The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-31

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you na1ss hsys tsf6e nufupsf q
fgn1ekA ehoet interest n The 8fz<h
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s.,~-rt -, Aetsits II ~ r,,ovxfu<nt.
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- - q - - - =. - -ss-~
beeeeeS tnnt require etspoE - ss'
une~k q them f0and<d 90 ~ sef<ers
80 htSe ufinfe4. ( atsaH answer sstet
frsruS,te. = arr ~ r<,h<1c "a refsevnl
s..zr-s xss - -. - ks,..tl~ 80 - Sks
- 3 g. ~. : - 4. - . 80
tRt9tEa - -
hesE
Hane - one qaexfipn
L. .HoR d vou seconsi,e fwo state.
$50. rftx5k.ss~6 - xos--thaf m
-s - - -. 1870 -. 1900 i,
q. - s, -. - - =. 8
$3.50 $50 2. - - - .1..a
with - f1Et thai ne onty esisiss'fes
- Impoverished - The condition d
- p<or IS Galway goa noxseed were
800 -, ala ,.o4 -. - snanx hnrr.
<-s.s - - -, 80 80 -. $3.50.
o.'.s ...u 49, - :. 49, -. = !
owued mere d0nhsys tnen e IS7
Bocouse the RENTS ey<ryshere--eveu
d. fenfe thnt uefe '1udieiaslg re.
Aneed -ess stu out ~ ~ proportion
- Tie Ri vaiue u tae farms. 80 hieh
that tke poorsr tenants are still the
sont wsotebe1Iy fed. tbs worst c5Ax1
end The nsosf ylitiy cssined peasAufry
~ EnfUDe. hoRtnn1fy the ia<t land
Iaw--or & lsas1 Dne 81 he Lard Laws
pn&eed s1nre $50 forbisis The vaIne ol
ssfrupf0ye1uenf<v 70 b. estimated IN
fxtnz ssfuIiejal rent.
By IN unexpected judieiai decision,
aud from the partisan character Of tae
land commissions this csauss his
be<n practically repealed. Let ms
HIunts4te. tSfifHthse valuatlon. an
Old of5cIal estimation, Of Wholly UNI
fDpfoyed f4nd along the Western
coe1t-~i9ud that feither the piou fzDF
epnde 6ne ever reclaimed varies from
Gpepce (tz ctnfs} to shilling 81 acre.
0no pound 10 shsillpKsD IN acre l. not
EGE4fs3ed - rack rent ~ the west q
1Folnud Often the rent - sery much
higher.
In 1uEh cases The courts reduce shs
rent from 70 - per cent But
notice. ~ 49, 4 from twenty 20
fovtyfpId more than uzlntfh's valaa-
tofi. In such cases. therefore, re-
duckson Of - pr cent. y stu PER-
posteronss Of q they call = IN Ireland,
N Impossible rent.
OF course. reduction Of q per cent.
b decided and most gratifying gain
% the tenant: but II does not enable
the pcopie 30 teaF down their hideous
th-iio0xd hDveis and get decent
cottages. or TO I've like Christians.
~ tkslf Industry and vir-
tues entitie them 70 live.
Or 70 dress IN even the coarse but
warm clothfne that the industrious
taboring classes n EnRlAud and Scot
land can always command.
The reductions. however, enable
tzem 10 buy shoes for their hard
working wives and comedy daughters.
and ~ buy donksys - beasts Of bur-
den % carry 70 market, on tar days.
tin produce that formally was carries
On HE heads or In the arms or IN
sskfeeln on tbe backs Of the women.
But what i called . judicial Or fair
rent for one year would BE- on the rule
Of ether countries. that IL, "a twenty
year, pnschsse. fair price tor the
lee simple Of the farm, II sfflc land act
hAs really been interpreted 70 reckon
The results Of al labor on the land ~
improvements. Now BE Il remember
~, Il il the Irish tenants, never the
landlords. Who make Ill The improve.
meuts for the opening Of new cuts
In bog lands 10 perfect t!lIage or pas-
tureGe.
The National League, by its plan Of
campaign. IL really engaged in o
'shear operation 70 reduce the rent 10
such IN extent ~ shall enable the
tenants - buy the landlords legal
share and yet recover their own TIM
prevements. Until this point Is
roached there will b. no such thing s.
decent comfort among the tenantry in
Ireland. Taken ~ 4 whole body. the
teunntry exa 42S90O.000 nearer the
opportunity 10 be comfortable than
they were In fS80; but they never can
b comfortable as long 81 there Is 4
landlord in the country.
Yet the great progress that has been
made during the last decade ought 10
stimulate the friends Of Ireland 10 in.
creased exeftiuns. and il iustifies the
baoyant spirit OF the irish tenantry
today.
2. II infer FROM what you said al
your recent public reception In COOPER
Institute that you take no stock in
Giiadstous friendship for the Irish
or In the sincerity OF his conversion.
think you called him = grand old
nchemer. What chance II there fol
Ireland then. il Gladstone should die
on Us or 10 back on usfs'
al saw no evidence that Gladstone