The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-26

gained have shorter hours and high
er pay as compared With their com
I.etitors. The artist worker and the
unskilled toilers are equally eligible to
organization and all are protected
and benefited. Labor organization has
progressed further in American than
II Europe. where the intellectual
proltaria is a distinct and inorganic
ed emen OF society. 1t is described
to me as being in active rebellion,
open or secret, against society and in
fluenced by The European monarchies.
II IS plotting against the standing ar
mics. against the church as united
With the State, against hereditary
arLstocrats. against all the artificial
obstacles that eXalt vested privilege
and consequently give the less oppor-
tuIlty to merit TO gain recognition.
On coming out Of the theatre We
strolled nearly two miles along we'll
lighted streets to gain our hotel e.
the staff IN. Our guide directed my
tentlo to the "p0rticii OF the Via
VENT SetteTnbre, d marvellous marble
ana granite tWO-story colorado on
each side Of the street. extending for
perhaps half q mile. The finish Of the
stoneWork, the variety in the archi-
lecture. the designs of the ceilings. the
1nassiVeTess Of the structure Of these
portici. place them among those mar
Ve1s Of art which continually aston
SiI tic tcuI Isl III Italy. IdSSlIS q
| square surrounded by great buildings,
we entered the Via Roma, along
which is ranged q series of palaces
seldom riValed in any other European
city. Side alleys, narrow as ordinary
railways wound their way down hill
toward the harbor. The fact to be
noted in these streets. brilliantly light
ed by electricity, was that before mid
night all We're deserted. We walked
blocks without meeting even a police
man. There is no might life in
Genoa, except in cafe or two, which,
to be found, must be sought Rome,
too, at 10 o'clock, is quiet as a country
village. The street scenes to which
one grows accustomed in European
cities generally on leaving the theatre
are rarely to be witnessed, I am told,
in any city in Italy, except Milan. In
Naples one may sit for an hour in
from Of the cafe Gambrinus. at the
heart Of the city, until midnight, when
when the cafes close, and not see one
example Of what gives Ficcadilly and
the Boulevard Madelaine this peculiar
reputation. The treasurer OF a large
NeapOlitan hotel system, whose duties
nave carried him to points fr~equented
by tourists from Egypt to Belgium,
told me that no Italian girls are to be
found among the throngs 81 light We
men commonly found close upon the
track of wealth seeking diversion.
These facts if such they really are
throw some light on the problem of
vice as associated with poverty. Some
poor nations have been famous for
thir virtues. Italy is poor. No. The
land IS rich. The vast majority of
Italians are poor.
Before leaving Genoa for Turin the
next morning at il o'clock / saw the
city in its large features by taxi-cab.
Our chauffeur knew just where TO go
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point in order to give me q birds eve
view Of the city ana bring his taxi
meter to mark Il reasonably good
charge. He zigzagged me up the
series Of high hills that inclose Genoa,
through fine new streets lanked with
great detached apartment houses. and
past We'll kept squares. The grand
view of the city and harbor from any
Of the heights at which We stopped
that fine morning was one Of the re-
wards for his trouDies TO the tired
traveller.
Genoa is in all parts picturesque. at
points IN the new city. magnificent,
while in the old, downtown streets q
reminder Of the middle ages
Our chauffeur put US down at the
station in time for our train. Te vas
one of that most modern type. devel-
oped by his new profession, the ath-
1etic and courteous, daring, yet eau
tious driver OF u pOWer-hourse: excel
lent as a guide. somewhat Of a mech
anician, too. Beyond all that the
chauffeur must De extraordinarily
honest. He is q fine fellow. ! tender
him my respects. He saved ME days
and weeks of time in seeing Europe.
in URN my duties We're confined to
an Interview with the leaders OF the
General Confederation OF Labor of
Jtaly. 1t terminated to the entire sat
~lsfaction to both sides. Some mlsun-
derstanding as to what my visit to
Italy signified had arisen through my
meeting representatives OF the govern
ment departments III Rome and the
leaders of the labor movement in
uther Italy,. which is not in accord
| with that of the North. Some OF the