Italy Second Wwdviter of W
Wine Output of King Victor's Realm Morejhan One-Fourth of That of Entire Worlds
':'? Economic Conditions iri Italy Relieved by Emigration i j
Written for Th Journal by George W.
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l om. OMB TM wine '. out pui or tne
J ; world la aet down at 1.700,000,000
I gallons a year. Wo were not a
I JtV little surprised a few weeks ago
lo learn inai spun . prgaucn
half a billion gallons a year, or one
'seventh of, the world . supply. What
shall we say. then, of Italy, a country
but a little more than half as large as
Spain and only about two thirds as large
as California, which produces over 1,.
000.000.000 gallons of wine a- year, or
more han one fourth of all the world
output t Only France has a record for
a larger amount of wine than Italy.
; When Spain Italy and France are taken,
together there is not a large amount of -wine
left for all the other countries of
the globe. "There is this, too, to keep
In mind, the Spanish wines are almost
absolutely the fruit of' the grape, and
the Italian almost as purely Much
of the French wine is grossly adul
terated, a ' fact . no sane person can
longer deny in the face of the riots in
Fiance to stop the sale .of spurious
wines. But there Is a groat deal of
difference between the wines of Spain
and those of Italy, the former being
much milder for the common kinds, and
the Italian tartar. For the sweet wines
the Sherries and muscatels of Spain
differ much from the marsalas of Italy.
Noah, when he stepped out of the
ark. took care at once to set out a vine
yard, and in ancient Israel there was
sore trouble over the vineyard of a man
named Noah. Homer is full of the
, carousals of the heroes over the wine
Jug and Virgil and Homer tell us all
about the Falerian and Massic wines
of their day. Here they are still,
called by the same names in some cases,
and by nearly the same in others. .The
earliest Greek colonists no doubt
brought the vine to Italy, Greece hav
ing got the plant from Asia, wnere
there are said to be vines going back
I yto the days of Abraham. I mean that
Ithe very roots that were in the ground
neany 4UO0 years ago! are still there
sprouting with each returning spring
and yielding fruit at each vintage
period.
,' Tine Widely Distributed.
Like the olive, the vine Is seen all
ver Italy. Spain got the vine, its cul
ture ana trie making or wine from tne
same sources as the people of Italy.
The methods are almost exactly the
same. One sees vines in all sorts of
expected and unexpected places. Some
times a piece of ground of considerable
else Is set altogether to grapevines, and
at others the plot Is only the size of a
couple of table cloths, while all along
the edges of fields and along the lrri
gating ditches the grapevines run in one
long or short string. These vines are
set with trees and the grapevine fes
toons Itself from tree to tree, making
something like an arbor, or giving the
appearance of grapes growing on
trellises. This is peculiar to Italy, and
Is often referred to, not only by Latin
prose writers, but by the poets of tne
Augustln age and earlier. Many times
one notes a few vines set on a steep
hillside in a bed of grave) so white and
poor looking that It would appear im
possible that much of a crop could be
gathered. Very often the vines grow
In low, damp places; where the soil Is
all clay. This must account for ths
sharp, almost acid, quality of some or
the common wines of Italy. The cheap
"Chianti Is so, and the "Moreno al
most always la very sharp. The "Fras-
cati" is red or white and the latter Is of
a very nice Sauterne type, but not Just
like the wine of that name from the
Rhone valley In France. It Is much
milder than the Rnlne wkies of Germany.
Paolflo Coast's Interest.
Now from the agricultural point of
view In its relation to several busi
nesses, this subject is of great Impor
tance to the people of the Pacific coast.
If the grapevine flourishes In all parts
of Spain with its various climatic condi
tions, in all France south of Paris and
in some parts of that country north of
the capital, and all over Italy, so It will
in ail the regions of the "slope," from
tail Diego to Blaine and from " San
l"rancrsco to Denver. California al
ready has a grape industry that
covers 275,000 acres, of which' 150,000
acres go for wine. One California vine
yard in a solid body covers 3500 acres.
We used to put the wine output of the
state down at 25,000,000 gallons. The
last vintage is said to have yielded 45,-
000,000 gallons of all sorts of wines.
They comprise Chlantl types, Marsala,
Sherry, Rhenish and even champagne
types. The Investment in the vines Is
said to amount to $100,000,000, and there
are 60,000 persons interested directly In
the Industry, no doubt 100,000 all told.
There Is every reason In the world to
expeot this Industry to grow In volume
and to extend to all the coast. Rogue
river will produce Italian types of wine.
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Top Italian wlno cart. Bottom Able ;a.tnere of Italian laborer.
and all up to Puget sound different
types, French, German, may be made.
Three or four years ago the total con
sumption of wine in the United States
was given as about equal to the Califor
nia output of today. The wisest tem
perance rolley In the world is the en
couragement of the use in the family
at meal times of simple grape wines,
almost free from alcohol. Instead of dl
tlllod spirits, or even the product of
malted, grain. The wine drinker who
uses simple, dry wines habltiuilly cannot
be coaxed to Indulge In whiskey. The
wine Industry of California is worth
$25,000,000 a yir to the business of the
stat. The coast ran easily increase
this four times, building up a (treat In
dustry worth $100,000,000 a year and
Biir'portfng a population of 1,000,000 per
sons directly and Indirectly.
The working-man's Problem.
Here in Rome business Is done at an
exorbitant profit. At the common res
taurants a liter of the commonest table
wine costs the "ultimate consumer" 20
cents American. Better can be had In
Los Angeles for a "bit." As for the
working people, they do not live, and
barely exist. For men the wages run at
i'j.j cents a day four times as much
for semi-skilled labor. For women the
wages run as low as 16 cents, and never
abeve 36 cents. The hours of work
run as long as 10 to 16 "without rest."
I am quoting reports to the letter:
"Senxa rlposo." Time of day 8:30 to 10
o'clock (This is for breakfast.) Meal,
codfish, two pieces, worth 2 cents of
our money, sometimes with bread, gen
erally without. The bread Is ljut at the
same value, 2 cents. In several in
stances the ration was only one piece of
codfish worth 1 cent. About half the
rations carried one half a liter of wine
valued at 4 cents a liter. Here we.get
right at the heart of the matter, 'the
value of wine In the country at retail.
The second meal of the day Is served at
12 to 3 o clock. It consists either of
soup made with vegetables or of some
sort of macaroni, or of beans; occaslon
ly these are mixed, and now and then
a piece of bread Is added. Whatever the
food the portion Is one "helping," and
the value runs at 8 to 4 cents of our
currency. At this repast one half to
one liter of wine Is served, which is
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Shipboard Comedy Given Strange Climax by a Government
Officer With a Sense of Humor.
New York, July 22. A chance meet
ing on shipboard between Alfred Luck,
a young German manufacturer of weav
ing machinery; Mrs. Alwlne Schulae, a
widow, and Miss Dorothea Cassen, pro
vided a little comedv that the nassen-
gera . watched , with Interest until the
Steamer President Grant reached her
x jiw uuimub; vi mo liner bdu ijii
arrival of the Immigration : inspectors
brought the comedy to a climax. '
.Mrs. Schulae and Miss Cassen met In
a corner of the dining saloon at the
moment that Herr-Luck arrived. Mips
Cassen had been Luck's companion
during the day,, but he had spent his
evenings in keeping : the widow's: com
pany. Neither - woman knew : of this
until tha Iwt day'a aalling. v'.r
r when the. German, saw tba women
together ha acented trouble) but with
diplomatic caution " he approached and
offered each a hand. The widow took
the right, the maid grasped the left.
than . Ml T.lir.k i turiilM! : kmV'J' fnp
moment and the women glared at each
other. '"A'r A v:.'.'l " .''i-W'V ;;;'!
i'.Mrs. Bchulie Inquired wh Mlaa Cas-1
sen dared to hold the Oerman'a hand.
Miss Cassen replied that she was going;
to marry Mr. Luck.
"Oh. no. you're not," retorted the
widow. "Mr. Luck and I are to be
wed." t
The argument attracted the atten
tion of the Immigration officials, and
Luck was called In to decide the dis
pute. The widow is tall, plump, and haa
rosy cheeks. The maiden Is fair, slim,
with a clear complexion. Looking from
one to the other, Herr Luck said:
"I am going to marry Miss Cassen aa
soon as we get ashore. I had intended
staying In America for some time, but
no-I shall return with my bride by
the next ahlp." v: ... ...(
So that there would be no 'doubt of
(he Oerman'a intentions and to prevent
any; possible trouble the immigration
Inspector decided that It would be best
for ttie man, the- maid arid the widow
10: go to KmiBiana;wnare the mar
riage" can be performed and - goodb?
worth 4 cents per liter. The third re
past is served late at night about once
In 100 times when the laborer Is engaged
at unusual work. It consists of a plate
of salad; a little wine, at best all costing
5 cents. The highest cost of the work
woman's food In the page of the table
consulted was 20 cents for the whole
day Turn the pages one by one and
it will be found that the food varies
little, now and then fried eggs appear
in;;, and sometimes the whole meal is
salad and oheesf. The cost will not
vary. It will lie as low as 3 or 4 cents
u day. never above 20 cents.
Italy's Surplus Population
I sit here and corisldor these things. I
go about the city and the country and
we what is going on around me. It will
riot do to blame the government. There
are things a wise ruk'r might do. The
King Is greutly Interested. Tne peoplb
are not greatly different from others in
other lands. But what is to be done?
Italy, with two thirds of the area of
California. Is burdened with 33,000,000
human beings. The country Is mostly
agricultural and all tho good land is
used. Manufacturing Industries hardly
existed until the generation 4of electric
ity for such purposes was brought into
use. These Industries have made a good
oeglnnifig and the effect Is apparent.
Wages are higher In Milan. Genoa and
other cities where they are, and tliat
helps some by drawing some of the
permanent population away from he
country. This will no dotiht go on Hut
when one thinks of California with aI-
most 60 per cent more area and only
one fifteenth of the population. It Is
evident that the laborer here i-annot look
forward to the conditions that prevail
there. Emigration has been helping a
good deal for the ps.t 1 years. It
helps by taking out of the counliy much
of the excess (population and it helps
In the money those abroad send bark
to help the folks left behind. This is
not known In the aggregate, but must
amount to $50,000 a year, perhaps nearly
twice that amount. But it must be a
far-off day when this excess Is all
removed and Italy can support the popu
lation In comfort. Something will be
done In the way of getting better crops
from the land aad that will call for
more labor. As the electric power of the
streams Is developed the people will do
much work now paid for abroad and that
will mean a great denl.
No doubt, as Bnurke Cochran said In
congress when the Wilson bill was un
der consideration, It is a fine thing to
let our sympathies embrace the world.
But will our people be so altruistic aa
to let this sympathy take active shape
by throwing down all the barriers and
permitting this poorly-paid, ill-fed peo
ple of Europe, clad in rags, compete
with our' working people on etiual terms,
so that the fruit tree groves and vine
yards of the Pacific states shall be
made unprofitable and a dead loss to
their owners, while these people of Italy
shall raise our fruits for us, do our
work and get our money to make their
lot less hard? Would It be true phil
anthropy to do thlr tt the awful coat
of raising the status of the 33,000,000
here a degree or two in the acale of
living, while at the same time our peo
ple, fewer in number to be sure, shall
be brought down In the scale of living
50, ,76, 86 per cent, until they are on a
level with their brethren In Italy at that
time, and almost as low as these are
nere at this time? There are man
Americans with long heads full ot
brains who think they see a way out
of this black hole of misery, relief from
both horns of the dilemma, by remov
ing the obstructions and getting the ne
cessities, of life cheaper. This Is dif
ficult to aee here. The Worklngman In
tho'city pays 10 cents for his bottle
of wine which Is sold In the country
for 4 cents and which costs about 2
centa.
Ooit of Living- Higher.
Meata are dearer here than In Amer
ica, and so Is flour. Oura la only one
among all the countrlea where the cost"
of living has gone higher and higher.
When we were bere In Rome alx years
ago we were at a comfortable hotel
where the coat of rooms and our board
was 7 lire a day. Rooms coat 8. At
the same place now no accommodations
are possible excepting for those; who
take their meals In the hotel, and no
allowance la made for meals not eaten.
The lowest cost Is 10 lire a day.' The
hotel man , explains that In the ' alx
years the coat of all food has gone up
60 per cent We are obliged to aeea
private rooms where we pay the am
ndw that we paid then In the hotel. We
have found our old haunts, oaf ea and
restaurants we frequented on the for
mer vlalt, but meal which then coat
4 to 6 lire now cornea to 7 to 9 'lire.
kfra.' Schulae inquired why Mlaa Caa-jald t0 th widow; with due' formality I So it I all over the world. : It la aw in
Spain, where thinga move as slowly as
anywhere. In the large cities this Is
felt most. Wagea have advanced ' lit
tle, but 'not 60 per cent, nor 30.. JElenta
and clothes have gone up with food.
The middlemen make less In Europe
generally than in America, Thla Is dif
ferent In Rome, where these portions
Of the population have learned'.' vrr
much "modernism," particularly In their
dealings with tourists. No doubt our
rich people of recent years, whose
money Is new to them, have had much
to do with this. It Is amusing, to note
how hateful It Is to the American who
'struck pay gravel!' not over five, rears
ago to say; "I can't afford It," or "I
wish something that doea not cost quite
so much." They make a display of
their "financial ability," and so Vnark
themselves as victims for the "preda
ceous Insects" of society to fatten on.
And the Insects are not slow to see the
opportunity. - . ,
Half seriously,, if not altogether so.
I am getting more and more of the
opinion that the best thing: the Amer
ican people coulddo might be to ap
propriate a few million" a year and
send all congressmen to Burope In va
cation to see things as they actually
are. Of course when one considers
closely the kind of persons we often
elect to misrepresent ' us In Washing
ton, 'it will occur to the thoughtful that
these should have a person of ability
sent with them to explain the meaning
of the facts in sight. A bureau for
statesmen after the plan of agepetea
that take tourists around the world,
furnishing guides to the museums, etc..
Is advised aa an adjunct of the plan to
educate our congressmen.
Colleges are great and universities
necessary adjuncts &t modern society.
Globe trotters are, oTten mere frivolous
butterflies snd do not seo much In a
tour of all the world. But the greatest
education In the world Is one that
comes from well spent days In travel
The artists and students know this
It would be Just as great a benefit to
the business man and the professional
one. To the statesman such a oours
of study would be better than sll the
bookg In print.
FORMERLY THE GRAND
DREYFUSS' DEFENDER Z7
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Journal Want Ads bring reaulta.
(Br the International Nwi Ser'lea.)
Paris, July 22. Mattre Laborl Is not
only one of the most eminent barristers
at the Paris bar; he is. also, one of
the ' most . popular. He has Just been
ejected Batonnler, or president of the
Bar society, by the largest number of
votes yet cast for a oandidate. I well
remember the commotion caused in
Rennes the morning he was shot, and
the hue and cry there was through the
woods in search of the man who had
thus . attempted to end the days of
defender of Dreyfus.
Evem the' presence of his wife, a
charming merrfber of the Anglo-Saxon
colony in Paris, did not save Laborl
from this cowardly attack. There were
stormy days for him in every sense
during the great trial, and public opin
ion was so set against him that he lost
much of his practice. But. today it
has more than attained its old propor
tions. His career In parliament was
of short duratton, and he retired in
disgust at the Impossibility: as it
seemed to him of effecting serious
reform, The advocate , of Dreyfus has
always held staunchly to the view of
his client's complete innocence, but it
Is said that he has another opinion of
his gratitude.
Realty Sales at Elgin.
(Sffrlal to The Joarnnl.)
Elgin. Or.. July 22. Kd Rumble
bought 40 acres of land from Lee Furge
son. two miles from Elgin, for $100 per
acre. The land will be set to fruit
trees. Five hundred and seventy acres
of stump land in the Elgin vicinity was
bought by J. T. Conway of Portland
from Plass brothers at $16 per acre. The
land will be divided Vnto smaller tracts
and sold for fruit land. A 200 acre
ranch belonging to Charles Oarrett was
Hold by the Crum Realty company of
Elgin this week to O. Hunter for $3000.
Week of July 24
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Comedy, "The Widow and His
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gome Singing, Some Dancing and
a Display of Gowns
ISABEL WATWE
"Vaudeville's Prettiest Piano Maid
BEN SMITH
The Funny Little Playmate In
Burnt Cork
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Flaunting Death' in Mid-Air
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