ABSTRACT
The Jewish world cannot be content to look on passively while severe, and what may be irreparable, injury—economic, social, and national—is inflicted upon the young Jewish settlement. Steps must be taken to ensure its unhindered progress. Where important national interests are at stake, economic activities must submit to some sort of curb. Land speculation must be fought, and the abundant experience of European and other countries goes to prove that it can be fought to a standstill. Rural lands in Palestine, under present circumstances, are not wares that change hands frequently, and there is no active demand which would send up prices. Prices of rural land are forced upwards primarily by the unorganized and unsystematic methods of Jewish buyers. The problem of combating land speculation shows an entirely different face within the cities. Tenement houses must not be permitted to get a foothold.
