The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

munication. It is estimated that
$4,000 will be sufficient capital to
carry the scheme thru, and the great
er portion of this sum has been pro-.
vided by the promoters;
= P.J. MeAndrew, who was interested
in the Morgan and Yerkes railway
schemes in London, is the engineer
who is entrusted with the construction
of the railway. He is an ambitious
young Irishman who having passed his
examinations in Ireland went to New
York to obtain practical knowledge
He is sanguine about the future Sof
the railway, but resents the red-tape
obstacles imposed by local boards and
parliament.
"We have" he said, "to apply first
for permission to construct this rail-
way to the Queenstown urban council.,
thru whose territory we have to run.
Then we have to 60 to the English
house of commons and to the house Of
lords. In the time it will take to
satisfy these various authorities that
we are doing something that is a pub
lie necessity, the whole railway might
be built and put in operation. They
would not tolerate such idiotic delays
in the United States. If Ireland had
government Of her own all this non
sense could BE- dispensed with
It. is somewhat remarkable that
while statistics show emigration ls on
the increase, scarcity Of labor is re"
ported from every province of Ireland.
Among the spinning manufacturers of
the north Of Ireland the cry is More
hands wanted.'' The scarcity Of labor
has become so pronounced that en-
ployers are resorting to the practice. Of
stealing each others servants. During
the present week there have been cases
where employers have been prosecut-
| ing each other for encouraging young
women to leave their situations with.
out giving the usual notice and convic-
tions with penalties of $40 and costs
| have followed. In a number of cases
premiums are offered by the mill own
ers in order to secure workers. Farm:
ers have the same complaint to make
with regard to the scarcity of agri-
cultural laborers. ya..~,
DR.. Robert Ambrose, who represents
when asked if he had any explanation
to advance on the question, said:
Emigration has really become an cpl
demic with our people. The prospect
Of becoming millionaires haunts them
The outcome of this emigration mania
will be that Irish employers will be
obliged to import English hands,
! New Regenerating Scheme.
The latest scheme for regeneratine
Ireland and striking blow at he1
Saxon oppressor where it would hur1
him most-his pockets that Of thu
Anti-Revenue league. Its members
are to pledge themselves to re
frain from drinking alcoholic bever
ages and to stop smoking. Eyer.
gallon of whisky drunk in Irelant
brings SO to the exchequer. Ever,
pound Of tobacco consumed profits tn,
treasury more than it. does the manu-
facturer. It is estimated that IRELAND
pays in taxes $15,000,000 more yea
than she ought to pay if taxation wer
apportioned equitably between tn
United Kingdom and ireland. B,
carrying out It's self-denying ordinanc
the organizers of the league = decl a.
considerably more than $15,000,00
| would stick to our own pockets wher
they are sadly needed And Ephysica!
ly and morally we should profit to a
extent that can hardly be computed
But if the efforts to induce larg
; masses Of the Irish people to becom
temperate, for their own benefit, hav
, failed in the past, it is hardly ikel
!; that the additional incentive now he'll
out to them Of reducing the revenue
of the British exchequer will ava
much. >s.-< 80. .>rsSss"~ - =. =.