Show RABBI FREUND DISCUSSES POSSIBILITIES Of COLONY Of JEWISH fARMERS IN UTAH UTAn J An article on Western I Farming and Jt Possibilities for the Jew b by Rabbi Charles 1 J Freund of this city y who ho ho hohas has hap made a study tudy of this question in tho west and particularly in Utah is jl is printed in this thin weeks week's Teok f i issue of th the American Am Hebrew W and Jewish Me lies lies' Ic sender a 3 periodical published in in New NewYork C York Pity vity and nd recognized as SIR one of the mo most t influential Jewish lewish papers paper pa ers in inthe inthe in inthe the country The article is 8 as 38 f follows Charles s F I Abbott In h hf hit book Israel lImel In f Europe devotes otes a a portion of the chapter about Jewish life lire In Russia to toa toa a it consideration of the experiments that have o bc been ma made e to Induce the Jc Ja t. t to become fanner After ny r recapitulating hating lating lie unfavorable and R d alpo alfo ora fa ora a. I hl bhe reports report of or the governors o of or the va various rious provinces In which the tho experiments fI ts took place Mr Abbott Jh Ives S hl his deductions deduc lioni Ilon In III the th following parn paragraph Can the Jew Dig An Impartial examination of oC these e contradictory opinions seems i to lead to tho the conclusion that th the Jew by bj nature and the education of 2000 OO yearn wears lar J I is too a B tradesman to make a 3 good He lIe Is Js too ton k keen cn too enterprising too ambitious to find adequate ade we- quate satisfaction In the tho slow Ilow and soli soll- solitary tar tary culture of or the soil soli In this respect tho th modern Trew row w l I 15 like t the hc modern Greek The drudgery of or fl field ld liI work ork re rc repels gels No Xo profit goes lOoes where no pleasure pleas plea ure Is s taen It Is In ti the bustle of oC the mar market t place where hero wit I Is pitted against wit and the tilt Intellect ct Is s sharpened shai on the the- wh whetstone of ot that his I restless i soul poul finds Itt Its It hl highest gratification tion Lion and most congenial employment l He HeI le leIs I Is III a a. born townsman n and H a born traveler tra He has lias none nono of or the th stolid endurance of the earthborn Although ho lie he can excel IK lu most pursuits there the Is thing apparently ap ape parenti bc beyond ond the thc reach of or his It ity He Ue cannot dl dig 6 In In recent lecent weeks the tho theO attention of or tho rho world has b been n directed to Various Varion move move- which If they the do lo not fully rull refute this deduction of our friend Mr 11 Abbott bbott yet et they Indicate the effort to hit Interest Jes ID In farming The one was at as the convention con anion of or Jewish farmers which w was ts held at t the tho e Educational Alliance In ht Ne New ew York The other is III the experiment In we western tf rn farming undertaken b by a bod body nf of young young oun m men n. n who f homes at present etc ate In hI Philadelphia ew 1 York and Haiti Haiti- more inore Tho iTe advance guard of oC this or- or or organization ha boa lu bc been n at work ork here Iler In to Utah for or tho the past few rew months month preparing the which they have v c for c and und cultivation f during the coming spring Thc They are arA possessed of or a 1 zeal seal that l Is commendable and the the results results re of lr their work ork orl open th the eyes eyes es of or thos In whose vicinity they have bou bought ht their la land n Statement of Problem In the te past few rew decades R s h lava Into c c that leave have tried to solve c the problem of suitable tion Tim The removal nl mo lr Irons from m congested districts dis dis- dl districts was Intended to he be beneficial In ip a at t twofold sense it had hall as Of one on purpose to 10 benefit the community to which a de de de' Immigration was as directed und Immigrant himself lf WAS waa w to be lie benc- benc d lh Thus Thos far the the- Industrial ha have h been hern rn l resorted to until tho the CT cry It Ii hi rAll rale d l that the supply of workmen exceeds ex- ex ex exceeds ct ds the demand nd tor fot labor Accordingly 1 a. a new ne outlet for the expenditure of or er ef- ef fort must lH h he found fount An account of f this kind presents present Itself In the attempts to te make a farmer Carmel of the J Jew w In n the back to the UI soil oll movement which I U Is gaining In advocates Ad and recruits While hUe the thi mistake should not bo he made mado that any an and andall anc ancell andall all ell Jews Jew are ue fitted Hl for farms yet there may be and undoubtedly ar are those who will ucc ed If they i receive the assistance that t will them delf 51 f mem members keep 1 s r respecting bers berI of oC society Atavism Ata may mRY play It its part pout as an an RU ever tI Increasing number o ocue ol of Jews cue take to tn farming of their own volition volt voli lion tion or 01 are assisted I in so ISO doing The Utah experiment should be understood un un- understood doM der in all of oC Its b hearings bearings before one out undertakes to past pass Ju Judgment upon it as ai promising to be hr a n success or a f failure lure It H has In It th the factors that au augur tr th the successful fruition of ot the fond fondest st hope c of those who ho are Its Us spon pon sponsors ors A hundred und and fifty young men men ranging in age e from eon 22 to 3 33 years pl constitute t the working force Coree of or the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Co Cr lonial association which has bou bought ht 00 acts acres of or Irrigable land IanI from rom the stutt of or tt Utah h. h Before being admitted to mcm- mcm which an outlay of or several sev IC eral hundred dollars the applicant must have hM been h fn In this country at t least two years and lOd M H also O have Vo had some experience experience expert ence once sit ut practical farming fanning Th The The- Theland land on which t the tho l' l twelve e 1 a advance pioneers have ha been working thi thle fall rail and winter was waa a purchased from the state stat un under er clear cleat title and ami 01 on oil VCr very favorable terms term Examination Ex 1 has hal shown n that the soil oll Is Ie very ery good for tiu th the raising alfalfa of-alfalfa of wheat oats oat's potatoes and sugar beets bets Of or course courM th farming Is to tobe be done by means of ol Irrigation the water for which purpose is fA supplied b by tit the state In the lion llon of or vest vast are n of or arid arld soil Irrigation and Its It possibilities pos arc are Jim limitless I Th The The Interest taken b. b by the state in behalf of ot these Jewish colonists is Jr not In n the nature of or The states state's aid has rl right I ly h been en enlisted to pi pr prevent event exploitation of or selfish land companies which care more mote for the flue alm almighty dollar than for Cor th tin tho welfare welfare wel f fare re of or their clients In tile tIC Utah ex ex- 1 1111 the t ar are are Ina InH In I H Il number of oC oCa ways a IJ The payments for or th tin tin- land over a period of or ten years are arc KO xo Obligated that hat payments may mar be deferred during a couple of or years ears should unfavorable conditions condition arl arise arhe e that might Interfere Interfere In re with meeting of or the full requirements require menus ments of or the contractual agreements The Th soil 11 Is s known to he capable of oC yield lug Ing an excellent return under proper cultivation cul cull ti and the lx la one to which x the Jew can Hn adapt Adart himself At Io Logan an t tali whets whet th the stain maintains maintain on an excellent nt agricultural a college there are both loth United States And nd state experiment expert m ment nl stations The fh colonists coloniAls ate are at libarty libity lib lib- arty ity tt to call to 10 their a assistance these thue force that are concerned with attaining attain attaining In ing till the bet best r results on the farm rAnn from scientific cl investigation In the methods methods meth meth- od of I Irrigation th they will not nol lack for ln and willing teachers How Colonists View It Though far fan from the centers center's of or J Jewish life and activity lt It It Itis Is not nol to be bl assumed that t these Jewish farmers will bo be lost to tc Judaism m As a striking Illustration of or the tho love r of their faith which actuates the members of or this organization I cite this an as an example On the recent Chanukah festival I sent them candles that might b be used on the tilt nights of Chanukah I 1 received c the follo following hI lines line in reply I hg tte 8 one especially find delight In hr these theM holidays for tor they th remind us UR of or a time In Jewl Jewish lt history when the tire Jew was al altogether altogether ale al- together free fre o of a peddler spirit and ho he possessed Initiative c strength to fight for his rights I believe the day is coming when the Jc Jew Jc will again be endowed with an spirit and develop clop the si strength length n th and respect that arc due m. m That will come about aboul when hen our 11 Jews Jr 8 will ic that th the eit city ghetto life demoralizes demond- demond lies izes our 11 strength and spirit and a a. great lIum number cumber t. t of oC our OUI brethren will strike c out nut rot fut the fl free c life lire on Gods Cods nature Tho The blood hlO of ot the tho 01 old 1 h will revlIn revive revl In us we we will ill develop a a. calm ulm spirit a Sharp l Mid and also alo strong physical physical phy phy- Ical features I. I That will III strengthen our love 11 e for C r Justice and human rights lights The outlines arc are trot not a mere ere dream with Ith m me 1 I can call see that era corning conning for forI forthe I I the symptoms of ot It are arc here it remains on only I for us to cultivate and ud develop h these o symptoms and I can An a assure you Ou the the- ret ro- ro will be amazing ln These lilies Hues ate le not nul th the composition of ot a un er university lt graduate but hut of or one one- who ho lia luu has been tu tutored tp- tp In the University of or bard haid knOls with lit th world orld and who Is b H Ii graduate and pi practical act leal former farmer r. r I t ml might ht quote from other ether letters that are re equally as ardent In anticipation of the I result exults of ot th the Utah experiment This rids and oth outer other r farming fanning projects th that t concern ponce p 1 the Jew ma may mav not he the means of or solving the Jewish question but tho the nill ic-nill of or It all 11 will he be that that for for each family successfully transplanted from Crom the ghettos of the east Out th there re will be produced pro pro- hired d u a sturdy manhood Judaism will t I not oot b 11 Hi th lie loser but must K gain for ln for the dK day dav will viii conic come when the th Jew m the farm will 11 come conic Into his hits own t I |