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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
PURPOSE OF NEW BODY is TO
KEEP STATE PRODUCT AT
FAIR VALUE.
COMMITTEE WILL SIT DAILY
Function of Committee Is Not To
Raise Prices of Sugar But To
Keep Prices From Falling To
a Runous Level.

New Orleans.-The first schedule
OF minimum prices at which the Su
gar manufacturers Of the state should
sell hteir product was announced re-
Gently by the Central Advisory Com
mittee OF the American Cane Grow,
ers' Association. The prices quoted
| by the committee in kilograms sent
to l75 sugar planters and mnaufactu.
rers nj the state follow:
Plantation graduated, 8 IL cents,
less 2 per cent; off plantation granu-
lated, not exceeding twenty points
lower; white clarified, 5 "a cents net;
choice yellow clarified, 8 1-2 cents
net; prime yellow clarified, 5 cents;
of yellow clarified, not more than fif-
ty points below prime yellow clari-
fed; washed raw sugar, forty points
above IS test raws, 96 test raws, at
New York quotations as basis. The
New York quotations on Sc test raws
recently was 6 1-2 cents.
All prices are based on New Or
leans freight rates.
The Central Advisory Committee. #
was announced by William H. Chat
fe, secretary OF the American Cane
Growers Association, will sit daily
for consideration fprices mad wire
their findings to the sugar planters
and manufacturers. The prices an,
nounced by the committee will be
posted daily in the Sugar Exchange.
The Central Advisory Committee is
composed Of ninteen members, rep.
resenting besides the sugar planters,
the manufacturer, city and state
banks and New Orleans agents and
factors.
According to Mr. Chaffe, practical.
ly every sugar planter and manufac-
turer in the state has signed the con.
tract, agreeing to abide by the find.
ings Of the Central Advisory Commit.
tee. Those who have not actually
signed tn contract, said MIR. Chaffe,
have declared they would sell no SUI.
gar before getting in touch with the
committee.
The announced function of the Cen.
trail Advisory Committee is not 10 at.
tempt to raise the prcie Of sugar, but
to keep prices from falling to a ruin.
GUS level. Its creation, it is said, was
made necessary because of the sud. |
den and great decline in the price Of
sugar. The duties of the committee
Is I oascertain from day to day the |
actual value of granulated sugar and
general market conditions, and from
these determine what is a fair price |
per pound for raws, clarifeds and |
plantatino granultaed sugars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
OF SUCH THINGS ARE DREAMS
Remarks That Might Well Be cIassed
Under the Head Of Impossible
Paragraphs"

"What! Only 81 for a steak with
potatoes? Well, l must say that is
very reasonable! Here, waiter take
this $40 and keep the change"
"Spifkins, the boss says you can
have q two months vacation with pay,
instead of the usual two weeks. And
ne wants me to notify you that he will
pay all expenses"
"Stay out as late as you please, dear
and have a good time. A married
man is entitled to jump the fence once
In while"
"Dear Sir: We want you to try our
new brand of graduated sugar and
beg you to accept a ten-pound sample
free Of charge"
isn't this near.beer delicious? I
think 1t is much superior to real beer.
don't your"
"COme on down to my house, Jim,
and I'll give you case Of whisky. I've
got more than l can use myself."-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
THE BEST YET,

If you have never used Vacher- Balm,
you don't know how quickly and pleas
antly cold in the head, or soreness
anywhere can be relieved by this harm
less remedy.
ASK your druggist, or send for free
sample, to E. w. Vacher, inc, New Or
leans, La.
Avoid limitations, Nothing is "just
as good."-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
Cruelty.

There are many queer crimes COM
mitted in war time. An Australian
gunner was cOurt-martiaIed in 1915 on
the charge:
What he did, to the prejudice of
good order and military discipline. at
Serapeum, Egypt, tether a piece Of
cheese to stake in the grOund.-New
York Independent
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
Rackhand Commitment

Proud Parent-What do you think
Of the baby? They say he looks like
me.
Truthful Friend-That is tough
inheritance for the poor child to face
the future.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
No One Said.

They were watching the baseball
scoreboard in front of the News office
They might have been well up OF
their duties as voters but it was evi
dent they did not understand the work
ings of the board.
Finally one said: whats the score
Nellie, do you know?"
Nellie replied:
NO, | don't, dearie. I haven't heard
anybody say."-Indianapolls News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
NOTHING Like X.

That chap is a humorous writer
isn't hep"
Not at all. He writes Jokes for the
funny papers,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
Giriie's Fine Philosophy

The dear girl who was struggling
against the sharp northwest wind to
maintain approximately the eleven
inches between gown and shoe sole,
ordained by the dressmaker, told US
confidentfally that 1t was short
skirt but merry one.-Grand Rapids
Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27

"A London policeman is not permit
fed to marry without the approval Of
his superior.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27

The diScontented man finds no EASY
chair,-Franklin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27

1t is an odd fact that musicians are
more liable to color-blindness than any
other class or profession.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
SETTING Him Rinht.

He-"Darling, l dream of you as
my own" She-"But dreams, YOU
know, go by contraries."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27
The Acme.

knicker-Is Jones Insignificant
BOcker-SO obscure he can change
his party without anybody caring.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27

Distrust is the mother of security
La Fontalne.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27

Wnen you have decided that the worms
~ III Ispeworm must be exterminated, get
LEAD Shot"-Dr Peery's Vermifuge Ore
oose Will clean them all out-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-27

A grumbler is the fly in life's oint-
ment.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
REASONS FOR NOT GIVING.

One of our well-known "Genossen"
(Jewish Socialists of Minneapolis,
an otherwise estimable young man
and member of the bar, when ap-
preached about contribution to the
Restoration Fund, gave the follow
ing reasons for his refusal:
81. Against my convictions.
2. Opposed to taking land from
holders thereof.
3. Impossible undertaking.
4. Will increase massacres and
hatred to Jews.
5. Do not believe in countries Gre
ated by bayonet and for altruistic
and imperialistic English designs.
6. The Jew is not fitted for the
climate and conditions.
z. Will not agree to help my
friends and relatives to be shipped
into a malarial and wild country"
We do not believe that the gentle
man has exhausted all the reasons for
not giving. We wish to add the fol-
lowing to make them a round dozen:
8. Palestine is too near Egypt, and
the Jews who banker after the flesh
pots of Egypt may take notion to
return there.
with the English, since they claim to
be the descendants of the Ten Tribes
with whom we have not been on
good terms since Jeroboam, and they
are lost anyway.
10. We, the Genossen, are all Pro-
hibitionists, while wine and cognac
are among the chief products of Pal
estine.
H.. In Palestine they observe only
one day Yom Tow, while we, the Cen
essen, insist on two.
IL. If we, the Genossen, go to Pal
estine, who will save America?
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
SHAKESPEARE's SHYLOCK.

MENTOR" the versatile and ICON
oclastic editorial contributor to the
London Jewish Chronicle, in discuss
ing commercially the recent imper-
sonation and Interpretation of Shy
lock by the Jewish actor, Moscovitch,
concludes that Shakespeare's object
in drawing the character of Shylock
as well as of the other leading drama
tbs personae of the Merchant of
Venice was to show the evil of ex-
tremism, of exaggerated accentuation
of ideas, of carrying any desire, i'm
pulse, or tendency to excess. That,
according to him, is the case with
Shylock. To quote "Mentor's'' own
words: "We find the Jew with his SUI
preme idea-the essentially Jewish
idea-of Justice. We find the Jew
cleverly perceiving the chink in the
armor of his adversary. We see the
Jew-in obedience to the Jews domes-
tic affection-loving his daughter de-
votedly, fondly. We see the Jew
thrifty and saving. We see the Jew
claiming his rights upon his bond,
refusing to go outside the ambit Of
the written document. We see the
Jew willing to take no small risk of
losing his money so that he shall
place his old competitor-the man
who had "blacklegged" the money
lending business under obligation to
him, and so in his power. Well, in
moderation, all these are either vir-
tues or, if not, commendable charac-
teristics, are at least venial. 1t is
when they are driven to excess that
they become damnable or disastrous.
:. In all of these things what
Shakespeare meant to draw, at least,
so / venture to suggest, was the
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30

parodying of what otherwise would
have been amiable qualities that had
become unamiable, detestable by be-
ing run to excess"
On our humble opinion Shakes
peare's real object in drawing the
character Of Shylock was a different
and worthier one, worthier. of the
great bard. The purpose of the whole
play is to tell the Christian world
Of his day that assuming that the
Jew is what in their stupid belief
they imagined him to be, they alone
are responsible for it. They made him
so. Justice is on the side Of the Jew,
and it is only the legal bubble of
clever woman (or the theological
bubbles of the church,, that defeats
it. The Merchant of Venice, rightly
understood and interpreted, is not
condemnation Of the Jew but Of his
Christian neighbors.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
JABOTINSKY'S SENTENCE
AROUSES INDIGNATION
OF ALL JEWS

London Goldstein, the
noted Russian Zionist who has just re-
turned from Palestine gave a graphic
description Of the happenings in Jer-
usalem and the heroic manner in
which the old and new portions of
the Jerusalem community tried to
defend themselves. After Jabotin-
sky's sentence was made known $50
members of the self defense petit
toned the court which tried him to
put them on trial as well, since they
were no less guilty than he was. This
the authorities declared they could
not do. Thousands of other Jews
signed document stating that had
they the opportunity they too would
have Joined the Self Defense and that
they also therefore desired to be
tried. Chief Rabbi Cook gave special
permission for these documents to be
signed on the Sabbath in order not
to lose any time and the old Rabbi
of the Ashakenazi Synagogue was
the first one to put his signature on
paper.
The manner in which Jabotinsky
was arrested is entirely characteris-
tic of the man. Major Camp called
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
GYMAL DOLED.

We congratulate the Gymal Delod-
larry upon the splendid esprit de corps,
interest and enthusiasm they are
manifesting in their organization, as
is shown by it's phenomenal growth
in membership, and the very spirited
election of officers which took place
this week. While it is purely So
cial organization, and there is moth
ing distinctively Jewish about it ex-
cept that it is composed of Jewish
people, we believe that it fills real
want in the Jewish community, in
view of the fact that there is preju-
dice and discrimination against Jew
ish people in the non-Jewish social
clubs. The membership of the
Gymal Doled is composed Of the best
young Americanized Jewish element
of Minneapolis, it's club rooms are
tastefully appointed and well equip
ped for their purposes, and its social
and recreational activities do no vio-
Ience to the highest and most refined
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30

standards. The club is beginning to
function as center, and gathering
place for many of the varied Jewish
communal agencies and organizations
of the city. During the recent Res
toration Fund campaign it was the
rallying place of the Zionist forces.
and property OF the Gymal Doled
and prosperity Of the Gymel Doled
will continue unchecked, so that in the
near future it will have outgrown
even its present commodious quart
ers, and thus feel the necessity of
erecting a club house of it's own, COM
mensurate with the growth of the
Jewish community of Minneapolis.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
DIR. CHAIN WEIZMAN ON THE
SAN RENO DECISION AND

San Remo.-Dr. Chain Weizman,
leader of the Zionist movement and
the man who more than any other
single individual is said to be respon-
sible for the Balfour declaration,
when interviewed by correspondents
after the announcement of the Su-
preme Councils decision, to effect
England's promise and turn Pales-
tine into Jewish national homeland,
said that when he had conveyed his
thanks and that of the Jewish peo-.
pie to Mr.. Lloyd George, the Pre-
mier gave him assurances that all
possible help to start immediate work
in Palestine would be given them and
that an administration entirely in
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
IDEALS In MARRIAGE.

In period Of unrest and uncer-
tainty and dubious standards of life,
the following sentiments, to which
DR.. Stephen S. Wise recently gave ex-
preston, deserve serious and respect
full considerations:
whether ideals can be retained in
marriage" said DR.. Wise, depends
upon what ideals are carried into
marriage-how one has visioned and
pictured marriage, and above all made
resolve concerning it. If marriage
be viewed as frolic or picnic or
an adventure or an expediency or an
investment, then just those ideals
will be retained therein which are i'm
ported thereinto-and they are not
ideals at all.
The things that must be given in
marriage that shall be real and
abiding, are understanding sympathy,
comradeship. Comradeship is per-
haps the highest art and part of mar
riage, the comradeship that means
not living side by side under one
roof, but walking together-that high
togetherness which is "life's sweetest
joy and bravest crown" Comrade-
ship must not mean dominance or alb
sorption on the one hand nor self-sub-
ordination on the other. Comrade-
ship is an equal partnership or rather
partnership of equals, not merg-
ing of personalities nor Identification
or uniformity. Comradeship must be
free, joyous, benefcent. Jewish
Ledger.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

sympathy with Jewish aspirations
will soon be instituted. The premier,
DIR. Weizman said, very earnestly de-
plored the recent tragical events IN
Jerusalem. In the course of their
conversation, Lloyd George asked the
Zionist leader whether the Jews had
sufficient funds to build up Palestine.
Weizman assured him that with an
administration that was ready to let
the Jews take advantage of all the
country's possibilities, there would
be no lack of funds and that it is
the immediate plan of the Zionist Or
ganization to build Immediately
thousands of houses and transport at
least 100000 Jews within the next
two years. A fortnight, Mr.. Weiz-
man said, had been sufficient to turn
deep sorrow into untold joy, for no
doubt the pogrom in Jerusalem had
it's influence. The question of the
Arabs will now adjust itself much
more easily since they will know our
status in Palestine. The opportunity
has been given us and it is now our
turn to rise to it. The Jews of the
world must start great masonic
movement for the upbuilding of Pal
estine. We need funds and men and
American Jewry as the most pros
porous and with the greatest re-
sources must bear the greatest share
of the responsibility that will go
with the restoration of new Zion.
Speaking to the correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian" DR.. Weiz-
man said that things would never
have come to a crisis were it not for
a mischievous element that have
lately been exerting an influence in
the holy land. Above all the weak
attitude of the Administration of
Palestine was to be deplored since
it gave the undesirable elements the
impression that the English Admin
istration was in sympathy with their
attitude and that even murder and
pillage might be attempted without
any fear of the law.
The fact that the greatest Empire
is now sponsor to the most ancient
people is not a mere accident. The
fact that both adhere to the funda-
mental principles of prophetic justice
is bond which stands for very
much. The Jewish people are march
ing up a stony road, many will get
footsore but none will falter and no
force will stop their march. The
Manchester Guardian" speaking Of
the realization of the Zionist ideal
says, that it is a farsighted concep-
ton this establishment of civilized
power with worldwide connections.
between east and west and cannot
but lead to happier results for all
concerned. The most pressing and
immediate need the writer continues,
is the effective constitution of the
League of Nations which should de-
termine the actual responsibilities de-
volving upon those concerned.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
EDl TOR lAL
LESHONOH HABBOOH BIRUSHO.
LAYIM.
LAYIM.

May it be our privilege and the
privilege of all our readers next year
to visit Jerusalem and Palestine to
see the nascent Jewish state in it's
prosperity, peace, and happiness
Amen.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30

Let us deal kindly with our old
time friends, the Jewish opponents of
Zionism. They were not consulted
about the mandate, and so they are
not to blame for it. The probabili-
ties are that they will not interfere
with British suzerainty over Pales-
tine.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30

Every now and then we hear Of
some new converts to Zionism from
among the former violent rabbinical
opponents of the movement. Well,
rabbis are quick 90 to learn, any
way.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30

The international Zionist confer
ences were interrupted by the Great
War, and none of these gatherings
has met since the one held at Vienna
in the late summer of 1913. Now we
learn that the sequence is to be again
carried out and the new congress has
been called together for the 4th of
July at Carlsbad, in Czecho- Slovakia.
Since the American fraction Of the
Zionists is today the leader of all
those enrolled under the blue and
white banner it is fitting that the
congress open on the anniversary of
the declaration of American independ-
ence. And for the same reason, it,
is fitting that the sessions take place
on Czecho-Slovakian territory, with
in the jurisdiction of the new nation
that has drunk deep of American his
tory and the president of which was
for long time respected resident
of this land.-Hebrew Standard.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-04-30
JEWISH CALENDAR.
56SO-1910-192O.

Fast of Esther. $3.50. Thurs, Mar. 4
Purim $1,000. Fri, Mar.
First Day of Passover. Sat-, Apr. 8
Rosh Chodesh Iyar. Mon, Apr. 10
Lag B'Omer Thurs. May
Rosh Chodesh Swan. Tues, May IS
First Day of Pentecost. Sum-, May %
R0sh Chodesh TammuZ. .........
Thurs, June IL
Fast of Tammuz Sun, July 4
Rosh Chodesh Av. ...... Fri, July 16
Fast of Av. SUM-, July rs
Rosh Chodesh Ellul. Sun, Aug. Is
First Day Of New Year,
5681-1920 80. Mon, Sept. 13
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-12
TENNIS MATCHES POSTPONED.

East Bourne, England, July "a
The tennis matches to have been
played today by the American and
French ! Davis cup teams were vail
celled because of rain.
AS the Americans on Saturday elm
mated the French team, the remain-
ing matches will be merely in the ma
ture Of, exhibition play,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-12
Rent .Pro6teer.
Have Many Method.
OF Getting By" Law

New York, July 12.-The new state
rent laws, are ineffective and have not
deferred p~rofiteering landlords from
continuing rent gougins assaults on
thousands of tenants in New York
City, according to Leo Kenneth Mayer,
chief counsel for the Mayors Com
mittee on Rent Profiteering.
The landlords are adopting diverse
methods to circumtent the new laws,
Mr.. Mayer declared and have been
successful to a certain extent.
The three chief lodges employed
by the landlords as outlined by Coun-
sci Meyer are to-: 1
Notify tenants that their leases will
not be renewed unless they are willing
to nay eXorbitant rentals. II they
refuse to meet this increase the ten,
ants are then ousted by due process
Of the law.
Notify tenants that the premises
have been sold on the cooperative
plan but offer to sell them the apart
ment, if they will pay the exorbitant
sun asked.
Show a higher valuation on their
property by inter-transfer of property
through alleged sales and thus be
able to extract a. higher rental.
The first method, according to Mr..
Maher, is the most popular but is
rather slow as it takes from. one
month. to one year to legally evict a
tenant.
The cooperative selling plan, ne de-
clared, was one Of the new inventions
of the landlords to exploit the tenant.
The transferring of property on the
pretense of making a bonafide sale
and thus increasing the valuation OF
the premises is n Of the latest dod-
ges. Mr.. Mayer explained. BY this
methods the landlord sells" to a
relative or business partner, \ then
buys" the property back again and
thus runs up the valuation, which
will command a higher rental under
the state laws.
The entire legal staff of the rent
committee has been placed at the dis
posal of tenants in their fight against
the rent profiteer. Landlords who
are inclined to be fair are meeting
their tenants in the offices of the
committee and are arranging new
leases with their tenants on definite
terms.
The rent committee which has
been in operation for 10 months has
handled than $4,000 cases of
which $4,000 have been settled in and
out of court, OF the remaining cas-
es, 5000 are listed as hopeless and
no settlement is possible.
There is a constant flood of COM
plants into the committees office,
which is visited by about 5000 ten
ants every week..
The committees office staff OF
seven, according to Mr.. Mayer. hand
dies more than 1000 complaints by
mail daily besides from ESQ to 800
telephone calls.
The committee which is maintained
as 2 municipal departmant is making
an investigation Of these claims and
furnishing legal talent free Of charge
to all worthy cases.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-12
CONFERENCE OVER
GARMENTS WAGES
STARTS IN DULUTh

Duluth. Mimi, July 12.-The sec
ment and employees OF the Duluth
Street Railway company will be held
tonight when the company officials
will present a reply to the demand for
"a twenty per cent increase in wages
made by the men in the first confer
Ience on July 1.
In their demand for an increase, the
men declared that the wages paid
here we're lower than in most other
be forced to seek other employment.
The company has been working on
plans to meet the acute financial
situation reported since the voters re-
jected recently the proposal to in
"a fares from 5 to 6 cents. But
there is nothing to on this
point, Manager Warren said.