The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 19, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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PROGRESS OF REFORM
Apparently reform is reform-
ing very fast if reform it can be
called We would rather call it
deform instead of reform Rab-
bi Leon Harrison of Temple Is-
rael at St Louis Mo was known
ten years ago to have opposed a
fair which was to be given un-
der the auspices of the United
Hebrew Charities organization
of that city on a Friday night
He is now opposing the ortho-
dox faction of the same organi-
zation by advocating the Charity
Fair to be kept open this year on
Friday night
If the socalled reform Rabbi
is making such strides away
from Judaism as he has mad
in the last ten years we surmise
his Judaism in ten years fron
now will have to be put unde
a microscope to be distinguish-
able and still we are not sur-
prised as reform is advocating
assimilation the Rabbi is setting
the pace
Nor are we worried for the
sooner they assimiliate and get
off the scene the better it will
be for Judaism
Bn Zruch
The management of The Her-
ald does not share in the opinion
of Bn Zruch Well admit the
Bible is sacred and is the work
of a higher Being than man
Hence we have no right to
change it Since Saturday the
seventh day is the Sabbath and
Friday night the eve thereof we
would not relegate the Holy
Scriptures to the rear to be dis
regarded but would advocate the
closing of the Fair on Friday
We wouldnt fatten Charity at
the expense of Faiths
Condemns Sensationalism
PAPER READ BEFORE AR
NULT LITERARY SOCI-
ETY OF PHILADEL
DELPHIA PA
By Mr Julius J Price of Bal-
timore Md
The civilized world is passing
through one of those periods
when the multitudes grow rest-
less under the restraint of au-
thority
Whether we look to Russia to
behold a people struggling for a
constitution to England to see
labor fighting for a place in the
affairs of State or even to our
own land to behold ourselves pas
ing through a great wave of
symptoms of popular unrest
The progress of science and in-
dustry is destroying the old es-
tablishing a new order of things
Our country especially is in the
midst of social political and in-
dustrial unrest Social problems
> f every kind and every intensity
are demanding solutions The
vast expanse of our territory and
Our extensive and manifold in-
terests are at once our great op-
portunity and our danger dan
Ter lest their very magnitude
ender them unwielding in our
hands Under such conditions
then it is not to be wondered at
f we find hasty conclusions on
every side Rather ought we to
be surprised if in all this uncer-
tainty of new problems we did
uot dicover a popular unrest and
a popular clamor
But to U3 it is very evident that
such an unrest is all about us and-
s finding an outlet in various
channels One result of it is
found in the increased growth of
sensational literature which is
flooding the country Products
of the time are those writers who
in the midst of the countrys pros-
perity find nothing to praise
everything to condemn In most
cases their every effort is not to
place truth in a pure light before
the people but by a species of ex-
aggeration to establish condi-
tions whiGh will cause a demand
for their highly sensational
pages
They perceive a people in throe3
of sensationalism and offer a3 a
cure more sensation They alone
are good the victims of their at-
tack arebad and in deed they
are captivating enough so much
so that men fail to look into their
motives and analyze their charg-
es A headline is a sufficient ap-
peal to the feverish minds of the
people and condemnation follows
A mere assertion is too often
taken for fact The sensational
writer has only to state his case
and is not called upon to show a
substitute for that which he de-
lights in destroying It is not
very difficult to picture what
such a state of affairs must in-
evitably lead to Slander and un-
truthful assaults on men never
have brought good to any State
and show no prospects of ever
doing it in the future Some re-
action must surely follow and
then the danger is that it will
not be the guilty who suffer the
penalty of their destructive work
but their innocent victims un-
truthfully assailed
In this same class are those ag-
itators who are but the froth
upon the mountain wave the
bird that shrieks upon the sullen
tempests wind With little if
any real knowledge of conditions
they hold forth before the peo-
ple with remedies for all evils
They especially in the times of
unrest are a menace Their wild
imaginations are a constant
source of danger to the State
They are the cause as Burke
says of that optical illusion
which makes a briar at our nose
of greater magnitude than an oak
at 500 yards distance
These are the times and those
are the products of the times
sensational literature and agita
tion whose object is not so much
to build up as to tear down who
think that no good can come un
less they first destroy something
Their efforts are directed first
of all against men in the Govern-
ment service It waa a saying of
Sir Walter Raleigh that men
lay the blame on those evils
whereof they know not the
ground upon public misgovern
ment and so it happens today
that men in office good and bad
witfiout distinction are subject-
ed to attacks which sweepingly
and indiscriminatelyinclude the
good and bad They can < be re-
garded as nothing but destruct-
ive to the State Th e people are
unable to distinguish the good
fromthe bad and there arises a
general distrust of public men
or if not distrust a state of in-
difference to evils and evil men
Public sentiment which should
be the keystone to legislation is
withdrawn from the legislators
to be followed by a lack of re-
spect for existing law and a
growing demand for changes
without regard to their special
need
Surely it cannot be said on any
just grounds that our public
men are traitors to their duty
Moreover it is a reflection upon
ourselves when we say that our
representatives cannot govern us
intelligently If such is the case
then nothing but destruction
awaits our democratic form of
government Hence the necessity
of strong public sentiment behind
our legislation The people must
see the danger to our representa-
tive government and make a
stand against sensational litera-
ture and the wild cries of agi-
tators But as we should be dis-
creet in starting reforms much
more is it necessary that we be
discreet in carrying them on
In these troublous times what
is needed is men A healthier
public spirit which is not afraid
to render authority the obedience
which is its due and give to law
the respect it ought to command
Education too must play its
part especially that education
which imprints in our hearts the
fundamental principles of mor
als and religion The real reform
of evils is for every man to re-
form himself to ouild up in him-
self a strong and noble character
to be conscious of his high mis-
sion in life and of his duties to
his fellowmen to meet the trials
of life with wisdom and strength
nd never to fail in his duty to
social security and universal
sympathy among men men who
at last see things in their true
light and in their true related
order
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 19, 1908, newspaper, November 19, 1908; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84744/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .