New-York tribune., 1886-04-20
A LANDLORDS PROTEST.
CORN CAsTlETowN ON THE IRISH BILLS
now THE TENANT FARMER WILL SUFFER- D'
LAND PURCHASE BILL
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IoSpoN April 19-Lord Castietowh' '"e iii''
landlord has written to The TRIBUNE rePie'o",'
tive here his views on Mr. Gladstones biIs ioi III,
co,.rnnent of Ireland. lie says that the Lanu
Purchase bill will certainly create the most i''''-
est N ireland and points out what he rcg"i"S "'
faults in the measure. Following Is his statement
T., discus.ne the issue to Ireland OF the Lana rur'
chase hill the utmost attention must oe p"'N ~ 80,
co,s q. combination with the Irish Governmeh, oi
xn inauce should the twin blils become ac's w.
bill as regards The future advantages 10 ." i well
1he peorle of Ireland is most likely 10 " roland
80, rrho I ,pd Purchase bill undoubtedly III - -
,n he considered of most interest anu inii oro
-,..o,,ont hill is merely the f"iho"i'0
ns,unt,on In such Assembly a' W." -
nosed Dnblin legislature there VIII DC y N''o"' ~
,c.enta,ives only. 1t will be the aristocFacy U! ro
,inaI Ieacue endowed with tho taxation Oh ulster
rbe tenant occupiers Of ireland Will nave " pay '
pr,,amon,ary dover OF the Parnelites ana they are
bribed 10 their undong by the offer OF ~ per oeD IL
ducton of the present rental Lei me pO'''' o.' wv
salient danger to the IIsh farmer Ill Ui""s'o"0 ~
dnal case. .,oa rounas
- apnuu and is 10 have his rent reduced 10 hhe
bnpdred aud sixty pounds per annum Tor iorS'h'"o
Years but he Is undertake half the rates 1Ha' o'
ne ,s 10 nay the whole rates TOT lhe ia""
lord navs half the rates What arc these
,bey are equal sixteen shiilngs in the pound III
rv all pars of ireland they about per cent so
mat the tenant only - cent by the reduction
NJ hs rent. What he likely TO pay IN the luture'
After the Imperial contribution is pad uhuer INC Do'
eminent bill a margin of 100000 is left to Ire
land With this her Government is 10 uniertaHe "i'
necessary works and establish or rather raiso her
tnancal credit There be but one outcome
ber reputation OF the Imperial contribution OF severe
local taxation to increase the meagre margin
From whom is taxation to come There Is ohl! cue
class which has benefited recent Irish legislation and
only one class which to benefit by lt-the tenant
,-m.r ON him. therefore, the extra taxation Will fal
He Ia to gain thirteen per cent by the Land Purchase
bill now he will lose twenty per cent ov the lisn "o'
eminent bill. Hereafter ask any Irish farmer VINO
knows his own mind, and he Will tell you that ne i
looking forward with to the increased taxation
the tenant farmer or Gladstonized proprietor Will
nav and suffer in this way. What will happen to the
ahorer He rule. depends on the local ianu
owner or squire What he TO 90 the Lana furchase
hill becomes law and the present occuplers become
owners Are they going naive their farms with 'he
laborersl The aborers do not think So ana 'ho iaf
ers do not intend to act in so generous mauh'r'
Farmers require very little labor and tue landowners
Will disonpcar Therefore, the demand for labor VIII
cease What will can latOrers dot they must elther
encrate or rob farmers OF portion OF their and
leave 1t to the labOrers to solve the dlulcuIV NY
inpressjon is they are OF the danger that Is
before them. but they do not know now 10
10 meet IT, The next In Ireland affected by the Lana
Purchase bill are the artisans IN the small towns
leave the three larger towns-CoTk Belfast ana Du"lu-
ont of the question What Will these men do, or no"
will thev bencni by either bill The Government bill,
sad be pre- gives the country credit for balance
OF four hundred thousand pounds, ana the Lana fuchdse
h e,acts something less than four hundred thousand
mounds a year. as adstone himself puts IT. Therefore
the balance OF credit is minimlzed therefore
the artisan class OF Ireland VIII nave
10 contribute without representation first TO the
English Army and Navy, In which 'ner Io"'
,iyes will serve which they Will nave no cohoeu
and over which they Will be unable to exercise any con-
troll: second to the and excise ana olher I'M
peri,l taxation; third to fund created to assist
the tenant farmers Of Ireland with whom they nave
little fourth. they will nave TO be prepared
10 face abnormal taxation should the farmers repudiatc
their rent charge contingency not unlikely as the
largest part Dnbn egs ative repres 'niatiOn VIII
be In their hands The ntlstral classes therefore, IN
whaeyer light they look at the matter must be prepared
10 face maximum taxation with minimum representa-
sOn.
Now as regards the present landowners If they 80
into exile on the Drbe offered by Gladstone they Will
d!.anpear They like the Parsons Church act are in
yed to commute, compound and cut Some VIII go
with money in their pockets; Of them Will be
ruined. bat that Is detail TO the heaven
born Minister who deals eyenhanded justice
10y means OF the twin bills. The history OF
Irish hnd.ordism would be ended undoubtedly, but
blank page would remain. Round every little demesne
in IreAnd-and there many hundreds and thousands
Of them small large according TO the income OF the
owner-a sodaty Of diverse interests exists This in-
cudes gardeners. carpenters smiths abOreTs, trades
men and the stabemen employed These people Will
all have to 60 America Australia or New Zealand Will
receive them Our poor country will more be
drained OF her blood and ParnePs representatives
Dublin will perhaps. TO check the How in vain
Every interest being sacrificed under the twin bills TO
one casstbe farmer. His turn Of expiaon Will come
some day the abOrer and the artisan can bear the
strain increased taxation, enforced emigration and
poverty Thous of laDorers kept from starva
tOn last winter not by the action Of the farmer but by
gwen by the much-maligucd Landowner should the
Land Purchase bill pass and the landowner who Will
ta,c place day the labores needi Gladstone
referred absence Of Ian iOwners from Ire
land a. the origin Of agraran crime referred
the expenditure Of their rental abroad By the meas
he has introduced lie proposes the abseneesm OF
wealth progress and industry. while he replaces
these essentials of Nations life by universal
ton. and emigration OF the industrial classes
and commercial coma. In 1870 GladstOnes hama OF
divine justice was first lad on Ireland, then pro-
Rrcssve and slowly recovering from the effects OF
The Fcnan rebellion since then the awful lot OF theo'
retical per eut has been hers Like subject in the
dlssectD -rOOm every nerve, every tissue has
been exposed and discussed, removed or destroyed by
one expermentalist another. until now. at last,
tie lecturer hurls ASIDE tho useless and decayiDg
trunk be food for the beasts ravening for
II outside. In lSs6 1857 Gladstone will have finished
his task and will leave Ireland waste and
inanimatc, Inhabited by uiggard, half-ruincd
farmers. starving laborers. plhper artisans,
decayng Industries and a Psrnellte Tammany Hsll in
Dublin the lines Of the New-York Board o; Alder.
men, This is called making Ireland a Nation.
CAs1LKIOWN.
SCOTCH RADICALS LEAVING GLADSTONE
TEE DETECTION AMONG THEM GROwING-AN
ACTIVE CAMrAIGN.
LONDON, April 19.-The detection of Scotch
p.d,..l ,nenbcrs of the Uouse OF Commons has been