, 1881-07-10

shape OF rent has gone on without mercv.
The aggregate rent from the land in Ire1and
has been forced up to SCI, 900 600 per year,
During these forty years of shrinkage of
population sum OF s.. 4O0. .000, 900 has bepn
taken from these unfortunate peon}e
for rack rent of land. and only triaa
OF all that money has been expended in Ire
land. 1t has been cartcd of to England In
the shape of food and there expended. This
vast sum Of rent, which is nearly equal to the
Whole War debt of the United States haa
been extort from d population which for.
ty years ago numbered s,O00, 900, and now
counts up seant 5000, eco. Is it any wonder
that the people Of Ireland leave that conntrv
When 1T the best of seasons they can hona
fur no surplus after paying the rack rent
and when in bad seasons they can on1v
escape f:l,linc through the aitl of American
contributions How is it in England, with
4 population five times as great as that nr
Irela,ide In England there are 29,ooo.Do
acres of land; in ireland 20,0OO,0OO acres.
yet England supports over 25,0O0, ,00O of mn.
pie, ami the 5, 900, 600 in Ireland are forevpr:
struggling with poverty. One cause Of thIs
is that the entire rental Of both England and
Ireland IS expended in England, and none NJ
1t In Ireland. The one country is CLEANED
closely Of all its products, while what ia
taken FROM the land in England is returned
to it again.
All branches of industry are encouraepd
and promoted i'll England, while in Irelany
the sole occupation is the cultivation of the
soi, the land being divided into small
patches, the product of which has to nov
enormous rents and feed aud clothe the FAM
lily, and whenever any Irish farmer Improves
his land BY drainage or laaNures, so as to in
crease his crop, the rent Of his land il at
once raised. Tile harder and better he works
the more rent is eXactud from him. This
land system is manifesily deadly III Its prae-
tical effects. It disconrageS industry by de-
priylny it Ut reward or hope of recompense.
The London Times points out with SEEM
ing concern that the loss of population In
Protestant Ulster Is greater than In either
OF tile three Catholic provinces During
ten years the population Of Ulster has fallen
off $4,000. The most Of these people vera
thrifty and comparatively well-to-do faru-
ers, and above the great bulk OF the people
in point Of means. In that province the
"rister custom" has been recognized, It
secures to the tenant the value OF h:s in-
provements when he sells out, but it
still leaves him subject the will of the land
lord in the matter Of raising the rate Of
rental. These Ulster farmers have, how
ever, nyailed themselves OF the right to sell
their leases, and with the money thus OBJ
tanned have left the land of their birth for
America or Australia, where they can be-
come landowners Instead of slaves Of
absentee feudal Lords. The departure OF
these thrifty, Industrious people is regretted
BY the Times because they have carried with
them not only their valuable labor but an
aggregate capital which is needed in ireland.
If this class Of people, who have been ex-
c1npt frum the worst evils Ut Irish land laws,
have been driven from the country. unable
10 endure the exhaustive oppression any
longer. what nlust he the condition Of the
people i'll the other provinces, who haye now
no law, or custom, or any other protection
against the arbitrary exections Of alien land
or.ls intent only oll getting the last furthing
rom the soil and then eyictinn the starving
anily to die of starvation Oh tile roadsiueo
The same paper in:i1nate5 that, ii tie I4alid
ill pass, tenants in Ireland will have the
:alue of their leases increased, which in
ime may lead them, rs the Ulster FARMERS
lave done, to sell out anil with the money
liant themselves in other Countries. Tile
ea,ler Of the article. however, will be struck
With the heartless tone and sentiment which
,cryadc it. The compulsory expatriation Of
he Irisl! people of all classes and OF alt re-
i:ioss, and of the comparatively we1l-to-do
IS we'll as nf tilose living OH charity to cs-
ape from the cruelty Of the land laws and
# the general cruel DETERMINATIONS against
Ireland, and to SECURE homes for their ciil-
lren under 4 system Of frt:e laws and free
abor, is commented upon rs it it were the
deportation uf So much live stock; there Is
lot one word Of condemnation of the causes
vlliel force these people away, nor one word
# appeal that the laws be modified and teln-
'ered with justice and mercy.
THE statement male III the Associated
'ress dispatches Friday morning, md referred :
ir {ut3 tha