Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
IRISH TRADE GROWS
Emerald Isle Taking Rank Among
Commercial Countries.
FOURTH PLACE AMONG NATIONS
In Proportion to Population This
Now Holds True.
FOREIGN TRADE ON THE INCREASE
Home Bank Deposits Make More
Favorable Showing.
NEW NAVAL DoCKYARD AT DERRY
Donegal CentenRrian Dies Before
ReceivinE His OId-Ase Pension
Shortage of Water in
Derry.
FOREIGN TRADE ON THE INCREASE
Home Bank Deposits Make More
Favorable Showing.
NEW NAVAL DOCKYARD AT DERRY


ness conditions in Ireland are improving
so rapidly that IT is now taking its pace
among the great commercial nations of
the world Statistics have just been is
sued by the Department of Agriculture
which in ireland performs the functions
of a general ministry of commerce, show
ing that Ireland now ranks fourth among
the nations in the volume of trade in
proportion to It's population. Holland,
Belgium and Switzerland are the only
countries which exceed II.
In the two years from 1904 to 1905
Irelands total exports and imports grew
from 351O. 900 to $500, 100000 and the
export of eggs alone went up by $4,000
000 The export of poultry from 1904
TO 1907 increased by s1,100000 and the
export of pork products by more than
S5,000.00O.
Trade Picking Up.
While it's foreign trade is growing.
trade at home is also flourishing in spite
of the bad times. return which has
Just been issued shows that the deposits
and cash balances in joint stock banks
on June 80 last were $252,9SO,0O0 which
10 the highest on record and $l2,645,OOO
In excess Of the figure year before
The figure in 1888 was 1851 $3.50, 900. A
great deal of this prosperity, of course
is due to the Industrial revival movement
and to the policy of Irish public authori-
ties of purchasing, wherever possible
goods made in Ireland.
1t is significant of the new conditions
in ireland that men of all parties are
working together in the movement Tor
the Industrial and commercial regenera-
ton of the country. For instance the
duke of Abercorn and his son, the mar
~ IIaniltnn associated with the
nationalist members of Parliament, from
Donegal 20 Derry, in an effort to induce
the Admiralty to establish a naval dock
yard on the Foyle a dockyard is needed
either on the north of Ireland or the
Scottish coast, and the Admiralty was con-
sidering the Foyle when It suddenly decided
that the. .wa teF..wass too shallow for IT'S
purposes Investigation revealed that a
remarkable mistake had been made on
the Admiralty charts. The depth of water
at Derry was marked as from eight to
nine feet whereas II is eighteen feet at
low water. 1t is hoped, now that this
mistake has been discovered, that the
Admiralty will decide to go to Derry
which has offered 1t a splendid site at a
very low rental.
Aged PensiOner Dies.
A few weeks ago | mcntioned the case OF
who applied for and was granted an ole
age pension at the remarkable age of Ill
Mr.. Kelly has not lived to draw his pension
He died last week In the house in which he
was born and to a day or two before his
death he retained his wondetful he llth anC
activity. Four days before his death M
was engaged drawing turf from the bog /
his nome for his winter fuel, and on thu
day before that he walked five miles L
mass at Presses chapel lie was mod
erate smoker all his life and, though tenn
perate In the use of intoxicants, was not
teetotaller.
Ireland has just lost another Remarkable
centenarian in the person Of James O 'Sulii
van OF Dungourney County Cork, who wa
100 years old. He appeared a few week
ago In the chancery court in Dublin as tn
plaintiff in a land settlement case. an
gave evidence so clearly and acutely OF
his own behalf that he was compliments
by the Judge on his extraordinary men
tality.
a remarkable state OF affairs in Derr,
has been revealed by a typhoid outbreak Il
that city. The epidemic has been traced I
infected milk, but 1t has also been dis
covered by the sanitary authorities that
large part of the city has been wthou
water. sometimes for three or four days a
a time, on several occasions since octobe
last. The bank of one Of the reservoir
which supply the city burst in a storr
early in that month and has not yet bee
repaired. This basin contained 10000
gallons OF water. and not only was thi
lost. but another basin lower down. con
tanning 100000 gallons. was so fouled b
the washed down deposit that It had TO b
sfa fal
to clean it and restore It TO use. The COT
porati is now hurrying the work OF clean
ing Il and repairing the other and Is spurre
on by threats Of damage suits by the vic
TINS of the epidemic
Reign of Terror I'm Ireland.
The British government now that Par
lament is about TO rise, is lnstituting
reign OF terror in Ireland. They hsv
taken a leaf out of the book OF the India
administration and are trying to muzzl
the press The first action has been take
against Mr.. Farrell. NJ. p. OF Longforc
proprietor and editor of the Longfor
''Leader" He has been summoned befor
the high court TO show cause why h
should not be committed to gaol for put
fishing certain resolutions passed at
meeting OF the local branch of the Unite
Irish League. and also for publishing ceI
tain speeches made at public meeting
with reference to land grabbing.
In the meantime the good old Britis
game OF jury packing has been revived
At the trial OF a number of cattle driver
at Limerick a few days ago the crow
solicitor deliberately challenged every jury
man who was a Protestant and unionis
and the result. OF course, was that all IL
accused persons were convicted. The jur
Afterwards complimented the jurymen O
their courage and independence" in finC
ing a verdict OF guilty against their fello
countrymeD. whose offense was an effo
10 induce a British board to break up n
grass lands, which 1t was appointed 10 d
A serious outbreak OF typhoid fever hs
occurred on Lough Derg island. Whes