Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-12
The English Side Of Ireland.

ireland ir its outer aspect. begins to
look q little more like England as one
leaves E.nnskillen, heading north. we
have passed from the land OF bareiooted
women, ShawlS. and novels into the Iand
of boots, hats. and decent-iook!nS cot
tages; from a RECON of bleak stony, I'M
kempt desolat.on into one where NE
looks possible and the soil is not migrate
full: from Catholic and agricultural ire
land to the Ireland which is INDUSTRIAL IN
spirit. Protestant i'll religion, ana super
lativcly successful in the affairs OF DuSi-
ness. Ore was OF course prepared Tor mo
contrast; one is perhaps q little 100 eager
in detecting the signs OF 1t. But IL Is I'M
possible even with no more 10 so upon
than an occasional haSty glance from the
railway train, not to be conscious or a
difference. of a new neatneSs and nnish
in the countryside, and of q hundred and
one small tokens of higher and more as
surctl standards. One gets, as l SAID, the
impressions of something moro nearly
apprcximatinG England than the Ire
land of the south or west. Bright. clean.
and busy, Londonderry. with its gallant
memories. makes n warm and SURFING I'M
preston. Here and mt last one SctS III
touch once more with 4 community OF
self-rcliant, thriving. progressive men.
The mere sight. rs one enters the depot
of a huge and admirably planned factory
heartcnS one. Derry. of course. is known
all over the world for its shirt industry
which employs more than 1000 people.
mostly women. in the city itself. ana
many thousands more in the countryside
Tnlllll dlb'Hl. dill PAYS cuA 'N''N ENf'i a.
least 81, 1890 in wages. ] went oTcr one
of tho two largest factories and saw the
hundred and one processes tnaJ e. into
thu. making Of d.. shirts ana Collars that
one puts on without a thought of how
thrv cam" t. he what they are. Better
or DETER workers ono could not wish fCr
than these Irish girls and women. and
they have need Of oil their clrv"rncSS IL
their employers are to he enabled 20 keep
level with their competitors. An Amcri-
can factory makes its own patterns ana
designs and turns nut shirts and CELLARS
by til" hundred thousand Of uniform
size and share. No such simple way of
doing things is Omen to the Derry manu-
factmrer. Sunr'v!n- pretty nearly the
Who'll" If I'll" British Fmpr" with shirts
and collars No ms to bow t. local ideas
of taste .,n.i to the requirements local
fashion. III" ret" ! dealers in London. or
birmingham. or Melbourne. s, far from
being willing to take merely what he
sives them. insist on his manufacturing
to Suit their special needs: This mean:
tho employment of very high grade 81
labor ard Of Il large plant wholly given
NJ to fill these individual and varying
orders. And the curious part Of It : that
for these services tho Derry manufacture
or gets no public kudoS or reputation
VIA ;cv"r Nsithrr his Tam ro,n nor rlI
the only name and trademark that do
appear are those Of tn" local dealer. who
noses as q shirt and collar manufacttror
TONER of n Derry firm. Thus it comes
about that the ordinary wcarer Of shirts
ard collars never 'r'n Iears ih~ nam"
of their tITle manuflr urnr. An hours
run by train from Derry brings Erl t.
PortrtIsh the only rnrlIv brac,r@ place
have found in ICELAND and the starting
n in: for tn. ircvitahln trin n tn ';'"n''s
Causrwav. Portrlish is built on 2 little
that juts ont into the North
Channci II. III who ca for golf and
I n'h;n.~ 49, Sra-fehinC NAV CON-" hero
a~d tafo their fiji II is = watering rlaco
that will grow II is the only SPOT on
which 7 have felt tempted 10 invest IN
Irist, r>i s>.,'.. -" only rheCt ion
:, ~ i-,-' - ~ rh,. W ':i1o.'r Tnrs~~1v
los only eight miles awav ana Won have
therefore no EXCUSE fnr rnt Gcrg ~ thot
e-inccstcd. overrated den Of thieves.
- '''---- = e''r'>oSr. has to he done
nrce. but those who have til 'lora1 cN'r-
age 40 withstand II NAV feel rewarded
hv knowing that thov can see III there
&c ~ see from Photographs IIarpers
Wildly.