The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
ITALY INDUSTRIALLY AWAKE
ALPINE STREAMS H4RNESsED
TO furnish POWER.


Beujamin Y French who has lived in
Europe for many years and who during
the last five has been In business in Italy
with his Headquarters m Florence. has
come back TO make his home on this side
and. as he puts IL. To try 10 ind out where
he belongs in his own country.
There are very few Americans in h,Isi-
meas in Italy said Mr. French yesterday
ct tho Molcott There are more English
men and many more Germans. Il has
bern my observation that the Italians are
not very fond Ut the Germans especially
in the northern part OG the country. Ibis
10 due perhaps To the fact that they do
not distinguish between the G-rmaus
and the Aurtrians with "hom northern
Italy had a hard struggle that naturally
LEFT its psople embitt"r-i
such American business mon ~ are
% ~ found IN ltnlv are generally those
in CharG. Of The business nj - bi. AmerI-
"an house that has s.-tabli -h.'l branch
there Italy IL not a country "a which all
outsider may do business etsily. especially
" the outsider happens 10 he a curporn
ton The method IT 'aNAtion va Italy
makes q company l,all. to ne "a we'd upon
ito entire earnings. no matter "a what
part or IN how many pnrts ~ the world
those earnings are mtd-
From n business point Of Jew the ais
trICt known loca'ly a. noTtA 1T the NJ
pennies exhibits the greatest degree 80
enterprise of any part OF the country. ~
fact the Development Of manufacturing
IN the provinces Of Piedmont lomlardy
and iguria daring the last ton Years -
a revelation even 20 Americans, and We
who have generally r"ggrdei Italy -
the home of ART and riacaronI Discover
when travelling through those reRians
that the Italian - awakening with new
SlGor into a distinctly industrial icing
IN tact twelve ysar- ago ~ ra~-ing
through hy tho ~ t'uJaari turu"l -
Milan YOU would rarely see q chimney
whereas tp-,lay there ar, forests 81 fter'
between a.. SWISS truuti-' and Milan
This awakening has naturally hr"uGht
Milan foTwari 49, Arg" ltstrihutlng
centre and - the manufacturing interests
are principally found represented thsr'
'hs growth % the CIty la the last d'-z. i.
has n~sn very ION siderable both 10
population and wealth. and IN IL other
chaTarteTlstlcs such a. the sgfiinetrv
Of the strs-ts IN the new part ~ an" town
its street railways. park system and the
general M inner Of living ia large apart
ment houses. II beers = 'ipss'T reSen lane"
10 an American city than any other TOW
IN Italy
Italy. az many know. stands third in
importance in the world 80 regards the
silk industry and Milan now one Il tie
leading Il not the foremost. 81 the silk
markets Of Europe It, relations with
the Cnit~d States in that industry are
consts ntly growing in importance.
One thing that las rerhap- contributed
ia large MEASURE 20 the industrial aw.Lk-
ening ia that part az ltalyis the develop
nent Of @lectric pow"r. ~ evolution
OF the water power 81 the Alp=. Ia some
CASES an Alpine stream - damned two
or three or more times ia it, downward
fow. and a large propoTt ion ~ tIs power
for machinery ~iectric lighting and stresst
railways IN furn ished by thu msans
'Of course Florence. ~ comparison
with Milan. il commercially nowhere
II IN, - 10 we'll known. the great art centre
Of the world by reason ~ the beautiful
monuments left by the Nsiicis. aud The
galleries. but besides tins. natur. around
Florence makes . strong app-al The
ordinary tourist does not gather in the
full beauty 81 Florence. with his visit
90 the galleries between trains. tor nature
has given the town a most beautiful set
ting and there are points Of great intsTe,s'
IN the snvlrons that the tourist seldom
secs
The climate In not 40 ea,IAble as that
~ Rome but from the middle OF March
60 tho middle Of June and from the middle
Of SeptembeT TO about December I 49,
a rule the climate n rnos' zflubTIOus.
and during the various seasons ] have
spent there have known the .Arno 20 10
frozen over only once. and that only a
thin skim % ice