The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20

this country. And Mr.. Lubin, in order
to make this land profitable planted
it in fruit. And after many years
having reaped the fruits of his labors
and investments, he tried to sell these
same fruits, only to be again blocked
| by the California Fruit Trust. Mr.. Lu-
! bin then began an investigation into
F, the rural work and credits Of other
| countries, out could not gain the at
tention Of the men he wanted to reach,
SO at last he decided to take the ques-
| ton to the country which since the
| days of julius Caesar had been study,
| ing deeply into the question Of agrar-
| ian rights. And so Mr.. Lubin went to
Rome and asked an audience with the
] King Of Italy, Victor Emanuel him
! self.
Now in the city of a thousand hills.
to gain an audience with his Majes-
ty comes very close to the impossible,
, but at last, Mr.. Lubin having not only
a great deal Of money but also a great
deal OF influence the audience was
arranged. At the end of two hours so
the story goes, Mr.. Lubin not having
made his appearance, an investigation
was started, and when the Lord High
Chamberlain, or whoever 1t is that
looks after such matters at such
times. looked into the royal apart
ments he found Mr.. Lubin on one
side of the table and Victor Emanuel
on the other, shaking each the others
two hands IN the most enthusiastic
manner, in a sort of mutual congratu-
latory society on the tentative forma-
ton Of an international Institute OF
Agriculture.
$50" said Miss Noa, "Dr johnson
said to me:
"Of all the persons who represent the
best world thought of today, these
persons, in my mind are Mr.. Lubin
and DR.. Maria Montessori. Let US go
to see them and talk to them about
the work they are doing.
"And so we went.
I'VE went and we walked. A won
derfuI jaunt it was over the Alps.
1--WE were three days crossing the
Simplon Pass, a delightful and won
derful three days, in September, and
we did not hurry on our way, but
climbed even the lower slopes OF Mont
Blanc, and did other interesting
things that people do on walking trips
in Switzerland
well, at last we came to Rome. And |
there we met DR.. Montessori and Mr.. /.
Lu Din. And it was Mr.. Lubin who gave |
US the wonderful inspiration for the |
work we are doing.
'If you are really workers, he said, |
and want to be Of real service to your
country, go home and help assemble |
a commission to study agricultural
conditions and credits. There are no
two more important questions before
the people today ConCretely, he ad-
vised US to have published, as the first
step in this work 10000 pamphlets TO
be sent to the legislatures and farm
ers of the country so that each state
might send at least two delegates to
study conditions abroad.
'He put it up to us to raise the nee
essary money for this purpose. Now,
it may sound like fairy tale to YOU
but we raised 1t. It was in Septem-
Der when We talked to Mr.. Lubin in
Rome. 1t was in November that we
started out to try and raise the money
to pamphletize the United Stats. We
asked the advice of a friend in New
York as to what method to pursue, and
he gave some good advice and q chech !
for one hundred dollars. The advice !
was worth thousands. We followed
It. going direct to Chicago, and calling
On Mr.. Julian Rosenwald, President .
IF the Sears, Roebuck Company, who,