The Irish standard., 1906-08-04
Mt. Charles. Ireland, July II


The prosecution of Irishmcn for
making use Of their own language in
inscribing their names upon their carts
still goes gaily on. Notwithstanding
the 'syinpathetic" government which
we have in power. says Seumas Nc
Manus in the Catholic Union and
Times.
There was Il great scene in Dublin
the other day. when a quantity of coal
belonging to Counsellor Patrick OCar-
roll. was put up at auction by the au-
thorities. in order to raise the fine i'm
posed upon him for the criminality OF
inscribing his name in Irish characters
upon his dray. Councillor OCarroll Is
likely to repeat the offense early and
often, so that the authorities will ge,
music for their money.
When the "sympathetic" government
is banning our language from with
best to kill our industries from within
They try to do their killing by stealth
and blush to find it fail. One of these
firms Messrs. Humphries. Ltd. hav-
ing the contract for building a college
in Kilkenny, ordered their materials
from England. Well aware, however
that the Irish revivalists were on the
lookout to expose such action. they
thought they could blink these. Ac-
cordingly they directed a confidential
letter to be addressed to the Dublin
office Of the English Railway Com
pany which shipped the goods, which
letter. unfortunately for Messrs
HUMPHREYS. Ltd, somehow or other
saw the hight of day, and is presently
going the rounds of the press in Ire
land, and is landing Messrs. Humph-
ries, Ltd, In q very uncomfortable cor
ner. The text Of the letter is
Dear Sir: Yesterday our London
works forwarded materials for a build
ing. addressed Humphries, Ltd, cln
Great Central Railway, North Wall
Dublin. VIII you please issue instruc-
tions for these goods to be sent on
and consigned to Humphrics, Ltd, cIc
The Callan School Committee, Xii.
kenny station, carriage paid 1t is
very important that no English marks
or delivery instructions should appear
and we therefore enclose some of our
Dublin labels, which please attach, and
oblige,
Your humble servants
HUMPHREYS, LTD"
Humphries, Ltd. have got n splendid
advertisement for this deft piece OF
craftsmanship.
1t Is well to note that Humphries
Ltd. is the same firm to whom that
great humbug. the sO-callcd Irish In
tcrnational Exhibition Company, have
buildings for next years international
exhibition Indeed, it is only to be cx-
pccted that an anti-Irish firm should
get the work of this anti Irish cxhibi-
tion. The Irish International Exhibi-
ton is being doomed, both on this side
Of the ocean and in America. as great
stroke of work for Ireland. OF course
its only effect will be 90 give another
push downhill to Irish Industries and
t,,t, me, <,f, a.. 1,,sf,
tional Exhibition organizing for next
year. whose object Is, and whose effect
will be, to give a stimulus to Irish
work. All Irish boards, and all truly
Irish people in the country are, OF
course, bitterly opposed to the inter-
national humbug. The international
is entirely got up and financed by mer
whose chief record is that they have
been consistently anti-1rish all thei,
days.
The reception Of DIR. Douglas Hyde
on his return from America, was great
All our people, as we'll as DR.. Hyde, arc
proud Of how Irish-America and Amer.
lea rallied to the Gaelic cause The
support given both morally and fnan.
cially far exceeded anything we had
anticipated. The generous and enthus-
iastic support given in America has
had, too, reflex action upon Ireland
and has made very many thousands
who had been either antagonistic to the