Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-04-04

10 ulis country TO report TO the department of
Agriculture on the results of experiments in the
development for Industrial purposes of tba grow,
Ing OF wild wheat, which is found in profusion
IN the farming sections Of his native country
Since he has been here he has made ali extended
trip through California Arizona and Texas at the
request Of the agricultural department to intro
duce and direct experiments with the wheat in
those states.
1t was directly through the discovery by DR..
Aaronsohn OF wild wheat that the Jewish agri
cultural experiment station in Palestine was
founded He born and brought up in that
country, the of native farmer and after
receiving medical education he came to this
country to what reception he would have for
his theories that the cultivation and adoption of
the wheat for commercial purposes would tend
to cheaper foodstufs and render disable many
arid districts in the west where nothing could
grow before He was favorably received by the
federal agricultural authorities and on his trip
met the men who ultimately united to form the
station Of which he is the head. julius
Rosenwald of Chicago is president of the board
of directors of the station and members of it are
Oscar Straus, Paul M Warburg Isaac N Selig-
man and Jacob H. Schiff. The late Isidor Straus
was also afaliated with the organization and so
is Nathan Straus.
With a plan for the industrial betterment of
Palestine and its inhabitants Under way, natural
~ it became necessary to do something for the
physical alienation of the people themselves,
since it had been found that healthy men to do
the work were indispensable requirement
The rate Of mortality in the country was very
high and the general health of so low a standard
that it soon became evident that something must
be done to improve conditions If the agricultural
movement to be a success
At the time this need became most evident,
something than year ago. Nathan Stratus
was in Palestine on pleasure trip. He was ap-
pealed to- but at first declined to do anything in
that country, as he thought his first duty, from
humanitarian standpoint, to the poor and
the suffering of the United States. He consent
ed however to Investigate the situation person
ally and soon became so impressed with the con-
ditions that he assured those who had made the
appeal that he would do all in his power to re-
lieve them and would also solicit the aid OF his
numerous friends Since then his efforts have
been unrernitting and such improvements have
been introduced that Palestine in general and
Jerusalem In particular have become modernized
from q hygienic point OF view to an extent that
was not dreamed Of few years ago.
It was not only because of his personal expe-
rionce that Mr. Straus determined to lend his ala
IN palestine He believes that all members OF
tbe Jewish race owe peculiar duty and oblga-
hon to that country and that wherever feasible
No effort should be spared to civilize and bring
| Il 70 n position where 1t will bear comparison
9Th any other community In the civilized world.
| No sooner had Mr. Straus seen with his own
ewes the pitiful and sQualid conditions in Pales-
/ tine that so sadly needed relief than ne Win
the decision and generosity characteristic OF him,
| took immediate steps to correct them with the