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Peddler system in America
In support of Jewish peddlers, Jewish communities establishes distinctive network throughout the country. Peddling could not be an option for another ethnic group. Its initial expenditure for peddling was too high and there were not communal support or infrastructure for non-Jewish minorities in America. However, settled Jewish retail store owners who once were peddlers scattered throughout the country basically functioned as infrastructures for attracting more Jewish immigrants to become peddlers. As I discuss in the previous post, peddler is a transitional occupation that leads to more lucrative and prosperous occupations and the established system that proliferates Jewish peddlers in America helps Jewish communities to further increase its social status in the communities as more of Jewish people take lucrative and prosperous occupations.
Those shopkeepers and wholesalers, according to Diner, not only provide goods to Jewish peddler in better price, but also instructed neophyte peddlers how to ply their trade, what to say, what to charge. Communal support were something to expect when fresh off the boat, immigrants who just came to America, lacks knowledge in English and this destroyed entry barrier for Jewish people to become peddlers.
Jewish peddling history is going back to centuries of years in Europe and Muslim worlds and experience from their ancestors had passed down to Jewish immigrants in America. One of these traditions was not to infringe on another’s selling territory, so-called medinah. This lessened the meaningless competition between peddlers and they were able to maximize their profit by specializing their own territory in the market. Another traditions were interest free loan, and Jewish communities use it as a way to attract more people into peddling and establish its economic kingdom as suppliers of United States economy.
Many of these wisdoms learned from their peddling history in Europe and Muslim worlds performed under the principle of economics when there were no other groups or communities of people who do not understand and exploit the benefit of it and this accounted the success of Jewish immigration in many aspects.
In support of Jewish peddlers, Jewish communities establishes distinctive network throughout the country. Peddling could not be an option for another ethnic group. Its initial expenditure for peddling was too high and there were not communal support or infrastructure for non-Jewish minorities in America. However, settled Jewish retail store owners who once were peddlers scattered throughout the country basically functioned as infrastructures for attracting more Jewish immigrants to become peddlers. As I discuss in the previous post, peddler is a transitional occupation that leads to more lucrative and prosperous occupations and the established system that proliferates Jewish peddlers in America helps Jewish communities to further increase its social status in the communities as more of Jewish people take lucrative and prosperous occupations.
Those shopkeepers and wholesalers, according to Diner, not only provide goods to Jewish peddler in better price, but also instructed neophyte peddlers how to ply their trade, what to say, what to charge. Communal support were something to expect when fresh off the boat, immigrants who just came to America, lacks knowledge in English and this destroyed entry barrier for Jewish people to become peddlers.
Jewish peddling history is going back to centuries of years in Europe and Muslim worlds and experience from their ancestors had passed down to Jewish immigrants in America. One of these traditions was not to infringe on another’s selling territory, so-called medinah. This lessened the meaningless competition between peddlers and they were able to maximize their profit by specializing their own territory in the market. Another traditions were interest free loan, and Jewish communities use it as a way to attract more people into peddling and establish its economic kingdom as suppliers of United States economy.
Many of these wisdoms learned from their peddling history in Europe and Muslim worlds performed under the principle of economics when there were no other groups or communities of people who do not understand and exploit the benefit of it and this accounted the success of Jewish immigration in many aspects.