Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
AIDING sufferers
Jews Raise Millions For Their
Stricken Brethren.
POUR OUT A GOLDEN STREAM.

Julius RosenwaId of Chicago Has
Pledged Himself to Give 10 Per Cent
on All Moneys That Are Contributed
In Amounts of 100000, Up to s1o,-
100000.
Chicago.-"Many great meetings have
been held throughout the land at which
the most noted orators of the Jewish
race have raised their voices in behalf
of the suffering millions of their breth-
ren across the sea-" says "American
Jews and the War;" by John W.
Schmidt and Cromwell Childe. Thou
sands of dollars have resulted from
each of these meetings. Chicago, Kan
sas City, Philadelphia, st. Louis, Bos-
ton, San Francisco, Los Angeles-east
and west, north and south-wherever
large numbers Of Jews are to be found.
the answer has been the same. And In
the towns and villages and In the coun-
tryside there have been smaller meet
ings. but in each case the story has
been no different-money poured out
spontaneously wherever the message
has reached. Rich and poor Jews,
stirred to pity, have needed the call OF
the war sufferers the book says. "Ju-
Illus Rosenwald Of Chicago has pledged
himself to give 10 per cent on all the
moneys contributed by the rest OF
American Jewry up to Nov. J, 1917, In
amounts Of 100000 collected. up to-
$1O,00O,OO0." The book goes on:
within little more than q. month
from the date of Mr.. Rosenwald's offer
American Jewry was ready to claim
100000 of the amount he pledged as,
an individual. with little doubt remain
ing that long before the time limit he.
has fixed his whole contribution Of
$1,000,0O0 will have been called for.
"We marvel at what has been done.
We marvel still more at what it is pro-
posed to do. We realize it is one thing
to set afire by spirited words and
phrases that come direct from the
heart auditoriums filed with excited,
sympathetic people whose blood leaps
in their veins; quite another to turn
into millions of money these sympa-
thies and tears.
ut is in saving cost the Jew of
America who has been aidiaG his CO.
religionist abroad has exce!lud all his
compeers. Day by day Tor more than
two years now he has been causing
| money to come in one continuous flow
for his relief funds, checks. big and
little; the cash contributions Of the
small business man down even to the
| dime, the nickel, the penny. Of the
| 'greenhorn' operator at a machine,
the Yiddisher lately landed here, who
can speak scarcely any English, yet
who dribbles in his little payment ey-
cry week.
This collecting Of millions at cost
! per million of practically nothing has
| been the American Jews biggest
/ achievement. He had to deal with a,
| people like no other in the world-ati
! one moment emotional, fearful, excited,
| ready to empty pockets. give jewels,
make out checks; the next cool, col
lected, calculating. More than this, he
had many an element to handle, the
millionaire, the multimillionaire, grown
rich in America, now fully American
lied; the people striving to cct to the
top with good start, ;hougli still not
rich, ardent American all n great
group Of orthodox, proSnerou:. vet still
supporting the old faitL. Of Loses in
every detail, and the, Foreigner not
yet real American. filing the poorer
quarters of score Of american cities.
The way 1t has been done has COM
PEELED the admiration of every non-Jew
who has been permitted glimpse Of
the operation"