The Denver Jewish news., 1920-07-07

] bnne appeared in the New York Anieri-
can and Chicago Herald and Examir-
er: 49,.
Prejudice and race hatred are dying.
hut slowly.
Race hatred resulting in murder
among ignorant peasants of eastern
: Europe does not surprise you.
But when rrice hatred taking Il new
lease of life in the Far West appears
in a weekly newspaper owned by Henry
Ford. one of the most useful citizens
In this country. you are surprised.
What cunning instigation persuades
Mr. Ford to- deal with subject hc
does not understand. to attack q race
of whose achievements and history he
is ignorant and to use the great in
fluence of his name and the slight in
flucnce of his newspaper harmfully?
Ford. presumably willing to learn,
should study with open mind. as he
studies gas engines and transportation.
the history of the Jewish people. A
book simply written is offered to his
attention, Jewish Contributions to
Civilization" written by Joseph Jacobs.
published in Philadelphia by the Jew
ish Publication Society vf America.
Jews are disliked because they have
been successful. In lines that have
i,cen open to them. not closed by hatred
and prejudice. they have been con-
querors.
World conqucrors have never been
liked by those that studied their eX-
eellence. From the Phoenicians of old,
Semitic people that led the world in
daring. to Yankee and japanese con-
uuerors of today. there has been no
love wasted on winners by those whom
they overcome.
Romans, Normans. Spaniards. Eng
lishmen Prussians, Goths, AIongols. i'll
their day of conquest we,c-never pop
lllar. 2. 80. q, = Z. 49, :
The Jews conquest in his own field
has run thru centuries, beginning more
than 1000 years before our era and
running up TO. this day. Every other
succe essful name that r-i sec in
great city is levi h name.
Jews. numbering less than per
cent of the earth's population. possess
by conquest enter'pri e. industry and
intelligence 20 per cent of the worlds
commercial success. They are disli'-ed
by those that seek excuse for failure
This does not arrly to Henry Ford.
who could buy. with perhaps two or
three exceptions. the richest Jew in
the world once every year and have
plenty lefts
Those that misrepresent Henry
Ford's real character and the historical
facts in Mr. Ford's weekly newspaper
are repeating what they have heard,
not what they know or believe.
Mr.. Ford should remember how he
himself has been ignorantly or ma
liciously attacked and hated. an
antidote to prejudice and lies handed
down thru centuries. There are here
offered to Ford and others a few facts.
You are told that Jews reap the har
vest of those that dare, that they do
not take risk on their own account
What about the Phocnicians? They
were of the Semitic race. They were
first TO sail from the Mediterranean
thru the Straits of Gibraltar. out into
The wild Atlantic
They were first to open the tin mines
of England. first daring explorers in
many lands.
They were first to navigate out of
sight of land. travelling n. night by the
stars they had no compass. risking
| shipwrecks. fog or cloudy weather.
Does that show lack OF enterprise or
physical courage?
Men ask. What have Jews con-
tributed to the intellect OF the world?'
man mind above others Homer.
Aesop's Fables and the Bible
The Jews wrote the Bible. and gave
Christianity TO the world. The mother
of Christ was Jewess, especially
chosen. undoubtedly. for nobility of
character and purity of soul.
That fact alone should make Christ
ians'' hesitate to condemn Jews in
discrminateIy.
Those that misrepresent Jews say
they are not creators in industry. that
they live by getting part of profit
produced by some one else. As well