Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27

I active of which waa the Mansion
House Committee. Of London
| Meanwhile, the great burden which
the influx II immigration imposed
upon thZ jews Of America staggered
them. ! The Srly means of relief, il
was decflded. was the formation OF a
Hebrew EsQl rant Aid Society, and
this was aceOr dingly done Henry S.
| Henry was made president and julius
| Goldman secretary. The leading Jew
| ish merchants Of New YORK and other
cities were chosen as trustees of the
society.
| But, in response to the Urgent ap-
| peals of the homeless peop.e. an ex-
! perimental colony was founded N
! Cotopaxi, Col, composed Of perhaps
! seventeen families. The EXPENSE OF
this initial charity was scmethin 2
/ more than SO, 0e0.
Later colonies were formed snf-1
| tied on lands throughout the
| from the Dakotas in the Noi
! Louisiana in the South and from
/ Jersey in the East to California
the West. And one of the earlies
such groups WIS instituted or settl
on land in New Jersey-at VinelanW
! This became known far and wlda
! among the Jewish people as the Col
ony of Alliance.
|
! settled III the United States was on
| Sicily Island, in Louisiana This
! colony came directly from Russia and
! was made up of about sixty families.
| II was under the leadership of one
| Herman Rosenthal. a merchant Of
! some means, who had preceded his
! charges to this country. The Alliance
1srdelite UniVerselle assisted in the
/ undertaking
! In the first year the crops we're
/ good and the people were encouraged
In the second year the Hessian fly
! destroyed the wheat crops. Then
| came a disastrous drought. which
| killed all the live stock of the colon
| lists.
Then appeared that curse of the
| Northwest in the ''S0s,'' the land
mortgage agent. The people were
| obliged to mortgage their farms and
| of course these agents charged
| ruinous rates. Then the colonists
| for other scenes.
The Oldest Jewish colony today in
] the Northwest is the lola settlement,
at Devils Lake, Ramsey County.
| North Dakota
But the early history of these He
! brew colonization schemes may be
! called the storm and stress period II
/ their annals. for misfortune seemed
/ to follow the people wherever they
went
But in Southern New Jersey the
/ colonists had a better fate. The col
! onies of Alliance, Rosenhayn and
/ Carmel, not far from Philadelphia.
prospered and served as an example
4 to Jewish immigrants or to their
| leaders to observe the utmost caution
/ in the selection of sites
| The failure of SO many colonies had
a disastrous effect upon the people.
| and the Jewish merchants of the
United States again found it neces-
sary to come TO the rescue.
! Through the intervention of Oscar
s. Straus. philanthropist, diplomats.
and statesman. Baron de Hirsch,
foreseeing the important part the
/ United States was destined to play in
the regeneration of his people, offered
TO set aside fund of 81, 400, 900, tile
income of which WAS to be applied
to improving the condition of Jewish
immigrants driven from their homes
| through religious and political OPP
preston.
In 1891 the Baron de Hirsch fund
was Incorporated Then began that
revival of interest in the agricultural
movement for Russian Jews in this
country ana lhe SOilsl1 hStiNe WI r
of the managers of the fund has 50
established the settlements of immi-
grants that Jewish agriculture IL
this country has made notable pro-
gress.
I'VE care for our poor" said the
girl with glowing cheeks. She spoke
truly 1t is a lesson for the Gentils
with his oilletante social service and
his institutional church working, fh
outlet for the labor of those who arr
only too willing, but who are no.
regarded as desirable worshippers O
workers in fashionable sanctuaries-