, 1881-10-23
GOODWIN SMITH.

His Views OH the Irish Land <suc*tso.s'
and OF Communism nssd k*Feciiold@ III
America.
4, the sitting of the Social Science Con-
crrss II Dublin, Gil Friday, Oct. !, Mt t.'''o~
win Smith, according to report i'll the Lon
Inn Standard Of the Stl,. spoke choerfui!y
ot what hi, had heard :l.d seen on the otner
sitIe Of tile Atlantic. lie sail that OF tho Va
rious economical questions that which natn-
rat}z presented Itself first to the Eiina OF
ona 3mokiur In Ireland WAS tie land Ques-
tjon. they could hardly be said to nave 1iad
m the American Continent Anything desefV-
inc the name~of All aErarIan movements"
With them the landlord and tenant syste'n'
as general rule, did not yet exist, the tlIler
l,,;nt the owner Of the soil. The mass OF inc
land hotb 1T ile United States and canada
wac held in freehold farms, seldom exceeding
In a;tent luo acres, which was the lneas.!:eot
tha nriri1al gratis, and about az nnci as y
FARMER and his family couia VI, i,ora nugr ,x5a.
iabor was rare and expensive !neie "el. l,s.
farm ruacEcs Of immense extent IN the new
Ss,1ps of the West and in California, out
fhav wera lit the hands Of the oWners, W!a,
ware cuI{iyatOE5 on colosSat Scale' Iot .t ss;
n,;t % to tenants rs they would be here: Lpcai
cnntrnvrrsicS and even disturbances they haa
hi hnr no one Of 1l.ess: cases cot:ld PC 5a.u
~ h,'l,; haye presented a real alangy III Garac- PC
ter. much less in exteut. TO me coEl'1c1 Ut
! I,ye.l, landlord and tenant III l1ela1'u. ,o,,d
! haat ti,e soci;,l disease by Il sweeping con!is-
ca:ion of landed property, anu. US lney ~ WIZ &c
! c.r..fnl to aid, without co1hpenSA!tlon - -
n.vnrrs. 70 euuiisc:ste one Rina ~. -
property WAS to destroy a!l, ,,nd - was uas
SyS3H ;Tann the h error vas that Of the community
as Whole, and ii Il change WAS ueihanueu az . ID
shorid 1t. made at tile expense 81 1ne Goni7
1m1i,ity. and not Ut q particular class tneac
might be grounds Tor naelteIencI, ,. s"S co1f;s.
Ha2,.arr abuse OF prOuerty rigt!tS+ pu. con.ts
;,, rte tr,,t. sense OF the term 1nt1st
o'"ars he an economical bluleer1s "e!s AZ
" nnfiticai criue Theorists on tae otae!
Side Of the Atlantic seemed 10 n1!t;n !t;4. at h"t
20 1rish movement was Cotnmun1stic, ~ osll
!, -. ,.as noti1tnS of the Kind. ~ one vas aess
Tn",m,1nistic than the Irish farmer. VINO a; VA
G.,htiny uot against private ownership ot ia!'o
hnr to make himself the p1lSate o"uet, aao
agraria3 Communism .e wou,u ~ ,,oduct,on I'D a:
ovnrrship, and in time opinion wo4la Se..at ....t
I",vn 1n lie commercial system. Which w: ~
The hest for production. and consequent,
the oess ;'.1t tGl tnTned ' to Communism OF q mor'
<anerai kind, and declared that To all val.e
tE;,: nf !, the American climate. Wasaunpio
n;,in,s because large proportion OF ~
nenl,l. were holders OF properly e. so'H
snrt' or hoped to be so before they dleG; ~ ~
the Socialism which IL af;aty Earept emitti6e % sc
| aash..s Of lightning as 1ntrans'gentls1n a1lt
NN;Iiii;n,. there was, fol-, the reasons a!letA
riven. very little in the United otateS' -
least q native cs'S IT., ~ aeu II p1estI fpeesoId ia iar
~ az wi1o. II it came to anything like tIla
/ se+T.rptL' would be more than 'natch ~
3ho Sociatis1ic popnlace OF the great ctt'e;
liberty, with the IoT5 OF when tae pe9p
| vera thorouEnly iulbued, was opposed