The San Francisco call., 1910-01-06
.fRIN'S HOPE IN
Sim f[IN PLAN
Irish Political Leader and For
mer Member of Parliament
Hopeful for Future

That the salvation of Ireland is not
to be found through the temporary
successes of the Irish political party.
but through the methods of industrial
development Of the Sim Fein move
ment is the opinion of Charles Joseph
Dolan. a late member of the English
parliament and one of the younger
leaders of the Irish cause, who is in
San Francisco on tour through the
United States.
Dolan was elected to parliament in
1905 from North Leitrim, being identi-
fed with the nationalist party, but in
1907 retired from the party in order to
devote his time to the Sim Fein move
ment and the developments of Irish in
dusfries. He will lecture in st. Peters
hall, January IA. at a meeting to be
held under the auspices of the United
Irish societies and at which Mayor Nc
Carthy will preside.
DEVELOP IRISH INDUSTRIES
Many of us feel" he said, that lit
tie good can be obtained from the Irish
political party as such and that the
larger ain-that of home rule for Ire
land and the welding of the Irish into
a nation-must be obtained by other
means. One of these means is the de-
velopment of the Irish industries, and
the purpose Of my. visit to the United
States is to find markets for Irish
goods. our program is to have the
Irish the world over place voluntary
tariff on English goods by refusing to
purchase them.
Recent years have seen a vast i'm
proyement IN Irish industries. Numer-
Gus wooden mills, shoe factories and
lace mills have sprung up in all parts
of the country, and all are thriving.
The purpose is for the Irish to foster
these Irish Industries by purchasing
Irish goods where obtainable in prefer
ence to those of other nations"
In dwelling upon the political situa
tion in Great Britain at the present
time, Dolan said that he believed that
the conservative party with its tariff
platform would be victorious in the
Forthcoming campaign.
FREE TRADE ISSUE
The issue" he said, lis that of free
trade with an increased tax on landed
property, distilleries and breweries,
which the liberals advocate, as against
q tariff on the same order as that out
lined by Joseph Chamberlain at the last
general election. The conservatives
promise that the tariff, while not ma
terialy increasing the general cost of
living, will provide for the old age
pension bill and such others of its kind.
Of course, the attack upon the lords
struck a popular chord and is excellent
campaign matter for the liberal party,
but in my opinion it will not avail them
much, as there are still very many Eng
lish voters who maintain that feeling
Of respect, bordering on reverence, for
the upper house.
The Irish party has Joined hands
with the liberals for two reasons:
The first is because of the statement
made by Herbert Asquith, the liberal
prime minister. that the liberal party
would endeavor to give Ireland home
rule if it received the Irish support,
and the second is because the lords are
the ancient enemy of the Irish people
Personally, I think Asquith's promise
will be like so many others and will
amount to nothing after the election
In fact, it Is this feeling Of distrust
of the two English parties which has to
large extent developed the Sim Fein
movement. We have seen the utter
futility of throwing our strength first
with the one and then with the other
better plan, we think, is to devote
our energies to our own ends.
CAMPAIGN TO BE BITTER
"The coming campaign in Great
Britain will be a hard and bitter one.
and while I believe the conserva tives
will win, l do not believe they will
have much Of a majority. As far as
the Irish political party is concerned.
the probabilities are that it's strength
will remain about the same.