Giovanni Montemartini

In 1901, he was elected to the council of the Società Umanitaria of Milan, which had recently been founded by the philanthropist Prospero Moise Loria, and aimed to alleviate unemployment.

His statistical approach to economic problems led him to an appointment at the newly founded Office of Labor, created in 1902 as part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce.

In 1904 he joined an anti-protectionist league, and the next year, along with David Lubin, Luigi Luzzatti, Antonio De Viti De Marco and Pantaleoni, helped found the Istituto Internazionale di Agricoltura, an organization of small agricultural producers.

This led to the establishment in 1812 of the Centrale Montemartini in the rione Ostiense, and a hydroelectric station at Castel Madama in 1916.

[1] A former Roman power station Centrale Montemartini is named after him, and has been presently been converted into an unusual museum, displaying Ancient Roman artifacts formerly in the collections of the Capitoline Museums, alongside the former heavy machinery and consoles of the power station.