The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18

inferior harbor, an inferior climate, incompar
ably inferior position, surrounded by far worse land.
are knocking out the Clyde for shipbuildiDg and
running the Continent very close in linen Belfast
Is actually the third in order of the customs ports
IN the United Kingdom. The Belfast people -four
lSh without home rule and, what is more they
know their neighbor>. They've reckoned these
gentry up" Still more, they flourish notwith-
standing difficulties created by British legislation.
1t is said that linen has made the north which is
only true to q certain extent The north made
the linen, and IN turn the linen proved very usetul
TO the north We cannot forget that when the in
dustry was allowed to perish in other parts OF Ire
land 1t bourshed IN Belfast and throughout Ulster.
And to-day Belfast is the capital OF Linendom.
The industry laid the foundation of the progress of
the city, attracting large population and making
way for the introduction CT other means OF employ
ing the people. No doubt much praise is due TO
the early employers and merchants and workers;
but, perhaps more is due TO their Protestantism,
which secured peaceful habits and obedience to the
law These are important factors in producing a
prosperous community. A the special commits
sioner remarks, wherever you go you will find
Protesants coming to the top" Cork is referred to
example, and II is not the only one in Ireland.
The "heretics" flourish where the "faithfu starve.
and if the population OF Cork were transferred to
at once begin to decay, while Cork would once
begin flourish. The are obvious. The
Roman Catholics Will not do anything eXcent in
the modes adopted by their Grandfathers. Half
their time is wasted in holidays, and the holidays
are wasted in what is worse than idleness. They
won't be bothered with fax, which wants 10 end
Of attention. Why. if they grew fax they'd have
to work almost every day! And nobody who
knows lrlshmen--real Celtic 1rishmen-ever eX-
poets them to do that, anything like it."
Thoroughly demoraliZed by selfish agtators they
are ready TO do anything but work. Belfastmen
must work, and the results are seen in the mag
niCence of their city and the success of their en-
terpriSes. Does any one imagine that shrewd
business men, like those who made and
sustain great city, would turn their backs to
home rule II they did know that it would
be disastrous TO the interests of Ireland Bel
fastmen 100 years ago, after defending the country
from foreign invasion, asserted the ornmercial
rights or ireland, and thenceforward trade in
creased and wealth was acquired. Home Rule is
denoraizing the House OF Commons. bringing
publc men Into contempt, investing turbulence
with power, and The establishment OF an Irish Par
1meut would be the signal for civil war. It is
time, therefore. for Englishmen TO consider
seriously the attitude OF the Unonists who are
struggling to maintain the unity OF the British
posed 10 home rule; While people stepped in
poverty Glamour for home rule, expecting TO
obtain something in the scramble Meanwhile,
vain old man IS recording his condemnation,
ana those whom he is serving laugh at his sim
plicity, seeing that great nation has discredited
and disowaed himself and his policy of disin-
tegration.
Hence, it follows that to Romantic is to
beggarize. Popery begets beggary wherever it
goes. Put RomaniStS into land of wealth,
with no industrial heretics TO disturb them
aud they would never rise in the scale of civil
lzauon so as TO be a great wealth producing
prosperous community. It requires the spur
OF heretical progress to make them engage in
civilized purs uits The fact that all Roman
lied countries have the largest percentage of
ullterateS proves her foe of civilization.
The following statistics reveal ROme's atti-
tude on mental cultivation. They show her TO
be friend Of ignorance. To Romanize is TO
dementalize