Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-05-11

| ion exists which may be accounted for
by the difference of localities from
which consuls write. Consul Barrows
| of Dublin. says no such practice is in
| operation in his district. Consul Work
| of Belfast write, II know of no organic.
| el effort for any farge deportation of suf
farers or paupers to the United States !"
| No doubt many will find their way there
| by he aid of friends, and often il,
measure by charitable friends. 1t is to
| be feared that most of such 'emigrants
are withoat means and without any
skill or trades or occupations, and with
so little money as to afford no promise
| of any respectable support on their ar
rival in America. Consul Livermore
| of Londonderry understands that gov
| ernment agents, with 70 great success,
| however, endeavor to induce the po3r
and lszy to emigrate." Ia some To-
calities guardians of the poor are de-
sirous to smigrate those who are likely
to be in state of chronic poverty at
home, and save rates from their posi-
BILE support. Gen rsl Merritt refers to
TIE subject of American aid to Ireland,
as follows; e As to relieving Irish dis
tress by the contributions of
money from the United States,
which have always been so
liberal, the changes have been
so frequens in the past that much of
this money has been used for other
purposes, that l suggest in the future
| the utmost care be taken in choosing
the channels through which the charity
is to be administered. Upon the ques-
ton of reported distress in western and
southern Ireland, John Piatt, United
States consul at Cork, writes as follows:
81 met, several days ago, promi-
nent gentleman of this place, very
| intelligent as we'll as genial
and kindhearted man whose opp0tu-
MICS for knowing the western and
southern part of Ireland for some
years past should have been best, and
| in the course of brief conversation ]
hazarded the remark that there was q
great deal of distress III the coast re-
glon of Ireland. "Not a bit Of it,
| don't you believe it," was his quiet
emphatic answer, and then he told me
of his experience attending the dis
trlbut,on of certain supplies to the di.-
tricts in 1880 at points where want was
reported greatest. The officers could
not, unless at extravagant prices, he
said, employ help, even to unload car
goes of supplies, and i'll some cases,
therefore, naval crews had to perform
the work themselves. The officers
would meet, ne told me, with express
sions of contempt at the idea cf send
ing people such stuff as Indian corn
meal which, l have learned, is consid-
cred food fit only for pigs. Again, said
he, it has never been told that the mis-
sion of the Constellation to these shores,
three years ago, was an enterprise
of doubtful success, as q charity, that
American potatoes went abs aglng, 50
to speak, for somebody to eat them.
Tney were not thought so good as the
Irish potatoes. No hing American, l
am afraid, is thought so good here as
that which is Irish, and that some of
them were returned 10 Queenstown
and exported to the United Safes.
Such has been the story current here
and reported to Leon by tn high au-
thority just quoted. The visits of the
constellation, however, in some re-
spe cts, if it did not relieve the poor
starving Irish, there were
Co,TLY DINNERS AND BALLS
up and down the coumty. The gentle
man quoted above seemed to think the
people Of the United States, in view of
the terrible OHIO valley fi)cds, should
not be cllled upon to minister to the
fictitious distress in Ireland" l have
written the foregoing paragraph to
suggest doubt of the picture of Irish
distress, being as bad as it is painted in
certain quarters, but feel confident
there is enough dire poverty and need
in the western and southern coast re-
gion to excite the sympathies and insure
the helping hand of those charitably
disposed everywhere.