The Denver Jewish news., 1925-10-08
Russian JeWry On Forms
PerseUering
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ukrane not only FOR centuries furnish.
cd all the northern part Of Russia win
grain and cattle, but was also cdnsid.
cred the granary Of Europe. Before
the world war, about SIO0 900. 600
worth of wheat annually was exported
from The Ukraine, notwithstanding that
the peasants cultivated the ground with
primitive plougbs.
"Regnrding the capacity of the Jews
10 become successful agricultural work.
crs The following facts may lr cited
Ahout forty years ago. when the Jews
began settling Ia Palestine as farmers.
many people doubted whether the Jews
who for nineteen hundred years had
lived in towns and big cities. and
abandoned entirely their former oCn-
paiions us farmers and cnttle-br..,lers,
would lie able to become good farmers
Experiments In Palestine. Argentine.
and even in Russia; where there are
many older Jewish colonies proved sue
ccSsful to such n degree that now no
body doubts the ability Of the Jews To
become good farmers. Even Suvorln.
the head of the anii-Semitic party in
Russia before the world war. after
visiting the Jewish colonies in 1910 or
1911. was Obliged to confess in his
newspaper. "Nc,oye Vremya," that the
Jewish colonists were living exclusively
upon farming. and were in better. cir.
cumstanccs than their ncighbors. the
non-Jewish farmers.
Had to Change Occupations
AS 10 the question whether or not
the Jews in Russia are inclined to for
sake their present occupations and
once more devote themselves to farm
iug, will submit The following facts ::
Even three and four years ago. | met
ItIcyoting themselves to agriculture. In
spite of the fact that the situation of
Itussian farmers was terrible ut the
time. Nuw The circumstances of the
Russian farmers are getting better
every year. Consequently, the move
mcnt of Russ an Jewry back TO soil'
has become So tremendous that the
most sensitive of our leaders thin, it
I their duty to he at the head of this
movement, fI
The Jews in Russia are forced by
necessity 10 change their present o,.-
! cupatiuns. Tie government + willing
to give them big stretches of land where
they can devote themselves to agricul-
ture. The Jews in Russia are prepar-
/ ing TO accept this offer, but land with
out cattle. without machines. does not
mean anything In 1922 our lenders
collected about s17WVSO0 for the Jew
I ISL war sufferers those measures were
necessary at that time. hut only pnilia-
tive. When Il man is sick, the doctor
| gives him some medicine. But when
he grows better. it is necessary TO sus-
tain the patient, lest greater evil
happen; "A lingering death is more
painful than II sudden one.
There is Russian saying: Every.
body is an architect of his own fortune.
This saying can lie applied TO our peo,
pie. We must help ourselves, and it is
the duty Of our leaders TO make pos
sihle the accomplishment of this task
COlonists Protected
In Russia all races are absolutely
equal in the eyes Of the law. and oi
course The government will protect the
Jewish eolonists But even II the pres
ent regime should he overthrown, the
land cannot he taken from the farmer,
in general, nor from the Jews In par
/ ticular, because any government that
tried To deprive the farmers Of the land
given to them by the revolution would
cut on the limb of the tree on which
ii is sitting. aud would not exist even
a week
do everything within your reach fol
our people" the letter concludes, ''and
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