The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-08-30
Michael Davitt, the Irish Patriot, shows
That the Ex-contractor is
zWoefully Mistaken.
The Mas. of the People No More Loyal to
England's King Than to the
Emperor of China.

no such powers are yet in operation.
The Land Commission arranges for
the transfer of ownership and for the
payment Of the landlord for the sale
of his estate when landlord and tenant
agree as to price, but this tribunal
does not fix this price.
Out of $4,000 holdings or farms
Qarge and smalD in Ireland, about
10000 have been bought by the occu-
piers under the Purchase acts. These
tenants are now much better of,
more industrious, and more comfort
able than they were when under the
old conditions which obtained before
the Land League revolution. The
100000 or 100000 tenants who have
not been able to induce their landlords
to sell are naturally clamoring for
like benefits, and this is why Ulster
farmers are now Joined with those
Of all other provinces in national
demand for compulsory purchase.
Mr.. Crimmins' survey of the pres
ent condition Of Ireland, while ac-
curate in few particulars, is woefully
misinformed in most of ies conclusions.
1t Is as If a visitor to New York
was driven in closed carriage from
the landing place to the Waldorf
Astoria, and was then piloted through
Fifth avenue and the wealthy sections
of the city, without seeing the East
side, and should conclude from what
he had seen that there were none but
millionaires or very wealthy people
resident on Manhattan Island. He
does not, except in one or two instan-
ces, tell your readers the localities
which he visited or who were his in
formants while in Ireland.
Mr.. Crimmins mentions that one
bank in Dublin has assets amounting
to f1s,OOO,O0O ($9O,OOO.0oO). 1 think
this is an exaggeration. But it is the
Bank Of Ireland, and this bank does
all the financial business of the Eng
lish government. an annual item Of
which business is the payment by our
people and industries Of some f1O, ,OOO,-
600 ($50,000,0OW in imperial taxes.
Dublin City excites your contribu-
tors praise under English rule. Yet
when Mr.. Crimmins was in OUT capi-
tai city there were 3O,414 of it's popu-
latim living in single-room tenements,
with no less than an average of FIVE
persons in each room. according to the
census returns just issued.
Mr.. Crimmins saw, perhaps, 100 la
borers' cottages with their garden
plots, in his journeys through Ireland.
There are upward of $1,000 OF these
cottages scattered through the SOUTH
east and west of ireland.
They are not the product of the
rural councils as Mr. Crimmins as
serts, but the result Of the Agricul.
tural Laborers' Dwellings act, which
was passed into law through the ex-
ertions of the Irish Parliamentary
Party in 1883. These improved homes
for our laborers are one of the fruits
Of the Land League movement Upon
the foundation of the 100 or less cot
tages seen by your contributor he
builds this sweeping conclusion: "The
erection of these cottages has removed
the unsightly, unhealthy novels for
merly occupied by the laboring popula-
ton"
This is an absurd e1aggeration. l
have given the actual numbers above.
There are at least half a million OF our
population, Of the small tenant and
laboring classes, still residing in IN
slightly and unhealthy dwellings and
under social conditions which were
not brought under Mr.. Crimmins' no.
ttce BY his loyalist informants.
The congested districts Of ireland
are found along the western seaboard
from Donegal to West Cork. There
are similar localities within inland
counties. These districts comprise
over half million Of population
nearly One-eighth Of the whole present
population Of the country. At pages
151 and 152 Of book issued by the