The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
SCENES IN EUROPE.
President of Washington State School
Tells His Experiences.

Tells His Experiences.
Following is the address delivered by
President f. A. Bryan, OF the state col
lege, to the wheaterowers OF Washing
ton at their recent meeting in Pullman,
In which he recited various obeerva-
lions he had made during his recently |
completed trip abroad:
"The one thing that impressed me
while in Europe was the fact that we
greatness OF our own land, and it's OPP
portunities, and the greatness and OPP
portunities Of cur own people az COM
pared with our brethen in Europe. The
opportunity for the average man is so
much greater that we can hardly con-
ceive the difference. In Europe man
is torn in class from where he cannot
escape, and he accordingly fits himself
for that casss. There is qualification
after qualification, and it is practically
| impossible for an individual 10 pass
from class to class; and think that the
freedom Of the American people is one
OF the greatest things which we have
here.
''ln 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 magma
BILE. Whole families could be seen
begging together by means of musical
instruments. In one case | noticed
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 we're 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 II
one-half OF the population lived off the
ether half.
81 was very much interested IN the
horses. The average horse in Paris for
the heavy draft work is a very good an
imal 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 we're all Of very high type.
One thing that impressed me both in
London and Paris was that the average
coach horse was much larger fellow
than we have been accustomed to see
for that work. l think that we people
here in America should look toward
breeding larger animal that we have
5 in the past, and unless we watch our
selves, we will be inclined to breed
down. In Naples there were many cab
horses, and about ninety per cent of the
cab horses driven we're 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
J nose, and above the noetril is apiece
which extends out about three inches
and when pulling horse to stop, they
T. pull on the nose.
= ''In going up the Iiber river nortl
\ of Rome, almost every wagon that
: met was being drawn by oxen, eithe
: by tandem, or with yoke. The oxel
: were all very strong fellows, quit
Il large, we'll built, and had huge horn
rising above their heads. There di'
|" not seem to be the beef type of cattle
nor was there any milk type. l SUP
= pose their cows, were, OF course, use
|. for milking purposes, but they wer
= not apparently bred to either type, bu
I, rather to the OK type.
- - 1.-THE poorer class of Italians do nc
- know what it is to have meat in an
. quantity. The average man is. too poe
to be able to buy beef, as they woul
have to pay not less Than twenty-five
cents a pound for it. Kids are used IL
flesh there great deal. The swim
e there were very large, and rather NOR
OF the type OF the bacon hog than lik
our Berkshires or Poland Chinas. The
~ use goats milk a great deal, and ei
: pecially in Naples. In the mornin
= you would see women and men drivin
= goats around from place to place, 8
10 the customer has the privilege of hay
ing the operation Of milking performe
. in his presence. The goat selected
p MIXED, and in many cases you will sc
Pc goat being taken up in an elevator, {
y up a stairway, wherever the customt
al may be, and then MIXED in his pre-
ence.
a. "In Italy the tillage is Of very il
:" tensified kind. There, many of tt
is Italians have their own vegetable ga
~ den, and raise their own vegetable
e' Here we pay twelve or fifteen cents
20 head for caulifiower, and in Italy yc
can buy a dozen heads of caulifow'
for six cents, and that will make
clear why the Italian is able to live {
or a vegetable diet so well. The peop
n train their vineyards upon trees, ar
sn in many cases there is hardly any t'
as to the trees, as they had been cut dew
he to stumps for the vines to climb on.
Gu did not get decent apple to eat unit
at l was on board the ship, and had son
he Oregon apples served to me-"