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Show A NEW ITALY. j David Lubin, celebrated as the founder of the Institute of Agriculture at Eomc, whose death occurred recently, c did much good service for Italy, and.lt incidentally, for the world. And if the advice is followed which he gave only I a short time before he died, Italy will j see the day when the people will do reverence to his memory and call him great. j Mr. Lubin 's counsel can be summar- ? ized in three words: "Adopt American methodi. ' He expressed the belief that j) the Italy which is arising from the war has the opportunity of becoming an im- portant economic power, even as he is i an important political power. Having r shaken off the millstone of Turkey, J which for centuries paralyzed the in- . dustrial and commercial progress of a large part of the Mediterranean basin, Italy has now before her the illimit- able markets of the Near Last. Ha- vorabiy situated in respect of geornj'hi- 2 cal location, and with an abundance of h intelligent and sober manual labor, a f well-directed industrial activity could, 5 within a few years, place Italy upon a solid bais for the production of mer- k chandisc to be exported to all the conn- I tries on the Mediterranean, and esj e- eially to the Balkan sections anil north- ern Africa. i "The present is an unusually oppor- tune time for sm-h a development,"' an- - sorted Mr. Lubin. "It is not for me to explain in detail what steps Italy should take to effect this development. I shall limit myself to a consideration of what America's experience can teach Italy. In tho Vnited States during the last few decades a series of industries were developed to their maximum capacity ca-pacity by the cxtenshc use of machinery machin-ery as a substitute for manual labor. By a system of specialization ami standardization stand-ardization of parts, it has been possible to pay high wages, to produen high ela- merchandise and still to make a profit. The adopt i mi of A merican met hodn would mark a new era in tho economic development of Italy. Whence does America get her billions? From her industries, in-dustries, Tf Italy were to create .similar .simi-lar industries the billions would flow in Italy as they do in America." America was friendly to Italy, said Mr. Lubin. The war had opened t he way and the A merican public, was at ! present disposed to lend assistance to Italy 'h u ndertak ings, Tho first practical suggestion offered was that a group of men in Ttaly form a corpora t inn for e-t aid is.li i ng a c lot h -i ng, shoo or a nv other i ndnst ry ji Inn g I he li nes of a mmilar American i iir-t i-t i-t ut ion. This corpora t.i on con hi turn to the Vnited States for financial ait and t cch n ieal co opera t inn. The hegi un ing might be umall, limited perhaps to one model f act ory. If this proved a success, suc-cess, it would soon bo followed by others. Vnque-t ionaldv, there is much sound wisdom in nil this. I'inancinl interests in this country nre ever nlert for promising prom-ising fields of investment, and if Italy seizes t tin opportunity to take ns her own the markets at her floors, American money ami American experts will be eager to help develop them. lavid Lubin nee iiiR to have pen nt ed tho way for Italy's future, Wi! she proceed iu t lie w ay he d i reel ed J |