The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
UPHOLD TEMPERANCE
CAUSE IN IRELAND
Great Movement Started at
Belfast, May Revive Beet
Sugar Industry.
BY THOMAS EMMETT
,cisl Cablc 10 Tle Trlbunc.

Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
DUBLIN. oct. If-If ireland does not
become n thoroughly temperate country.
In the use OF alcoholic drinks At least.
II VIII not bc the fault Of Belfast. u
Was here that the temperance movement
started and swept over the country with
rCutar rkahly success. Now another tenn
perancc mRtmcut has started At the
capital % Ulster which may have an
even greater success ia fighting the
demon rum.
II Is "A national forward movement In
temperance 10 commemorate the corona
ton year and was considered nj "A meet
ing of the Irish Temperance league. the
Rev. DR.. McllNccn presiding. II Is pro-
posed To incT'Igc the membership OF the
juvenile temperance societies, and the
queen has become patroness Of the mil
lion more scheme" The scheme WIS ap-
proved and recommended TO tho churches
and temperance organizations. II was
agreed that tho united committee. repre-
scnting the Protestant churches OF Bel
fast. he asked 10 Issue a Joint appeal 10
tho churches Invoking their sympathy
and their active support In tho effort.
The great Increase In the price OF sugar
and the agitation la favor of the estab-
lishmeDt OF the beet sugar industry In
Great Britain has aroused much interest
IN Ireland. X Is not. perhaps. generally
known that. as far back as 1852. there
was "A large beet sugar factory AT Mount
meiiick, erected at cost Of $4,000 eS-
elusive or machinery and giving employ
mcnt TO $50 laborers. In addition. this
/ -
number OF agricultural laborcrs engaged
in the cultivation Of sugar bcets in the
district. An article in the Illustrated
London News Of April L. 1852. states
that from the superior quality OF the
root produced Ireland appears admira-
bly, adapted TO IN" growth OF beets. The
factory, we arc told. requires 300 tons
OF beet root per week. which VIII soon
exhaust all the produce OF tho neiGhbor-
hood"
As tho average produce Is put down
at twenty-siN tons per acre, one can re-
alze how much land there must have
. been under beets In the district. The
/ Weld IS said TO have been ten tons per
aero more than on the continent and the
price three shllIngs higher Tho maxi
mum strength I'm s6ccharlne matter OF the
continental beet was 1 per cent raw.
while the trials OF tho Irish beet gave a
I half per cent more. The cost OF manu-
. featuring tho sugar from the root on
! tho continent WAS then an average Of
| so per ton, at Mountmcllick tho cost
was only $3.50 per ton. With such "A
! have expected to find the Mountmeilick
/ factory, which was started with capl-
J tai OF $500, 600. still ilouT!shing concern.
\ but unfortunately. owing TO one cause
! or another, II was not success and
\ long since closed its doors.
! With tho object OF promoting bet
| ter understanding among tho Irish peo-
plc OF all crceds and classes a suRges- =
, iion has been made that weeks fair
! should be held at some central spot In
! ireland. say the Uill Of Usnagh, mid
WAY between Athlouo and Mulllngar. a:
which Irish home made exhibits would b.
I on view. II Is pointed out that the
wares could be set out in cheaply erect
Z ed stalls; Anglo Irish plays might be pro-
! durcd In a temporary thcatcr, and ath-
/ lctic events take place under the Join,
] rules of the Gaelic Athletic association
and the Irish Amateur Athletic associa-
| ton.