New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-26

of family. Neither COW nor calf, no oats. some
potatoes; but three pigs died this year."
Il suppose the loss of pig is a great misfortune
to q poor cottierT
"The greatest" said the priest. The next case
is Peter Mehan. Six in family. lie has a small
COW and calf, but three pigs died recently on nm
He has some potatoes. There's Matthew McManus.
-Four in the family. He has small COW and cali
and pig but no oats and only few potatoes"
The priest gave number of similar instances
No oats " means famine next wear and " no pOta-
toes" means famine both this year and next year
unless charity supplies food and seeds
" These poor people. not only the names have
given you but nearly all the destitute in the parish
have no means of getting employment. In oTdi-
nary seasons these people till potatoes and oats;
they traffic at the fairs with pigs and little calves
TLey live on bog lands. The turf this year has
mostly failed. Some of them made living by dig
cling turf peat and bringing II 10 town to sell 1t
IS sold by the donkey cartload or mule cart-l9au.
They Get from shilling to three shliings Load LOT
IT. donkey load will bring from one shilling TO
eighteen pence, mule load may be three shllings.
But the CONSTANT rams spoiled the driving OF the
turf. and it's bad traffic tins year. But You had
better wait over TIL tomorrow and attend the
meeting of the Dachess Of Marb0rouglPs Relief
Fund and the Mansion House Fund"
The priest gave me great deal of information
about the condition of the people this part OF Ire
land, which snall use by-and-by.
TIE THREE RELIEF COMMITTEES.
At noon | attended the meeting of the committees
They were held in the Work House. The chairman
OF tue JuCNeSS or l1alDOTOu4n Iunu WIS also Tue
chairman Of the Mansion House Fund and the Pro-
testant ard Catholic clergy of the parish mem
bers of both bodies. But there were several mem
hers of each committee who did not belong to the
other committee. What saw and heard at these
sessions confirmed the statements that had been
made 10 me IN Dublin from visitors, both lay and
clerical. from different counties Of lreland-that
these two organizations between whom in the me-
tropOlis there a certain degree of Tlyaryl IN their
practical workings supplemented instead OF OBJ
struc ed each other admirably; because the Man
SION House Committee, like the Land League, al
fOrded relief to o large class OF destitute ana sur
fering people who refused relief by the Castle
Fund on the theory that charity should not be
given TO persons whose wants could he relieved by
the ordinary operations of the poor law. Inc the
Ory seems TO be just one, but il IL not wise one.
The Irish DcasantY have horror Of the poor-house.
Surely il is admirable trait. Ii Is strong hat
once oVerthown. the spirit of the cOttcr crushed
Once q p9uper always p9upcr.
There situations in life that, once held
keep a grim that never TelaXeS Nav, no one can
obtain re e! from the Poor Law GCordlans II be
holds one-thlrd Ol an acre unless he 2baudOns 1t
and enters the p'OT-hOuse. ms implies the ucces-
himself his family, aud his ancestors. The aristoc
Tacy NAV smile at peasants PRIDE OF birth, but |
Is quite as admirable IN = couagcr As ln peer, ana
mole often builded on solid worth. Bur where the
charity Of the Duchess stops. the charity or lie
Mansion House be- ps the Land League, not from
any premeditatcd plan, but IRON the sympathcs of
their committees, grant more OF theT money IN pro-
position To thc amount they disburse 10 the very
poorest class than either OF the more wealthy com
mttees They are ali dong vast amount of good,
and they are elcl and all admirably and honestly
adminlst'red. NJ money, not dollar, Is Cthci
stolen nlssppnCd.
Mr. Tarncns theories founded on the social char
act CT OF the Dublin committees are incorrect, he
cause tine large element, though ~ sympathy with
the moor, In every local committee rs an absolute
guarantee that every person VINO ouQht TO be r.
heVcd shall be relieved far the funds permit.
Nr. Ptmell overlooked the vital tact thar the
Du9lu committees Ieal'z no individual distress
lon, allocate their disbursements 10 The local COM
mlttces before whom each case OF suffering is pre-
scented. On the other hand, u - due 70 Mr. ParueFs
LII u,is here 10 Bay-aud 20 say VITA cmFnasr-lhat
the charges made against The Land League IN the
United States-that II gives its charities % mem
bcis Ot It's political organization only and that u
refuses charity unless rs recipients agree not % pay
tLelr rcnts-,s an utfer, absolute and siandcruus
.aseuoqd. hateyer may be one opulon as To 1lr.
PARCELS political teachings, the Land League
Fund is aolnlnSttie4 purely a. cualil} ana admin,
lsteied pbretg me I'urhes. OF hhllDgtouShs una
has corps Of five clerks the Manor House Fund
corps OF thirteen clerks The Land League Fund
has not single clerk. Even the stamps on the
checks are paid ana the stationery is paid "a The
salary OF tie secretary is paid, from funds outside
OF the money contributed for charity. ! have made
my sell familiar Win the workings of all the cpm-
mlttees. aud my opinion Is that 1t Is good thing
for the poor that there are three ORGANIZATIONS H.
stead of one only.
10 returfl-tO the pOor-hOusc. In tho town OF
Al hlOue, at thls meeting, donations
made To 1,3Ol families. although had been
informed that there - no exceptional distress IN
TINS parish" / wondered what e exceptional 0is-
tresal II, friend, the rector. IS member OF tho
committed put be listened hstlessly. and only re-
manned "a few minutes. Perhaps that accounts Tor
ms opinion. so dogmatIcally uttered
OF the families whose numbers were stated
the average showed 34ilo0 individuals 10
each ftmIl,-a very low average tCr ireland.
The money value Of tlo relief alforied-In Indian
neai--was only SO cents % each Iamiy per week.
So there Is no lavish squandennR Oi the funds.
During the previous week lot OF blankets had
been DIS Iibuted ousthey were gwen only tOfamihe3
with the largest numb OF little children. II every
family that needed blankets mad received an equal
portion Of The lot, cacn family would have received
exactly one-tenth OF a blanket THIS fact shows
now widespread and profound rs the distress.
JAMES kEDPATu.