, 1877-12-28
BRITISH INDIA.
Famine Can Only Be Prevented
by Irrigation.
How India Suffers, and Is Taxed and
Plundered by tile English.
Speeches by John bright md Sir Ar:
thur Cotton Telling the Naked
Trntll.


tcrnoon large meeting Of merchants. manu-
ter Town.llal' TO hear addresses from Mt.
Bright aud Sir Arthur Cotton upon The subject
iuq them BY works Of irrigation. The cl'air was
tak'n oS tho mayer ,s', Alderman rnr1na ''uoa'
who va. received i've S" VIII, cheers, s all, he VA. no
deal. win water al ii, 'e .na III, M, meeting n
taan .hese a''eas a Thx M 10
s ,es, civil nan snrnees ee and an e was
y se the need. % o, fu,,a i' In tue % H.. Biuo Book
paragraph: "The cspIts! outlay on tho aodsverY
rlGSmc % rhs '' net r,5enus We ia t[o,n % tie cavital
outlay On tbs ooda,ery, Kistnat', and cauve'y
Delta works for series of years was 81, Is: nna
5" ren ,. rs.gefissly e., ssy h.~ h %t i'y
qa.sy 4n ',. os Stste xe1ts enG 9c., ou h.sl ,f
1hf question Of Irrigation y on, t.nrsye"'sns PROV '!
o. lna1a va W. nov pas N ~ wy slronS i.Int
il bad hailed iAe taa'luc. u. lie GsI,e.ed noltnx
70 talt great sHn1eta. 1hu'a eHu t.nsinnu "c.c "
tho most aetoniahnR manner tha annritmtntt oI
esel. other. What "nc ~ rantsa i sne Other lat! 90
both sldDs Ina 3so. ooo oo9 , o. ,aho.l?ns: OIL.
what Ena!and wancl NOW to further hcf ptHns,
both to supply he5 wih 1laser,ais ~ wlth to9a
pisassl " % lad .ps"t ss9 oSo o' = !.',Ssy.
r. nda and ~ lad tneus,sN asSo AZ slt g" q ss ooo
oo0z making ato9ethcr ss0o. wv pnl ~, ", un @ nsw
is Z d sa,'s'ns IT,: eSS oao !asy
~ probably Il tho last .hfce famne'
ia .ss Se;t: s.! 4 ss:sff:if %
,fi sn II aear nc,sus s.
oos %i's Sess ~ suited te tSs wants st i$lis .
mott Woud they pt%cycnt % faT'incst % Would thsy
ther ssato ot poverty and cvii Of ,ariou: ksns'at
vs1 lnaa ~ IN n soaon 70 ray ans !ntSre1t o
ffa lss.ss s rss nsfsd lsd
STANLEY. .std on th!s subject: rAs A.. to rGads be
,s s"t :s y
rsre sHltabls f9r TIL. scan'ty ,ahcy were sutable
Judges that that 'X,tsn' @ o. pToeesdinx was CON,
plsto mistake" That wae his fsir 4. cotton':)
u III: ssee. o3e ooo' Tlers wsis 3ooo S s ,aiIss
csas. The total lou q interest On en- sha,S enplal
H. assnt!ty eatflsd~it va. poor eonntry1ws.
only 1to 600 tons on mn Averages over MI tits 900
hi Including the loss BY .bS debt !. amounted 70
ns1e s.s toy Of .s, ta ns
HI .lewer speed md sxer ehatrs; ~. ths
1uo ooo to1s Pss annnm aotng The w9fk .! Sda ar or
sort like what r1its tho want: Of The eoun.
t1y' Il va sa entire r. dclnssoG Neither ,he prize
of India. iie would illustrate i by one thing. 1hu
wheat tfade: l9e svefnGg e. eost Q! Ei1Sat IN Sho
ase .s qsrS aa
connection WHY 9sinKing 4 s9 calcutta was os
soat q ssois sSnr 1g1 As e:r ws'
hy land ,Sarriuas - tbP average rate,
EnKiana g. soad Mot bo s91pn!ied w @ , Wheat from
tveatisth & Tho es,es. sai tae iniaad carriage
was aln.ost snn!ht!atsd, and under tue c!rcun.
rem Il d Wus
stases 70 india an4 nothing ,tooa In tite way III
but ths expense q inland land o oeaM6tsaxs. M TIL.
xhs.s ind eihss eo;n would oe efoneht i II: D.
gland and ont q thet ssrs VA notllnE T. prevent
this fott of Internal carriage. s.Ls was only ono
snsettncn Of whas india was , suneFnE Tor Mant of
eesa sss5fsSss ss5 sssn aonsnaD ~ liz m 81 . T.
s wss: s ss
s,efass Of ali IA. d, pei cent liz was an India
0iico r,an, Of course. under the influence VI tho
gar Of cxsggerattng tha tetufns. Wherever trr,ga-
tlon had 6ven carried ont, without oae exception,
.e iG.a Badse H.
Of Commons, there wns no word 10 Imply thar
s hs ss sas s. 9 3s G
sses IT, ssa pos.ss ies1 is,e IL a:!i!s!:
Az Madras @ d%'s,',si,sn ,s hsa ..ssd ssHs,t y
ef liz 4o ooo old irrigation works ia that. .l're'.
dcncy; whethsF these works sre in rcpa!r, whether