The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-09-10
THE POOR OF IRELAND.
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mom Generous America.
koSDog, Sept. p--Mlchael Davit writes
asfollows regarding the potato blight IN
Ireiand; II visited large section In ire
iaHa during the past week, and everywhere
] fgnnd abundant confirmation of the re-
pofa which was started last month, that the
crops generally. and the potato crop In par
ticnlar, we're doomed 10 failure this year.
ftis needless. after the experiences OF the
years 1879 and 1855, to Inform those who
know anything about ireland that this In
wolves starvation for a large proportion of
ita inhabitants. For another section II
mean insolvency, while upon the whole
commercial system of the country II will
bring general depression. The continuous
rain during the months Of June, July and
August has brought about this dire
full result. n has been singular
summer An intelligent country gem
tletaAn OF Limerick said TO me: The
weather has behaved I'm most tantalizing
fashion all through. There was at no time
raiu sufficient TO make rise of two inches
In eAe shannon and 1t came in such dribblets
as o. 10 give the farmer chance OF doing
anything As usual. the burden Of dis
tree falls on The congasted districts OF the
ssapoafd, where the potato Is the main
support OF the people--those districts lying
prinf paily In the counties OF Cork, Kerry,
Galsay, Mayo and Donegal. The eastern
couan ies have also suffered severely fron
the hptato rot ard there also tae harvest
has been materially injured. Another ef-
feet. almost as prodigious In its conse-
quelares ~ the potato failure, Is the possible
fuel famine, which has been overlooked In
all that has been reported hitherto. The
sunshine necessary for drying the turf,
which n the only combustible available
20 the Irish peasant for his winters
fire, has been absent. Hence IL Is that
nos only. have the poor people of
the southern and western seaboards the
prospect of eheeriess hearths superadded 10
famine, but they have 70 face the ultimate
fatality OF eviction. which inevitably comes
where the harvest does not yield the rent.
In many districts the people are at present
burning furze and brambles In their fires,
while the turf cut this season, which should
be dying, lies very moist at the. bog sides.
The southern districts most affected by the
potato failure are those which surround
schulz, Dumannus and Beerhaven, In the
County Cork. and Dingle and Cahircsveen,
In Tho County Kerry. The potatoes win not
last longer than November, and thencefor-
ward the people will have no food. On the
Dlngle promonitory, pigs alone are paying
al present bat la some cases the potatoes
were SO bad that they were not SUFFICIENT to
fatten the pigs. Lobster fishing Is carried
ON 70 some extent on the hcadIand. but the
want OF communication makes the sale un-
proIse Bile. Other descriptions OF fish
ing are out of the question la some.
aoeaatiaa, for want Of proper boats,
and III others. such ns the districts
surrounding Dunmannus bay by reason OF
tbs distance they lie from the open sea. OF
course. the fishing industry Is thriving In
the neighboring ports OF Baltimore, CLAN
dore and klnsale, but these places are ex-
ceptionaliy favored by situation and by
fortune. With little outside assistance
Baltimore has .b6en raised from the level Of
the neighboring districts to a position OF
prosperity which renders the people abso-
lutely independent of the potato crop as n
solitary resource. IL the fisheries were fur
ther developed along cur coast line, the
prospect of potato failure would not have
such terrors for Ireland as IL has at present.
Leaving the southern districts, the sau1r
dreadful conditions and prospects exist In
various parts OF Connaught Around West
port and Newport. In tho county of Mayo,
Including the island Of Arran, the potatoes
were seriously affected with blight. In the
surrounding market the price Is lid and 12d
a stone. over double the price usually OBJ
talnahle In September. Ia other respects
the condition OF the congested districts of
Connanght IL the same as that existing In
Cork and Kerry.
MY suggestion, made three weeks ago,
he. a.
the ground at once was carried out by many
farmers in n number OF districts, who dug
up what was left OF the potatoes and re-
placed tAeaa With t4arripss Fhts, OF UJuTEG
could only be done In districts where the
farmers had some small capital OF their
own; but In congested localities where the
tenants at harvest time have always liza
bilities to discharge 20 the 'Gombeen' men
for loans made during the sowing season, Il
was impossible for them TO follow the same
course. Some little assistance, however,
was forthcoming and few in these dis
trlets we're enabled 10 carry out my recon-
mendation, We hope for little assistance
from geneFous~a hearted Americans and our
fellow countrymcn In the United States and
in Australia. to enable the famine-stricken
people OF Ireland to tide over the conf az
Et1bkh4 WshN&Es
With parliament scattered over the moors,
among the lakes and the continental water
ing places. with royalty on vacation, aud
fleet and army resting from summer maneu-
vers, the, pressing question on the British
public mind IL the rising antagonism be-
tween organized labor and the right OF free,
unrestricted employment. In Importance
IL really osershadows all other questions.
The difference as 20 wages are OF but slight
Consequence Ia comparison with It. I'm
this country" says the London Times, "the
central question n not at all how much men
are 70 have for their labor, but whether they
are 70 have the right 70 prevent other men
from taking what they refuse. Nobody
need supply his own labor on any terms that
do not please hsm; hut the issue is whether
q man who chooses 20 withhold his own
labor h 90 be allowed 10 break the head oi
another aaxioaSly seeking .he wages he re-
jectss
Death Rather Than imprisonment.
CoLummus. o.. sept. O.--Henry Mersman,
a life prisoner confined for murder I'm the