New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-14

Trenches both in private and in public; anu ne
defeated them often that different system pre-
walls around Kenmare from the system OF increas-
ing rents that prevails around Cahircayeen; where
the predecessor of the present CanOn-O Suliivans
contempOrarv-was Of too gentle a spirit To hght
such sons of Belial as my Lord LansdOwnes repre-
sentatves with their own or tougher weapons.
THE RENTS on THE LANsDOwNE ESTATES.
AS rule, striking an average. the rents on LORD
Lansdowne's estates are double Grifith's valua-
tom Sir Richard Griffith was the Surveyor
General appointed by the Imperial Government.
shortly before the last great famine, to value all
the estates OF Ireland for the purposes OF taxation
At that time the population of Ireland was more
than One-thrd greater than 1t Is to-day; for since
then by deaths from hunger. by deaths from fevers
spawned by famine, and by emigration. Ireland has
lost 100000 people Now this lessons the COM
petition for land and therefore the lands OF Ireland
arc not worth so much to day when Grifth's
valuation was made. Grif1ith's valuation. on the
average, was 30 per cent lower than the highest
rents paid that is his valuation ignored rack rents
and estimated the letting value of estates at fair
rents-as fair rents are esteemed III Ireland. AT
a Grfrth's valuation rent a tenant in the West
of Ireland is perfectly satisfied. He SAYS that he
can support his family AT such rent. Wherever
Griffits valuation-or even - and 80 per cent over
its charged the owner Is always spoken OF as
good landlord
/ find my self constantly hindercd from transcrib
ing my notes OF travel by the need | feel OF
translating my words into Amerc an tongue by
n paraphrasc in order that may not convey an in
correct impr. sson. For the sefs'Ime words mean
different tAlngs IN these two countries-l almost
wrote our two countries; because every American
finds himself Is much N home In Ireland as III the
United States. kngllshmen and >cotchmen are
esteemed foreigners here, but Yankees never: We
only regarded a. superior order, or privileged
class of feliOW-cOuntrymcn!
"FAiR Rent" AND GOOD LANDLORD"
We'll. now, here Is this phrase Sc fair rent"
1yr 81 hat nj
at home. And we all know what good landlord
is in the United States But the rules OF in
terpretation that translate " good landlord and
fair rent" 10 mean farm or house owner who
charges legal and moderate rate of interest for
lands or houses that ne honestly bought lor that
his ancestors honesty bought. built or reclaimed
cannot be usvd in Ireland. Americans, in studying
the Irish land war, which has just met its Bull
Ran in the House of Lout,. must remember that
une-tcuths of the present landlords OF Ireland got
their property bV ccuhscatiOnS under EuZah'th,
Henry ILL.,. the -tuarts, or CromWril-or. Nhat Is
"a still worse title. by conIscaton under illlam,
in direct ana hagTdnt violation o. the Treaty OF
Limerick. before whose walls the solclcr whose
victory of the BOyne i annually celebrated was
dsgracrfuliy and slguallY defeated. AT the Boyne,
too William had an army that doubled IN numbers
the Irish force. who ere lei by the cOWaruiF
lame. n Nineteen fhs OF the Irish landlords never
pad-they their anceStors-a single shilling Tor
their estates: and Tor nOm Two 10 three centuries
they have had absolutely despotic power. backed
arms. 10
diet tit only for pigs that was necessary 10 Keep
the Irish laborers alive. For from two to three
centuries the vast majority oi the Irish race nave
been able To clothc themselves, their HlNes ana
children. only in such garments Is American
tramps would reject with scorn.
ALL IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY TENANTS.
Americans must remember. Also that the Irish
landlords have contributed absolutely nothing TO
improve the value OF their states. AL the I'M
provements all the reclamations. have been made
az the tenants sole expen>e-0raInlge. manurlng,
fencing building of hoIses anu offices, or barns,
stables, and other oIt-houses. Grhiths valua-
ton also. was made OF the Lana. not presented
TO the followers OF Cromwell ana William, but as
thus reclaimed and made arabic by the la5ors Of
generations of tenants.
English and scotch landlords either reclaim.
dram and fence the land and erect the farm build
iprs a, American landlords do. or tury " allow "
rrr tenant ior money that Dee may have thus eN-
pended. Hence although English Hud,orllsm has
great evils, 20 j, essentially dlhcii IN lt> mai IRE
uom IRISH iandlordi>I. besides tht Uterrncr 40
fine tenant. tn difference Z" the country ls equally
great: for the English landlord spends most ~ ms
time and income on his estates. or at least IN Eng
lana. whereas tine great Irish Landlords. is class
spcnd the excessive rents they exact from lrciau1
either i'm England or on the Continent.
Under "a Grnth's valuation r'nt-and there
are hardly any -uch rents in ir.aad-il' ,allll
farmer. Dy such economy 81, n"" here ".l,t' 10
America, can save money 'A'"-h J." -'r HIS
daughters when they marry q small fortune IA
mint IOfu OF custom and 81 honor Win thc poorest
peasant. One huuIrtd dollars IS toustcgca o. good
" fortune" But go save even sIt- small amounts.
the women of the family -o uarciootet and So Go
Che children and tAe members az tAc family i've
all the year round Oh three meals "i "iatoc7 ana
sour milk dag. That l- fhr general dirt. Mtdt
ias have ~fG U-fOTrI l- eateu Only once ol twice
year. ~ fast as the holdings are Increased IN
value by tfr ltNor of inc tenants iAt rent f III
creased Dog The lllGlor.ls. No leases are given To
the small farmers. Iaey are teuant--aj-wi.l.
When Griffith. valuation is exceeded, year
|.. i.Hffr4- he
every cabin door, And then, IN nine ca.e- ont OF
ten the landlord. bccdusc be cannot get his back
rent 1rctOu- the sheriff % eject tn" tenant from
Dr., home and tine " crowbar brigade To pull down
the house that the tenant built
TIE PROVISIONS or 1893 GLADs rONE ACT OF 1870.
Mr.. Glad-tone's act Of so gave. or rather meant
10 give the tenant who held o small holding. and
vino having paid his rent regularly was arbitrarily
evicted from IT, claim for compensation for dis
turbance '-equivalcnt IN some cases' to seven
years rental. This was denounced a. communism,
and even in America it has been described by
journals friendly to the Irish a. an unwarranted
interference with the rights of property But
these tenants or their fathers and Tandfathers,
took this land when il would not in many cases
raise heath or heather eycn-,uch land as no
American would take as q free GIT on condition Of
retaining It-aud AT their own sole expense. not
only doubled or even quadupled. but III strcttst
truth created its letting value. not most OF II. but
each and every smiling of ~ GiId ioncs act
limited the right Oi COMPENSATION To tenants VINO
prOmptly PAID their rents. An eviction Tor the
failure to pay rent. for even one year, gave no
claim to compensation for Disturbance Y; tlat Dc,
one years failure to pay rcn from Whatever cause.
deprived the tenant 4 SIX year, rental Now, TINS
last at defeated IN the House OF Lords prov ied
that within limited area and under certain
rental fa IRE 70 pay rent last year. where the poor
tenants I'M all this scheduled district had been
fed by foreign charity. should not authorize evic-
tion- wItnout compensation for disturbance!
This Is the sum tota of Alr Gladstonc> offending
this Is the communism" Of which lac T. accused.
GladstOne'- act of 1870 also provided That "a
right Ia claim not only compensation for disturb
ance" but for improvements made within certain
| number of wears and Tor "unrXhauStcd nanurcs.'
But ten years experience has shown that the
law j. dead letter. II costs more 10 enforce such
claims than the tenant can collect OF afford series
of anne ais from court 10 court makes the landlord