The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-16


the people permitted to cultivate, while, out Of
| 2,776 persons, 1872 occupied the whole!
| "The following facts reported from Newcas
| tie Union, in the county OF Limerick:
Acres
Area ;,.','''''''''''.'' 90 80 ;il'oo2
population. ..,..,.... bUOOU
Land cultivated. ......,........... 3S722
| 'Here We fud abundant proof that Great Britain
is not populated; for If 60 900 persons live
from IS 1922 acres the whole territory ofNewcaslle
| Union will feed over 100000. Many other similar
statements could be made. All Ireland stands
| thus:
| Acres
Area, Observation-Disclosures. 20, sos ,27l
In crops for human use in lS47. 5,23S,575
'Here we find only little more than one -four tn
of the territory of Ireland cultivated for the sup
port of man. Instead, therefore, of there being
necessity of starvation in Ireland she has abundant
land for the support of at least three times her pre-
| sent population, Abolish land monopoly, and it
can be done.
"We have the following facts in relation to Eng
| land:
Area. .................,.. 32, 342 400 acres
In cultivation. ......... rs, 532 GOO sc
Arabic and garden. 10, 552 900 60
Meadow and pasture. 49, 1877 400
''Here see that three ffths Of the extent cult
waited are devoted to the pleasures and aggrandize
| ment of the wealthy few, while but two-hfths are
cultivated for the supply of the millions Besides
all this, 100000 acres not under cultivation
| writer in of the London Quarterlies est-
mates that the United Kingdom of Great Britain
| and Ireland can sustain in high comfort from l20
000 900 to $50 900 900 people And yet they devote
hecatombs of human beings a sacrifice to mann
mon, while the population Is not 33,0Oo,OOO"
1t is obvious that there is some error in the
figures relating to the county of Glare, as find
them printed in the reports of this speech But
the contrast between the extent of cultivation
in England and in Ireland, in which Gland mo-
nopoly' equally prevails, might, we think,
have suggested that some other cause was at
work.
Three -fourths of England are under cultiva-
ton, and but one-fourth of Ireland. Yet Ire
land is purely an agricultural country, made so
to maintain the English monopoly of manuiac
lures and commerce. The result is, that her
people slarve in the midst of fertile untitled
land. Mr.. WALKER states the fact, that in
1922 famine came upon Ireland, and an appeal
being made to England, about 5 $50, 900 were
raised for her relief During this same year."
he says, " there was exported from Ireland in
articles of subsistence above the value of
S22 ,594 100. These expectations amounted, for
the years 1921, 1922, 1923, to more than
SS0,000,000. Yet thousands starve to death
England, though cultivating three times the
proportion of her soil to that of Ireland, imported
what the free-traders would call the surplus
food of the latter. What else does this prove
than that the power to consume food depends
upon something else than the possession of land
to raise it upon!-that people forced to rely
upon agriculture alone, not only do not find it
profitable to cultivate their tillable lands, but
cannot keep the produce Of what they do till
that those who diversity their employments
and make market for the fruits of agriculture,
not only till the largest proportion of their own
territory but have the means of purchasing from
their poorer neighbOrs. The trouble with Ire
land is that British connexion which forces
the free-trade upon her,
When the Industrial Congress talk of three
ff1hs of the extent of land cultivated in Eng
land being devoted to the pleasures and ag-
grandizement of the wealthy few, we suppose
they mean to have it understood that the land
set down meadow end pasture is nothing but
parks Doubtless there is too much land Of
this description but nothing is gained by rep
resenting all the grazing lands coming with
in it, except to mislead the ignorant and unre-
llecting for a temporary purpose. England, af-
ter every deduction made, is about the most
thoroughly cultivated region on the earth in
extent and degree. The fact is too notorious to
require proof If it has any bearing upon land
monopoly, the Industrial Congress is unfortu-
nate in its illustration.