El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-16

GENOA. italy Dee. I8.-Iu the port
" Of Genoa today two ships are ~
Ing &c anchor. One has Just re-
turned from Argentina and another
from New York, where & recently
went with a cargo Of oranges. The
italian flag flies from the stern Of
each steamer. but from the mast Tut
tiers a red nag with great black LETT
rers "Gari1aldi-' They are part OF
S leet Of seven cargo steamers, each
with e capacity Of 81 least 1000 tons,
ana they belong 20 the Garibaldl Co
operative, the owners Of which are
the members Of the Federation OF
the Workers OF the sea" They rep
resent the efforts OF one body Of
italian workers who do not think
rhat 10 IS necessary 10 wait for rev
olutiou TO gain control OF their In
dustry- These workers have organ
pufpoEe o. buying out the principal
ship owners Of Italy and, On time,
gaining control o. the Italian mer-
chant marine.
Sea Captain Formed It
The organization Of the Italian sea
men and the direction OF their policy
may be largely attributed % one mar
-5ulseppe GutllettL re stands out
&c one % the most effective person
siitie1 and one Of the most pictur-
esque figures ln present day italy.
lie iz q see captain, q member Of rar-
iament-elscted on bis owu ticket
Hud q Socialist who travels his Own
road ana has been IN and cot Of tie
PARTY for many years.
believe that he Is the most adored
and GO the came time the most hated
rlEn In italy There lg not sailor u
any italian port who does not call
rim papa" But when ] met him in
the offices q the Federation Of the
Workers OF the Sea--the famous Ital-
ian senmen's unicn-I thought that
the sppellstion given him b certain
among the snip owners lifted his per
solalty better. They call him -ths
pirate and he is very Ike a modern
Erand opera pirate
KS Be- about IS year, cid ana g. I
an sure. the handsoudest man IN italy.
ne ig &c fasIdiouz about his appear
sucs as an actor. affecting particu-
lzrlv daghinE and becoming soft hat.
a particular kind Of black tie par
ticular cur Of black suit, and always
the same white pleated skirt. Inn
Ilaculate g degree. When he told
ne the story Of how the italian sea-
men seized the ships % the port Of
Genoa ard ran up the red flaE be
laughed untl teara came Into his
Bought The ships.
TIE geaman came into control Of
The seven ships which they now own
IN manner peculiarly italian. They
sought and paid fer thea and the
uenral1 thoroughly constitutional.
The Ga=ibaldi Echsms IS one Of ths
u1ost carefully thought cut and clsv-
eraly engineered Of business enter
prices Bat being Italian, they could
not forbear making Ia the urocsgs I
some large and revoluutionary asg- I
lures they succeeded, thersfore- in I
illaA-nG Italy little nervous and the 1
surrounding world quite thorourn1v ]
alarmea. And then being left alone T
~ wise government, they ouieted
cow ln4 began carrying inoffsnalre j
czrEce1 % inoffansive ports.
Guilietu tod me the story Of the /
=zri1aldl 10 the offices OF the Fad I
Grafton in The magnificent Building
rhs finest and most modern 10 The
port-uhich the gsamsn own.
We spoke IN English. Cor unlike .
most Of the Statesmen Of the world /
ne % conTersant Ia four languages. /
and once made q speech IN three. I
rranslating from one to another as be I
IN 1918" he said. -svsry sailor n
every Italian port. from the captain /
% the beg who washed down thaf
decks vas member Of the Fedora
ton Of the workers Of the Sea We /
among the members q the craft Il ]
IS the only union o. Its kind among I
ssamen in all the world.
They are wonderful the Italian I
soldier" be said parenthetica1iy. 1T I
vas a sailor from this city who dis I
covered your country, you know" he 1
Organize Cooperative.
En- 1918" he continued. "he Sc
cured q general ard very material IN
crease 81 wages 20 meet the IN /
creased cost o. living. We decided 20
put the first months salary, there
fter e. work 20 win for the SAIL
ora the control Of thelr own ships
We organized a cooperative 10 90 not
Ike any other cooperative Ia the
world. . does not pay any interest
up any dividends: Ia fact, % is par
p lculariy designed not toi It was not
organized 60 make profits for certain
ailora. i was organized 20 revolu-
Iio1lza the status Of all sailors IN
italy and Tut them "a a position
where they can help the workers Of
the world
Every member o. the ssamsn's
union is member Of the Garfbzldi
-ooperative. Every member has
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