In fact. they know it now. although only persuaded at first. Then the Senator indulged in a little imaginary history about Rolne that was very amusing to a man who knows history. The upshot of his statement was that the reason Italy went to pieces. as far as her agriculture was concerned. was because Rome did not " protect " her farmers against the pauper labor and the pauper agricultural products of Asia and Africa. Every man who has been a student of Roman history klows why the peasant and farmer class and the yeomen and old sturdy legionaries who were citizens of the Roman Empire went out of agriculture in Italy. Tile Senator imeiltioned the fact that in the immediate neighborhood of Romethe Eternal City itselfthe lands were lying idle. or else were devoted to great patrician estates. villas. amusements. game preserves. and one thing or another. and said. substantially. that it was owing to lack of protection for the farmer.
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