The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-07-29

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is simply the fact. The chamber Of
labor has ordered it. 1t was not done
at the behest Of any individual. The
chamber OF labor now tells what shall
oe done, just as the church used to
IN an earlier age. drop in at tav-
.ern and order glass of wine. It
costs Ira GO cents.
Tho proprietor said to me. I'm the
old days, when this wine cost 40 CEN
times g cents) a litre, they used
to drink a 80 centime grade. Now
have still better wine than this, for 4
lire, and some not quite SO good for
lire; but the people insist on drinking
the lire wine." Then he looked me
in the eyes and said significantly:
The people have woke up!" He
! then mentioned the high salaries of
| workingmen and the short hours Of
labor; but he did not argue upon these
| subjects. However, the good man
seemed assaiied with doubt and after
saying again that the people had
woke up" he asked: What do you
think about it?"
On the platform Of the station at
Ancona, where we arrived early in the
morning, fish and vegetable market
was in full swing. A fish vender
shouted his red mullets this way:
''Reds, reds, reds, republicans, anar-
1 chists!" In the kiosk at the station
<, saw gorgeously jacketed books on
sale, with such titles as the follows
ing: Flower Of Luxury 1.-THE New
Pleasure" "Arab Delights" Mem
oirs of Degenerate" 'why Wives
Deceive Their Husbands" 1.-THE Cup
OF Pleasure" and so on. Common
fpeople, wor6ng class women, and
young peasants were eagerly buying
these books in their parti-colored
jackets. Just try to recall the time,
not SC long ago, when Luzzati used
to break a lance against the traffic in
innocent picture postal cards!
In the train some peasants and
peasant women are devouring fine
white bread, and dismembering with
their hands fat Yoast fowl. One
young peasant girl has used a fash
ionable perfumery, and one of the
country boys wears an expensive pair
of American shoes. I am not sure
whether this means a real rise in
class. Possibly; but it is reasonable
4 to doubt it. How can these country
people, after enjoying such luxuries
again reconcile themselves to the
hard labor of the fields? Plowland
perfumes might not mix vel, with
those used by the country girl.
ponder again on that pToletarian
from Bologna, who has couple of
villas and boasts of his horse sense.
I fancy him inquiring of me: my
dear sir, whose foreign policy do you
indorse?" He certainly is in favor
of the alliance with the so called pro-
letarian nations, above all, with Rus
STA. I do not dispute his choice, but
have feeling THAT our Italy, placed
, half way between western and east
ern Europe, rs frightfully isolated
, from either the proletarian or The
apitslSst nations. For my part,
should like TO see a foreign policy
6 which would assure Italy worthy rec.
ognition. On this little tongue O
land we call our fatherland, a poor
a very poor land, more than 10000 GOT
! 4 Thurman 'bengs must earn living
= 4 The :hierardl1y of the past has beer
swept away. The new hierarchy ha!
not been formed do not know
y whether 1t lis mere illusion, caused
by tour present social disturbances, O.
r Wnetner 1t Is que 10 tHe StOppaSe o
q +emigration, but the population seems
8 ito be increasing. Everywhere Their
II are crowds Of people.
Some praise the proletariat o
q northern Italy as being superior t,
q the !proletariat of southern Italy: blu
q L have my doubts. That gentlema,
a from Bologna boosted of his hors
s sense and of the property that he an,
80 1s1, l,o 4 l,o1
a son to boast. But I fancy, dea
.reader, that he may have made
a slight mistake in attributing 1ai
t (property to his horse sense.