The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-01

owed four hundred and fifty millions, and
thouph the accounts were kept separate
for seventeen years, Ireland is now com
pelled to be united in jointly owing the
EIGHT hundred millions of the national
debt Of England. A repeal OF the union
means repeating OF US from TINS un-
authorized debt. I heard O'Connell say
he would never be satisfied, on the res
toration of our parliament, 10 pay more
of this debt than torty-tive millions
Well, for the sake of 4 peaceaole SET
Element, / would consent to shoulder
ninety millions, aud when | paid the in
terest on that sum, say about three MIL
lions year, | would still have five mil
lions a wear of public revenue to apply
to other uses in Ireland besides building
barracks for soldiers and policemen.
THE DRAIN FROM IRELAND.
ENGLAND collects eight millions ster-
ling (iorty millions OF doliars) yea,
from US now. on customs, revenue anu
internal taxes. English landlords col
lect eight to ten millions sterling a year
(tifty million dollars) for rents OF LANDS,
to which they have no more real rlghl
than Messrs. Moody and Sankey VINO
came here to preach religion nttle
while ago. The English manufacturers
draw over eight OF ten millions year
| for things which we could just as wen
manufacture at home, if permitted by
, English lawmakers The English and
Scotch insurance companies-th OF
them have branches through Ireland
suck over couple OF millions OF lnsn
f money every year: the English banks
e that have agencies in Ireland suck over
e quite as much. So that the wonder IS
n not that Ireland is poor and yearly IN
It creasing in numbers, but that there eA
= lists single man OF wealth or solVenc.
Re in the whole Island!
e THE LAND.
}; Ireland. with the powers and machlner.
le of parliament, could deal right square;
A. " with the land There are fifteen NIL
p. lion acres of cultivable land in lrelan
~ These, at q l-2 years purchase (th
ut average for some years OF the sales
We the Irish landed estate courts,) would
at purchased for about three hundred an
is twenty millions sterling. A short act
lg the Irish parliament to condemn the Ian
ne o Ireland t. be sold TO cultlvators al
ne Jury valuation, rs is done IN case OF rdi
so way and fertilization requirements Il
he the public benefit; and surely no act
he modern times would be deemed SO ben
IS, fetal to the Irish public as the dlsesta
es- ]ishment OF landlords, especially a
~ sentee landlords. We have moo
Mt example to follow from Prince
Ire ward Island. There the Colonial LIE
out islatore passed an act that the land
rat the Island claimed by absentees shall
inc condemned and resold to cultlvatol
lie, Giving the absentees 20 years purcha
rse IS compensation. The Irish parilame
in by its commissioners, could readi ia
,et- a l,ndloan of three hundred mllllo
; OF running over twenty years at . Ia
cent. per annum,
to TO PAY THE LANDLORDS
lich for their claims these commission
If it conld next sell the land to small Gu
the vators, limiting the sale to tracts OIL L
and acres and under. giving the purchas
,uth % to 30 wears time to pay up The I
5; u chase money by installments at .
ign; cent per annum interest on II
BIOS Indebtedness, whereby there VIC
ivy he realized margin OF pl
id ut least million year 10 oe,
such the expenses OF management.
bonds issued for the land-loan, to b
.,,, invested in their obligation the rlgf
"a, he State to call in. and pay OF, sue
W. said bonds rs might be drawn GU
numbers in yearly lottery. by u
provisions the land debt could be gr;
con ally paid off according as the smal
quite cupiers paid up their installments,
bust the land would certainly be soon
nit it cred over with peasant proprietors
How comfortable dwellings, instead OF
CT III wretched cabins and more wretche'
Irish mates that tenant Ireland ut pre-:
Con The land may by this plan be said
n act canable of dsubling itself.
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