The evening world., 1912-08-14
GREAT GROWTH or DEMAND
EOR iRlSh GOODS.

FOH IHiSh 0OOOos
The demand FOR goods OF Irish manu-
facture has grown so greatly In the last
ave years that the factories OF Ulster
a'e producing twice the amount or
sork that they did before that time.
cinresmoro's. In Donegal. manufac.
,lrers OF Irish woollons. have been en-
abied by thclr adoption OF the methods
- the Irish Revival and use OF the
Amer qualities OF Irish work. to treble
.helr output IN the last Ave years. This
q only nm example Of the manner In
which the demand for Irish linens,
irish popllns, Irish tweeds. Irish cloths
both at homo In Ireland by the great
numbers of people In patriotic symps-
Thy with tho revival and abroad by
those who appreciate the beauty and
high quality of the materials. has built
up the industries The result Is that
the people OF Ulster have for the greal-
Or part arrived at 4 realisation Of the
fact that Irish prosperity and Irish
nationality arc practically synony.
nous. In Ulster. therefore. the Irish
Revival has thu force not Of an export
mont but Of . tested principle.
DONEGAL carpets. Donegal tweeds. Ca
ricAmacross and Limerick iaoes. the
peoducts Of districts whsrs no work but
- older methods Of agriculture were
upsn 70 the people before the, leaders
q ne revival 1T about teaching the
people the value Of hand products and
the way Of producing them. Vie in the
Bsafast market with DONEGAL serges.
County Down nnsns. Antrim wares
Hhops IN Belfast now advertise Irish
made goods" where five years ago tho
very exhibition OF suoh . Sign would
drive away TRADE, And sinos one Of the
importapt economic points N the indus
trdal revival 70 the insistenos that work.
ers shall receive . fair wage for their
labor, h follows that the Irish made
Foods, stamped With tho Irish trademark
are usually . little higher In prioe than
the products OF foreign competitors. Tn,
differences IN price. which b invariably
repair by the hiehar quality Of the work
q Q matter emphasized strongly by the
anfi-atsvivalist party In Belfast. In
Belfast, however. the knowledge thai
the purchase OF irish made goods II tn,
kew which has opened avenues of en-
p,oynent to Thousands OF men and WON
en- has ssryed to instil in most OF thu
purchasers patriotic and grateful de
termination for the patronizing OF Irish
tndustries, 30 that tho city itself is on
% the largest purchasers Of the Irisi
goods.
In American trade the relative pur
Phases from Ireland In the last fiv
A.
York. Philadelphia and Chicago hav
been representative OF the growth
the foreign trade in Irish goods. TIL
exportatlon to three American house
has been almost nine times as niue
xhis year as II was six years ago.
NO INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION Al
BELFAST.
che great factories In Belfast an
IL Vicinity have felt none of the IN
dustTlal depression that has been notice
bio throughout Great Britain. and 4
consequences the workers in Belfast an
Throughout Ulster have gathered aroun
the standards OF the Irish Revival. 70
Ikosperty and national feeling arc YER
correlative.
1t Is In the city OF Belfast itself tina
less than a month ago four hundre
boys Joined the Gaelic League. stand
ms on Cave Hin where Wolfe Ton
stood on the momentous occasion OF hi
return TO Ireland, and swearing Wolf
Tones. oath. Newer to desist from &C
tiviiy TIL Ireland should once more be
nation"
10 In Belfast that some Of the fines
jaesrsyy setivisy - ths l1Jsiie Rsvtva
- lssa ss.laIsA e. sAEek asss g