Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-17

| tne farmers In Wales had hard times and IL
s vas GUY when times had become so bard that
| tney really could not afford to pay that they
| formed themselves into a league for the mr.
pose OF resisting the collection. The farmers
| OF wales, upon the whole are Door very moor
me phrase they use when speaking Of taking
~, farm Is: lis there living to be made out Of
NJ ihey never think of securing . profit or
realizing fortune out Of the land The vast
majority are only too glad If somehow they can
make both ends meet. There are hundreds of
farmers who have to live from years end to
years end hardly knowing what fresh meat
means Each day they have to come to their
| bacon and the bacon means the remains Of the
Old SOW that was too tough to be sent TO the
English market
There was no anti-tithe organization for all
mere was general understanding among
farmers that they would not pay"
THE CONTEST WITH THE CLERGY.
did the clergy give up their daily bread
| without a struggled"
"Oh. no. When farmer refused to paw his
nthes legal processes were entered into and an
aoctloneer was sent to sell either cattle or pro-
duce, on indeed any property, to recover the
amount. with costs. Then the 1.-THE war begins
70 look interesting
what does it look like? will tell you of an
| instance that is one OF many in my own expert
ence. 1.-THE sale had been properly adver-
| Used, and on the days in question hundreds
! OF farmers, with their servants. came from
miles around. Bonfres had been prepared on
| the tops OF the mountains. and when the car
rlage containing the auctioneer and the SUPER
intendent OF police came in sight the tires
direct;nn ona I tha very p,owh a. e'ery
tba fnr,,, uni 'i,e e row s~oopea Gown on
of great confusion and disorder The
farmers and their assistants hooted and shouted
at the officers and frequently threw dit at
theni. Then blows were exchanged and for
awhile things looked quite stormy This dis
turbance was largely due to the appearance of
thepolice. but on the condition that the police
retire the public guaranteed to keep the peace.
In this instance the auctioneer had. sometime
before the sale. marked COW. which was more
than sufficiently valuable TO pay the tiihes. Ac-
eordlng to our law he could Only sell that iden-
tical animal During the night preceding the
sale the servants rubbed the marx of, and on
the following morning there was much confn-
sion while the aGctioneer tried TO identity the
animal he had selected. There was an under
standing among the farmers that orly q certain
price should be offered for the animal and OF
course, the sum desired by the auctioneer was
not realized. The auctioneer, reading the condi-
tions OF the sale, invariably announced that the
highest bidder would be the purchaser and
quite frequently he had to be content with a
good deal loss lhap his claim The gu,he-inu
.o6ether VI such crowd aAords the best posi-
then tn ienn,,ncn .ba .nefe yia
Nc Ia -cf1h
some half dozen OF the most powerful SPEAKERS
in the neighborhood, and the anti-titLe seuti-
ment was not lessened by the oratory"
cp,scss ~ run
.tr.s 49,. A., .:-,,,
u"s "o' the utne law been changed re-
cent!yY"
Yes; the tory government. which finds its
best supporters in the clergy. passed n measure
that the tithe should be collected by the ,und.
lord as part of the rent, and paid by the land
1lr,l L..
the belief tina. tie farmers would mo-. rcs;st ti
landlord, as resistance might lose tharo t;-;r
FARMS The fear OF landlords il oyer hetora d.
Welsh farmers ewes So tyranpicai are the
Landlords that even now. when the LAW has
declared that the hares and rabbits belong "a
much 20 the tenant as to the landlord there
are thousands of instances wbere' If n farme.
shot y rabbit Tor especi,liy a h.rel !, v,Il5
cost him his farm. A rupture between il nd.
lord and tenant is imminent. The rants are
too high, and the tenants aside fron, tha ,r;n'
cipe involved. cannot afford TO nav them Inc
result will be war between the iapdlorS al 49,,
parson. The landlord wonIJ nsyar norsa au we
lower his rent unless the uar.on wonII Io,,as
his 1.-THE, SO there is much to hope for. When
thieves fall out YOU know honest ma, no. ,hn;.
due. The remedy is dlsestabliSh ment snd Al
endowment" Vac
a,,nsro~,
ss,,u AM DiShS iAbLisnNkSr.
"1ii not the incoming of Gladstone bring
about some reformation as to this mattery'
Il fear not" replied Mr.. Jones "Becouse
in the first place. the IRISH ouest;on is aii.ah'
sorbing. and, secondly, because Mr.. Gladstone
mas ior years p rsistentiy thrown cold water
w, ", 80 ~ s.aoiisn 'ne church In
that Nr CiaSs,oro ah"1,n IN hlne.icn
all other other things. is a churchman-
a high churchman-and he VI iii be
very reluctant to touch the church.
Not few who have studied the situation be-
lieve that il disestablshment should come
during Mr.. Gladssonc's life that the financial
results would be no unjustly beneficial to the
clergy that it would really be better for those
who advocate disesta bishment TO wait awhile. /"
"wherce does the church in Wales derive
the strength it has in spite of non-couformist
opposit:ouy"
Absolutely and entirely from its social
prestige. The aristocracy in every instance
are churchmen; the magist-acy. in nine case,
out of ten. is composed of churchmen- The
strength Of the church in Wales is due not TO
It's being Christian institution. but to the
fact that it is q vestibule into what ia called
good society In thousands of instances
men who have become wealthy in
England and who during the making
of their wealth were stannch dissenters,
are almost invariably perverted into church,
men when they come to live in Wales, as many
OF the wealthy now do. Unless they jo,a the
Ss safely ssy sas