The sun., 1907-12-01
IRISH WEALTH and MISERY
SAVINGS GROW APACE, BUT Law
LESSNESS BLEGHTS THE LAND.

Landlords Sell Their Property Rnd Go
Abroad with the Money. Throwing Hun
dIreGls out Of work Fearful Cost OE Cat
tie Driving STORY OF . shooting.
Special Cabls Despaiehss 20 THE SUN.
LONDON, Nov. SO.-ODe reservoir Of stored
up gold seems TO have been overlooked
in the recent crisis. This Is Ireland. Ac-
corrling TO a return issued by the Irish De-
partment of Agriculture yesterday not only
are the savings OF the people represented
by the banking and Government statistics
higher than ever before, but more money
was put away in 1906 than in any previous
year.
The bank deposits ON June 10 Of this year
amounted 20 s24O ,S35 900, an increase COM
pared with 1905 Of sII. .l25OOO. The post
Office savings banks deposits amounted
to SIS, 81, 900, an increase Of SSOIOOO. Gov
ernment funds amounted 20 SlO5 ,9S5, 900,
an increase Of SIt. .l9S, 900.
Under the above four heads investments
increased in twenty years from ss2t, $50 600
to SSOl ,g5S 900. Irish railway receipts In
1907 are also the highest on record.
DUBLIN, Nov. 9O.--A lawless winter seems
to be in store for Ireland. The machinery
OF the law appears to be at a practical
standstill and the police chiefs think that
things will be worse before they are better
Cattle driving has spread throughout the
country and the mischief done is so great
that priests are preaching against lawless-
ness and urging the people TO not take
part in ranch clearing
Arrests Of the offenders are futile, as IL
is impossible to secure a verdict. The au-
thorities brought several patches Of cattle
drivers to Dublin, hoping to secure con-
victions by metropolitan jury, but though
the cases were proved and no defence was
offered the iuries always disagreed and
the defendants were released on their own
recognizanoes
Hitherto the ranch clearing campaign
has induced about n score of graziers to
surrender their farms, and ON the other
hand il has inflicted heavy expenses on the
counties concerned in the shape Of extra
police taxes. while the compensation to he
paid to the owners of cattle will run into
thousands of pounds. az
The country gentry are fast leaving.
Landlords who sell their estates are almost
invariably going to England and the Con-
tinent. and this throws many laborers and
OtuSEh Ohb VI NluIJlOy
and houses in the country parts have been
given over to small farmers who can only
occupy a room or two. This has already
been made plain to many who have pur-
chased farms outright, and they have aban-
doned tilIage as Improbable, yet have not
stocked their farms for want Of capital.
Industrial progress has been set back. as
capita lists are afraid to invest in Ireland.
The following incident we'll illustrates the
condition Of the country. Pierce, a care
taker, was evicted from a farm near
Crusheen and shot about O'Clock in the
evening on a public road. He was hit twice
and lay for a considerable time on the
ground. as the passersby refused TO help
him. After about two hours he struggled
bleeding to a nearby house. The owners
refused to admit him.
Ultimately a small farmer named Tobin
sheltered him for couple Of hours until
the police came and took him 10 the hos
pital. Previously to this TObin had been
very popular, but some days after an imi-
alton Of grave was traced on the ground
az the well from which the Tobin family
got their water. The significance Of this
in ireland does not need pointing out.
Tobiu's only offence was that ne sheltered
a wounded man for a couple Of hours.