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Show MAX COWAN AUGUST 18, 1972 MC: Yes, a little deal. The people that were in it were poor themselves, but they would band together if somebody needed a little loan, you know, to buy a horse and wagon or something to go out on, or a truck to go pedling. They could do that. They had it here, and I sure wish I knew the name of that. The Bernstein boys would know the name. They had it when I first came here and it existed for a few years afterwards, until about 1933 or 1934, I think. Mostly, a lot of people when they came from the old country, they had relatives here or people who came from the same village that knew each other, and they helped each other that way. They were pretty good at that. RD: I know there was quite a substantial influx of Jews in the early 1900s, from 1900 to 1911. MC: Right. RD: I am not sure when that tapered off, or if it tapered off. Do you recall any? MC: Yes, it tapered off. It tapered off at that time, 1913 or 1914. When the war was declared in 1914, right after the time of the sinking of the Titanic. It was declared right after that and that stopped the immigration. In fact, my grandfather was in Denver, my maternal grandfather. My paternal grandfather had preceded us here. See, that is how my dad came. 35 |
