The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-04

responding Increase OF manufactures.
EUROPE MUST BE FED PROM ASRoAD.
Last Of all, another fact presen ted BY these
HSous + hf q the
to less degree Of France. Germany. Belgium,
and Holland on the TJD9rtations Of food
Sasssd In an their besripvs lately. Mr..
large n part in the discussions but you "s have
Abstract, ior FQyeis9 Countries" 70 perceive
ID the matter. II e much more dependent. in
degree than any other European country; but
sns Hs fh nee ~ e n Sy SSs %
the increase Of population in far greater ratio
than the Increase 81 AGRICULTURAL prodnIcti,on
OF England II 1t increased at anything like THO
though not esacy as be- anteipsed bat Il
also partly due. however. to an increase in the
consuming power Of the same population. and
Areas 20 psoaso f France Win
food; and d the increased eonsumption per hea,
among our own population OF the quantity Of
such articles az sugar apd tea also suggests
are now consumed more largely than they wero
twenty years ago or more by the, same
the increase Of popu lation and increase OF con
Stunning power per head, coupled with COM
Iaratively stationary agrcuItpre Europe owes
the unique phenomenon of large masses OF
and distant Countries. fhs Social and political
fold and again 1t is to the common figures Of
statistics Stats we ., owe eur knowledge Of It. This
81 ha
not previously been Introduced. Social
NON ans not yet SSssssy inc
and as compared with what it will be. II Is
only Hhsss % aS
important part in internationa! politics and In
the ec0noniic life Of nations; Both the coun-
tries which grow the surplus food and the coun-
tries which receive 1t are profoundly concerned.
THE STARTLING DECLINE OF IRELAND.
In another way the internal growth OF popu-
lation IN different l!,n countries q EuEops Is also
monarchy which assisted to make United
year p year, AN. And , decade to decide,
political change from the internal changes OF
have BEEN struck. during the last iow Years I By
presence Of Irish agitation; and the eyi,
% s.rSs sSa sa s;s.r ss issS . %sss
Land League suppressed. there was hardly
even a fractional fall in consos. Forty fifty,
eighty years ago; things were entirely different:
the Irish difficulty being incessantly spoken OF
as most menacing. which indeed it was. Tho
present camness and the former apprehension
in population numbers. Ireland. at the begin
ming OF the century, held about one third of
ss r ss sS Of s h' hs Sa very ns on
Apart from ali relative changes in the wealth
make u vast difference in tho Irish difficulty.
bear the idea Of an alien State like Ireland in
possessing home rule like the Isle of Man or the
Channel Islands the power Of mischief Of such
England's greatness than was the power Of u
separate ireland fifty or eighty years -ago by
The EnglS%a,d OF shs. time separate Ireland
the very existence Of the English ompire and
the independence OF England itself. Now this
any other State On the, other hand. any pos
sible insurrssction in ireland Is as nothing to
the power Of the T5i.ed nsdom
held third OF the whole population. Hence
the calmness Of recent years In comparison
s sSS G ;hs 1.b S.S d,S FonxS
careful examination would show. think that
the n difficulty has diminished in Intensity-that
diminished in numbers. while the loyal part
Ulster,,has relatively incrensed; but here
again wish to Gon!lns myselito patent and
or less sunk into the popular mind. 'N''
1t is not difficult to perceive. moreover, that
more effectively than they have yet done on the
Irish l1 3; difficulty, In 1892 Ireland was endowed
%o on 100 81 ss Sncd Is Ssn S thu
third. II one third was then considered 10 on
title It to Jos members. ne-soyenth i is clear,
Hey 1se again day
among the remaining two-thirds. or thirty in
Ths PARLIAMENTARY Home Rule diiisuity
from the failure to. adapt the REPRESENTATION OF
tho country to changes in the, population:
Their, is certainly nothing in the Increased
With Of ha 81 the Unea Kns
dom. to suggest that Ireland should have n
tsa Saa IN ye t. Its sepg
sentation were only to be- reduced In propor-
ton. the parliamentary difficulty would largely
now now to be made than the 1ntrSduction 81 equal
electoral districts, and assuming that the pres
Irish representation is adapted to tho probable
OF Ireland and the United
be reduced from los to 50. and of these 81
only So would be- sent from those parts
VI 1IsHhuu III .WulCi lHeFe 10 ulSNUeC-
ton. SO that the maximum number Of
OF party. which am not discussing would ap-
parently be less than hfty:nye. OF course am
not discussing the possibility or expedicncy Of
any political changes. l am merely pointing
are suggesting for consideration and which
must affect the politics Of the next few years.
THE INTENDING STARVATION OF INDIA
Still continuing the use Of the most common
statistics OF population. propose next 70 d.
rect attention to one OF tho most form liable
problems which have TO be. dealt with by our
imperial Government. and for the knowledge
OF which we are mainly indebted to statistics.
i refer to the growth Of the population of our
great OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. / have already re-
ierred in the most general terms to the pecu-
liar and complicated relations which are likely
20 grow up between nations Of the European
family and the races or nations Of different
types. At no point are these relations more
Interesting than they are in connection with
the supremacy the English race has gained
over the subject races. Of India. The point OF
interest in these relations for our present pur-
pose lies, however chiefly IN this that the Ro-
man pence We have established In India ap-
elias to the growth ~ population which formerly
existed-what Nautilus described as the natu-
raj checks-so that under our rule the Indian