New-York tribune., 1888-08-28

acrers, that Pitt worked out the accused Union. the
cause OF all the degradation and misery and heart
burnlnes of tho Irish people for the last eighty eight
years. Is 1t any wonder, then. that hating tho
Union and s authors as DO, should also dctost tho
cause tina, led up the Unlon and tha, shoud dread
and 6gh, against the Introduction OF English free rade
the deadly enemy Of my race-into this land Of my
adoptioni
The English people arc Just what the French con-
temptuously call them, "a nation OF shop Keepers"
and, pursue English policy where yon will around tho
globe, you with nnd IT, 10 every cline and In every In
stance moved and directed by some commercial In
teres the heart Of the English shopkeepcr and
worked ont BY chican So It was, and Is, In Eng
lands relations to ireland During the two years Of
the agitation on the question OF uniting the English
and Irish Paramenis-frUm 1913 to lsOo-the al
vocstes OF Union argued and wrote, and entered into
calculations, to prove that as Irelands trade With
britain had been great before the Union. II would be
infinitely gres ter the Union thai Ireland would
only consent TO the Union with Engand-which In
cuded free trade between the two countriss-the great
English market would be opened up TO Irish manu-
faciurcrs and Irish industries and commerce would IN
dictions ard promises feallzcdi In i79o-a according
70 Pitt hmsclf-lrcland imported from Eng and manu-
featured goods 10 the value OF $4,000 OOU, and ex-
ported TO England Of manufactured goods S2o,uOoOoo
Il s smSs eny iSpSrts Of aDssa a%
which gave but little employment In the ialshs'
featured ariIeles to the value Of $50 oooo60
IaELAND's BITTER EXPERIENCE WITHOUT
Tariff.
Mr. Hurd says: "Reduce the tariff TO the rates
before the war. ard while English merchants might
export TO more thar they do now what they
would gain here would be a poor compensation for
the loss they would sustain through our competition
with them In the markets Of the world-a competitoh
which can only be possible through large reduction
OF tariff rates" This ia the great Democratic
stock argument and bears close relationship to tho
lfa lanni
which ! have quoted. Should not the American
people, and especially Irish Americans, take to heart
the words Of Punkett the Irish Parliament on THIS
subject These not the times for theory lei
us cling TO experience Now let US see what Is tho
lesson experience teaches In 1882, wellknown
authority the state Of Ircland-Wiliam Bat'crsoy
in his Repeslers' Manual wrote Our hnancicrs
may tell of wonderful advantage OF having tho
English market open u.s. but wbai use Is thar 10
the Irish people II, like sponge, II sucss up si se
Is transmitted to itl They may tell us that we nave
'commodious place for our exports but wha' IS
that II II be only sinking place, which drains Us VI
our last penny -
In the town Of Drogheda, before the Union, $500
pieces Of linen of all kinds including sheeting were
made in one day. which employed 2.ooo persons a'
from Il 10 IL los. Ter week. There are not ho"
500 pieces made nor the one-nhh of the men en-
ploycd at even Gvo shilllngs rsf week Dces "o
English market support the other l'oooi
In the Liberty Of Dublin there weie
500 looms, at which 1000 persons were
employed, before tho Union There are ho'
low 100 daily employed. Does the s,o1 Lne.Is ~,
market suppor the 39Uu who next to staiNauon' arc
Nandcrins thiO. "a the metropolis! ,, ,... mar.
Iu parish IN hIihenny ISL Canicel 'he,0 nc, aon
a 900 employ cd, Leiors the Union, IN woolen manu-
factuI,. There are row 100 persons enl""1"aci
Docs the Engsh market support hc WANTS Vi '' "'0'
who were reduced 10 bcggaiy ~ > oco ,on
In the town OF CarncA, 6eIote tho Union, 6ooo per
sons were employed at one trade alone dRe sn Se
! now forty employed. Docs me Ensr9n "i"i"' f
. uort tho wants # the remaining 4:JoO
In Lock ono branch OF aa, ai9hc ,c,e srscn
one enilavcd there. Has the English market supplea
nen I'm COX 600 females alone were employed in maxi
ing gloves al from six eight shlllines Per aWt,,
before the Uno 1here net nov CrS eVo cr o prrsos
employed al bcogue making iion twenty 10 Oo e
iiye shlines per week Now there are OILY l00 ''"'
IN Youghal there were, before the Inon sever laree
DOW there Is Og, 1 one ber In are 1s only sr WE'VE
In Prosperous. before The tn1n, nede ,fde wcre % Uo
men to 1900 persons now hgle are zoo 6 ZEN ana
these giving employment to above lou persons a.
From the returns Of the trades Of Dublin. # appears
that 80 600 had constant employ ymcn before Ire
here a "a now scarcely 10000 employed. and Of
these wages not exceeding II shlnss per wse
ores in Dublin; there are now ten
PAwNDROKERAGE ALONE SHOWS PRoeKhss'
In fact, there is no business In Ireland, except
pawntroking that has not felt the dreadful and dew
s<n2katnc effects OF the tDon,' anu Hli' D~'NiSV'
Hscht have added. Of English free trade
Mr Hurd's glowing description Of tho magnificent
prosperity which has como upon Ireland under 'he
Heavensent blessings of English free fradc REMINDS
me forclbly Of VccrOys afierdinner reply al Loru
Mayors banquet IN Dublin, in the good old days be-
fore the Land League killed ont Castle hunkeyism 10
the usual toast of The Lord Lieutenant and Prosper
ity 10 Ireland" But II especially reminds me OF the eel
CD iteG GRAFTON Of that genial old bachelor Nceoy'
Lord Carlisle when he declared that although the pop
ustion decreasing and although manufaciuIe anu
commerce we're not all that could be desired, yet so
pos porous was ireland In the matter of grazing us'
he believed God in is wisdom must have destined her
to become the fruitful mother Of hocks and herds
II Ireland has become prosperous under Engiish
free trade as Mr.. Hurd would have us believe why
have there been from 1s46, when free trade was est alb
ished down to the end Of $780, according to Gov
crnment returns 1854 900 etectments, representing
nearly 100000 persons evicted from their homes in
Ireland Why has sSo de The op1ssHson psHs to OF oioG
to-day Why the Irish people siii hyihs a%sS I1n
their homes as from, pcsihnueel Nhy are irciands
msnufacturcs ard commerce on ths very verge o.
rpIpcyl why1 Because tn. inqulties o, gin hngil1n
free traHe-no the wiss OF Cod. a. Lord carlisle
sad-have converted Ireland into The irutiu' mohcr
of hocls and herds because English f1ee Iaae pas
killed Irish manufacture ana because leiaa as
no power TO put on protersdve .sa 'a'' 10 give 'D'"
Three years ago Mr. Parne claimed that the Home
Rule bin, then about TO TO formulated tor llcIann' n
should give to ireland the right 10 protect Irish man
ufactures--at least for limited petroleum. so gFfH
was the alarm aroused among me English shopkeep-
erss ard the Liberal Coblen Club Free Traders that he
has not dared since ~ word more on the SUB
ioct r, .,,rp,c,Nc coon .NrPICAys
Mr. Hurd appeals to the patriotism OF lrsh-Amer-
cans for their old home. upon the grounds thai II
American durics were taken of Irish linens laccs
poplns and certain Kinds OF "ooiiens'
the market Of 60 100000 people would
he opened 10 Irish products and prosperity would
come to Ireland which would terminate tho saa
mm, grafton which makes exilcs of her people 10
every land under the SUM- To say the very ieas''
Mr. Hurd does not pay a high compliment to the IN
telIigcnce OF Americans, or to their loyalty 10
American interests. when be seriously addresses 10
them such an argument this. The condition. 100
which La implicuix attaches TO American-or he
s1,ouId rather have said Democratic-sympathy win