wife
and children with him. There Is no
other race In this country. excepting
the English. which has representa-
tives in every trade and in every pro-
fession."
The speaker then told OF the un-
usually large number OF Russian Jews
who were deported, saying that the
percentage was larger than that OF
any other race. excepting the Japan
ese. He stated that In 1907 there
were 127 deportations. but accounted
for II by saying that Ga were sent
back because they had lost their mind.
and this was brought about by the
bloody prosecutions In Russia. 9th
ers we're returned because they wero
paupers, they, too, being the victims
OF Russian prosecutions.
Some GA per cent OF our Jewish
immigrants remain In New York,
continued the speaker. They do not
settle there, but they stay with rela-
tives for a time and then In many In
stances push on to other cities. In
New York city there are l,125,0OO
Jews, or rs per cent Of the inhabit-
ants. the largest Jewish population OF
any city in history. They keep by
and are . power within q
power. Upon one acre OF land In New
York city there are 625 men. women
and children, or one for every 4S
inches"
The chief characteristic, the speak
err said. OF the Jew Is his desire to
learn The chilrden Of Jewish par
ents are In school before the family
had unpacked It's belongings. or the
pupils In the New York high schools.
Al per cent are children Of Jewish i'm
migrants. while rs per cent of the
normal school students are Jewish.
THE Russian Jew takes to teach
ing as a duck does to water" contln-
ued Mr.. Myer. And when competing
in the civil service examinations In
New York. they pass more OF the ex-
aminations than any other race
He said that the Jew desire to be-
come Americanized rapidly, and caus-
ed a general laugh when he said that
they took up Scotch and Irish names.
Kolsinsky becoming Kelly. and also
getting many names from the streets.
IF the Jewish immigrants gets a
wrong idea, 1t 10 because he gets his
ideals from us, and We are to blame.
said Mr.. Myer. THE Jewish immi-
grant has taken possession OF the
building trade In New York and even
the Astors have had to give up to
them to q certain extent. Some $780,
0OO, 900 worth Of property In the tene-
ment district belongs to the Jews;
the buildings In New York are built
by the Jews, hte work being done by
Jewish artisans, masons. and the like.
Neither can II be said that the money
which they possess Is tainted. In all
cases the money has been made by
their skill in an honest manner and
by their labor. The Jew Is valuable
In the arts and sciences, and In the
large universities there are number
OF professors, many OF whom are Rus
sian immigrants. In almost every
large city the successful editors, re-
porters and many publishers are
Jews. We have moderated the I'M
portance of the Jewish immigrant. We
have moderated the importance OF
the Jewish immigrant. We see only
the poverty to which Christian greed
and Christian cruelty have brought
him. We do not see the value OF the
man"
In speaking of the religion of tte
Jewish immigrants, Mr.. Myer said tAs
older ones came here with the Jew
ish religion and prejudices. but often
the socialistic tendency prevails
among the younger element. Otter,
however. the orthodox Jew forgets his
old religion, and cited as an example
the shops being open on the Jewish
Sabbath In the large cities, which he
declared was not true few years
ago. He said the Jew came here
from Catholic and Greek countries.
prejudiced against the so-called Chris.
tian religion, prejudiced against Chris
tan Institutions and Christian educa-
ton.
Mr.. Myer declared there was an In
crease OF immortality. vice and crime
among the Jewish immigrants. al
though he said II was not SO great as
Il had been represented by many pa
pers and magazines. He declared
that the white slave trade existed;
that Jewish girls and women were
sold into slavery sswithout their knowl.
edge. and the proud Jewish race Is
being tinged with vice and crime"
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