The Red Cloud chief., 1913-04-03

10 this country 10 report TO the department OF
agriculture on the results OF experiments In the
development for industrial purposes OF the 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 an extended
trip through California, Arizona and Texas ut 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 ugri,
cultural experiment station in Palestine
founded He born and brought up in that
country. the son of q native farmer. and after
receiving q 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 foodstuRs and render usable many
arid districts In the west where nothing could
grow before. He was favorably received by the
federal agricultural authorities and his trip
met the men who ultimately united to form the
station Of which he is now the head. Julius
Rosenwald OF Chicago Is president OF the board
OF directors Of the station and members of 1t
Oscar straus Paul NJ. Warburg. Isaac N Selig.
man and Jacob II. schin The late Isidor Straus
was also afnliated with the organization. and
is Nathan Straus
With q plan for the industrial betterment Of
Palestine and its Inhabitants under way. natural.
ly It became necessary to do something for the
physical alleviation OF the people themselves.
since It had been found that healthy men to do
the work were an 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 II the agricultural
movement was to be success.
At the time this need became most evident
something more than year ago. Nathan Straus
was In Palestine Q pleasure trip. He was ap
pealed to- but ut hrst declined to do anything In
that country 40 he thought his hrst duty, from
q humanitarian standpoint was 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'
lsve them and would also solicit the aid of his
numerous friends. Since then his efforts have
been unremitting and such improvements have
been introduced that Palestine In general and
Jerusalem in particular have become modernized
from hygienic point OF view to an extent that
was not dreamed Of q few years ago.
It was not only because OF his personal expe-
rience that Mr.. Straus determined to lend his aid
in Palestine. He believes that all members OF
the Jewish race owe a peculiar duty and obliga'
tion to that country and that wherever feasible
no effort should be spared to civilize and bring
It to q position where 1t will bear comparison
with any other community In the civilized world
No sooner had Mr.. Straus with his own
eyes the ptiful and squalid conditions In Pales.
tine that so sadly needed relief than he with
the decision and generosity characteristic Of him.
took immediate steps to correct them. With the