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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-07-08
President ,Hardin9 and
American JeWry
BY Gus ]. Karger.
BY Gus ]. Karger.

America will catch the spirit of
B'nai Birth in campaigning
against ignorance, intolerance
and defamation, against all the,
movements aimed to rend the
concord of American citizenship.
Fraternity, helpfulness and serv-
ice must be the abiding purpose
of our people, and the compen-
sations that come of this consci-
BUSINESS of helping ones fellow
men contribute more to the hap
piness of self than. success, dis.
tinction, and all the other tri-
umphs of life"
Speaks Feelingly of Jewish
Citizens.
And then, inspired by. the pres
ence of so many of his Jewish
fellow townsmen, he spoke feel
ingly of the splendid part the
Jewish citizenship of Marion had
played in both war and peace.
He spoke of Julius Strelitz, who
had come to Marion decades ago,
with pack on his back" of his
struggles, his success, his serv-
ices, Of the growing respect, con-.
.fdence and affection of his fellow
citizens that manifested itself in
his election to the office of county
treasurer. He singled out Sol
Oppenheimer, who had come to
Marion a poor boy and who had
become chairman of the Board
of Education; he mentioned sew
eral others by name. Not an Of
fcer of that lodge-Henry Sire
litz, Harry Kessel, S. Freed,
George G. K1einmaier, A. Schoen,
David Ellison, M. Hess, Frank
Svidlow-who didn't thank him
for the tokens of his kindly es-
TEEN. And they didn't call him
"Mr. President" either; on that
occasion he remained to them
just plain 'Warren." Of course,
it's "Mr. President" now. Even
Mark Hanna called William Nc
Kinley "Mr. President" The
high respect due to the office in
terdicts the little fami1iarities of
ordinary intercourse.
President Harding himself re-
calls that B'nai Birth gathering
with pleasure, recalls its individ-
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-07-08

come visitors at the homes of
Gentiles; and vice versa"
Perhaps his middle name, Gam
aliel, exercised a subtle influence
on his character and breadth Of
thought. 1t was Gamaliel, cele-
brated doctor of the law, son and
grandson of a rabbi, president Of
the Sanhedrin, who served as pre-
ceptor to St. Paul.
Part of His Life at Marion.
Not long ago delegation of
Marion friends called at the
White House, just to pay re-
spects and shake hands. "There
isn't Jew in Marion," said one
of them, the others nodding ap-
proval, "who isn't Warren G.
Harding's friend. I don't mean
merely in perfunctory way. l.
mean in a warm-hearted, social
way. There's Rosenberg, and
Oppenheimer, and the Strelitz's
and Sam and Ben Kleinmaier and
old man Marks, and there's the
Lazarus family in Columbus and
oh what's the use of trying to
name them. They are too num-
eroas. They have played cards
togsther-Mitchell Strelitz, now
retired, has frequently been his
partner at bridge-they have
served on boards together in local
industries-there's Sam and Ben
Kleinmaier-theyA have been in
business, in sports, in amuse--
ments, in civic pursuits together,
They have been part of his life
at home" -... 49, -
Once during his stay in Marion
after the Chicago convention had
nominated him to be presidential
candidate, Senator Harding paid
visit to the city's B'nai Birth
lodge, having been asked to at
tend it's institution. He re-
sponded to the invitation to say
a few words and conveyed to his
hearers, all of whom knew him
personally and well, the outlines
Of his philosophy. Those who
heard him speak on that occasion
recall his words; they recall many
of them with some degree of emo
ton. =.
"I hope" he said, "that all
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-07-08

The Jewish Tribune requested
Mr.. Karger to write the follow
ing article upon President Hard
ing and his relations 10 American
Jewry, because there are few men
who know the President as init
mately as Mr.. Karger and few
who could write with the accur-
acy and personal touch that come
from such close friendship. Mr..
Karger is ranked as the dean OF
Washington correspondents, is
one of the ablest political writers
in this country and because of his
knowledge of national and inter-
national politics, he has been Of
fered many important govern
mental posts, all of which he has
declined in order not to desert
his profession. This article, the
first of it's kind ever published,
was written exclusively for The
Jewish Tribune. Editors note.)
Copyright, 1921, by The Jewish
Tribune, Inc.)
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"Why, some of my best friends
are TeWs." &.

"Why, some of my best friends
are Jews"
You've heard the expression
perhaps from one of your best
friends. It's common enough.
Even Heinrich Ford employs it.
Sometimes it serves as an alibi;
often it carries the note of con-
viction. Those who have a genu-
inc claim to it rarely use il.
Warren G. Harding, President OF
the United States, employs it ilot
at all. He has a perfect claim
on it" -"some of his best friends
are Jews"
Discussing the relationship be-
tween a President of the United
States and his Jewish fellow citi-
zens, one may we'll divide the sub
ject into two parts his personal
and social relations and his of
fetal and public relations. Mr..
Harding, it may be said, never
has cultivated the personal TREND
ship of man because that man
is a Jew; nor, on the other hand,
has he ever denied his personal
friendship to a man because that
man is Jew. 1t simply never
occurred to him that there should
be distinction.
"I was reared in small town."
he once said to friend, Gin which
there was no semblance of anti
Semitic sentiment. Men and
women of differing religions
mingled in close social and busi
ness intimacy. Jews were well
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ual members with sentiments of
friendship and high regard. Nor
will he deny those little seances
Ut auction bridge with Mitchell
Strelitz as partner or opponent.
The memories call forth that
ready, charming smile, which
even the perplexities of patronage:
problems have neither dimmed
nor hardened.
Other spontaneous demonstra-
tions of a sympathetic considera-
ton of his Jewish fellow citizens
are not lacking. 1t was not by
chance that his lips kissed Micah
6:8 when he tok the oath of Of
flee as President of the United
States. To do justice, love mercy,
and walk humbly before God is to
him the very cornerstone of all,
modern religious philosophy
the embodiment of all higher,
nobleri thought the great ideal
toward which he would help,
move the nations of the earth.
It was a tribute, an unconscious
tribute perhaps, to the sublimest
Jewish thought and aspiration.
Lauds J. Walter Frieberg.
On other occasions Jewish
thought and aspiration have at
tracted him. For instance when,
contemplating the beautiful life
and example, of ]. Walter Frei-,
berg of Cincinnati, president of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, he sent condol-
ences to tlse widow, describing
his loss as "a real misfortune to
the public; and again when, un-
able to attend the luncheon given
in. honor of DR.. Chain Weiz-
mann, the Zionist leader, he
wrote to Mr.. Alex. Wolf, the
chairman, an expression "of my
most friendly interest in and for
the Zionist movement. Wheth-
er Zionist. anti-Zionist, or non
Zionist, no Jew could acknowl-
edge other than with pride and
satisfaction his wish that, when
restored to their historic ma
tiona1 home," the Jews might
there "enter on new and yet
greater phase of their contribu-
ton to the advances of human
ity." Completer reply to anti
Semitic propaganda could not
we'll be compressed into compac-
ter phrase. His letter to John
Spargo, in full approval of the
non-Jewish antidote to the Ford
poison, was no more concise nor
to the point.
e IT, Taxry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
SUGAR MARKET
~ Associated Pres
n

New York, November y.-The raw
sugar market was a little more ac-
tive with sales reported by the COM
mittee of 1000 bags of Cubas to
local refiners at 2hc, cost and
freight equal to 4.11c for centrifu-
gal, or unchanged from last previous
price. Duty free sugars were un-
changed to 4 .06c for centrifugal.
Raw sugar futures were llrmer on
covering and scattered buying by
trade interests and Wall street, with
closing prices to points net high
err and with business little more
active. December closed at 2 .43c;
March, 2.2sc; May. 2.S7c, and July,
2 4Sc.
There were no changes in refined
sugar, with fine graduated listed at
2005 SOC Business still was re-
stricted owing to the inability of re-
finers to make prompt delivery.
Refined futures were nominal with
no transactions. Closing bids were
unchanged to points net higher.
December closed at 5.45c; March and
May at soc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
NEW ORLEANS COTTON


New Orleans, November 9-The one
influence in cotton today was heavy
ginnings, and il cost prices III to
131 points. sthe market closing at
practically the lowest of the day, at
1850 for December and 10. SIC for
July, new low levels for the down
ward movement which has been under
way for some time. Much liquida-
ton of long contracts came on the
market. and after the close II was
gossip around the ring that a great
deal of unprotected spot cotton in
the interior had been hedged during
the day by sales of future contracts
which, of course, increased the pres
sure against values. The only sup
port the market had came from real
izing by shorts, and it was not OF
sufficient volume to result in up
ward reactions of Importance,
The total of 6,646.136 bales ginned
to November /, according to the re-
port issued by the census bureau on
the opening, compared with general
expectations of not more than $780,
900 bales, but it's real bearishness lay
in the fact that II was so much high
Ell. than the crop estimate made some
time ago by the department OF as-
riculture, and recently confirmed
which put the total yield this sea-
son at 6,537,000 bales.
Ginning for the period amounted
to 1,145.5A9 bales, and was another
argument against the market. Tor
was pointed out that this quantity OF
cotton was ginned at time wheh
the claim was constantly heard that
there was next to no cotton LETT TO
be ginned.
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Government Gives Out
Statistics on Grains
and Other Produce
BY Associated Press


Washington, November
corn crop this year amounts 10 D.
ISL, 500, 900 bushels. the department.
Of Agriculture announced today in
its preliminary estimate.
preliminary estimates 'of other
IRONS were announced as follows:
Ruckwheat 14,S94.000; potatoes
a5s o7s. 900; sweet potatoes l05,34l,O0O;
tobacco (pounds) 02O.274,ooo; HAN
seed asso, 900; pears 9.7S0,000; apples
Ie2 800 900: sugarbeets ttons) 74S0'~
900. Kafirs 125,724.o0o; peanuts So
664. 1000.
The corn crop declined slightly
during October today's preliminary
estimate being 11.S65,0o0 bushels Tess
than was forecast month ago me
total crop this year still will be, how
ever one of the largest ever pro-
duced.
Corn production in southern states
this year, according to the prelimi :
nary estimate of the department or
agriculture will be: Virginia 40, l5l, :
900 bushels: North Carolina 56.l22.O0o
Georgia S7,975.000; Tennessee s5,a12.-
900; Alabama. 73,572,000; MISSISSIPPI
So, 962, 900 and Louisiana. 43.s56,Ooo.
Tobacco production according TO
the preliminary estimate Will be;
Virginia 90,S60.000 pounds; North
Carolina 221,626.000; South Carolina,
55.1Ss,000; Florida, 3,960,000; Ken
lucky, s37,250,Oo0; Tennessee so,soo,-
600.
Weight, per measured bushels OF
grains, were announced as follows:
Wheat SOS pounds. Oats 2S.S pounds
Barley 44.4.
stocks of old corn on farms No
vember 1, were estimated at the ISL
$4,000 bushels figure, or 81 per cent
of the 1920 crop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
Cotton Ginned More
Than Government Has
Previously Estimated
BY BRIGGS
BY Associated Press

Washington, November 9.-tSpe-
cial.)-The census bureaus report on
cotton ginned prior to November l.
as announced today. showed a total
of 1o9,1S6 bales more thanth depart
ment of agricu1ture's preliminary
forecast of production issued October
3. The census bureau reported g.
646,136 bales had been ginned to
November l, while the department of
agriculture's forecast of this years
crop was 6,537,000. A final estimate
of production will be issued by the
department of agriculture in Decem-
Der.
Last year to November 1, there had
been ginned 7,502.63S bales including
l59,05S round bales, 23,O2S bales of
American-Egyptian and 400 bales of
Sea Island.
Ginning by states to November l
this year follows:
Alabama 512.25S; Arizona 1880;
Arkansas, 624; California, 1893; Flor
ida, 9.471; Georgia 73e.93S; Louisiana,
23s,964; Mississippi, 642, 313; Missouri,
$500; North Carolina, 5S1,974; Ok
lahoma, 4S6,012; South Carolina, 622.-
076; Tennessee 223.305; Texas, 1927
100; Virginia, 1882; all other states.
5,129
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5. r.. STEWART q CO.'S LETTER

S. r.. STEWART & CO.'S LETTER
Birmingham, November s.-There
was not much to Liverpool this
morning. coming over about un-
changed to up. with sales light at
5000 bales. There was no other early
particular eotton news, everything
and everybody seemed to wait with
anxiety the issuance of the govern
ment ginners' report at o'clock,
which. unfortunately. was given at
6.645lS6 while from 81 to 6.3 was
generally expected. an additional re-
port giving the average weight at
502.5 pounds per bale against oil
last year.
Taking present sinnings average
weight of official returns and con-
verting them into department OF ag-
ricultures equivalent 500-pound bales
would make the total returns $4,000
bales smaller.
Our market opened 40 under yes
terday's finals and with continued
selling throughout the session on the
extreme bearish figures soon worked
itself to cent and quarter under
yesterdays values. A wire from New
York stated that talk around the
room was that the crop would be
7,7750,000 bales and that the Wash
ington's indicated crop of $500. 600
October ! was very unfortunate. The
weekly report stated the weather for
the past week was favorable for
gathering the small amount of cot
ton that remains unpicked although
little of this work 10 yet to be done
In the principal cotton growing
states.
The ginning report was so much a
disappointing affair that everybody
seemed to have turned bearish upon
its Issuance and as long as this feel
ing exists cotton will have but a few
friends.-S. r. Stewart & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
SHORTAGE IN WHEAT.
SHIPMENTS CAUSE
ADVANCE IN GRAIN
Upturns In the Hog Market
and Possibility of a Strike
Gave Freshness to the
Provisions List


Chicago, November s.-Wheat dis
played fresh strength today, all
points showing a falling off in re-
ceipts The market closed strong at
11k to 2Mc net higher with Deem
Der s1o6h to $1.06%, and May s1.ll V
to $1.11%. Corn gained u to II and
oats A@Hc to &c. In provisions,
the outcome was unchanged to zoe
lower.
1t was with but little effect that
bears in the wheat trade tried to ex
plain away the evident curtailment
of receipts. One assertion was that
the falling off was due in part to the
coming drop in freight rates, ship
ments being held back to take adj
vantage of the new rates. 1t was
said also that bad condition of coun-
try roads had been more or less re-
sponsible. The fact remained, how
ever, that primary receipts for the
day were much smaller than a year
ago, and there were predictions that
total primary receipts this week
might not exceed 100000 bushels as
against recent totals of 10000 or
100000. Notice that no moisture of
consequence was reported from Kan
sas, Oklahoma or Texas. despite rain
ana snow elsewhere, counted as an
additional bullish factor. Such set
back as took place in values proved
transient and appeared to be due
chiefly to profit taking. Corn and
oats sympathized little with wheat
strength, but held within narrow
limits, traders doing little while
awaiting the government report. The
government figures were about as
had been generally expected.
Upturns in the hog market and
possibilities of labor troubles at the
stock yards here gave only temper
arily freshness to provisions. To-
ward the last quotations had DOWN
ward slant because of absence of de-
mand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
CENSUS SHOWING
KNOCKS ONE CENT
OF COTTON PRICE
General Market Closed Steady
at a Net Decline of Eighty
five to One Hundred
Points on the Day
BY Associated Press

New York November 9.-The cen
sus report showing 6,646,136 bales of
cotton ginned up to November l or
about 100000 bales more than the to-
tai crop indication of September 20,
was followed by break of approx
imately lc pound in the cotton mar
ket here today January contracts
sold off to 17,15c, or 100 points below
thee lose of Monday and the lowest
price touched since the advance to
2175c early last September, That
delivery closed at 17.24c. with the
general market closing steady at a
net decline of IS to 100 points.
The ginning figures were evidently
disappointment to recent buyers
and the remaining old long interest,
and appeared to be taken as indi-
eating a crop more likely to exceed
than fall short of 100000 bales, or
about 100000 bales In excess of
the end September forecast. The
market opened easy at a decline of
rs to SO points and sold off rapidly
under liquidation and scattering pres
sure from local. southern and Wall
street sources.
The selling pressure slackened from
time to time during the day and there
were moderate rallies on covering or
trade buying, but each bulge met in
creased offerings and the lowest
prices were touched during the last
hour, when December sold at 1886
and March at 1704c, with active
months generally showing net losses
of "a to ITO points
Offerings then became lighter and
there were rallies at the close on ac-
tive covering by recent Wall street
and western sellers with last prices
showing bulges of some 10 to Is
points from the lowest. The ginning
figures were accompanied by a report
from the census bureau indicating
that the average weight of square
bales gined up to October Is this year
was 502.5 pounds, compared with
511.2 pounds to November 1, last
season. and 5044 to November /, two
years ago. The relatively light
weight of the bales failed to modify
the influence of the larger ginnings
than expected. however, and other
features in the days news were over
Swallowed by the revision of crop
Ideas.
Very little southern selling was re-
ported here during the day and the
trade is waiting for indications as
to the effect of ginnings on the goods
and spot markets.
NEW YORK COTTON
BY Associated Press
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
Private Wires Show
Some Surprises In
Yesterdays Markets
SHANNON g CO.'S LETTER.

New York, November Especially
Although the market has steadied at
times and even rallied to some ex-
tent, this has not served to broaden
the demand or bring in any active
support sufficient to overcome the
bearish influence of the ginning re-
port today, in spite of assertions that
the figures represent 80 to 95 per
cent of the entire crop.
The market position is such that
an overnight development of really
bullish nature could lead to sharp
II not sensational recovery, but in the
absence of anything of that sort
prices may sag further. until the
trade finds 1t practicable to take hold
in more serious way on the ground
that goods can be distributed more
freely on the basis of the price for
raw material
We believe there will be revival
of bullish sentiment and activity. but
for the present hardly look for that
to develop, and would buy only spar
ingly and on easy markets for mod
crate profits.
The stock market, which started
off without much promise this morn
ing in a dull and listless manner, has
developed more and more as the day
went on, and has shown breadth
of dealings and vigor which is sur
prising to everyone. No doubt a good
deal of the strength is due to the
unwieldy short interest. to which we
have called attention in our former
letters. but it is reported from Wash
ington that the railroad bill is to be
taken up and pushed for prompt pas
sage. and this. no doubt, Will help
the situation very much indeed. Even
the impending holiday has failed to
check activity. and II looks as II the
present unswing would carry further.
Post & Flagg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
ENHANCEMENT OF
POPULAR ISSUES
MARKET FEATURE
Reports That Germany Will
Meet Her Next Preparations
Payment Bolstered Up
the Value of Marks
BY Associated Press

New York, November GLARS e
buying orders from speculative
sources came into the stock market
over the election day recess and
prices of various popular issues, es-
pecially oils. steels and kindred
shares, were substantially enhanced.
The broad demand for oils was ma
,erially assisted by more advances
for the crude products in almost all
parts of the country, particularly in
Texas. Oklahoma. Louisiana, the mid
die west and other large producing
eenters.
In the case of Mexican Petroleum.
however, which dominated the mar
ket at net gain of ia points, the
movement was based mainly on tech
nical conditions, the shorts paying
heavy toll.
Rails, steels and issues of like de-
scription drifted aimlessly for time
but came briskiy forward in the last
half of the session. Purchases OF
those stocks were accompanied by
the weekly surfaces of trade authort-
ties, which emphasized the more hope
full feeling in that industry.
Shares OF concerns which may rea-
sonably hope to benefit by increased
holiday business, such as the depart
ment stores, also strengthened, but
tobaccos and several of the more OBJ
scure specialties were heavy or ir-
regular. Leaders were undeterred by
the rise OF call money from II to O
per cent In the final hour. many clos
ing prices being at or near the days
top levels. Sales amounted to s65,o09
shares.
Cables stating that Germany is pre-
pairing to meet her next PREPARATIONS
payment accounted for the moderate
rally in marks. first in London and
then here. Sterling was firm, but re-
mittances to most of the other allied
countries were moderately lower on
small trading. or the neutral coun-
tries Danish bills were very heavy,
and far eastern quotation continued
to ease.
Liberty and most other active bonds
wore irregular on further profit-tak-
ing, the international group also
showing no marked trend. Total
sales, par value. $l5.675,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
Crude Oil Continues
Its Upward Climb

Oil company today increased the
prices of central west crudes 40 to so
cents a barrel. The new prices are:
Illinois and Princeton sept; Water
loo $1.75; Plymouth $1.67. all up so
cents a barrel; Lima s2.4s; Indiana
$2.2s. and Wooster s2.7o, up 40 cents
a barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10
HuBBARD,s LETTER.

New York, November 9.-(SpeciaL)
The ginning figures of 6,646.lSS bales
to October 81 were larger than the
trade had anticipated, and caused an
immediate decline with the market
ruling weak during the entire SEES
sion. Traders feel that these fig
ures mean the crop must be con-
siderably larger than the government
estimates and. such being the case.
both European and American mills
will withdraw from the market, on
the idea that the south VIII become
and sell out.
This remains to be seen. While we
would not care to be short on the
market, we may work somewhat low
er. In the long run. we look for
higher prices when the demand from
spinners makes its appearances, be-
cause we do not think that the mills
have yet covered but small por-