The Denver Jewish news., 1924-01-24

find ii an utter impGSSibility Ia exc out
a bare existence in the small towns is
offered them if they can be given n help
ing hand 10 go TO Crimca 10 take mp
The productive occupation of farming
offered them ON the best Of agricultural
soil free cr charge. Already pioneer
settlement of 300 Jewish families, COM
prising about 1.:l00 men, women and
children, forms the nucleus upon which
Dr. Joseph Rosen, agricultural expert,
and Russian director of Reconstruction
Work of the Joint Distribution com
mittcc bases the prac,icabiiity of Il
dream which he hopes soon will become
n reality.
'''rhc new economic policy of Soviet
RUSSIA has made it exceptionally hard
for the Jewish trader" said DIR. Rosen.
! This is most noticeable in the smaller
] towns where thousands of Jews are un-
( able To make enough TO provide for
/ their most dire wants. Since the rev
I o,ulion and famine the jew has been
/ forced 10 the farm in order that he
\ might at least produce enough food 10
\ Keep his family from starving. There
Is no acreage for the Jew in the Rus
II sian Pale and he Is forced 10 other
sections 10 take M his agricultural ac-
\ iivitics. Odessa and Pc rovcrosk offer
opportunity. The Russian Soviet gov
!. crimcnt gives land free OF charge pro-
L vding the recipients make it produc-
n tive. The greatest advantages for the
Jews. however lies in Crimea.
The three hundred families which
have alrendy settled there have found
the condi. ions most favorable. Here
they are offered free land of the best
kind and there is plenty of 1t. The vast
lands of the former Russian mobility.
the estates of dukes. which We're often
Il 10000 ncres in area. are now unculii-
Il vnied. Before the war. no peasants
could own land in this see ion. Since
| the war and the trying years in R'ls-
| >in. many have died and today this
| land. the hest in Russia. is as greatly
rndrvcloped per square mile rs that of
II Silc The climatic conditions there
4 are most suitable for the pursuit of
| lagriculture l. compares favorably to
/ FInridu. The soil could not he better.
\ CrImea has most wonderful natural
4 resources and ports. Transportation
4 facilities and the proximity of the ports
\ make conditions almost ideal for the
movement of products.
4 The Jewish settlers there now are
4 on exceptionally good terms with the
IA lron-Jewish Tartar population and the
l1cntire atmosphere breathes of harmony.
1 The Tclchai and Ma Ain colonies are
! Numbered among the pioneer settlers.
4 1.-THE Avodnl Labor Group has also
4 set led In the Jon Koy district. The
II |llJ'petoria district has tive groups and
Hone group has settled in the ialta dis
Il lltrict No other country could he set
tltlcd ms efficiently and economically as
y lCrimea. Here the land is offered free
Ilof charge. In Palestine and the Ar
III lrcntincs. each parcel of land must be
II ilnurchnscd There is practically no
N llitunspor aticn costs in contrast to the
l,reat expense entailed i'll settling other
H llnropcscd colonies. The climatic condi-
n lions are essentially the same as in
n ltbcir own section of Russia. They
II ,yonld not have to learn n new lam
il image. They can speak in the same
II ltongue as they did in their old homes.
II In the scheme of colonization 1t would
illbr possible for some to take up their
M rormanent hcme while others could re-
III lmain long enough to help establish the
Hi lprniect. If some were found unsuit-
III ,Mc for the life of the agriculturist
III lthey could easily he sent back TO their
III forncr home This would be Impossible
III ,,hare great expense is involved in
III transportation costs.
|DJ Jewish family could be settled i'll
III Crimea Mt cost Of $500 each. This
III ,voF,ld include modest dwelling and
III his land already to be worked The
m ,,iuimum cost of establishing family
III In ony of the other proposed colonies
N for Jews is 5000.
N The colonization of Crimea would il
n mo WAY interfere with the development
II or Palestine. Many of the settlers al
rendy there plan on going to Palestine
II N LATER. 1t constitutes an excellent train
\ vi inp for the life of agriculture in the
| M Home Land The Chalutzim have
| MI ,olen an active interest in the colonial
m zion of Crimea as they are awake tt
/ the splendid training that one may re
raiye before leaving for Palestine. TIT