The Denver Jewish news., 1922-09-20
History Making Gathering
at the Progress Club
BY T.. $. NATMOFF

lSn people settled III llle nltlGppoliS VI
the Rocky Mountains that n select
group of men and women gathered for
the purpose of getting acquainted with
actual conditions in the new legalized
Jewish homeland in Palestine. What
practical steps are taken for its de
velopment also what assistance they
can extend towards the plans of re
construction. Rabbi Wm. $. Friedman.
residing. brought to the attention of
the audience the fact, that Jewish peo-
Pile in Eastern Europe are hard press
ed their physical existence is alarming
and their future seems to he pending
between the devil and the deep sea.
The social conditions of our people in
the more enlightened countries on the
continent are continuously subjected to
tlcgrcdation. Even III this country you
can hear the hiss of the serpent of
Anti-Semitism and we are Kept in fear
from the venOmouS attacks of his fangs.
If there is possibility for the recently
sanctioned Jewish agency To locate
/ 100000 or more of our people under
the protection of Great Britain in
agreement with the mandate of the
League of Nations, not only will those
settlers be secure. but it will also be n
credit to our people as Il whole.
take the pleasure to introduce to you
Mr. Jacob DE Haas who followed up
the Zionist movement for II consider
able part of his life and who will
ably present to you his mission. Mr..
De Haas: Before taking mp with you
the possibilities of Palestine I'd like to
have you get acquainted with the
Iipioneer element that goes there. Some
arrive by teams or railroad and others
make the long pilgrimage on foot. y
group of 12O Young men between the
ages of II and 21 | met on my way TO
the peace conference at Rome, Italy,
clad in rags, foot sore and hungry they
their way over the Carpathian TO Italy.
The Italian government out of pity al
lowed them to do reclamation work
and when that was over put them on
gun boat and threw them off at Alex
andria. How they ever reached Jaffa
is II miracle that only youth and en-
thusiaSm can account for These cru
sadcrs like Jchudah Halcvi. upon step
ping on the ground, fall ON their knees
and kissed the soil on which they eN-
pcct to find a home free from persecu-
tion. How happy are they after they
| find any kind of work, particularly
when it is of II construction nature
whether building houses, roads, wharfs
or Quarring stone. The motive that is
inspiring them is to build n home safe
from abuse and degradation. The Pal
eStiniau Jew is n new type in our fam
| ily he is far from business. because he
4 is a hOmcsteader by his own choice.
The pride of the pnlestinian is his high
aim to cOnsecrate his life to the GREAT
| ing Of normal national Jewish life
to live freely and naturally without the
constant. painful heart-sorc nagging at
your conscience What will others say"
DO not fear that the phlegmatic Arab
with his three wives and fourteen chill
drun will deny the progress of this Mac
cabccS by creating u noise in the Eng
| lish press he has come to build and
! there to stay.
Future of Agriculture
The biblical land of milk and honey
is not arid, the rain fall there is 20
| inches twice as much as that of Cali
| fornia. Within Il short time Pales-
tine will export l 900 900 boxes of
oranges annually, the quality of the
wine from the Palestine grape is equal
to the best the world produces. Al
mondS grown in Palestine find ready
market in England and the United
States. As soon Us cold storage will
he available thru electric Refrigeration,
Palestine will become the chief source
of supply of eggs. butter and vegetables
for entire Egypt. Egypt can only raise
cotton and tobacco ON account of its
oridity.
Basic Industries
Presently. we don't find many Jewish
people engaged in basic and metal ill.,
dustres like oil, wool, machinery and
automobiles. mining steel and clec-
tricity for the reason, that this aristo-
cratic industries like society are eN-
elusive and excluded Jews. or were So
cured by franchise or concession in the
early days of their development Now
we come to the Ruttenbcrg concession
offered to the Jewish people. As you
all know the historic Jordan river runs
its course from an elevation of 1000
feet above sea level at its headwater
till it drops into the dead see 800 feet
below thc sea level. At Lake Tibcrias