Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-29

IL. Roman Catholicism has operat-
ed unfavorably on the development
Of the intelligence and ENTERPRISE Of
the population of Ireland.
IL. American competition in agri-
cultural products causes Irish farm
ers to be undersold in British mar.
kets.
Here is very curious poster
[holding it up1 which l regard as 8
sign Of the times. 1t came from Bir-
mingham. England. 1t is the adver-
tisement of the American Meat Conn
paDy. and gives the prices of beef
at from eight cents to twenty-five
cents pound. Do you think that
on these lands OF Ireland, on the soil
of England. exhausted, in spite of
the admirable British system of ro-
tation Of crops, cattle can be raised
cheapl enough to compete in the
market with beef sold at these
prices. and brought al the way from
Texas7 You have been told 10 Bos-
Ton lately that the subdivision of
land In Ireland among her tenantry
will cure the evil. 1t will be eff
Gent; it will be sufficient. can.
not believe that system of peasant
proprietorship in Ireland and Eng
land both wonld save British m ar
kots from the competition of tho
American prairies and the Texas
and Colorado sheep AMI cattle
ranges. *
HOW TO RELIEVE IRELAND
What is the best method of relief
for IrelandY The reversal of the
causes of her distress. What must
we do ?
When a man possessed Of o
landed estate dies intestate, let the
law divide his property equally
among his children. without deny
ing a mans right to will his landed
property to his eldest born son, let
the law of primogeniture be disrs
garded when government is called
on to dispose of the property of in
testates. That is an entering wedge
for the abolition of the asirtocracy
in England, you say. What if it is2
Great Britain is not peopled wholly
by noblemen, aud although | be-
lieve mans a man even if be is q
nobleman, mans a man even if be
is Hodge in the fnrrow. / know
England will have TO suffer terribly
before she can carry that law
through both her houses, bnt it ma y
be that famine in Ireland will begin
to bring British legislators to their
senses. The famine of 1916 in Ire,
land was one of The great forces in
causing the repeal OF the corn lave
and so if Ireland is distressed
enough, if the agricultural popula-
ton of Eog'and, wealthy as she is
and proud OF her enormous income
and of her strength. the day may
come when this little measure Of
Justice may be carried through Par.
lament in spite of the slight clip
ping it takes off the edge of the Law
of primogepiture.
2 Abolish all laws of entail OF
practices of inheritance going be.
Yond he life Of the direct inheritor
3 Abolish feudsl customs and fur
mulas which make the transfer Of
land difficult, slippery and expense {
4. By these methods let encum
bered estates be opened tor sale &C
cording TO tho natural demands OF
the laws Of trade, and the evils O,
absentee ownership Of the soil and
of the system OF n iddlsmen be grad
ually remedied.
D. Lot the system of tenancy-at.
will be superseded py the extension
of Ulster tenant right over lbe
whole island. What is Ulster ten
ant right? 1t provides that Will q
man i honest and industrious aud
tenn perate he shall have the RICH,
Of staying on his holding as long as
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turned off at The mere within Of biz
landlord. That right also provides
that when he is turned off he sh 81
be paid for any nnexhars,ed inn
provemeIis that he has made,
6. Let government aid in improv.
log waste lands.
z. Let societies be formed in aid
10 land ownership and tho forma,
ton OF q thrifty class Of peasant
proprietors
8 Lat mat ufactures be Introduce d
into Ireland, and such diversity
of industry take place that the pep.
ulstion cannot bs put in DANCE. Of
famine by tho failure of a single
product of agriculture.
8. Lot local sentiment in ireland
frown on rios and incendIarism and
murder, 80 that the capital will be
encouraged to enter the island.
10. Let abundant aid be given by
the phiIanthropic in Eugland and
America to any who are starving.
IL Let the Irish population
emancipate themselves from the
popular ignorance characteristic of
exclusively Romish countries.
IL Let the over-populstion of
Ireland be copiously reduced by
emigration.
MR.. pARNELL's PLAN CONSIDERED.
What is Mr.. Parnel's D an for
the relief of the distress of ireland?
1t consists of Two par,s--tempora-
~ measures and final measures.
The temporary measures are these !:
One, that IN, occupiers of the soil
must demand reduction of rent
from their landlords. Two, that IN.
less this is granted the tenants
should refuse to pay anything.
Three, that meanwhile, when pro-
cesses OF eviction are applied to the
case, the tenauts, at the risk OF riot.
shoulr bold on to the land. TAP
p'ause.] Well, gentlemen, within