New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-22
RELAND'S PROSPERITY.

aaooD SHOWING MADE BY THE BANKS.
.osAx ocCAsloSAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Dublin, September 3.
While Irish politics continue to VcX the councils
he United Kingdom Irish prosperity in Ire
,nt itself is ar established and joyful fact
,,m every mart of the distrcssful country" come
.b.rne reports. Crops are generally good. Man.
natures are increasing. The fisheries, which
ouht 10 he the richest in the world. are being
rehbilitatcd. And statistics from banks. rail-
rods and shipping houses show healthy adj
vace all along the line In foreign trade, Tor
.amnle. there had been, down to 1856, Il pretty
e+adv decline. With more than 100000 en-
,rcd tonnage IN 1916. there was only 771,3oo in
Rss. The average annual entries from 1879 70
sss were $500 tons. But since 1856 the
ooycment has been upward, and in 1889 the ton
vac was 1929, a considerable advance on the
average for the preceding decade. This year the
iisures will be higher still. probably as high as
in 1919. In the coasting trade, however, the
d.cliuc continues. During the decade of 1879
1883 it's average tonnage entered was o,23o,oo"'
while in 1880 it was only 5,llj,o00
The statement of deposits and balances IN JOINT
stool, hanks shows that there is more money III
Ireland than for a long time. Down to lsS"'
decrease was the order of the day, the year hameo
Allowing "a falling of Of $4,000 from les1. Du'
in 1857 the increase was Sjs"."0o: III looN II
WAS S4s53,o0o, and III 1889 II was S''i'',-
600. The returns for the year cn"ihS WIN
June 1890, show deposits and cash balances VI
S1G3. 900, which is the largest sum ever re-
corded in Ireland, and an increase OF S''-e"'"'"
over the preceding year. Nor are thc rec"ios Oh
the Postal Savings Banks less favorable. IN 10"
the t.r savings banks deposits IN all ii'ia"o
were only S4"27.'j0. -Four years later they were
Sc. oS3S2O, equal to about 81 II per capita oil INV
nopuation. The amount steadily increased uh'i'
in 1857 il was Sl4.16i,l60, or :: 50 per capi'''
Tho wear 1889 showed a marked gain. swelling
The aggregate to .,17i.!05, and the average
uer CAPITA tn So - or more. These figures are
NOT large. il is true. They arc ptituly small
comnared with what other communities could
show. But their upward tendency Is Msni'icai"
and bopcful in the highest degree. lhe increase
of dcposits in trustee saving banks Is also 10 DC
remarked The total amount in savings banks
in Ireland rs now SIS 100000. an increase Oh
more than per cent since last year.
This increase in savings Is pretty evenly ais
f-ibu,cd throughout tic country. every county
reportinc at lcas, some advance. There IS Il COIL
adorable difference, however. III the per capita
amounts saved in various parts OF Ireland. Isiel
is not, as many suppose, the most thrifty "' 'h'
provinces. First place must he gwen 10 Lclis''i
where tine postal savings are SAL: per capita
in Ulster they only = So III
Munster 81 p. and i'll poor Connau@h'
81 81. OF all the counties, DUNN Is
most prosperous, tine average benz more Una"
So u3. Antrim, and Louth stand EcA,, WIN ""
tween 81 80 and 81. Then follow Kildare; M'i ::
Meath Wicklow and D",,n. Ill some oi Whi'h 1t
falls TO IS; Carlow. Cork, Tyrone and llpir:"rN'
reducing it to $: So kikcnny. kinSs' H netnS.
Wexford Sligo. Limerick, Armagh ana l-'ld"il-
S.rrv roroinl. from 81 to s. -: Mayo, Meath,
IDngford, Waterford. Cavan, Donc:al' icrmanaIm;
Galway and Monaghan. fron. : D" to >: ';nH
Kerry. Clare, Roscom.non and Lcitrlni. IN when,
only from 81 10 81 - per capita has been iald
up for a rainy day. These figures ar" interesting
and instructive to thu stUdent Of social l"ii'i-
raj and industrial questions Int like m">' STA
tistics they will bc, and Indeed are. uSn on
both sides being quoted equally in Nlnd;ra,i"i
of Mr.. Balfonrs Coercion, and OF MIR: DaNi,'
,aPhn Of Campaign But what is OF greatest
interest and highest importance Is TINS simple
fact, that Ireland is to-day more prosperous !h'n
She has been for many wear l.a' IS Il
result TO be thankful for, whatever It's cause
IN he.