The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-28
THE FIoHr FOR LIFE IN IRELAND.
s.ssnasisn In all kiaAs or Induslvy-Ths
strugaie VITA Rack Rents.

the actual condition OF both the city and
country residents in Ireland. is the depres-
sion which weighs on the whole atmosphere OF
the country. like black thunder clouds in the
iptocr,ble sultrincss Of July sky. All values
arc slowly but surely sinking. There 10 not an
article which the farmer can grow or raise but
"a lie preciated. Hence the market price Of land
itself has fallen considerably Of late. and
IA still steadily falling. All the loc..
industries in Ireland are either dead
a, In a most critical condition. business
IA very dull and dull 10 scarcely the proper
word TO describe the stagnation Of all trade aud
the hopeless prospect before business men.
Even the. approach 81 the Joyous Christmes
ssroneter rise u single half inch. In Dub
lin. as, you pass Il the nrst evening hours
xou see the really beautiful shops filled under
he gaslight with the most tempting varieties
al lS and fGrs. sKs and jewels rs msxnifieent
As have seen In the t'allora Vittore Emanuse
q Milan or IN our Na% Ss Thsre ssnS tee ss
numerous staff Of idle salesmen and sales
women waiting In vain for tho s.ssa W Of Gus
g,ed TO approach the counters. brilliant and
Eshionable and wealthy Dyblin fesls the geA-
In this marasmic condition OF commerce.
trade. industry. and tue money market you
SOSd Mo anf mato ese4on. snd
generous sacriiices TO come to the relief OF the
SSsla and hs have ons
undivided interest. help the tenant farmer and
the farm laborer 70 tide over tue d'strssef vi
M in the Srss @, aura SSa sep
Al a stanC.still. such kindIinsss between the
farming and landlord classes is also the rule In
IaTSpe that am acausintsd With. .'
hut in ireland the natural relations OF things
and men and classes and interests are AL
..runp..ly intsrvertpd lppPle0sly dis ordered.
There ID no kindiiHes. between landlord and
tenant. between the tilieT and TIE ,t lord Of the
goes. instead Of II common interest and a
hearty cooperation III making the land bear
and oppositioh Of interests which strike the
newcomer from America AS one Of the strang.st
phenomena in the moral and economic world.
How aecouH: Tor this anomaly and for all the
chronic misery with which II is pregnant! By
rive tiieir possession and titles from might in =.
stead o! right: From The b. days OF Sromwsll
the L s S ss Of s9 sd s'9
OH his holding was not more secure than
he given BY s cid savs West
Nay at this day and with the eyes Of tho whole
Sere bew wStG lana and life the Ish sndord
has not the same care of the housing, the
wretcLed tenantry that our former slavehoid-
ers had of theii hands.
The traditional relation during centuries
munty-the owners and the filters OF the soil
instead Of being as in Eng and; or on the Con;
The undyipe hatred q tine man who has deeply
hs sfGst ~
being forced 10 treasure up the rnnklipg mem
0 at nShtc Snds heaven hut tho
priests standing firmly by the Irish parliamen-
tary party, aud dsmandin with one voice in
s,a!lment Rftcr instnment OF justice for their
peope, can prevent violence on the part of the
asgrieved masses violent repression on the
ment Of the desired era OF order and progress
founded on liberty and equity The one essen
ts condition necessary to secure the reign
q law OF justice. Of social racifcation and
irs Bishops should Cease to form two camps lme
the one heartily pronouncinE themselves in
favor Of the Acknowledgements. the other welded
union ha. already begun, and tho shout
publishing what THE sun OF NOV; IS saws about
Cardinal Manning and A: n. sullivan's Joint
heart is moved BY the knowledge that its Bish-
ops are like one man on the side OF the people.
wrS, s about the nsrqni: Of Water
wicklow tenants. these have been compelled.
under pain OF losing everything; Of going ON
diced against them. and OF snbiecting them:
selves to the powerful! enmity OF their landlord
even the old leases ack now lodged to be
Wsis o md'ff cls HH BON Sonera aF s Ad
passing his brother, the Marquis Of Waterford.
IN biz treatment Of the tenanlry on his noun
execution the sentence of e1tcrmination pro-
nornced against the Islanders OF Arranmore.
county OF Waterford itself--public attantion.
both here and in England, has been called to
.eu6a smeSs the ass, Of one
Of the most glorious Christian schools that
western , Eprope could boast OF from the sixth
the agricultural distress at Lismore that wish
70 submit to the study OF American readers
come curious specimens Of animals peculiar to
irelandmtle genus agent or middisman and
the genus Orange journalist
p swT es.d a ao the On tne
and represented to him that. owing to the fall
IN prices Of evory kind OF farm prod uce.
you'd be impossible for them TO pay their full
reuts 70, tho present year. 1t should be re-,
rent at which most holdings, under tho new
Land act. are now leased arS. i'll the Judgment
6u em r. 'T m aI S
pay them. In the land hunger which was preva:
lent, lent four or five years ago farmers accented
Mr.. Currey snubbed tho farmers. telling them
N plan English that their demands were I'M
sons they alleged for dminntion OF rent OF
ihdu xcnce Tor the present year were contrary
10 @ob tho Sh fact He sent them away as he would
~
Ia!s9 prctonces. Thcrcupon tho Dublin Ere,.ihV
Mda apnauded Mr.. Currey. and endorsed his
sctioh with comments tina. went 10 convey tho
idea That the petitioners were only acting w
70 Instructions OF the Land League.
The tenants supported and eounsslled In
thelTacton bytheir par .sh priest. Father o Cal
ltghan, and Mr.. Pyne of I.istinny Castle. re-
solved 70 go TO England and appeal their case
70 tho Duke OF Devonshire himself. who has
nIways mad tho reputation Of being an excel
tent lnnd'ord, Father O'Cnlaghan and Mr.
tync headed the deputation,. and were most
kindly Ieceivsd at Chatsworth. Father OCal-
,ashan Was the spokesman. 1t was well known
nc said that tho Irish tenantry had to depend
s nnmn butter. cattle bacon aud corn as the
sreat rent producing factors. In all these the ~
vas th,s year "A striking deficit. Butter was
,wnfth less IN Quantity and twenty Ave or thirt,
PER cent loss in value than last year
Cattle. as was well known. were twenty
nSo per oent. lower IN price. while
some farmers wero almost absolutely ruined
by the fail in the price of stock. Bacon was
snont Is or 20 per cent. lower than last season
aiu 30 on Tor the rest. MIR. Pyne next spoke
adding TO the facts stated by the priest others
known to himself. He mado such clear and