The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-11

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corn must be cultivated mainly with
a hce. but as it is in full silk and
tassel now no work is being done in
it, AS it averages about one foot II
the drill there must be from 10000
to 10000 stalks to the acre. How.
ever rich the land, or however per-
feet the cultivation, the ligth and all
are shut out by his method of cul-
ture. While l have no estates as
to the yield in grain, it must be rela-
lively small. and there Is no wonder
that the disease, pellagra, prevails
to such an alarming extent in this
country. We were told by the gov
ernment, official at Rome, who cor
responds to the head Of the United
States marine hospital service, and
who mas good use Of the English Ian
guage and evidently is man
scientific attainment, that there il:
no doubt that this terrible diesas'
is due entirely to the using of un.
sound Indian corn as food, and that
this must be due entirely to crowd
ing, as the climate OF Milan is about
the same as that of Charlotte, n,
c., if anything warmer, with ful.
opportunity for the corn TO mature
thoroughly.
We bought sc1ne corn in the
,,1- In Nnninn tn food th(
pigeons with, and the grains were
nearly round, as though coming from
nubbins. And, of course, with the
corn crowded as they grow it in
Italy nothing but nubbins is possible
AS the peasants depend largely on
corn for food in northern Italy, antl
their poverty suggests or compels
eating whatever grain they can get
the good and bad are ground togeth'
er; hence the disease pellagra.
The City of Canals.
Venice is little too much for an
invalid to attempt to describe. II
has no streets, only alleys six or ten
feet wide and canals from ten to
thirty feet wide. The alleys cross
the canals, when necessary, Jon
bridges, always high arched for the
passage of gondolas and lighters.
And everything, including people:
transported in the city, is either car
ried on the back or in a boat by wat
er. We did not see single vehicle
of any kind or horse. The paving
problem is relatively important
in Venice and there is no necessity
of lodging street cars, automobiles,
cabs or trucks-all Of which VIC
found to lie very necessary when we
reached Milan.
Milan the Commercial Metropolis.
Undoubtedly there is nothing IN
the way of contrast greater than thai
which exists between these two ltal,
ian cities-Venice and Milan. Decay
and former grandeur are written ali
over Venice, and the silence which
one finds there is typical of the grave
Milan, with its half million people.
the commercial and manufacturing
metropolis of the kingdom of Italy
is in every respect, barring the mar
rowness of some Of its streets, a
bustling, progressive modern city
one can easily imagine himself II
st. Louis or Cincinnati or Pittsbur:
barring the smoke. Its cathedral is
to my mind, even more pleasing thar
st. Peters, at Rome. While that is
stupendous and magnificent, there
is something garish about it, ant
such studied effort to substitute
some potifex maximums as an lido
to be worshipped, instead of Christ
that the simple majesty and beauty
and dignity of the Main cathedral /
very impressive. This may also be
said of the Seville cathedral.
After a day and half on the ltal-
ian lakes, Como, Lugano and Mag
giore, we left Italy and came direct
to Geneva, coming the entire length
of Lake Geneva from it's eastern tt
its western end by boat. Our pleasure
was much marred by heavy squal
and rain, which drove us from the
deck two-thirds Of the time, and L
has been raining pretty much ever
since we got here.
Favorably Impressed With the People
of Northern Italy.
Having myself been very pro
nounced in expressing the idea that
italians were undesirable immigrants
for South Carolina sense of justice
comnels me to say that having
watched the people of Italy with that
very question in view. I still feel
that the people of Naples and those
Of southern Italy whom saw al
Salernum and Postum are not the
type we would like to have. From
Rome northward, the impression
made on me is entirely favorable
and I feel sure that if we could ge
any of the northern Italians into the
southern states they would make
good citizens and help In every wa!
to assist the white race In solving
the race problem. Our investiga
tions show that most of those who
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