. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . ns their farms irere .r:o*well cared for. Thus, many of the small farmer*forced to borrow money from the w of the distance and the cosl of transporting iterm oi uded to six y< hi. thi the policy of conquest entered up?> i 332 THE STORY OF ROME. Ax Italian Ploughman. increased the hardship of the small farmers. They couldno more compete on equal terms with the owners ot the ex-tensive grain fields in Sicily, than a small factory or small storeto-day can compete successfully with great manufacturingcombinations, or with ou
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . ns their farms irere .r:o*well cared for. Thus, many of the small farmer*forced to borrow money from the w of the distance and the cosl of transporting iterm oi uded to six y< hi. thi the policy of conquest entered up?> i 332 THE STORY OF ROME. Ax Italian Ploughman. increased the hardship of the small farmers. They couldno more compete on equal terms with the owners ot the ex-tensive grain fields in Sicily, than a small factory or small storeto-day can compete successfully with great manufacturingcombinations, or with our large department stores. The owners of the great estates in Italy did not suffer fromthe importation of grain as the poorer farmers did. Theyfound that cattle-raising was a very profitable way of using their great Italian es-tates; for a few cheapand unintelligent slavescould care for largeherds of cattle, so thatthe cost of labor on theranges was small. Inthis way cattle-grazingon large ranges took theplace of the small farm-ing which had been thebasis of Italian life, and had filled the Roman armies withfree and sturdy tillers of the soil. The peasants turnedinto professional soldiers or moved to the cities, especiallyto Rome, to swell its increasing numbers of restless Increase in the Slave Tra
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