The evening world., 1911-11-21
"THgRE 70 A NEW IRELAND"
SAYS CROKER.

There 70 q new Ireland" 10 the way
REGARD Croker Of 9iencsirn. County
Oubin. described It to me last night In
TIE Democratic Club. There - q coun-
try that 10 fnding itself after scores Of
years Of strW 10. There In q country
whoss have been barely
touched. It II full Of wealth stored In
its bosom In the form OF minerals and
MARBLES. I'D Its farming capacity has
never been even remotely gagged.
Here y . piece Of anthracite COAL"
the old warhorss said. a. he displayed .
chuak about half the size of a sod Of
turf. Forty miles from the City OF
Dublin. In the mountains OF Wicklow,
there II . very valuable deposit OF this
anthracite coal. The size OF the Goa
neid IL. roughly. fifteen miles long by
twelve miles broad. Sir Edward Hull.
the famous geologist and mining ensi-
neer. estimates that there Is In hts
coal basin n hundred and nfty million
tons Of coal. The analysis OF the coal
shows Il to be OF a very pure quality.
The unfortunate thing is that the coal
Geld II totally unprovidsd with railway
facilities. The nearest railway to any
part Of the feld II ten miles away. The
Sply mode OF transit 10 by cart!ng. which
. slow and expensive.
Now. with . railway and some cap
ital. this coalheld Ii capable Of profit
able development. and IN my opin,Qn It
could supply .. least half the coafbhat
II annually used In Ireland. roughly.
one million tons a year.
Wages are low. the seams lie at no
great depth. timber 10 very plentiful In
the neighborhood. 20 the cost Of pro-
duction should be much lower than In
English mining districts.
DEPOSIT or LIMESTONE NEAR
THE coALFieLp.
Near the coaifeld there 10 q splendid
deposit OF carboniferous limestone
which. I am informed. Is OF the same
quality and commercial nature rs the
limestone from which nearly all the
cement In Canada Is now being manu-
featured. At the present time. In Ire
land. there Is IN enormous amount Of
cement used and, az far as ! am aware.
there 10 no mandatory In the country.
The development OF the coal field
would DO a big help to the development
OF this cement Industry.
And In addition to what I have seen
on my farms at Glencairn feel sure
that Ireland could grow the best crops
OF beets that any country In Europe
can produce. 1t has already been proved
In experimental plots that Irish bsets
contain a much higher percentage OF
sugar than the beet grown on the poor
er soils OF Belgium and Germany.
Although a great many Of the Irish
people are very poor, there Is n 10. OF
idle capital In the hanks and Govern.
ment deposit Offices In ireland. The
people who have this money are onl,
waiting for a lead. Now. IL some en-,
terprising Ir!sh-American came over Il
Ireland and started one OF these bust
nesses he would soon attract a great
deal of this capital. or course II would
take some little time to get the con.
hdsnce OF the people.
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND WITH
IN A YEAR OR SO.
There will be Home Ruis Cor Irelan,
In . year or 80. II has gone 20 IA. nov
that nothing can defeat II.
"The Land Purchase act. which wa
. dirsct result Of the famous Lane
League agitation directed by Parnell
has worked wonders for the people. Th,
farmers are doing fairly well. Tn,
products Of the country are command
tnS excellent prices In the English mar
ket. irish oggs. irish butter. irish la
eon. Irish whiskey and Irish twesds