The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
THE JEW A MIGHTY FORCE
HERE AND IN ENGLAND HE HAS
SHOWN HIS GREAT POWER.
Has Fought His Way to Seat at
Our Council Table. Occupies EX-
nItnd POSITIONS in Education.

Our Council Table. Occupies EX-
allied Positions in Education.
There is something eternal about
the Jew. He is a mighty force in the
world today. SO was he yesterday
that long yesterday that stretches
back to the gray dawn of humanity.
And so will he apparently be tomor-
row-the tomorrow that will fade
into twilight only when the race of
man is being prepared for its end.
The Jew of today is the mighty
force he is in the world only because
he has demonstrated in competitive
struggle that he possesses power. He
has a seat at our council table be-
cause he has fought his way into the
house. We accept no other certiti-
cate to a seat at this table. There
fore we have in the United States,
as large factors in our affairs, Jews
like Oscar S. Strauss, Dr.. Felix Ad-
Ter, Jacob H, Schiff, James Speyer,
Isaac n. Seligman and Isador Ray
nor.
Oscar S. Struss, former secretary
of commerce and labor is best
known as a man in whom ability
and fidelity are so blended that three
presidents of the United States, rep
resenting the two great political par
ties, have honored him by appointing
him to important public positions.
Mr.. Cleveland first named him minis
ter to Turkey. And so ably and
faithfully did Mr. Strauss perform
the duties of his office that Mr.. Nc
KinIey urged him to remain at the
court of the sultan. And Mr.. Roose-
welt completed this series of non
partisan presidential appointments
" inviting Mr. Strauss to become a
member of the cabinet. incidentally
Mr.. Strauss is a member of the in
ternational court of arbitration of
The Hague.
Capacity for public service seems |
to run in the Strauss family Nathan !
Strauss has saved the Ives of thous- |
ands Of New York babies by furnish |
ing pure milk to the poor, while |
Isador. another brother, made rep
utation in congress as an advocate |
of tariff reform.
OF another kind of public service |
Dr. Felix Adler has given much. His
work for the community takes the |
form of advancement of its moral
and educational interests. Thirty |
years ago he founded the New York |
Society for Ethical culture. /
In the field of finance the names
of Jacob H. Schiff, James Speyer and |
Isaac N. Seligman are conspicuous,
while two representatives of the
race. Isador Raynor from Maryland |
and Simon Guggenheim from Colo
RADIO. hold seats in the United States
senate.
The Jews occupy exalted positions !
in the great educational institutions |
of the world. Ranking among the |
highest in American college faculties
are Gross of Harvard, Morris Loeb
of New York University; Morris Jas
trow of Pennsylvania, Seligman,
Boas and Gottheil of Columbia, and
Hollander of Johns Hopkins.
In England the Jew may be found
at the front in every walk of life,
although it was not until 1888 that
a Jew could be lawyer in that coun-
try Only since 1916 was it eligible
for him to be an alderman or may
or. and only since 1853 could he hold
a seat in parliament How well the
Jews of England have awaited them
selves Of these rights may be under
stood when the fact is recalled that
Rothschild in 1855 became mem
Der of the house of lords, that five
Jews have since been lord mayor Of
London, and that Disraeli entered
parliament and afterward became
the greatest prime minister of Eng
land since the days of Pitt.