Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Ireland iI Not Permitted 10 Compete with
Factories 10 Scotland
OPERATION OF SOCIETY CRITICIZED
Agricultural Organization Said TO Compete
with Firms in Trade.
MATTER NAY BE HEARD IN COURT
School Question is Involved in the
General Proposition to Determine
Scope of Work Of the
Society.

satisfaction over the results Of his labors |
as a departmental chief in his explanation |
Of the collapse Of the Sligo furniture fac
tory. for which capital subscriptions were
invited In the prospectus on the plea that
Il was being run under the auspices OF the
department" The department had nothing
20 do with It. he has explained to the de-
partmental commission. True, he and sew
eral Of the departmental officials were In
terested IN II and their expenses In con-
nection with 1t were paid out Of the de-
partmental funds. But their interest was
not solely concerned with the question Of
its success.
There must necessarily be-" he says,
during the experimental period a large
number OF failures. but the difficulty was
to get men Of such public spirit as Mr..
Bourke Cochran who would come forward
and take the risk Of recognizing the value
OF a negative result"
Negative results do not however, appear
to satisfy the desires of the Irish people.
Sir Horace Plunkett has explained 70 Mr
Micks that the department should not take
up any Industrial effort that would COM
pete with an existing industry. He argues
that the department is at full liberty to
contribute it's funds 20 the Irish Agricul-
tural Organization society. which Is devot-
ing itself to the organization of industries
IN competition with existing industries, but
these latter Industries are fourishing Irish
Industries What Sir Horace means, 1t Is
believed is that the department must not
take up any Industrial effort that would
compete with an existing British industry.
British Veto Evident.
It's experiments are apparently to be sub
feet to a British veto and that is not liked
here AS Mr.. Bonar Law put down the
progheda jam factory at the behest of the
fba aa6P after
-,4hs Industrial regeneration Of Ireland must
under this popularity controlled department
be IL is alleged always conducted with
an eve to superior British interests.
Though the East Indian may make his own
cotton the Irishman 1t ls claimed, may not
90 assisted In making his own jam
The question OF whether the funds Of the
department shall continue 20 be spent
throuKh the Irish Agricultural organiza-
ton society is heing considered at meet
ing Of the council OF agriculture, 70 which
the board has referred the matter. Mr.
Gerald Balfour has repudiated the pledge
Vhiah he gave when the bill was passing
SArOuah the House of Commons that the
funds would not be so applied. The Ia"
oaicers have yet TO determine whether the
amendment introduced by Mr.. Gerald Bat
four himself under pressure from Mr. Dll-
lon Is consistent with such subVentons' II
IN trade and the Irish Agricultural organ
t-atior society. which has met the defcitS
of the Irish wholesale society and pub
fishes a newspaper partly out OF the funds
s,,nnied by the Board of Agriculture, has
IN prove that II is not trading society
The law officers may be saved considerable
trouble by the final decisions Of the Coun-
= ell Of Agriculture.
question of EducatiOn'
More serious than any OF the proDIems
raised by the departmental inquiry Is the
question raised by the bishop OF Limerick
The question is whether under the Sulse
~ nrepar1nE the way for technical educa-
tion the department is TO invade the neld
Of general education and establish there
secular institutions for ordinary primary
education. from which religion will be
either excluded OF in which It viii be
merely tolerated by allowing external
preaehers The preparatory trade school IL
the name under which these institutions
ara be,nq introduced. It is claimed that
there Is nothing OF trade about them; that
thew are urinary schools doing the work
OF ordinary general education. and that
AZ such they will be steadily fought by the
Catholic interests OF Ireland.
The report Of the commissioners OF the
sea and inland fisheries of ireland IL re-
garded az an encouraging document by
The department mas continued It's policy OF
assisting IN the artificial propagation OF
salmon and trout During the season 1864
the output from the different hatohortes
yyRs T7sO,75O, az against 6,675,5S0 In the pre-
Nous season. Meanwhile Il v regarded az
a little disappointing to hnd that IN Ire
land, unlike America. these hatchery opera
tions have heretofore resulted In no marked
tnnprovement IN the salmon or trout fsh-
m.
from the hsherman's point OF view. accord
Ing to the report, The amount Of ses
ash landed shows above the average
=. Omitting shell ish, nearly 100000 hundred
weights were taken and IL shell fish Is In
cluded the total money received by usher
men amounted TO more than s2,O00O00 Tit
vessels employed In the Fisheries show
tendency to decrease In numbers. but &
increase IN size. The change has not
however. effected any material alteration il
the number OF persons employed during th'
year
For Dublin BeauttfuI.
very interesting discussion is nov
going on In the daily papers aa to hov
best 70 make Dublin more beautiful On
suggestion Is 20 remove Nelson's Pillar &
Il the park or elsewhere, Two proposals hav
also been made with regard 70 O'Connel
Brtdge-one 90 erect a fountain-the othe
10 have electric lights put into the %,
lamps. The former seems scarcely feSs
ible, hut the latter might be carried ou
AZ little cost. and would. Il Is believed. i'm
mensely improve the appearance OF tina
part OF the city at night.
An OF the Irish members OF the Hous
OF Commons irrespective OF party, hav
signed the following petition TO the prini
minister:
1--WE, the undersigned members, repre-
scnung Ireland. are In favor OF the re-
uloval Of the prohibition on tobaoeo-groW
iag In ireland and trust that the hill bC
fore Parliament may be given faculties b
the government at an early day"
Al the plouaer Total Abstinence lsaail