La Junta tribune., 1908-12-12

OUDlin, IS.s SSoN uic uoS
been . dreary day. fog. slush and
drizzle, slop and mud in the streets.
al making 1t disagreeable for the
traveller as well as depriving him of
. pleasing view Of the great city OF
Dublin. As my time is brief in Ire
land and precious. as well. and as
have had a good share OF the rough
and tumble of life. all these disagree
able things and barriers to satisfying
my determinationlt to see and learn did
not prevent me from spending busy
and interesting Sunday in old Dub
lin. Dublin is city Of 100000 people.
the capitol and great residential city
OF Ireland and. on this account, the
most important city. 1t is not SO
great as business city. nor are
It's manufacturing and seaport in
terests to be comparde with the
city of Belfast But Belfast is more
progressive. more enterprising and is
rapidly outstripping Dublin. is now
the larger OF the two cities and bids
fair to far surpass Dublin in popu-
latiop and commercial and nIanufact-
uring Importance. in the future. Dub
lin has Trinity College. which is
university, a Catholic college and a
Methodist college. Belfast has
Queens college, a university, a Pres
byterian college and Methodist col
lege. Belfast's public schools are
superior to those of Dublin. and her
technical school is a fine. up-to-date
school, surpassed by few schools OF
the kind in the country. Dublin has
a technical school also. In Belfast
Is a magnificent Young Mems Christ
ian Association temple, credit 10
any city The Salvation Army has
magnificent headquarters in the
heart OF Belfast. on one of the best
streets. The Army's quarters in Dub
lin are much less pretentious. 1t
Is remarkable how much Importance
is attached to the Salvation Army
en England, Scotland and the north
Ireland. Instead of being relegated to
the slums Of the cities with halls
IN deserted and untenantabie build
mRs. a. Is their lot in America. the
Army has quarters in the best streets
md inssone Of the more important
& >jaildiKo =, and = : factor Of consider
~ lmpostanee and Influence. The
Hgious and moralIwork ekshe YotA
isa's Christian Association and the
ns&iag--snxmy..tx=-impoftanf: and
laAtesighsse9ect.h -tAese ceunssse
\ III clauses. and especially by the
hghsr classes. belfast u the CEN
" a tedA1en tlode and linen manu-
&ctiffit ~ Iselasd. Thefesare great
Siinnkae Nnl- weaving factories IN
t(elfast, veritable palaces. which give
Employment to many thousands Of
teople, and not only pay out into
lie city an immence sum, In wages,
but pay also large sums for Tax.
to the farmers, 10th near the city
and in more distant parts OF Ireland.
Great ship yards. employing about
five thousand men are located ac-
ross the river on Queens Island.
These yards built the Teutonic and
Cermanic for the White Star line
and have q contract for two new
vessels, for the same line, to sur
pass the celebrated Lusitanta and
Mauritania Of the Cunard line. which
have been breaking worlds records
20 fast that one can not keep up
With the records. The last re-
cord remember was. from shore to
shore across the Atlantic. four days.
nineteen hours and forty minutes.
What the. record win be when the
h8,asitanic aud: Mauritania are set
noat, It would te teIeMi'y TO
1Sess.
Trade, however. is dull. both In
Dsblin and Belfast A considerable
number Of men are out Of employ
nent or are working ON short time
x rood many rooms and houses are
bearing tho signs ITO Rent" IN
Belfast. It being q large manufact-
uring city the dull times affect its
Industries more than those Of Dub
(lin. It Is remarkable how much the
people Of Europe look to the United
States. All classes are waiting TOR
: revival from our panic which swept
over the country one year ago. as
the United States IL not only the
best customer for the products OF the
manufactures Of the country, but the
United States supplies those countrie
With their bread. meat, meal. grain.
canned goods and other necessaries.
I find everybody watching our presi-
dental election. for the people feel
that the result Of the election Will