, 1880-02-01

These hgure3 snow uec1In6 Ill soMo
products, but an immense increase in others.
The population in 1851 was 6,553,2a. and IN
1871 only 5,l3, ,753. The value OF the 1--WE
stock in Ireland in 1870 was no less than
SIT, 1880. A vast number Of these catsia
are exported to England. We have before
US the Cork Constitution Of January, 16'l
which gives the exports OF live stock TO G1eas
Britain for the week ending Jan. at a7o'
cattle, 9,141 sheep, 1850 hogs, 10 horses
and three asses; total Of x, 1865 head. Inc
total for the preceding week was nearly uae
same number This would be an aggregate
Of 800, 600 cattle Of ali descriptions u te
course Of the year. In 1855 the exRof8 u
grain to Great Britain were 1,9so,3N qqM-
tiers Of oats and oatmeal, and 170 ena[ssas ~ sas
Of wheat; 214, ,636 oxen; 16a caves, sesass
sheer and 254ot hogs; to foreign reg hsns eouae43
barrels Of beef and pork, and 174l5 anna1eatf
weight of butter. Immense qnannmedS al i1odneta T.
butter eggs, bacon, hams, and other n5ou;ai;s'
Of the soil are also exported to Great nlid a;ssnd
So that, while the population has dmlalsnedf -
over l ooIItoat1 since 1s?2 ncrassna 1ae s1p0'N'
Do these facts, CLEANED from ne Iec91huek Mhel
show that the land Is deterloratings Ihat hat
the soil is oyerworked or exhausted LIZ ~
it cannot support the population! ~ atata, 10
contrary, they give lne lie 10 ~ AooJ stoiit Lit
mentS, and prove that Is some innelene po1s. 1a
icai or social cause which is at Work 70 XII "a
xenta Just distribution In the country l!ssJ ~ J..
the profits of its labor. O'Connell nssa " tSst %s
clare, and to prove it by the statlsIcs, ,.its LII
Ireland produced enough In one agitStMiS g!1ation
ural season to support the entire pop1Ml't3soan1 ~ 3on
for five. Its capabilities are g1eatel Vun. H.aa
than they were in the Great L1belato1 ss,setad M.d
But the truth is, the products are e1naui;s
in order to sustain the drain OF apsente'40A*
and the exactions Of the Landlords ,.otv IN
AS to manufactures, they nave a laaessif{ saf{and.
creased in the northern part Of ta9 na anmfacf ,ae
where Ireland's specialty-linen~.sm mahal. 9aa ~.
ured in manner and style nowhere else y.
celled, il equaled. But in other manat1tih mia1d tha
ures the keen competition Of Englana' ~ ~
want of capital Of the results .}o, q af 1T
senteeism,-and the unjust Discrimination =, "
Great Britain against the country IN 1oliaaS;s III
years has kept down nearly all efforts ID ln.!h. ns
direction. But Ireland has lnexnaus4Iunnf nf
mines Of anthracite and bituminous Goa., s.e,rJ !.
iron, copper, lead, and even silver aHu ussstx XIV
That there is no present prospect OF klcnxeaa ,.ea
developing these industries is true, eecav,s $3.50
the villainous landlord aud absentee sys.eI;a. n
are eating out the yita1s OF the countS9 ~
dustries. a+har
We defy the Globe Democrat or any y cH'bs r.
American or British landlord 1oulnMa r.
publish table Of Irish imports and e1ptttsss ept -
and then dare say that the country ls hot; h1,at;or
pable of supporting much larger popaaoeen,- ta en,-
than 1t has at present. Its exports ~, atu "a ifa
tinually larger and more yaluaole Lla.fantiT laH,1
imports, showing that it Is being con1sdf con!s1had n
drained Of its resources aud lmpoVe11sn0e
its means,