The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-08-12
IRISH EXPOSITION.
Ancient Order Hibernians Urged to
Make Ii Successful.

|
Edward 7. McCrystal, county presf-
dent, at New York, addresses the fol-
| lowing appeal to members of the order
everywhere:
| BrOthers-The Irish Industrial Ex-
position and Amusement company, act
ing directly under the auspices of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians in this
| county, and the cordial support of the
Irish societies of New York and vicin-
ity having been pledged to it, will hold
an exhibition of the arts and manu-
features of Ireland, commencing Sept.
Is, and continuing until Oct. T. 1905.
The Madison Square garden has been
leased for this purpose and the Irish
Industrial Exposition and Amusement
company has been organized and incOr-
porated under the laws of the state
of New York to conduct the enterprise.
The officers of this body are we'll
known and of high standing in our
community; Hon. Victor j. bowling
justice of supreme court, is the honor
airy treasurer. Several >public-spirited
members of the order have subscribed
and paid into the treasury the sum
of $4,000 to ensure the success of the
project. No pecuniary advantage will
accrue to the gentlemen who have so
generously contributed, but the sur
plus will go to the building fund for
the erection of the Hibernian institute.
at Fifth avenue and one Hundred and
Sixteenth street, this city.
The splendid effort which Ireland is
putting forth to emancipate herself
from the social, industrial and educa-
tional-not to name the political
thraldom which threatened her efface-
ment from the worlds map, has caused
politicians and thinkers to marvel. No
nation of modern time presents so
striking an example of renewed vitality
or of national hope. No nation, an
cient or modern, has within so short
a period given such evidence of recup-
erative power. Rising from a condi-
ton of industrial decay and political
helplessness she has taken on a new
lease of life and developed a spirit of
self-reIiance, seif4sustainment and in
dependence, which inspires US with con-
fidence and hope, and which merits
the cordial sympathy and practical en-
couragement of her exiled children.
We Hibernians cannot but realize the
disheartening effect, the exhaustion
which results from the heavy tide of
emigration that annually flows from
Ireland Every patriot deplores it; but
what avails it that public men inveigh
against this cancerous ailment which
is gnawing at the national life strings,
if something be not done to check it;
If some remedy be not applied to it.
Our national sentiment is strong, it
is true, but sentiment however. strong
will not preserve the little ones or de-
velope brave-hearted, vigorous man
hood. Something additional is required
some effort must be made to provide
that sustenance that will preserve the
young and encourage the strong to
hold to motherland. 1t requires that
~ al no frad
manufactures of the country, be fos-
tered, and that the peoples savings,
now SO largely invested in British in
dustrials, railway bonds and consols,
be turned from those channels and
used in reproductive works at home.
If emigration then be so great an
evil, and we believe it is, it seems
to us that the better way to check
it is to attack the causes which make
it possible. Ireland's splendid water
power, unexcelled in Europe, and now
flowing idly to the sea, shouldAbe cap
tured and employed in turning the
wheels of innumerable industries and
thus afford the remunerative labor so
much needed. ~
Brothers, it is with view to direct
attention to these possibilities as we'll
as to the revolution now so steadily,
surely and quietly working its way,
IIldI LDef IllQuSlIldl CApOSlllO1 Is
to be presented in this city. We want
to aid those, who, in spite of many
drawbacks show capacity and a will
ingness to, help themselves. It is felt
that the Irish exposition at the, worlds
fair in ST Louis last year did not fully
serve its purpose. Its situation was
uninviting and did not command the
notice of buyers. On the other hand,
it is contended that if such an, EXPOSE
ton be held in New York, the COM
mercial and distributing center of the
United States, it will attract the atten-
ton and arouse the interest of the large
body of buyers and merchants who
flock here annually.
Such then is the project that has
been launched In giving support to it
the Ancient Order of Hibernians in
New York is actuated by no selfish
purpose, but. by the desire to assist in
a practical manner in checking the tide
of emigration which is draining Ire
land; to help recreate her industries
by exploiting in this great market the