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n PAGE The “Invasion” by the Jew s Progress of Hebrews in United States is the Basis of a Remarkable Story of Industry T IIK W estern Jewish Immigrant powerful in the clothing buaineaa. l.et union 1« * new organization, Mr, Hendrick explain: formed recently at Han Fran “ It was by the utilisation of minute riaro. I la rcssuii for being ¡a method« of rom |i«titioo th at the Jewa, thu |>lan of the Jewish |i«o|ilo of the in 30 year*, swept a*ide all other na to receive and |>ro|>«rly rum for in the clothing industries. tb« thousands of their no religionists tionalitie» have entirely transform ed the «»peeled to em igrate h«ra from Kuro|io They buiiue»« in all its details. Before they u f t u r the opening of tho i'aniiina canal ready made elothiug was Tha organization waa |>«rfected by rep a|i|>eared, m anufactured on w hat waa sometime« resell tali ves of 80 Jnwiah charlUlilv described tho ‘ family system .’ This aud benevolent organixation« of tbo waa largely aa the df the Herman i'acific coast. On« of th« principal ob m anufactures and creation artisans. The large j««ta of tb« union la to prepare boni«a m anufacturers purchased in tb« country for Imiuigrauta and tbua had them cut into garm ents the at goods, their |>r«v«ut tb« form ation ia I'acific coast e«tabli*hment«, and delivered them d ti« a of any aucb diatricta aa tha gb«t own bundle« directly to the workmen— to* of N«w York and otbar mrtropoll in for the larger part, Hermans and Irish of tb« United Htatea. working at their own homes. The head Tbia move a«rv«a to call attention to of the fam ily, usually an experienced th« fact that there are more Jewa in tailor capable of making an entire gar on« city of tbia country than wur«ever ineut, impressed his wife and older chil before collected in any on« |ilae«. There dren into service. Under his supervi lira 1,000,00(1 Jew« in Nsw York; in all sion, the family put together the (bo United Htatea there are Juat twice garments. A t would stated intervals the th a t many. There are loo,000 in Chi m anufacturer’s wagon would be cago, 100,000 in Philadelphia, 70,000 in fore the house, collect -the stop Itoatoa and 00,000 in Mt. Ieiuia. Then« clothes, pay the family beau finished by the iigurea are given by M cClure'« maga piece, and take the article« back xine, aa introduction to an article by headquarters. A m anufacturer, to in llurton J. Hendrick ou “ The Jewiah those days, waa a man who had a plant Invaaioa of A m erica.“ Tbia writer limited quarters, and au army of •aye: “ The increaaing im|>«rtanre of of and workingwomen scat the Jewiah people in all the large citiee workingmen tered throughout the city in their own of the United Htatea ia a m atter of homes. Ilia relations with bis em every day obaervation. One iliatin ploye« were alm ost aa dose and in ti guished atudent of the aubjeet, I’rofes m ate aa though they worked under his «or W erner Hombart of Heriin, even immediate au|wrvi*ion in bis owu far goea ao fa t aa to aay th at in another tory. The very essence of the system hundred yeara the United Htatea will the lack of the middleman; the lie peopled chiefly by Hlr.vs, negro«« m waa anufacturer dealt directly with the and -lew«. K stravagant and abeurd a« people he employed. thia .in te rn e t ia, the fact remain« that “ Aa whom long as an industry was organ the influence of the Jew« in the United iced on this basis, a (nan with a small Htntea in another hundred yeara prom- capital would naturally have the ut im -« to be almoat preponderating. most difficulty in gaiuing a foothold. Though they have been here in large One must be either a journeyman tailor, nunibera only 30 year«, they have al IHiorly and overworked, or he ready «hown infinitely greater rapac must be paid a m anufacturer, capital ity for economic prugre«« than any of large enough to equip au with establish the other great im m igrating people«.“ ment, carry a large stock of raw ma Clothing Control terial, and meet a good «ized weekly Mr. Hendrick go«« on to tell bow the pay roll. With the employment of the Jew« have romo to control the clothing Jew , however, a new figure rapidly induatry of the country. He call« it forgot to prominence in the rlothm g their “ unquestioned dom ination in the industry. The middleman wedged him clothing trade«.“ He explain« that self between the artisan and hia em the immigrant« of the early day« of plover. The latter no longer scut bis (ho “ invasion“ were in a m ajority garm ents directly to the worker in hia tailors, that being principal of the few home, but banded them over to a third occupation« th a t European oppression party—the Jew ish contractor. The had perm itted the Jew«. Tailoring had workman, who for years had m ain been a traditional trade among the tained rather close and friendly rela Jewa, from the middle age« down. tions with the m anufacturer, now never Then, when the Jew came to New saw him. W hat gave the contractor York, he applied hi« capacity for infi bis opportunity, and made him almost nite economy and unmrnsured industry. india|>eiisible to the m anufacturer, was Soon he was a power and then ail the fact that tbia new immigration en Solving the Problem of a tirely changed the character of the la bor m arket. These half starved new ar rivals, as has already been said, had a natural aptitude for the tailoring trade, and their pressing necessities- made them willing to work for wages mate rially lower than the Irish and Herman artisan* received. In a few years, therefore, they had crowded out prac tieally all fhe old tim e workmen. But the Herman or American m anufacturer could not handle this new labor sup ply. He did not apeak its language and did not understand its peculiar social and religious customs. As the influx of Italiun labor for railroad work guve the op|iortunity for the Italian padrone, so the influx of Jew ish artisans in the tailoring trades gave occupation to the Jew ish contractor who, first of all, was the controller of im m igrant labor. “ The contractor was him self an im migrant. He bad reached this country fioor and wretched, and had spent bis few years of apprenticeship in the ta il oring trades. He was usually the ex ceptional workman—the typical am bi tious Jew , who early saw in the malo- At the beginning this feverish ambi- dorous sweatshop the road to fortune, tion was practically his only stock in trade. He hail a room or two in a tenement— perhaps his own borne, per hap* a rented apartm ent. He went out upon the public highways for his employes; be would persuade his rela tive*—his cousin, his uncle, his broth er in-law—to join his force». He would stop a push-cart peddler in the street and show him the possibility of im proving his condition by running a «owing machine. T he System “ In thia way the contractor would get together a working force of ten or a dozen people. He would put ia a machine or two, a pressing hoard, and a small furnace for heating irons— getting them invariably on credit, w ith the expectation of paying off in in stalm ents from the profits of the busi ness. He would then make periodical visits to the m anufacturer, receiving an arm ful of ru t garm ents; the force would at once start into activ ity ; on .Mondays the ^contractor would carry back the finished product and receive a new supply. He financed him self in the most haphazard fashion. The neighborhood pawnbroker became hia banker, advancing ou Friday money for the weekly pay-roll, the contractor reim bursing him on Monday, when he himself collected from the m anufactur ers. “ An essential part of his success, the Jewish contractor evolved—or, more properly speaking, adopted—what came to be known as the “ ta s k “ or “ team “ system. There had been “ sw eaters” in the clothing business long before the Jews,—as« readers of K iugsley’s “ Alton Locke“ need scarcely be told,—but under their dom ination this system became practically general in New York. In a few years, indeed, the Jew ish “ team ” idea bail supplanted the old “ fam ily aystem ” of the Hermans. Ten or a dozen men were huddled in a single tenem ent room; in winter-tim e, when the win dows were closed, there was practically no ventilation, and the heat was in tense. The business was m inutely sub divided. Under the Hermans and Irish, the tailor and hia fam ily made the whole suit; under the Jew s, how ever, each contractor specialized in a single garm ent—coats, “ vests,“ or “ pants.“ The contractor, who was him self one of the hardest workers ia the “ team ,” would take a coat, per form his “ ta s k ” (perhaps the machine work), and then toss the garm ent over to the next man. This one would add his minute contribution and pass it to his nearest neighbor. In this way, the clothes were kept in rapid circulation. The man at the head, usually the con tractor, set the pace; the others had to keep their allotm ents moving, or drop out of the team and lose the job. The team worked, in those early days, a t an incredible rate and for incredible hours. Tho machines started speeding at aix in the morning, and seldom stopped un til ten in the evening; there are stories of “ team s“ who k<pt tirelessly a t work for 20 hoars a day. “ It is hardly surprising th at, under these conditions, the Jews soon ob tained complete control. No other im m igrant people could stand against a stendy, inevitable driving power of this kind. The German, the Irish, and the American workmen, who had domi nated the tailoring trades up to 1880, retired from this new competition as from the blast of a furnace. By 1890 there were practically no shops in which other nationalities than Jews were employed. And from the control of the actual m anufacturing the Jews speedily advanced to a monopoly in A Special Course in the commercialization of the product. H tarting with one team, in a few yeara the contractor usually had two or three. He economized in every di rectioa, saved every penny, and cheer fully subjected himself aud bis family to every privation in his determ ination to succeed. In this way, he slowly paid off his debts and used his profits to open new shop«. Once fairly estab lished be fouud little difficulty in jum ping from the poeition of con tracto r to th at of m anufacturer. By 1895 the Jewa controlled every branch of the industry.” Aggressive«ess Shown Mr. H eadrick follows this illustra tion w ith many more th at concern the commercial aggressiveness of the Jews. He tells of how they are acquiring a monopoly of New York real estate, of how they are serving .ee govern ment by thousands in elvil service po sitions, bow they are becoming police men and school teachers, bow they have gained control of the theaters, bow they builded great departm ent stores, bow Jew s are gaining control of the whisky business, bow they are powerful in the tobacco business, bow they have become railroad m agnates and bankers. These facte would lead one to be lieve th a t the United Htatea m ust be a paradise for the Jew ish people. This is the tru th , in a measure. H istory is replete w ith the achievements of the Jew s, of their commercial successes, of the literary and musical trium phs, bnt, on the other hand, many a story of his tory is limned in Jew ish blood. In the U nited States the Jew has not been persecuted; the Yankee has let the Jew work out hia own salvation, nntram meled. Jn st what effect this is to have upon our national development is uncertain, bnt it is sure th a t the Jew will make himself a factor in the bnsi- nesa and politics of the U nited States of the future. Your neighbors may know th a t you have money, but what they may not know ia how you got it. Few men can look back a t their past w ithout w anting to dodge up an alley. YOUR for Retailers ADVERTISING -J s* * . Learn to w rite advertisem ents. Complete course of fifty- two weeks. Instruction by practical experts. You w rite actual ads from the very start. Apply your knowledge to your own business. P ays a profit from the first. Send for detailed inform ation today. W rite a t one«. PORTLAND A D V ERTISIN Portland, G SC H Oregon OOL 301 Phoenix Bldg. THREE H IS SYMPTOMS. “ Fur goodness’ sake, M aggie,” thun dered Mr. Hrouck as he flung down the knife nnd fork, “ w hat ails this steak f “ “ Never mind the steak, d ear,” re plied his patient wife. “ I ’m more con cerned to know what ails you. This ia the first time for 25 year* th at you haven’t been able to tell exactly what ailed the meat, and everything elee on the table. A ren’t you weii today, John»“ The curate of a large and fashion able ehnreh was endeavoring to teach the significance of w hite to a Sunday- school class. “ W hy,” said he, “ does a bride in variably desire to be elothed ia w hite at her m arriage f “ As no one answered, be explained. “ W hite,” said he, “ stands for joy, and the wedding day is the most joyous occasion of a wom an’s life.” A small boy queried, “ Why do the men ail wear b la ck f” —Argonaut. This is a sour old world for with a soar disposition. The Only W hite Leghorn Farm in the World th a t can m aka tha following S to n a A gricultural Experim ent S ta tion, S tona, Conn., Aug. 4, 1911. To whom concerned: Ia the course of our W U to D iarrhoea investigation during the past season, wo have nsed a largo num ber of eggs from tho flock of 8. C. W hite Leghorn«, owned by Mr. A. M. Pollard. We w ars nasble to discover, either by baetsrio- logical exam ination or practical test, aay evidence of beeillary w hite diar rhoea infection. ____ LEO P. BETTGEB, Bacteriologist, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. F . H. 8TONEBUBN, Professor of P oultry H usbandry, Connecticut A griculture College AH rtock h a re free range m 99 1913. BOOS |3A 0 par 13—916 far 100. The Grandview Poultry Farm A. M. Pollard, Manager, M e m b w ^ N a tio n a l^ C . W hite L eg horn Club. Better Living-More Money For ALL on the Coast P er yean, the cry has been, here on the coast, “ BUY A FARM OB ACREAGE. AND YOU’LL M AKE A GOOD, EASY LIV IN G .“ In n measure, this Is true. But the fact remains, th a t to get the most out of a farm or piece of land, or out of a store, or w hatever other profession or business we may be in. THEBE M UST BE SOMEONE WHO W ILL BUY THOSE THINOS WE HAVE TO SELL. The man who buys these things Is practically always the man who cannot produce them himself. H ere In the W est, we need more men who are engaged In m anufacturing enterprises—men who work In mills and shops. These men and their fam ilies need all such things aa are now produced on the coast and m ust buy them of those nearby who produce them. I t la plain, therefore, th a t to reap the greatest am ount of good from the business in which we are engaged, TH IS BIO W ESTERN COUNTRY MUST BE MORE PERFECTLY BALANCED IN THE L IN E S OF BUSINESS IN W HICH ITS INHA BITAN TS ABE ENGAGED. Did you ever stop to think Prosperity Problem Solved T hat only a very small part of the m anufactured goods that we buy every day of our lives are made bore on the roaatf The people who should lie using those things which we produce are not living near us. Ju st think w hat it would mean to the small farm owners alone if most of the furniture, cereal foods, clothes, etc., which they buy were made right here at home by meu who, in turn, wore buying their vegetables, butter, eggs, etet Think of the advantage to every man, woman and child who now lives here if, with miljs and factories located along our rivers and in our cities, large aud small, thousands upon thousands of families were living here—employed in these mills! The result would not only be a better m arket for what ia now produced, but a better price on those m anufactured articles which we are buying every day. Instead of paying for high transportation ratea from the F.aat, the raw m ate rials would lie m anufactured into the finished product and sold right here a t home. It ie plain thnt what we need ie more and larger m anufacturing institution*. The result in increased prices for w hat we produce and cheaper prices on the m anufactured goods we have to buy ia sure to follow. The question is, “ How can we get to th a t s ta te f” The answ er is simple. We, ourselves, are responsible for the present condition—for tho shortage in mills and factories. We are to blame because there are not right now thousands upon thousands of fam ilies draw ing good weekly pay envelopes, enabling them to put a large am ount of money into circulation among ua. It is our own fault th a t we have to pay excessive prices for many articles. It ie our own fault th at we send our raw products East to be made up, then bring them back here and pay E astern fac tories and E astern cities to make what we ought to have made right here. The factories on the coast arc anxious to go ahead—to enlarge, to employ thou sands more of men. B ut the territory in which they can sell their output ia limited to this coast alone, iu alm ost every case. They cannot compete with big Eastern m anufacturers. They cannot sell in the Eastern markets. In many cases, they have not the large am ount of capital to advertise extensively, even in this, their home territory. They cannot go into the papers and magazines and convince you th a t the goods they make are as good if not better, as cheap if not cheaper for you to buy, as Eastern made goods. We know It ia the desire ef almost every family on the coast to boost for coast made goods, because it helps every fam ily living here. I t means b etter times, more money for everyone, better property values and increased prosperity if we can make our own m anufactured articles from our own raw prodnets and keep the money circulating among onrselve*. In the past, however, it has been impossible for us to know the Pacific Coast made products. We could not ordinarily tell w hether w hat we wanted waa made on the coast. To let everyone know plainly, in advance, w hether a product ia made on the coast, m anufacturers are now uniting and using the stam p which is shown here to designate a roast made article. W hatever you wish to purchase, ask for such an article bearing thia stamp. Almost everything you can think of th at you may need is made on the coast and made well. If you boost for it, the result will be th at such factories m aking such products can grow, can give work to more people; can help YOU to better times. Co-Operative Advertising Association 3 0 3 Phoenix Building I of the Pacific Coast PORTLAND, OREGON