The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-26

who to further their business interests
nave Joined the Russian church. These
people are ostracized by Russian as
wen as jew. and their money brings
them little pleasure.
Russia is a Jew country. for Of the
ll-O0O.OOO Of Jews who inhabit the
world over half are in the cars do
main. not from choice but because the
annexation OF Poland made them sub
Jects Of the Little Father" During
the middle ages Poland was the land
or refuge for the Hebrew race. Ac-
cOrdinB TO the laws of the land the
Jewish subjects must live within the
Iale, which comprises Poland and is
or tne adjoining provinces. limited
number, however. are permitted to live
outside the "Pale"-merchants who be
Ions to the Guild and who pay about
1880 for that privilege. This would not
De an eNorbltant tax were IL not for
the fact that the Jewish business man
is continually blackmailed by Russian
ofticials. for bleeding jew is always
legitimate in Russia. with all these
drawbacks some Of the finest shops.
bOth In MOSCOW and 81. Petersburg,
are kept by Jews and their beautiful
homes are ornaments to both these
cities. Those who have for rs years
served as soldiers may live outside the
Pale students OF high educational
institutions, apothecaries. dentists sur
geOns and midwives as well as skilled
artisans. are allowed to live In certain
sections. These walks Of life include
put small number Of persons for 1t
i
meet the requirements and qualifica-
tons of these classes to the satisfaction
Of the Russian government A thousand
and one obstacles are placed In the
way Of the applicant. For instance.
only 10 per cent Of the students Of q
university are allowed to be Of the
Jewish race and these are admitted only
after most rigid eXamination-sOrne
l thing not eNacted Of the Russian stu
I dents In some Of the best schools the
number allowed is from to 3 per cent.
] II he added That Tnrrrigh e tf
/ dents are sure to carry off the honOrs
/ II given any sort OF an oportunity TO
| compete with the Russian Despite all
] these stringent regulations to keep
them in ignorance the Jewish people
l on the whole receive n far better edu-
/ cation than the Russian peasant When
I the boys OF the Jewish families are be-
/ tween the age Of five and six years
| they are sent to the Chedar n sort OF
I private Jewish school Here the child
! studies until he Is of age. which in the
/ case Of the Russian Jew IS 10 years
| II his family is very poor the boy must
sometimes leave before that age and
I become apprenticei to a trade. Many Of
| the wealthiest Jews send their sons TO
/ England and Germany to be educated
and to learn the languages. for the
I study Of foreign languages in the Che
I dar has recently been forbidden by the
/ Gar. The girls are not so fortunate
unless they are OF rich parentaEe. in
/ which case they are educated at home.
I Even the poorest class are industrious.
/ and at Il are good housewives. besides
earning a few pennies by sewing or
making gloves, etc, for factories. Ihey
marry early life, often at 10. There
are few old maids among the Jews In
/ Russia and a mother is greatly distress
ed when she finds herself with an un
/ married daughter who is over 20 years
] Of age. The Satchem (the professional
] match-maker) is found all over Jewish
\ Russia His business Is TO bring to-
gether young couples who are suitable
/ for marriage. The father Of the bride
rrfF hnr q = n
| with the money the bridegroom is able
\ to furnish. For instance, n clerk will
/ sometimes require a dowry of two hun
I dred roubles. while matchmaker and
/ jeweler would receive six hundred rOu-
/ bles Cabout 5000. It is remarkable how
happily the marriages turn out, for d.
! vorces are few and the wife is help
/ to her husband in whatever walk Of
/ life they may live. She is somewhat
I OF a gossip but she makes a devoted
| mother. and her family is usually a
/ large one. In the smaller towns she
/ assists her husband In the shop ana
makes an excellent saleswOman.
The Jew. as 7 said before, isthe mer-
chant and manufacturer OF Russia The
greater part of wooden stuffs used in
Russia are from Jewish factories Cot
I ton and linen stuff, glass, iron' leath-
ler-in fact, the handling Of any line Of
goods for which there Is a market
comes under the Jews line Of work
He IS the money lender. too, Of the land,
land makes his money by doing busi-
ness with the poorer class. ne nus
sian aristocracy need not apply to him
unless they are willing TO leave valu-
able jewelry and plate as security.
Nicholas the Second Is liberal with MS
|ukases. and he is likely at any time
to order the members Of the aristocra-
cy to repudiate all debts to Jews that
bear interest higher than "a cents. So
the Jew money lender does not care Tor
aristocratic clientage.
Military service Is irlSsome to the
Jew. but serve he must. or pay contin-
ual hush money" However. 10000 OF
the race died in the defense Of Russia
while that country was at war with
Japan. and as mary more were wound
ed. soldiers pay is too small to at
tract a Jew. and Russia has done lit
tie to foster the patriotic spirit within
him. II he goes into the army, how
ever. you will find him a private sec
rotary TO some officer or drawing plans
and making maps. He IS more useful
20 Russia here than the Russian. be-
cause he is better educated. Here. too,
he is il1-treated, because he will be
required to do extra work for the Of
ficers. whose petty meanness crops out
when he offers the Jewish soldier a
piece OF pork in payment for the work
when he knows full well that the Jew
will not accept The Jewish soldier