Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-05
REPORT ON LAND QUESTION
Irish Landlords should Reside i'm Ire
land, Even II Paid by Govern
ment to Do So, IL Says.

LONDON Jan 4.-The Irish land con-
ference has issued a voluminous report OF
its deliberations, in which 1t is declared
that the only satisfactory settlement Of the
existing land question is the substitution
of an occupying or proprietary ownership
Of land for the existing dual ownership.
AS the process Of direct state interfer-
ence in purchase and resale would be gem
orally tedious and unsatisfactory, there
fore, except where owners or half Of occu-
piers so decree, and except in those dis
tricts under the congested districts board,
the report recommends that the settlement
should be made between the owner and the
occupier, subject to the necessary invesu-
cation by the state as to title rental and
security.
The report emphasizes the desirability
Of inducing landlords to continue to reside
in Ireland. and with this purpose in view,
II says. an equitable price should be pale
owners based upon income, and that pro-
vision ought to be made for the resale to
owners of mansion houses and demesnes.
The purchase price should either be as
surance by the state OF such income, or the
payment OF a capital sum producing it, at
8 or per cent. II guaranteed by the
state, tenants repayments should be ex-
pended for a term OF years, securing a re-
ductlon Of from Is to 25 per cent on rents.
To do this may involve some assistance
from the government beyond the use Of it's
credit, and the report considers that such
assistance would be justified fully in the
future welfare OF Ireland and the settle
ment OF this vexing problem.
The report offers no definite financial
proposals, but It considers that an unex-
ampled opportunity exists at the present
moment to deal with this question sue
cessfully.
1t declares also that the solution OF the
land question should be accomplished by a
settlement OF the evicted tenants question
on an equitable basis.
Captain Shave Taylor secretary OF the
conference. left here today for the United
States on board the Cunard line steamer
Ivernia. He goes to America to ascertain
the views OF President Roosevelt and other
prominent Americans on the land question.
In an interview before leaving Captain
Shawe- Taylor said:
THE government now for the first time
has before 1t a practical solution Of this
question. acceptable to both land owners
and occupiers. 1t would be a national ca
lamity II, while truce exists between the
two parties, this unique opportunity is
allowed to pass"
LONDON, Jan. 5.-The report OF the Irish
conference is commented upon on all sides
this morning as a very encouraging docu-
ment. and as indicating that the problem
is ripe for solution. 1t is also said to
give valuable suggestions to Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland Wyndham for the projected
land bill.
The government organs, while pointing
out that the conference does not represent
many OF the great landlords, commend the
tone and disposition Of the conference as
revealed in it's report as very hopeful fol-
the future OF Ireland. These papers con-
tend that the report involves the COM
/ plete Reputation of the whole Gladstonar
| policy Of land reform, namely dual owner
/ ship.