The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 22, 1920, Page 16

FACTORIES vs | Slow Progress Reported in, Attempt to Settle Italian Labor Difficulties BY CAMILLO CIANFARRA ROME, Sept. Reports here to- @ay indicated a general acceptance ‘of the government's decree that in dustry be restored to normal pending ‘enactment of a law to give labor a )¥olce in the control of manufac} turing plants. | Milan dispatches said evacuation! Of factories war being accomplished) slowly.” Objections arose from some Workers who were unable to agree) ‘With owners on the value of products | turned out while the workmen oper: Sted the plants. Among the work Men themselves there was dissen | At Turin the radicals are said to} | be in control, with no factories) @vacuated. Fians were suid to be for the operation of res} Within the factories and for the exchange of workmen's certitt @ates for groceries with which to} feed the families Milan seizers had the tables turned | ‘on them when guests at the People’s | hotel took possession of the bhostelry first taken over by the Waiters union. The guests turned all ser YVants out, reduced the ce of Tooms, an@ manned the kitchens and eating rooms. Further attempts to obtain records plant owners occurred. in some ‘geetions where the workers refused DN armistice pending enactment of BY FREDERICK M. KERBY _ WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The po- _ Witieai and economic crisis in Italy "Ie due to one cause—the natural pov erty of Italy. " Behind the action of the metal Workers who have seized the fac- Tories in northern Italy; behind the) of four factions of the so- party in Italy, out of which i control by the extreme rad- | feals; behind the election of 156 so- _ Gialist deputies at the elections in the | fall of 1919, and behind the seeming paralysis of the Italian government | it# abstention from the use of against the revolutionists, lies _ one fact—Italy’s poverty. RAW MATERIALS _ Revolutions come when men want to eat and cannot get it, The ‘metal manufacturing industries par- ticularly, and in less degree, all other heavy manufacturing in Italy, today, eshte the war, rests on a false Italy has practically no ‘3 simply cannot compete manufacturers in their Consequently they can- to continue to produce. workers must eat. And lire, depreciated enor. by the war, left Italian work- the very vefge of starvation. | with demands for more wages, | factory owners decided on a —were forced to decide upon | tt. The seizure of factories by the| workers followed. REVOLUTIO: CAUSES NA’ ‘The Italian revolution, if it comes, ta, therefore, purely the result of | Natural economic causes. Hastened | - and directed it may be by radicals in the socialist party, who have long | Predicted it and prepared for it, but | its coming will result from the way mature made Italy and not because | Berrati, leader of the Maximalists, thas been able to commit Italian so- cialism to Russian Bolshevism and adherence to the Third Interna- [ z . Here are the inescapable facts of the Italian situation: Italy is one of the most densely Populated countries in the world Her population per square mile is More than 50 per cent Wealthy France, somewha | than Germany, and almost as great as that of the United Kingdom. | With such a population, Italy | Must depend principally upon agri culture for her wealth production. | And ‘Italy possesses a totally insuf. | ficient proportion of agricultural land to feed her people. Mor r, the Italian climate does not favor | staple crops like wheat and other grains. The country suffers trom @rought. The Italians have done wonders to overcome these difficul tes, but the agriculturists, tho they work harder than any peopl the world, are able to produce | ly | ‘only luxury produce—grapes, olives lemons, organges, figs, almonds and os. ITALIAN WATERS BARREN OF FISH ‘The waters about Italy are pe- eullarly barrén of fish. The British isles fisheries produce 13 times much wealth as do the Italian. In both agriculture and fishing the Maximum of labor yields only a) minimum of profit. But in manufacturing things are) even worse. The Uni produces more coal in a wngle day | than Italy produces in « year, Italy has no iron ore to speak of. In order to supply her railroads, ships, factories and gas works with abso- | well, Police Chief Searing and Fire represented. Fifteen patriotic socteties, tnclud- |ing all bodies of. the American Kinggom | 30 . = pe ALIAN ROYAL FAMILY TO, LOSE THRONE? | SAYS HARDING [ITALIAN ROYAL FAMILY TO, LOSE THRONE? | Is the Italian royal family to be the next ruling house to be swept from the throne by revolution? Court circles in} Rome are alarmed over the) growing signs of sovietism in| Italy, the taking over of fac- tories by the workers, It is} openly stated in some quarters that the industrial changes now taking place will soon turn into open revolution which will drive the king and the royal family from the throne. The picture shows King Emanuel (upper right), ALL SET FOR VETS’ PARADE Former Warriors Plan Big| Demonstration for Bonus | ‘The parade of veterans of Amer. ican wars, composed of veterans of the Spanish-American war, war of} 4 and the great war, which will be} staged Thursday night, to aid the bonus bill, promises to be an en- thusaistic affair. ‘The parade starts at Second and Virginia at 7 p. m. Thursday. In} line of march will be Mayor Cald-) Q Chief Stetson. The police and firemen’s bands and | atoon of mounted policemen will | act as escorts for the city officials. The Elks’ band and guard of honor, with members of the lodge, will be in line of march. The Moose band and members of that order will be Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in the line of march. The parade will be enlightened with | several features, The Second Division society will have a float in the pa- rade typifying an argument why the soldiers’ bonus bill should pass. Other societies will carry appropriate banners and flags. Senator Dan Landon today notified | Ralph A. Horr, who has charge of the parade, that he would furnish | fireworks and red fire. The parade will proceed to First | ave., and down First to Yesler way, | thence to Second and up Second to! Virginia. Ait people in sympathy with the soldiers bonus bill have been invited to meet at Second and Virginia at| 6:30 and join with the marchers. ‘The veterans’ societies and patriot- ic organizations will meet at their respective halls at 6:15, and from there proceed to Second and Virginia. The size of gloves indicate the | number of inches round the knuckles when the hand is cloned. BARR nnn lutely necessary coal and iron, Italy | must import all of it | MONEY SHRINKS TO QUARTER OF OLD VALUE Conditions since the armistice have intensified this situation: I alue of the lire has sunk to under 5 cents a# compared with o| prewar nominal value of 19.2 cents | Italy's public debt is 15 billion dot | lars, or 37% per cent of her entire estimated national wealth! In 1919, | the first year after the war, Italy | was forced to Import goods to the | value of 16 billion lira, compared | with imports in 1913 of three billion lira, At the same tim her exports | in 1919 were valued at 5 billion lira, | compared with exports of 2% billion lira in 1913. Italian agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing and com’ merce simply cannot pay for what I n workers must have to eat| 1 exint The crisis was bound to sooner or later. in. thi it in come The Italian workers metal indust precipitated | n increase | bout | a r = their daughter, Princess ered one 0 beautiful members of royalty and who at different times has been reported engaged to the prince of Wales; Princess Giovanna of Savoy (lower left), Princess Maria (lower center), youngest daughter of the king and queen, and the Princess Mafalda of Savoy (lower right). tiie TLE | te | MAY FLOP OVER Root May Change His Plans on the League BY HERBERT W. WALKER a8 PHOENIX, Aria, Sept, 22—Infor-| ay mation that Elihu Root, shortly | a, after his return from Burope, will) demand that Senator Harding | — change his international policy to} a declaration for the league of nu | tions with reservations waa received ernor James M. Cox today according to Cox's advice, th | by G | Root 7 believes it Inadvieable to form a j new assoctation of nations,” or try to remodel The Hague tribunal, Cox was watching the situation | closely and expected soon to em-| | phi that the international court | which Root organized fs part of the] league of nations and cannot be construed as Senator Harding's pro-| posal for a remodeled Hague trib- unal. | Cox has been asking his audi | ences if anyone ceuld tell where Harding stands on international re lations and he pointed out today tn campaigning in Arizona, only once hae he received an anawer and that “America first,” to which he replied he favored making Amer firet in world progress, but not in Harding's renee, Discussing reports from Marion that plans were being made by re publican headquarters to counteract Samuel Ge v's advocacy of the! democratic nomifies among workers, Cox said he wae confident an overwhelming majority of the labor vote will go to him. | Today's schedule was the lightest | of the entire tour as Cox planned} to make epecchen at Phoentx and Prescott only, after which he will |leave for Albuquerque, N. M. GERARD LIMITS " DEMO FINANCES Says One Million Dollar Campaign Fund Enough WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Demo- crate will be watinfied with a million dollar campaign fund, James W.| Gerard, chairman of the democratic finance committer, told the senate! expenditures investigating committee today Two million dollars would be an} excensive fund, according to Gerard, the first witness before the commit- tee today. He added he would turn | back the money if he got.as much| jas $2,000,000. So far, $125,821 has | been raised, Gerard maid. Gerard told the committee of the organization of the democratic fund machinery. | Bernard M. Baruch was tnvited to| serve on the committee but declined, | Gerard said, the Harding Rests for Strenuous Day MARION, Ohio, Sept. 22—Senator Harding took a day off today, pre paratory to plunging inte enw oun schedule which begins tot ow with a speech to a delegation of den tists and winds up with his return to Marion next Thursday night from a speaking tour Into Maryland, Weat Virginia and Kentucky. ‘The republican campaign has en-) tered ite final phase and Harting headquarters was active with prep- arations for swinging into the home stretch. Both Harding and Cox plan to wind up their campaign in Ohio. | | ueen Helene (upper center), olande (upper left), consid- Europe's most Expect Wilson to Make Statement WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Presi- Gent Wilson soon will make hig first utterance of the 1920 presidential campaign, ft was believed today, ‘That this utterance will be on the wibject of the league of nations was taken for granted. There were indi- cations the president in making ready to enter actively the campaign. Governor Cox was said to plan his final epeech in Toledo the same night. In India the mother has the an- Ainputed right to select the name of the new baby, THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT Ba Eight Smart Styles in New Serge Dresses at $15.95 Also Four New Models in Velour and Four in Messaline For Afternoon and Street Wear —Several models in straightline effects are shown—and the straightline frock is a very popular one this season. —Russian blouse and jacket models—some with accordion-pleated side panels. a are embroidered over the skirt and waist, or trimmed with braid and but- ons. For Thursday We’re Going to Show Another New Line of Fall Hats at $4.95 —Considering the number of $4.95 Hats we sell—we feel this is just about what Seattle women want to pay—and especially for such good-looking Hats as the Basement sells for this price. —In this lot there are many smart styles with metallic clo and metallic embroidery, and a good assortment of colors. th and braid trimming STAR. Nebraska’s Charter Nebraska charter indicate all pro posed 41 amendments to the present Iks to Hold Open |G. O. P. 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M FOR DRESSES, women are choosing paon or chiffon velvets, satins, French serge, tricotines, chiffon broadcloths, poplins. BLOUSES are easy to make and shoppers this Fall prefer Georgettes, crepe de Chine or be-flowered and be-spattered Cheney silks in bril- liant colorings. 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