The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-03
WHERE IRELAND BEATS ENGLAND.
What she Makes IL Gen~uine-Irish PROD
ucts Under Engiish Names.


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"hH' Sne AaAes "ens'no- irish FroS
from A"s"'rs'
Mose hhehshmen arc unaor INC IMPRESSION
mat "o on'' nm III wh'on ireianu oea'' tnem
isin Dogs ana the humoerot is em'srants' ANA
even among irisnmen 'hemsei'eS 'ho oeNet
prevails that IN INDUSTRY anu commeroe they
take n very back seat.
AZ a matter of fact. considering tho dearth Of
o.nI,o, ana Tho ,oII,ic.l nnro., nd whIoh ~.
Emerald Isle labors, She has good reason to be
proud of herself. Handicapped A. Ireland IA.
she can boast of tho largest ship building aud
the largest brewery concerns In the world. OF
supplying half the people OF these islands with
49, ~, .mN lniu ~
'"o'' ii"eh ooia'o 'ao'eeto.he' h"nuherchieis
and shirts. of placing on their breakfast table
On. choIc,., bacon ara h,,,or -aI,no,n. r..
a.n...n. m.a.na-osa =. n.asn,,.o 49,.
generally maso uerade as products OF wiltshire
and Dorset-and OF beating the Scotch hollow
with THAR famous Z. John Jame.onn
THAI, IA no,hing y, which Ens,an, nm, so,,
lhcro II notnihR Oh Which EnRiahu ana SCOT
land are more proud than their skill In build
ipu ships. but neither tho TYNE m, CLYDE no,
the hersey can snow anything eqnai to the
shipbuilding yard of Harland &c Wolf OF Bel
,ssI .our su !" sea's TINS urn neIu
the highest place IN the world as regards the
ago the f.ctorv was 40 small TIN, ,,s ,o,.I -,
-. ;. a.. - 100 - a.
present II employ Z, 900. which probably means
that IL 4. IN, ufe and spnnor, NJ sono On mn
nan won.n and oStIar.n'S 49,
ton VI q good-sized town. The works
cover eighty acres. and include such n
$500 ~ 1' 'uo"
host Of carpenters and joinors' shops.
painters shops, cabinetmakers' shops. up-
nUe'erels shop', ooaV'unu'ns sheus' uIiinR
kiihs, engine worRs; &C; that the visitor thinks
In a single factory: All the ships OF the White
star line were built here. Including the famous
commercial PURPOSES aiioat was completed at
belfast iast year she IS now ENGAGED IN me
Of lo.loo tons. Several E~unboats and torpedo
boats have also been built by Messrs. Har!and
ships Ss'h ha tSs ' BEEN ns ensiS @ai by ,hsm. an" And Os Ss DO
not hear OF that accident so common In the Eng
Iish neet, me breakdown or machinery, ever
mSchinery IN beliast.
Nothing in the nature OF rshoddy" ever
Canadian. In his Irish frieze coat and, Donegal
stockings, aenes the winter why .Baibriggan"
hose-h dozen pairs Oh winch would wear as
long as the Qucon'- reign-are initiated by not
only f.hglsb Dnt herman manufacturers why
tinent. and why Irish stcu, has a foreign export
gEreaier tham tHe to'"' export from England
GninneSs's brewery haraiy needs desoripiion;
II IL probably the best existing proof that AT
Ireland needs 40 MAKE her a great industriai
nation ~ "A lew dozen men or capital ana energy.
No commercial company IN the world can
snow snch n record as that OF bulhnesss
during the past ten years, The enormous
trade OF TINS hrm may De understood from the
fact that their products pay half a million
pounds excise every year. Although only one
out OF the, l3,ouO fritish breweries, they pro-
duoe one barrel in twenty Of the total British
brew. IL takes 1000 acres to grow the 2.5OO.-
600 bushels OF barley ,tone-third OF the whole
produce OF lrelandl which they use annually.
Ihey have storage Tor i,Uo9,OOO bushels OF malt
anu "O,uoO pockets OF hops; they nave nlno
miles OF water mains. ana loo horses; employ
40 hands TO make barrels alone. 2,ooO hands
NltOktIutT. ana nave ~ pruning press tnht Turns
out iOu.ovu.OVu 'ao,Ls Annually. Ana they
lick creation IN making Stout.
Another industry IN winch ireland eScels 10
linen making. \ London ~outntter, told the
writer thnt every higI,class linen shirt, collar.
anu hhhuk erchiet IA the LONDON shops comes
from the North OF ireland. France has a repn-
tation LOT turnlhe ouI a nher qhality IMAM bel
iast, out ,the pest ffehch goods are really
lrlhh, ana thst amusing story IL true OF the hrl-
iast hhnuthcturer WIG, VINO Drought nome
some oehutiinl hahuArtchlels from lhris, ana
asked her husband why ne could not MAKE
Eoois uko lhem' oh examination ne louhd they
were part OF u lot he ihd recently eIpori"Il
inc amman produce or linen, must De worth
nttle short OF l2,OOO,OoO ana the size OF iNe
factories may ne known from the fnct that Two
OF tho chief EeIlast concerns employ 1900
hailds between them.
lhrhphrhsihE the saying tlnt Whatever Is Is
best, we may, truly, sny tliat whatever Is irish
~ Roou. ,lts, lLnrrick ana waterford bacon
mas ohe flVhiLN ltehlfei anu me quantities or
me lrlsh artlcle consumed IN England ~" no
best proof OF now IL IL appreciated. NOR
tnhatriy. some lrish provision merchants are,
Intentionally or otherwise, leuRied together TO
Ielaihe lrish produce; hhu thrS 81 me pest
lrish phcoh uhuer lhs name or .tshltc, JUST
irish ou'ter MS dorset anu llahlsh, Mhlle 10 the
INFERIOR EraleS, ana no uoupt 10 Siheilshh prod
ncts; they eve me name lrl.h' my DO not
the IRISH ,dhlriet COMBINE Win the bhcon fac-
lOlltk. MAJ tNtlnllNn NnOllN VII over INnuUnf I'll