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Show Is the trial of the Rubinstein case at New York certain jurors were thrown out because they were Jews, and the Jeirifi Mesne ivcr complains that this is of almost daily occurence in the courts of the country. There seems to bo, indeed, a gpnerai prejudice preju-dice against accepting as true the' word of an Israelite in this country, which is manifestly a relic of barbarism. barbar-ism. In all mercantile agencies the names of Jews are marked with a big "J," and wholesale dealers commonly re I use credit altogether to buyers whose names bear this mark. Certain fire insurance companies, we beleive, refuse to insure the property of Jews, claiming that, as a class, the descendants de-scendants of Abraham aro given to arson. All of these measures are plainly unjust, for many individual Jews have the highest possible standing stand-ing in our communities, and a general gen-eral census of Isrealites engaged in trade in this country w.JJ piofabiy reveal as great a proportion of honorable honor-able men as exists among any oilier class of business men, native or foreign. Chicago Times. |