Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Interests, of union" The Irish Nation
al Parliament rejected it. The reason
given was that their manufacturers
would be destroyed, which their pro-
tortjee tariff had built up. In 1900 the
proposal WAS renewed. England spent
100. 600 pounds sterling IN buying
the members. Some were brlbed with
titles, honors, pensions. etc. The gen
uine patriots scorned all offers ard
tried to awake the nation to its danger
but they lost the day. English greed
predominated. As soon as the Act Of
Union was passed i'll 1901 and the Irish
Parliament ceased to live the great
overstock of English goods were rush.
ed into the Irish market. Then Irish
industries began to yield. All over
Ireland you can find the remains of
once prosperous manufacturers. To-
day she has hardly one.
Then began Ireland to occupy the
position of IA donkey in the ring strip
ped to fight II lion. with everything
guaranteed fair. She could kick and
bray and that is all That is all, alas,
she can do to-day. The other nations
look on, like surrounding animals,
deeply interested, but they dare not
move to help her. They have their
own hides to look after.
1t is IL great law that tells, not only
in religion, but in other departments
like the all-pervading principles so
often uttered by the Master of Naz-
areth, universal in their sweep-''to
him that hath shall be given" 1t per
tains emphatlcally to the intercourse
of nations. Things grayitate to the
strong from the weak. Ireland has to
buy every hat and cap, every plate,
every knife, her shoes-so far as
worn, her garments, tattered though
they are. her gl4ss-when she can get
it-nearly everything but potatoes,
from over the channel. She has the
land But it is in the hands of a few.
| Her people have to scramble for its
use. Five, ten pounds per acre to
raise potatoes aud other agricultural
products. are often paid. She sends
nearly all products off to buy the other
necessaries of life. When her potatoes
fail then, no factories, no furnaces,
no skilled labor to fly to of any kind,
there comes what? Starvation or
charity.
she sells in them. too, and with Il ven
! geance Paradise of free traders !.
Great law of commercial good She
ought to be happy. But from this
cheapneSs, poor. Wretched. with
nothing to use comparatively, her
people fly to this. onr land, where pro-
lection at once gives them good wages
and home.
Now, mark you, England had
gained her dominating power as u
manufacturer through Il protective
| tariff For $50 years protecting duties
! prevailed before she removed a single
| one Then came her free trade policy.
| Admitting raw material free, and
| keeping out manufactured ones. even
of her own colonies, even Of her own
| Ireland, then when she could under
sell all nations IN manufactured ar
ticles she could well say--''iet us have
/ free trade We will trade fair ~
/ There were no manufactures to com
pete with her own. She could sell low
until she crushed them out. with such
a policy, and then demand her own
| figures She tried the same thing exact
| " with our fathers of the revolution
| That was largely the cause OF the re-
volt of l776. Had we not succeeded
our success was largely due to the
protracted war which acted as strong
tariff of protection-we would to day
! be at her mercy, as is Ireland.
Here is the secret of lreland's woes
She has no diversified industries.
| She has a generous, witty. Intelligent
people. Brave TO Il fault. She has
/ produced great orators, statesmen and
generals. She can produce them to-
day. But alas. England ruined her
by destroying her industries Her
people are Industrious. Look at their
career here. Who have toiled harder ?
/ Who have built our railroads and
canals and great public buildings
Tell me not they are lazy This is
not the secret OF their fall. 1t is in
this other great fact. Strange that
/ they do not see 1t and act accordingly
They have done much to build up this
great nation and yet. mirabHe dictu q!
they cannot see that in every vote
/ gwen for free trade to break down our
| protective policy they are casting a
/ vote to destroy our industries, to ruin
our workmen and to bring us under
the commercial rule Of their own great
enemy, British interests. They do
this unconsciously, Of course. They
/ would not do this deliberately, | am
sure. Would they could get their eyes
open to the facts, They would lose
| their right arms then before they
would help England to stride it over
us as she has done over their own un-
fortunate isle.
| will, with your permission, have
something more to say
Yours, in love of Ireland and
America, ST. PATRICK
Letter from the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Dec 4, 1890.
| To the MINING JOURNAL.
Secretary WINDOWS scheme for in
creaslng the amount at money in cir
culation a to have the Governments issue
u, or = per ceut bonds to be converti-
BILE into cash upon the demand of the
| holder. He believes that such a
scheme would 90 a long way towards
preventing dangerous stringencies IN
| the money market, such as the one
from which the country is just recov
ering. Nearly all of the cabinet
endorse the idea, and the only reason
that Mr.. Harrison objects to incorpor-
ating it ia, his message is said to he
| that there is not time to consider such
a radical change IN our financial