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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1915-01-27

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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-12-24
THE JEW AS a FARMER
BY DR.. Mende Silber Editor The Jewish Ledger.


Rabba Papa, and others, are known
to have plowed on their farms and
preached to their flocks with equal
and eager consciousness.
When later on unkindly condi-
tons compelled the Jew to aban-
don his pet occupation, not that
agriculture had assumed higher
dignity among the nations, but be-
cause even this low labor was con-
sidered too good for him, it was with
regret and reluctance that he took
to trading. But, though he had been
deprived of the means of farming,
his desire for it did not diminish
nor his skill cease. He still hoped
and hungered for it; his codifers
still outlined the laws belonging to
land; in his prayers he included
the permission to plow and plant in
peace; in his festivals he again lived
his former life of the farmer.
And the Jew did also more than
merely think and speak Of farming,
simply yearn and wish, pray and
hope for agricultural life. Regard
less of restrictions, many found
ways and means to engage in these
pursuits of preference. In the early
middle ages he produced most of the
wine that was exported from
France, Italy, and Portugal, while
in Spain he was indeed the chief
agriculturist, planting, among other
things, mulberry trees and develop
ing an immense silk industry. That
the numerous explosions and ex-
ploitations of the Jew only too often
succeeded in robbing him of this la
Dor of love, goes without saying.
But in Oriental countries, where
money-lending, merchandise, and
migration have been less enforced
upon him, he has always adhered to
husbandry. So constant and con-
scientious. in fact, have his agricul
tural pursuits been in those coun-
tries, that in Abyssinia and Koordi-
stan, where the Jews have always
engaged in farming, the old Biblical
law of leaving "the corners of the
fields and vineyards to the widow
and the orphans" has been preserved
and practiced to this day,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-12-24


For the seventh time the FEEDER
alton of Jewish Farmers Of America
assembled in annual convention at
New York last week, and for the
seventh time, in the history of the
organization, did it help to dispel
the popular notion that Jew and
Farmer are incompatible terms. It
is sad to think, however, that Jewish
capability along the lines of agricul-
ture should ever be a matter of
doubt and denial. There is, per-
haps, no people that might be SO
truly termed "agriculturap' as Is
rael. The moral significance of hus-
bandry, which has not been under
stood by other peoples until recent
years, was already grasped and
taught by the Jews in Biblical and
past-Biblical times. While in Greece
and Rome the cultivation of the soil
was not deemed worthy of a free
mans time and was, therefore,
largely left in the hands of slaves,
while the leading thinkers of an
tiquity, Plato and Aristotle, (Plu
tarch's Life of Lycurgus, l ivy held
that no citizenship should be grant
ed to the tiller of the soil, the Jew
traced his tradition of patriarchs and
prophets, Of leaders and law-givers,
to agriculturists. The Mosaic code is
intimately and inseparably bound up
with the farmers life. The visions
Of the prophets center in return to
the soil. The Bible in it's COM
mandatory and prohibitory laws, in
its threats and promises, in its
curses and blessings, has primarily
a pastoral people in view.
The love for agriculture thus in
grained in the Jew by teaching and
tradition was increased and intensi-
fled in Talmudic times, when some
of the academies were closed during
the harvest months and many of the
leading rabbis divided their time be-
tween tilling the soil and teaching
the Scriptures. The most prominent
teachers of that period, like the Rab-
bis Eliezer, Eliezer ben Hyrkanos,
Eliezer ben Azariah, Judah ben
Shamua, Simon Of Mizpa, Gamliel,
Ishmael, Samuel, Huna, Abaya,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-12-24
St. Paul and Minneapolis December "a, 1915.

A still clearer idea may be gained
Of the Jews knack and knowledge
of agriculture from the fact that in
Russia, where it is not over a CEN
fury since farming was in any way
made possible and permissible for
the Jew, in spite also of the many
obstacles that have SO often been
placed in his path, there are some
three hundred Jewish colonies in
which over one hundred thousand of
our people earn their bread by "the
sweat of their brow Equally i'm
portant is it that in Palestine where
Jewish colonization has only been
carried on for one generation, we
have thirtyseven colonies which
previous to the war sent their prod
ucts all over the world. Of still
more recent origin, dating, in fact,
but few years back, is the Jewish
colonization in Argentine and Cana
ola, where, despite the destructive
processes of drought and famine in
the former and the exorbitant prices
of implements in the latter, over
twenty thousand agriculturists are
today settled, quite comfortable, and
are fairly prosperous.
The best proof, however, of the
Jews aptitude and achievement
along the lines Of agriculture is fur
nished by his history in this coun-
try. Already in the sixteenth cen
fury he was here among the pioneers
of agriculture. While one, Louis de
Torres, introduced tobacco into use
for civilized mankind, others trans
planted the sugar-cane from Ma
deira to Brazil, where the sugar in
dustry was for long time left en-
tirely in their hands, By the Jew
was imported the vine and silk cul
ture from Portugal to America,
while he also engaged in the pro-
duction of indigo, rice, corn and to-
bacco, and was in many parts of the
South the sole owner and operator
of cotton plantations. And, although
colonization on large scale was not
possible nor practicable in this
country on account of the compara-
lively small Jewish population,
since 1881, when the first great in
flux of Jewish immigrants fleeing
from Russian barbarism and bes-
tiality was received Hospitality on
our shores, Jewish colonies have
sprung up in practically every State
of the Union, all of which exhibit
clearly and Enthusiastically the Jews
inherited love and longing for
agriculture.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-21
Commuters Fade Away as Lists
are Examined.
More slaton-Haas-Rosser Frauds.


Gentiles who are conscientiously opposed to
capital punishment; Gentiles who had been
misled as to the evidence; Roman Catholics,
who were rejolced to slap at anything Wat
son favored, and to favor anything he OPP
posed; hired men, lawyers more OK less con-
nected with Frank lawyers; John Gu ant, c.
T. Ladson, Bishop or two; and damaged
lot of Doctors Of Divinity-such as Wilmer,
Jake White, and the ever ready John E.
The following anal ytical letter is interest
ing:
Atlanta, Ca, Sept 80, 1915.
Dear Sir: John Grants hired man claims to
publish 10000 names as petitioners for the
mutation of Leo Frank
By actual count there are 6,703. Of this num-
Der find repetitions and errors follows:
l. Names repeated under the same head. For
instance, list from Jesup, Ca, contains 1O2 names
Of this number two names are listed three times
and twenty-four names listed twice, cutting the
actual number to "A.
2. Names shifted to different heads For in
stance, list headed Dalton, Ca. contains nine
names, of which six are repeated under the list
headed Whitfield county.
3. Names of firms followed by names Of ind-
vidual members Of the firms.
4. Forgeries, plainly visible to any one who
cares to study the list. Certain names run
through the entire list.
Williamson Ca (if you know where it is, L
don t., is credited with IT'S names
Allowing for all the above named errors,
carefully figure that rs per cent Of the names
should be stricken out.
This would leave .................. 6703
Less 25 per cent .................. 1876
Just half of the number claimed 49,. 5o27
Now deduct so per cent Jews ........ 2,513
Gentles ................... 2,5l4
Augusta population 41,040), has list of III.
Not many Williamson, Ca, 155.
Marietta Ga, population, 5000, three names;
Fitzgerald Ca, population, 5000, 1 name; Can
ton, Ca population, 1850, name Babcock,
Ca, name, and it repeated to make two.
Very truly,
AS The Jeffersonian has already shown,
the Gainesville list was forged, no such peo-
pie being known in Habersham County.
The MOntezuma list had the name of one
man, a Jew, the others being women and chill
dren all Jews, and two Of them only Z years
old
(Why didn't they let the babies make their
marks?)
The East Point list was forged and fcti-
tious, with the exception of one woman, who
works for an Atlanta Jew.
The West Point list was partly forged and
partly Albanian.
BY way of further proof of the fraudulent
manner in which the Commuters lists were
made, give you the following:
Carrollton, Ca Oct A. 1915
Dear Sir: I beg to say that on September %,
1915, they published list of the names from
Carrollton, who supposed to have requested
that the sentence of Leo NJ. Frank be committed
to life Imprisonment, and in that my name APP
pears. / want to say that / have never signed
any such list, never such petition in my
life, and have authorized anyone to sign
for me. The put there without my
knowledge, consent or authority, and | will GER
tainly appreciate it if you will state this for me
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-21

Mr. Boyl1in is member Of the 1aw-frm Of
Boykin & Robinson, and it gives me pleasure
to set him right
Mr. t. M. Cellars of Granville, Ga, wrote
respectful letter to John Grants hired man,
calling his attention to the padded or errone-
Gus list Of Commuters from that vicinity
There are about /, 800 people in Granville,
and the commuters showed up so strong; but
Mr.. cellars, who has always lived there, and
who knows nearly everybody in that vicin-
ity, wrote to Grants hired man that only
seven of those fifty names were genuine.
Instead of being courteously answered
Mr.. Cellars was insulted, as the following
remonstrance will show.
Dear Sir: In acknowledging receipt of yours
of the 1st, and in reply frank to state that 1
am very much surprised at it's contents, coming
from one who holds such responsible position
yourself
One who is capable of doing so much good by
presenting the truth to your subscribers
the contrary doing so serious damage to inno-
cent communities by publishing falsehoods
even not consentng to correct them when your
attention has been called to it.
| noticed in your columns the mistake of the
names of petitioners from community and
simply meant in friendly way to call your at
tention to the fact that this petition had been
stuffed a typographical error had occurred,
and | satisfied that one holding so response
bic position yourself should be broad enough
and generous enough to gladly correct any mis-
take published, but the contrary you have
replied by simply stating that you copied the
records from the executive department without
even looking into their genuineness, but pro-
ceeded to ridicule Tom Watson and others whose
names had not been mentioned or suggested in
my letter to you.
Such arguments as these tend to convince the
public that it is you, and not Tom Watson, who is
classifying and trying to deceive the people.
For the life Of me cannot see how who
nOldS important position
be so bold as to try and mislead the public by
printing Inaccuracies that you decline to correct
when your attention is called to it,
However, this is your business PERHAPS ard
not mine, but am confident that you, too, will
get your just deserts at the end
Yours very truly,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-21
PAGE -FOUR
THE JEFFERSONIAN
A Last Effort TO Keep the Farmer
Out OF a Trap.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE.)

cents. are now Delly-acnlng because the gov
eminent won't order England's fleet off the
ocean, so that the gamblers can take their
6 cent cotton to Germany and get As cents
for it.
What sympathy did the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce show for the farmer last year?
None.
What effort did it make to aid him?
None.
What word did it say in his behalf?
NONE.
They never rested until the gamblers had
loaded up with cotton, at. $50 bale, which
the government insured for $40, after having
loaned the money with which 1t was bought.
These are the patriots who import John
NcLaurln from South Carolina, to hypno-
TIE our leaders. and frame bill that will
suit Joe McCord, Henry McCord, c. J.
Jieden. IT. Z, Stoclbridge and James D.
Price.
What is the secret of John McLaurin's
sudden interest in the farmers of Georgia?
Personality I have nothing against Nc
I1urin but lie has been shown to be the same
,"3t Of corporation and Standard Oil man
tAal Daiy. Sibley and Foraker were shown
to be.
Whom does NIcLaurin represent, when he
comes into Georgia to make speeches and
lame laws for warehouses?
Who IS paying Aine for his time, his travel
Ing expenses and his services?
WHOM is HE WORKING FOR?
/ deeply regret that Governor Harris was
persuaded TO put the warehouse bill on the
program for the extra session.
fail to see how it can be classed as
emergency" legislation.
There is 10 demand for it among the peo-
PIE.
There has been no discussion of it before
the people. It comes upon us suddenly from
the womb of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
11elce. Just as that new tax-law did.
There are enough warehouses to store all
the cotton and / haven't heard any COM
Ilaints against warehouse charges for
storage.
The complaint is about the difficulty of
getting loans, and the high rates of interest
charged.
Ticyc is rhere the shoe pinchcs.
This proposed new system is a bankers
Trick.
It is q trap, to catch the farmer.
It is meant to preserve and legallze the
mcuoDolv enioved by the National banks, and
as fraudulent substitute for the government
loans which the democratic party promised
The emergency" is political; next year is
Presidential election year, and Wilson wants
another term.
TO head off the farmers and deprecate the
wrath to come, their leaders have been Sc
duced into an acceptance of state loan
system.
If such a system is created at the appar-
ent request of the farmers, the tricky politl-
clans can say, next year-'we meant to give
you what we promised, but you went and
accepted another plan"
Once more, warn the leaders of the farm
ers, that if they allow themselves switched off,
IL j 1rnth nnlr on
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-21

Read Foreign Missions Exposed, by Thos.
e. Watson. Beautifully printed. Profusely
illustrated. Price 80 cents The Jeffersonian
Publishing Co., Thomson. Ga.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25

some acquainances with some comic
"cut ups for which l. had peculiar
talent. lived then at GAINESVILLE,
Ohio. was about to leave for home
next day when Hoyt called. To make
a long story short, he put me in his
play "a Hole in the Ground" He
was in Columbus rehearsing for the
opening.
l remember that Hoyt was taken
into the Elks lodge in Columbus the
night before we opened. Flora Walsh
was Hoyt's leading woman and he
married Flora on July 25. 1887. She
was seventeen on July Gath and Hoyt
was twenty-seven on July 26 and they
selected the day between for the we'd
ding day. Charlie Reed, an old min
strel man, Fannie Stevens and I were
at the wedding, which occurred at
Charleston, N. Y.
"a Bunch of Keys" Hoyt's first sue
cess was suggested by Willie Edowin
who in later years starred in Flora
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25

Otis Harlan, King Of Am
erican Comedians, Writes
of the Personal Side of
Charles Hoyt, Playwright
~

an idea and it was wonderful how he
would enlarge it. Every time Hoyt
told his idea he had some new comedy
interest and he built up his plays by
telling it over and over again. He
would then sit down and write an en-
tire show in two or three days for ne
had all the construction in his mind.
N Iihave seen Hoyt sit in our Pull
man sleeper, even in the day time,
with the window shade drawn down
over his head, looking out, but seeing
nothing but the funny ideas that were
tumbling out of his fertile brain. He
was undoubtedly the most prolific and
most successful playwright that
American has ever known. He wrote
all of his manuscripts in long hand.
later having them typewriter.
Hoyt was a man difficult to ap-
proach. His most intimate friends
never called him Charlie" AS man
he was cold and reserved Frank Mo
Kee, his partner, even called him "Mr.
Hoyt." He was also most economical
with the pay roll. For three years
drew $25 weekly. He liked to split
the difference in salaries as for ex
ample: One actor demanded $4(
weekly and got $35, another asked fol
| $35 and got $3.50. But outside bust
ness hours, in the cafe or the dining
room, he corralled all checks. II
business he was close, in social lift
unusually liberal.
| Flora Walsh. loved by everyone
died in Boston while we were playinl
"A Texas Steer" Hoyt's second wife
Caroline Miskel Hoyt, died in New
York city. while we were playing u
Day and Night"
Poor Charles Hoyt died at Charles
ton, N. H., in November, 1900. Gov
ernor Rollins Of New Hampshire ha
been petitioned to investigate hi
case by the people who asser
ed that Hoyt was not insane. bu
was being kept in charge for som
Interior purpose. had called upo
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25

the end of you. You will never grow
up if you are not careful"
Bantam Rooster came out from I'M
der the bush looking very foolish, but
Peep ran after him.
Bantam Rooster" he called, 1--WE
fooled you, didn't we? You thought it
was worm, but We knew all the time
it was piece of elastic"
at never would do for him to think
we didn't know the difference" PEEP
told Fluff; "he would tell it all over
the barnyard and everybody would
make fun of u.s."
al think we better stick to mother
a while longer" said Fluff; "but We
will try to learn how to scratch fol
worms, so that next time we run avail
1--we can bring back real one"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25
The Cup That Cheers
BY FLORENCE E. IODER

little tea shops which abound in the
The Champs Elysees and Bots de
Boulogne in Paris present scene of
great livelines round half past four in
the afternoon in spring and summer.
and even autumn. For the gay
Parisiennes sally forth to meet their
acquaintance at that hour, and gather
round the quaint little tea tables UNI
der the trees for talk and refreshment.
AS far back as 1860, people knew SO
little about tea that when packet
was sent them without directions for
making, they were more likely than
not to boil it like a vegetable and
throw the liquid away.
One lady, asking a friend who had
been in China, and who therefore was
presumably supposed to understand
the workings of the beverage, for di
rections, was told to pour boiling wa
ter on the leaves, repeat the Sis
Psalm very leisurely, and the tea viii
be ready to drink"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25

DORA" Hoyt never got cent OF roy
atty for writing the play.
"A Parlor Match was developed by
Hoyt from an old skit called THE
Book Agent" This .skit belonged to
Evans & Hoey. The first real finan-
cial success that fIoyt enjoyed was
his play "a Rag Baby" He had writ
ten a piece called "Cezella," founded
on a mythical patent medicine. II
was never produced right and 1t be-
came the theme for the last play Hoyt
ever wrote. "A Dog in Manger."
In 1884 Hoyt wrote "A Case OF
Wine, which was played in Texas by
Charles Bishop. "A Case of Wine"
later uroyed the foundation for Hoyt's
NAV IA Texas Steer" recently filmed
with great success by the Selig Poly
scope company.
While we were playing "a Hole IN
the Ground" opening September H.
1887. in the Fourteenth Street theater'
New York city (my first appearance
in New York city as an actor, Hoyt
started writing "a Midnight BELL
which was first produced in frisco ny
L r. Stockwen in his stock company
Hoyt saw its possibilities and tnen
produced it in the East.
Charles Hoyt had q way OF writing
about his players personality and !, y
\ was while "a Hole in the GROUND
was ON the boards that he wrote .
Brass Monkey" and put me in to .o'
the song "Razzle Dazzle The writel
of this song, VIM. Barton, was .
uleased that he made me a present 2
the song "The Wild Man OF Borneo'
which we did in "a Brass Monkey.
Hoyt always produced his piece
for two weeks in the spring aroun'
\ New England. then remained for
week In Jersey City. then closed 70
Me summer. almost ready TO produc
~ piece without change in the fa.
" alterations in the plot he woul
e in the summer months
|vt has an unusual method q q
ing bis p1>y1 fie Touia peg
cling - q |asse 5r'snoe s2S y
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25

Hoyt previously and knew that he was
not in his right mind. / have seen
him shave himself, in his later years,
while wearing a hat and overcoat In
sultry weather. He was undoubtedly
losing his mind for several years be-
fore anyone appreciated the fact. He
had a horror of the 'fleur de lis. Did
he spy the device at any time or
place he would beat hasty retreat.
He could be very sarcastic at times.
Hoyt had great fund Of stories and
his humor was wonderful. Everything
seemed to strike his funny side. Even
the names of his characters were
studies in true humor.
"A Trip to Chinatown" was Hoyt's
first failure. 1t failed to make any
money on its preliminary presenta'
ton. Hoyt took the show to New
York \ city, engaged the Madison
Square Garden, put in a good cast and
| it went over and was the biggest hit
he ever had. Society had never seen
that class of stuff in those days.
There is no case on record where
Hoyt ever wrote play for star. Ht
didn't like to write for people he die
not know well. He started "A Blaci
Sheep" for William Hoey and will
| reluctance. Before the contracts wer'
signed there was a hitch and Hoy
tore up the contract. Then he sen
for me. He told Mckee in my pres
ence that he would rather write tn
play around my personality. =
! Black Sheep" was great success.
"A Contented Woman was writte
for his wife. 1t Is as up-to-date toda
as 1t was years ago, for it deals wit
suffragettes. You have perhaps M
ticed that all Of the Hoyt's comedie
start with "a" 1t was Just anothe
one Of his peculiarities.
| 1t is worthy OF notice that one
the Hoyt plays "A Black Sheep" !
| which achieved one Of my biggeI
hits as an actor. is to be released 9
o 6eliE Red Seal Play. Little did
boli@ ehso Acting = thu coned
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-25

ing at each other, Peep holding some
thing in his bill and Bantam Rooster
holding something in his.
"What is the matter and where have
yoh two chicks been?" asked Mrs.
White Hen.
I'VE found new worm explained
Fluff, "and Bantam Rooster tried to
take it from us and then he pushed
us over"
Mrs. White Hen pecked at the
something Peep still held in MS
mouth, whiel Bantam Rooster ran I'M
der the bush with his prize.
"You silly chicks!" said their moth
err, "this isn't a worm at all; it is a
piece of elastic! You stay close to me
or you will eat something that VIII
stick in your threats, and that will be