Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
DECLARE PACKERS
CAN HUMAN FLESH
WILD TALE OF AMERICAN
ABATT0lRS FROM DUBLIN
Newspaper Of Standing Prints the
Yarn as Truth and Emerald Isle
Is All ENeitement-Dr. Hyde's
Report Of His Trip
BY Timothy j. o'connor
special to The Herald

special to The Herald.
DUBLIN. July 21.-The farther re-
moved from the common center the
stories Of the Chicago meat scandals
the worse the horrors appear to grow.
For Instance, here IS the Irish Indepen-
dent, supposedly reputable newspaper,
declaring that a member of the Bandon
rural district council, County Cork, has
made a gruesome contribution to the
question
Mr.. ODonovan, the member referred
to. is reported to have stated at a meet
ing of the council that the American
trusts were making cannibals of their
customers in Ireland" He declared
that farmer IN the locality had re-
Gently discovered IN barrel of Ameri-
can salted beef portions of the thigh of
a man. This, he added, could be proved
on oath. The farmer was so ashamed
| and disgusted that he kept the matter
| secret for a time, and buried the find
in his garden.
Some allowances must be made for
business jealousies and rivalries in the
circulation of these reports; some al
lowance must also be made for that
| quality in. human nature which makes
each man anxious to tell a bigger fish
story or snake story than his neigh
Dor. The trouble Is that many Of these
| rumors are readily believed, and the
wilder the tale the more likely does it
appear to find supporters And in the
rural districts, as well as among tie
poorer classes in the cities, no matter
what may be said to the contrary. the
/ ~ riH in io11 l.
American meats, is falling off in conse-
quence.
Dir. Hyde on America
| In speaking of his American trip DR..
Douglas Hyde, who has just been ac-
corded the freedom of Cork city and
Dublic because of his successes in be-
half of the Irish language movement,
| said:
I'm certain i made about $50 sepa-
rate addresses-as far south as Men,
! phis, Tenn, as far north as Toronto,
Ont, as far west and northwest as San
Francisco, Cal, Seattle and Portland,
in far away Oregon, and as far east as
the most northern of the New England
states"
In this connection it is interesting to
note that DR.. Douglas Hyde was offered
professorsh!p in Chicago university,
which John d. Rockefeller has so heav-
| lily endowed, but declined because he
believed that he could do more good
| for the Irish language right here in
| Ireland than by going to amy other
country. But his reception has been
one of the most enthusiastic ever seen
in Ireland.
Town Tenants Bill
Once again the marquis of Clanri-
carde has, in spite of himself, proved a
| benefactor to the very classes which
he represents 1t was inevitable that
the Clanricarde eviction in Loughrea
should induce the government to grant
facilities for the passage of town
tenants bill. The existing law had
placed the government in the predica-
ment of being compelled to send the
forces of the crown to aid the mar
quis of Clanricarde in an act of mani
fest and outrageous injustice. No gov
ernment could refuse facilities for the
amendment of such a law. The town
tenants have determined to leave in
Mr. Redmond's hands the modification
of the town tenants bill, which can
only pass this session by the removal
of controversial provisions.
| Lady Dockrell has succeeded in STIR
ring up no end of trouble both for her
self and for others by bringing about
| lIe lllulIldlloll dl lne last ilSelIllB VI
| the Blackrock urban district council
of the resolution Of sympathy to the
| family of Michael Davitt. Col Dop-
ping a strong Unionist, supported the
resolution, and bore testimony to
Davitt's character and ability in a
manner most pronounced. But Lady
Dockrell's intervention has been de-
clared to be most ungenerous and most
ungracious. Il consider" she said, "the
resolution too strong. 1 am not going
to put in one of Ireland's truest
patriots ard most faithful sons l con-
slider am just as faithful a daughter,
and 1 am very sorry for Mr.. DaYitt,
whom 1 admired very much"