AGRARIAN TENDENCIES IN EUROPE 69 



Rome is an organization really unique in the scope 

 of activities and the nature of its work. The object 

 of the Institute is to defend and promote the agri- 

 cultural interests of the world. The idea of the In- 

 stitute originated in the mind of Mr. David Lubin, 

 an American Jew. He communicated his idea to 

 the King of Italy, who was so impressed with the 

 suggestion that he provided a commodious building 

 and invited the nations of the world to appoint per- 

 manent officials to come to Rome and unite their 

 efforts in improving the quality of production, pro- 

 moting a better economic situation with reference 

 to agriculture, and disseminating this information 

 throughout the world. 



The program, as outlined in the treaty providing 

 for the establishment of the International Institute 

 of Agriculture, is as follows: 



"(1) Collect, study and publish, as promptly as 

 possible, statistical, technical or economic informa- 

 tion concerning farming, plant and animal products, 

 the commerce in agricultural products and the prices 

 prevailing in the various markets; 



"(2) Communicate to parties interested, also as 

 promptly as possible, the available information; 



"(3) Indicate the wages paid for farm work; 



"(4) Make known the new diseases of plants 

 which may appear in any part of the world, showing 

 the territories infected, the progress of the diseases 

 and, if possible, the remedies which are effective; 



"(5) Study questions concerning agricultural co- 



