The New York herald., 1865-12-23
"ERIN GO BRAGH" IN 1865.
Ireland's Condition In Another Point af
View.

Ireland's Condition In Another Point af
View.
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
SUNDAY, Dec, II, 1866
slR Having read the statement OF yoar Dublin
respondent in this days paper ] have been much
struck byewhot know TO bc msstatements in Il that
cannot Torain from writing to you the subject
know ths, there many things that no. would
wish ,hom in Ireland, but regret to shy that
believe The greater part Of hom caused by the peo
pie themselves and not by the English government
Your correspondent Gays the radesmen Of Dublin are
as class very poor and that hanilcaft calings
fast dying he further states that the wages
OF Dublin mechanic average about eighteen shings
per week Now, sir what are tho facts in reference TO
the tradcsmen Of DUBLIN carpenter earns from TWEEN
tysix shlings TO two pounds per week, bricklsyer
twenty eight shings, painter twenty Eve shllings
matchmaker from twenty shllngs 10 seventy shil
ings, smith from thirty shillings TO pounds ten
shniinss tsbinet weaver from two pounds 10 three
pounds per week; and good workman at any trade
can keep himself and family df sober responsibility
and comfort, and put money in tho savings bank;
your correspondent II he had been in Dublin at the
trno of tho Inauguration Of tho 0Conncll monument
last year would have the respectable and intelligent
tradcsmen of Dublin turning out in thousandsa credit
any country by their apprenticeship he would have
found that the bank clerks and government officials
not the only well dressed persons Ia tho country. He
further states that the Dublin sradcsmen have 10 live In
rooms thow many ,radesmon in New York have rooms
of Their own 10 live inn; but he would further lead ou 10
infer that their wives have 70 Keep pigs IN them.
defy him 10 give an instance OF any tradcsmcns wives
having TO keep pigs in their rooms and yards for The sup
port cf themselves families in ~ biin No sir, IL is
only the old insult OF Paddy and the ygT.n He tells
you that the Dublin tradoemcn cannot bur coal during
the winter; that ibcy have a. burn peat fuel How
neat In his language your correspondent hs gotten after
sixteen years residence in America he could not call
turf Every lrishnan knows BY that name, and also
knows that, though II can 10 bought for sixteen sods
a penny. Il Is not as cheap to burn as English
coal, which can be bought at sixteen shilngs
ton. one bar of which Will Keep rood fire In room
for n week. With regard TO tho printers Of Dublin,
know that his statement is not correct, as have been
well acquainted with many of them, and know from
experience that they could keep heir families n the
respectable way they do On the p;iauco mentioned by
him; and as body they arc second to nouo in inteli
He says lai tho effect Of the bad diet cufeob the
Dublin tradcsmcn and families much that they aro
almost all suffering from diseases. sir from como yars'
experience unpaid Poor law guardian, ! am
enabled ray that youI FIoI dent Ia wrong Rarely
will you end tradeeman In the poorhoufe WHO has not
been brought by his msconduct; and trades
need be Tor one hour without the best medical adj
vice and medic ne hat can be found In any city He
has ouly 70 eIply 10 the Dsrensary at all times for u,
day and night and II must he given II required free OF
charge there niso hundreds Of first class medical
Who without fee or ard, see patientsa h own
houses every morning, and give them advice and assist
Ii rcqur d. He next las ling at the Dublin tar
men, and be tells you they have 70 work hard would
has not work hnrd); but, sir have known many of
those To earn from six shillngs to thirty shilling
day; ana, taking shilling az thirty cents, stated by
your correspondent this N good IN the day
FOR men who are badly on. Ho would also have you
suppose that the only manufacturing establishment in
Drblin In one by somc enterprisng Quakcrs which IL
hessrA PIN Co.'S and 10 larger than any house In
New York, having over three hundred persons living in
III but hc should have told you there numbers OF
Others with hundreds Of workmen and women In
stans employment ! win namc some for his lnforma.
ton, win Messrs Fry Co., Wesmorssnd street and
Keven street, Alderman Akinson, College Green Dunno
Co., College Green; Todd Bro~u Co, Henry strcct
Aarate Co. kostn hsli Assera GsszAssaa ! Co.