Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-11
Some of the After War
Problems Facing Italu

OF this exceptional PERIOD the old
standards of stinginess will return,
without understanding that if 'produc-
ton is TO be increased, and therefore
the national wealth, there must be
Judlclous concessions on the part at
capital and of the means for work Of
public utility.
Considers Hydraulic Power.
The author urges that the admins
tration systematic the sources Of
water power hitherto quite neglected.
He proposes the establishment of a
banking institution to develop n.y.
draulic power to motors only, but
considers its h%ygienic, agricultural
and industrial utility. Another i'm
portant branch of state activity he
considers the improvement and man.
Italy are still waiting for the con-
struction of highways. and intensified
agriculture and rotation of oops can
not be agitated as long as there is no
roads to give labor easy access to the
fields, or the products Of the soil a
direct connection with the markets.
The solution of the farming problem
for many communities consists chiefly
of having roads.
In order to attain a sound and safe
reconstruction and a full development
OF 1taly's wealth Senator scialoJa calls
for intensive production in every
branch of activity and national in
dustry. Among the means to attain
h a end, he enumerates among the
lrst the development Of the subsoil
products which will be needed more
than ever. The war with it's COM
pelltng needs led to researches
which showed the wealth of italy in
this. respect greater than any one
supposed.
The state is called upon to increase
commerce and all kinds of ~transporta-
ton by a good monetary and financial
system, by banking and credit facili-
ties n a farsighted and thrifty tariff
policy.
War Damages to Be Reimbursed.
Senator Scialoja ventures to discuss
the problem of restitution for the
damages of the war. According to
the practice and the law hitherto pre-
' ailing, he writes, the state was not
required to repair he damages inc
dent to war. Aside from its strictly,
ja:idical side the problem has a no
litical aspect. The bonds of national
un.ty forbid that the burdens of war
shall be thrown wholly on any one
class of citizens. 1t is the duty of the
state to see thai the regions now de-
Eastated are restored to their pros
perlty, and that h damages sustain
ed shall be reimbursed.
He maintains hat a reimbursement
is not in the interest of the person
who has suffered loss, but a recon-
struction of the national possessions
in their entirety. What he thinks
should come first is collective interest
of the population Of the invaded ter
ritory, which would not return to its
previous condition if the individuals
who suffered loss were permitted to
dispose of their indemnity and should
refuse TO disburse it for the welfare
of the neighborhood.
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FOOD CONSERVATION.
Park-There have been a good
many changes in Biographies since 1
went to school.
Wood suppose so.
For instance, l notice in my boys
school book that the name Sandwich
stands is no longer used"
That's SO; we usually speak of
them as the Hawaiian Islands now
Il wonder why they took away the
sandwich"
Il don't know, but I'll bet a cookie
1t had something to do with the food
conservation Observation-Disclosures
town Telegram.