The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-10-18

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tion Of Eastern Mayo in Jail than learn
that you had played the part Of towards
and paid over to the landlords the pro
vision You nave been reservinQ for your
selves and your families tcheers).
|, How. does 1t cnms that you are crowd
ed in The poorest land ia the country.
while the richest plains of Ireland have
been stripped Of their population? " is
the result Of evil laws. oppressive gov
sernment working through generation
before we we're born; aud the govern
sment that has done, all this is bound
now to undo the evil. ItswoOld sbeieasY
.for. the government to introduce IN the
next session measure which would not
be content with giving relief in the pre-
sent distress, but. which would provide
against future distress. and set IN force
the machinery Of administration which
would grad uaily remove all the sources
OF these troubles [cheers) I propose
that the government should introduce q
Bill in November compulsorilY bustng
cut the landlords in the districts. which
are scheduled as distressed districts, in
respect Of holdings valued at less than
ego q year. They ought to be bought
out On valuation. and il that valuation
we're truly made the landlords interest
would be an exceedingly small one
(hear, hear). But, suppose we gave the
landlords compensation, moro than
their property was reallv worth, we
could by that measure do two things.
We could remit all the rent of this year,
and IN that way we could contribute to
meet the distress Of the present year.
and we could reduce the rents all over
these distressed districts to something
like 60 per cent. under Grifith's s vaiua-
tiOn [cheers); and although men say
that rent makes very little difference. I
know very we'll when people are ex-
.tremely poor that the rent does make a
differences; a rent of even e3 or "a .
year came very heavy in a year like this.
and more especially when processes are
served and costs beaped on the unfor-
tunate tenants (eheers). would give
power to. a board to purchase at a val
.uatfon tracts of land Of "a suitable char
acter for the purpose pr shifting some
OF the population to the empty lands,
and enlarging the hold ings Of those who
Remained Jhear, hear. You never will
have permanent prosperity SO long as
the holdings are so small as they are in
tins district; and I think by these pros
posals. ard by the building of proper
harbors along the West coast for the
encourag. menr Of the fisheries. ard by
which'I suggested last
spring to the government, we would en-
courage and facilitate the buvlng out Of
some OF these small holdings By their
.neighbors. l believe that this terrible
evil of recurrent famlnes in Ireland
would thus be done away with forever.
Why, if they applied to useful purposes
one-half cf the money which is mis-
chievously expended every year in main
tanning the police force we would never
have any distress in the country Cloud
applause) 81 400. .O00is spent each year
on the police force. aud q worse bargain
was never inflicted on any country in
the world. want to know what human
beng, what honest man in Ireland. is
the better for this Ell 400 600 a yeari
(Cheers1, Why. If we let the police
s40O: 900 land ills just about as much
as they are worth we would have a
spare million Of money every year to
spend on public works, and I think
everyone will agree that there are far
more police than necessary. [ have
only to say, in nclusl0n, that regret
we cannot get the magistrate who is
there to come up and give US a speci
men Of his clog qnsnce. He Informed me
that I must not int,midate, that Unjust
not speak ANYTHING illegal, All I can
say is that I have spoken all that I pro-.
posed i TO Say to them. I have given.
them advice. which, if they follow, no
man Will suffer from hunger this year
Now. tell them again, as their repre-
sentative, that ii / see them. or any.
man amongst them. base OF cowardly.
enough to pay an unjust or nnfsir tribute.
Ifirat, and then starve. and see his child
ren starving Afterwards. he need look.
for no help from me that IL we are
willing "a 80 into prison ii the cause of
the tenaDtry of ireland, [ expect every
man ID this country TO be willing to 20
into prison, Il needs be, and make the
feed them il prison rather
than lie down like slaves and starve
after paying his rack rent tcheers.)
7. z. Gill, N. e, who arrived in New
York last SundaY, said ID an interviews:
81 want u distinct nnde derstood that
We come estate the case esof Ireland to
American people. and not to 20
peal for charity There.is an Immense
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