The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-05
n study OF the Irish Question.

love of liberty may deserve"
a study OF the Irish Question.
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lain, w th, so,,arai ..,,ostin, MIL, :, ~;
cusscs ,rJ ON NAV roin,s s,,ob as ~, Ii,
to he drawn from tho reclamation ~ w,sto l.nd
and tho method Of imnroving tho condition of
Agricultural lahorers IL sunpIios moro ipfor-
nation than il elsewhcre accessible 70 Amori-
can raaders In his examination of tho land
problem he begins nj the bepinninp and brings
his survey down to the events Of tho last fe,v
months and the naturalization scbome nro-
pounded by Mr.. Dayitt. The renders attention
ia directed from the outset To the fundamental
fact that OF the 30 1877 600 acres of land in Ire
land twenty millions are owned by less than
20 600 persons The small remnant is divided
among less than 80 600 Of whom AZ OOO own
less than one acre apiece or the twenty mil,
lion acres about one-half arc owned NV ner-
sons who do not live on or near thcir estates
while the owners Of about one-fourth do NOT
live in Ireland at all. Absenteeism Ia most
common in those western counties where tho
farms are smallest and tho tenants noorest
So far. however. As absenteeism is nm evil Mr.
King points out that II has been increased nv
the recent Land law. which has taken awnv
some OF the powers formerly belonging TO tho
landlords, 1t is believed however nv MANY
Irish patriots that absentee landlords will be
much more easily induced to assent To the Gre.
alton OF peasant proprietary by purchase than
those owners who desire to reside upon their
estates.
Another fact to be remembered is that even
OF the resident proprietors comnarativs,v few
farm their own land, II said that not
than one-eighth OF the soil is cultivated nv
resident landowners and yeomen. The re-.
mainder is rented in lots. tho average size OF
which has increased during the last forty wears
Nevertheless. in 1850 out of ga 600 holdings
276 900. or nearly ne-half the whole number
comprised less than fifteen acres each. There
were more than so 600 which did not contain on
an average more than one acre. and 226 600
ranging from one 10 fifteen acres. One-half
the tenants do not nav ON an average more
than $50 rent annually. Where the rents are
considered moderate, that is to say. when they
amount to one-third of the annual proluoo Of
his farm the tenant who pays $40 rent has 500
a year left to pay his farming expenses. and to
keep a family which often consists of from ak
to twelve persons. Mr. King confirms the
statement that in some districts on the west
coast you find tenants that would have nothing
whatever left OF the produce of their holdings
after paying their rents. or the small tenants
It was estimated in 1880 that 40 600 were
BANKRUPT, and during the discussion on the
Arrears OF Rent bill it was acknowledged that
not far from 200, 900 would need relief in order
TO clear Off their accrued Indebtedness
1t concerns us also TO keen in view the differ
ent WAYS in which land Ia rented in Ire,and ~
wa would understand some of tho executions
taken to the recent Land act. Tenancies in
Ireland were before the passage OF that law
eitber at will, or from vear IN year or ,aases
for n term az vears for lives or in nerpetuitv
Since Lord Mansfield's time tenancies Mt will
have been treated as teponcjes from veor 10
yeor and in 1877 a law mazda twelvs non+bs,
notice necessary To mt an end n tha .enont,s
OCCUPANCY Leases for long terms or in nor
petuity have in some instancos found favor
with the great absentee landlords In 1sA5it
WAS estimated that one-seventh Of the Irish