The Detroit times., 1912-02-12
|[lNDLORDIsM HAS. been
I ABOLISHED AND IRELAND
HAS PROSPEROUS WAVE
H8mAH Fer Poorest and Money
To Borrow at Low Interest
BY Anybody
EVERYBODY HAS WORK
British Parliament Meets Feb
A and d Expected To Grant
Home Rule to Ireland
ey WALpoN FAwcETT.

& " WhLbON rAWCeIl.
Z 9DUBLIN. Feb. 12.-Tne home
rule parliament" Win assemble in Lon.
don on Feb. a..
Il will be far and away the great.
est valentine gift ever received by the
Emerald Isle IL II justifies the name
that the Irish have already given IL.
But unless something unexpected hap
pens home rule will go through this
time E
Already the prospect OF this boon
has resulted In an inspiring awakening
IN Erin. AS a matter OF fact the new
era" has not waited upon home rule,
hut Is already working its transfer
nation. Ireland today is actually
moro prosperous than either England
or Scotland.
In q Journey that has covered al
most all parts of the Emerald Isle
found very few men out of work and
IN many places farmers complained
that they could not get sufficient help.
More wonderful yet, the beggars have
almost wholly disappeared. In going
from Londonderry to Killarney and
from Clifden 10 Dublin I saw only one
"a smiling old woman whose wit was
, touic and worth all the silver you
gave her.
The present period OF progress In
Ireland was inaugurated with the abo-
dtion OF. landlordism. Strange to re-
late, many OF the landlords are not
only accepting gracefully the inevi-
tnb}e. but are actnaily getting chummy
with the men who used to shoot at
them. Especially are these reformed
landlords doing a good work by con-
triNpting their business ability to the
Encouragement OF the cooperative enter
prlets which are springing up all over
Irehusd. <, .a
IN . ride OF $50 miles by jannting
car 4 saw dozens OF the cooperative
dafrids that are helping the farmers
TO pfd sperity-each dairy the magnet
Tor hun dreds OF the tiny donkey carts
laden v ith milk cans.
One Of the secrets OF the present
ION of ireland Is found In the
TACT that this Is the age OF easy pay
ments." The government Is advanc-
ing the mo ney to set Erin on her feet.
And In ord sr to give everybody fair
start the "a fcted tenants--that Is all
those. who have not emigrated to
America--ar<i being restored to their
old homes and their arrears for rent
pre wiped out along with other old
The governn lent, under the new
plan. not only Allows every farmer to
pay for his lanai on Tong time" but
4: lends him helping hand by fur
nsshing him monty at 3 per cent to
repair or rebuild his dwelling and
provide barns and outbuildings. He
&c GSen supplied with superior grade
OF seed, and In order to encourage the
Irish TO abandon the cultivating the
potato with the spade the authorities
are bringing from the United States
and selling at cost prize the light ma
chInery that is so great an aid to our
own farmers. - =
For the wage earnerr In the towns
the government Is building neat cosy
homes that come pretty near spelling
paradise as compared with the turf
or stone cabins of days gone by.
Already about $4,000 of these new
cottages have been erected and tho
GOOD work still goes on. although It is
not possible TO keep pace In the build.
ing operations with the growth OF the
waiting list
IMEcE NOnilOitauiCs oohtbdhg uWCh
inss cost from $3.50 to $1,000 each to
build and they are let upon payments
of@36 to so cents. per week. There Is
4 slight margin that goes toward pur-
chase. although this margin is so mar
row that 1t win require about so years
ere family under such circumstances
viii own It's home. =
Just as the farmers have been as
sisted to secure needed implements
the fisher folk have been aided to buy
boats and nets on the installment plan
A-splendid triumph of the past few
years has been the development Of the
cottage Industries, especially in the
barren mountain regions Of the west
Thousands OF Che men OF Connemara
and Donegal are weaving Ton looms
purchased on the installment plan)
the tweed or homespun which is gain.
ing a reputation as the bestwearing
cloth In the world.
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