The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-03-19
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In which he reeited various observA,
lions he had made during his recently
completed trip abroad:
"The one thing that impressed me-
while in Europe was the fact that VI
Americans do not fully realize the
greatness Of our own land, and its op
portunitiee, and the greatness and op'
portunities Of our own people - com.
pared with our brethen in Europe. The
opportunity for the average man IL &C
much greater that we can hardly con-
|ceive the difference. In Europe . man
il Eorn in class from whore he cannot
escape, and be accordingly cts himself
for that classe. There is qualification
after qualification, and it is practically
impossible for an individual TO pass
from class to class; and think that the
freedom Of the American people ID one
of the greatest things which we have
here.
SIN Italy the poverty and distress
were very interesting, although it ex-
cited the greatest pity. 1t seemed as
if there were no end of beggars. They
begged in almost every way imagina-
BILE. Whole families could be seen
begging together by means of musical
instruments. In one case | noticed q
woman holding an umbrella upside
down to catch the coppers, while the
father played the guitar, and the child
rem each played some sort of musical
instrument, and all were begging. Sew
eral husky looking fellows dived into
the sea to get coppers worth about a
half cent, and begged the people to
throw the coppers in. 1t seemed as Is
one half OF the population lived off the
other half.
81 was very much interested in the
horses. The average horse in Paris for
the heavy draft work is very good an
irnal indeed. There were great num-
bers Of magnificent stations that would
have sold in this market for from two
Thousand to three thousand dollars,
and they were all of a very high type.
One thing that impressed me both in
London and Paris was that the average
coach horse was a much larger fellow
than we have been accustomed to see
for that work. think that we people
here in America should look toward
breeding larger animal that we have
in the past, and unless we watch our
selves, we will be inclined to breed
down. In Naples there we're many cab
horses, and about ninety per cent of the
cab horses driven were stations. One
thing that was very interesting to me
was that they do not use the bit. They
use an instrument that fits over the
nose, and above the nostril is apiece
which extends out about three inches,
and when pulling horse to stop, they
pull on the nose.
SIN goil g up the Tiber river north
Of Rome, ; Inn st every wagon that |
met was being drawn by oxen, either
by tandem, OF with yoke. The oxen
were all very strong fellows, quite
large, we'll built, and had huge horns
rising above their heads. There did
not seem to be the beef type of cattle,
nor was there any milk type. l sup
pose their cows, were, OF course, used
Tor milking purposes, but they were
not apparently bred to either type, but
rather to the OK type.
"The poorer class of Italians do not
know what it is to have meat in any
quantity. The average man is. too poor
o be able to buy beef, as they would
nave to pay not less than twenty-five
tents pound for it. Kids are used for
1esh there great deal. The swine
here were very large, and rather more
If the type of the bacon hog than like
,ur Berkshires OF Poland Chinas. They
Use goats milk great deal, and es-
oecially in Naples. In the morning
you would see women and men driving
,oats around from place to place, as
he customer has the privilege of hav-
ng the operation of milking performed
n his presence. The goat selected is
and in many cases you will see
goat being taken up in an elevator, or
I'D q stairway, wherever the customer
nay be, and then MIXED in his pres
,nce.
"In Italy the tillage is of very in
ensifed kind. There, many of the
italians have their own vegetable gar
len, and raise their own vegetables.
Here we pay twelve or fifteen cents a
lead for cauliflower, and in Italy you
an buy dozen heads of caulifower
or six cents, and that will make it
lear why the Italian is able to live on
vegetable diet so well. The people !
rain their vineyards upon trees, and
n many cases there is hardly any top |
o the trees, as they had been cut down
o stumps for the vines to climb on.
lid not get decent apple to eat until
was on board the ship, and had some |