, 1881-08-21


conduct III reference to the skir1nishtng fund
and Irish National matters generally. The
agents Of these ''patrlots s"-s0i-disant pa-
triots--werc It half-iledsed alleged lawyer, II
very Intense young man, n1lh SET
ond alleged lawyer, who has been dancing
To GermAn-Irlsh- Polish music by turns In order
to get case and some degree OF prominence.
In order TO lind ont the true 1nwarducss OF tie
affair tho reporter sought Dr.. Atulcahy before
hts departure for the East lie found him Il
most pleasant, courteous gentleman. and GER
tainy the 1ess informed H. mSn ~, Of the lrita
free to talk his opinions. lie did not know who
caused the disturbance on tho platform. but he
had been Informed that it was the work Of Deyoy
and O'Connor, sud their agents or dupes In Chi
"why." zatd Mr.. Mulcahy, ~ told the 1nun-
agers Ut the affutr that was going to talk US
felt, to speak my own convictions, whether it
would plcnse tho meeting aud the managers or
not. | was not going to talk to please the peo-
think it should be either the purpose or the aim
Of any honest Irishmnn- The Irish people have
been BATTERED, banboozled, msled too long.
distinction Of Untcd States Senator called on to
lecture to Il mass-meeting Of tho irish l'c"pte,
to speak worus of counsel AMI instruction,
when tind such man pandcring to the t.e-
setting sin Of tho race-vanity; when find him
repeating
THE STALE PI-ATITrDE$,
and the vap!d nonsense OF hun,bug patriots and
bread and butter politicians about the Erent-
hess and glory Ut the Irish race, telling them
that they exceled In arms md arts, IN !ltcr:.-
ture and science; when 1 lind that Wellington
and Napoleon are held up tn ndntranon, ex-
poet to hcur Casterea.h And keoSh referred tn
III eulugistic terms; when hear the agitaturs
praised 10 the echo, while the Irish rebels like
Touc. and Lord Edward Fitzgerald, and Emnct.
ana Davis, and Mitchell pissed over in silence,
conceive it my duty US I'LL 1risbtian to protest
to tell the pcoplc-whO are tn the main honest
md putriotic-thnt they urc being mls!cd.'
''Is,lt. Doctor, sou have been accused or Ut
tacking the Land Lca@uc:"
~ hnve ccnsurcd THO Land -LeaSue leaders,
md think they have bceu deserving OF cen
sure. l know tho Land League hus done good
1t his forced the Irish landlords to reduce their
rents 1t htls tuught the tena!lts tha advantages
Of organization and combination; tt has curbct
the petty 1nennness Of the race by preventing
srnspng and aSarc,ous persons from tak,pg
standine the opportunity the leaders Of tho
movement have had, they have done nothing for
the Of tue ps9pe aq ane n5
exception Of 3lr. Hcay's pamphlet, it has
done nothing. absolutely nothing, 10 educate the
people in their rights Ill the doctrines of polit-
ic:al ccouomy and political science; and then,
again. the leaders nAFc t;tkc'l credit to thein-
selves for the advanced opinions Of the, people.
who has studied tho history Of the past twenty
ye;rs in Ireland thut it Is to the Fenfau movement
that tho advanced national opinions Ut Ireland
are due; and" said DR.. sf1lcahy. lit makes my
bluod boil to hear aelf-stylcI advanced Nation
alist=, whd have dccricd the Fenian movement
ull their lives. step forward now and claim
credit for whit Ju,nes Stephens, John U'Lcary.
Lu!,y and the Irish Pcnplc newspaper have dotle.
and it is lreoIy annoyn- to find person like
Devoy, who pleaded guilty 70 II tho . chargG ~ oi
scusence, mouth treason against England ut IL
distance of 800 miles, recant it the following
day-and thon sct himself up as Lender o. 'he ,
nature and exparicllcc are cutntehancca anu
supported by h4nest mon who ought to know
hcitcr. 1t would seem that the ruce Of tho
3e srhfs TnVnv. HfnElfn. and t'lt-
rick Ford attempt to fill tho places OF Davis
ami Mitchell, and Meaeher.'' 49,.
"what Do think Or. Mulcahy' Of tho Irish
''It Is perfectly worthless. but it will have, to
some extent, the effect which Its author; 1T.
tended. It will break tho powGx OF tarnen ana
ARE 4 SELFISH, soRDiD CLASS,
gcncral1y speaking. They will be content with
tho few benefits conferred and fur the next
ten years they will bc contentcd slaves
fnrll,t,l. class have contributed very little to
revolutionary movements in Ircant- They be-
truycd . Brien u1d AcHgher into tho aoortivc
Of danger They contributed only per ceut to
the sufferers through participation III the Fenfaii
cause. Uuder tho present Coercion net only a
The Fenian movement, and fully l.uuo persons
were arrested undSF tue '5'sns then suspen-
At tho time tho Coercion uct was
pissed last spring. s:.id Dr. Mulcahy, II pointed
out Il way to acfcar it. udv!scd the farmers to
net us they hnti been nctfng. to defy tho law, to
burn the Coercion act publicly: and to dare tho
Government to arrest them. Mr. Pnrncll repre-
setc4 that Soop persons n 1rsand ,1 Msse h s1x
bctler OIL iu the prison than tn the Workhouse
Why did they nor act up to .!1 their talk: why LID dd
fnsy neither 1S 10 Tho 70 sprs o
t,or Of men. And yet these people have oecn
flattcrcd,-tald they were the rlncst peasaptry III
race OF oratnrs: warriors. and oil that NONSENSE
'Tls time to tell them the truth
.Whut is your opinion OF the Land bili?"
"Why, it Is perfectly WORTHLESS. 1t IS absurd
to fix rent this ycur for the ensuing fifteen
years. in view of American competition. which
is continually growing. and IN view Of the cx-
rapid pace. AS proof OF what | say
and what | huve to offer applies tt Great
Britain as we'll as lrcland-let me quote from tue
ISL the wheat crop OF the Uui,cd Kingdom fed
.4UG0Gu0 out OF 4. D.UUO0o u the population at six
bushels per head per aunum. In ls71 tho wheat
crop did not feed quite 1j.Gt1,0UU out OF 3lUu,0u
OF tho popuIation.' Now eha question Is nut how
much beef, or mutton. or bacon has raised in
price, hut has the lotai y!ue q sas h.
value Of the Irish. crop iu that year was
S255l0o Uu0. Ii was reduced to $:l5u0,U0 In ls5l,
10 El73,W0.00 in 1851, and Thoms Almanac es,
it rose to slsDUJU,oOo. Tho value of tho exports
OF cattle. butter, sheep ~ and d. hoSs from IFelat,l
tn ISL Eit5 less ~ St3,UtU,UU tQal III Is4l-. III
1871 there were 100000 acres under wheat; In
lss9 there were only 15::uD acres. The area
under outs in III, WIS :,0u3uU acres: in ls53 it
was only l.:00!C00 acres
In 1875 the yield Of cereal produce WIS lass by
G.e..55 80 quarters than that Of 1917. though the
crop Of 1871 WIS rcportcil full average
Tic shipments Ut grain from lreland In 1916
and 1875 were:
Deanxond
Vhedt, Oats. Barley. Peas.
4ianrters. quarters. quarters. quarters.
1s!5 .....-..s;1.9 lS:s,09 s:9M g: @,y i:.zo
Jf1t, Oatmeal, Ffnur.
quarts1*- crt*- em&:
1Hj..........u,N0 1.Es5,GD l.s.l,0bl
Ie75......-. ...- 1.311 i6u+tH I'll. .lD
The Imports OF foreign and colonial gram into
Ireland til 16i5 and 1875 were:
IFhedt Odtx. Barley. Rye. Matte.
is:5.....2,5oi,s ,;s1 ISL lis,5i i&M1 6,066 1,4ol,as
Indian .}ft<u- Flour.
1o45. M.
1916. .. i.At43 *NT..,hs
T0u sec from these figures that the soil OF Ire
land has suffered exhaustion. In tho meantime
rents hive gone up-huye more than doubled
Griilth's vaiua ton WIS mafe while the soil OF
Ireland Was productive. fct tae farmers Of
ireland are now willing to bind themselves to
pay tho valuation rs rent for fifteen years. and
Tho Land League leaders, or at least some OF