The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-02
IRISH HOME GOING
MOVEMENT BEARING
FRUIT, HE DECLARES
Tide IL Turning and Sons Of Erin Are
Returning 20 Their Native
Heath, According 70
statistics.

washington. Special: That the tide
OF Irish national life. which has been
steadily ebbing for rs years. has turned
and that the old god promises to take
on new vigor, is the claim made by
Francis ]. Kilkenny. originator Of the
Irish home going movement. In q
statement to the press q year ago, he
asserted that q new era had already
dawned for Ireland. which Is now sub
s~tantiated by figures Of the recent Irish
census.
FOR the first time In more than 10
years, according to official reports"
said Mr.. Kilkenny. rthe population or
Ireland shows an increase. During the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1912, the
birth rate exceeded by 1,102 the loss
By death and emigration. For the
same time the deaths from all causes
were the lowest since 1871. and the In
FAINT mortality the lowest ever record
ed, being only So In every 1000.
Drift or Population.
THE population OF Ireland was at
high water mark In 1871, the official
figures for that year being S,175.I2l.
Between 1841 and 1851 the loss by
death and emigration amounted TO
over 1900 900. Census statistics for the
10 years ended In 1861 showed q de-
crease OF over IL per cent; In 1871, the
returns showed a 61k per cent decrease:
In 1881. about Az per cent: In 1891. 8
per cent. and In 1901, s per cent. For
the decade ended 1911, 1t was about IL
per cent, now. for o single year,
there - shown an increase Instead OF
d constant decrease. I am satisfied
that the next 10-year census figures,
instead OF showing decrease. will dis
play a most satisfactory Increase in
tho population of the island. The CEN
sus returns of April !. 1s11, make the
total population 4.39o,21s. viz: 2,192, 04s
males, 2,l98,171 females; being q de-
crease from the prior census Of So, $50,
or the smallest since the decade 1871
1881, however, In province .(Lein-
ster1. there was an increase of 9.2I6.
or nearly 4 per cent. So II Is shown
tnat ireland az the time OF her low
tide has about half the population NAT
she had rs years ago; and that h is
therefore h only country In the ciy-
tlized world whoge population has been
terribly depleted through restrictive
The largest relative decrease dur
ing the last census decade was in the
province OF Connaught, where the loss
6M per cent, or about 86, 900 out Of
o population OF GIL, 900. More mar
one-half OF the decrease In IreIand,s
population during this period was in
that province, where industries are
lacking and the soil impoverished.
Turned to Cities.
AS In America. the trend OF the
population of Ireland has been towards
the large cities. In 1886 over SO per
the rural districts, while Ia 1911 this
percentage had decreased to about &c.
put the back to the soiI movement
~ making progress and many are move
returning from the congested cities.
IN h matter OF density OF popu-
Latlon, AZ appears that the number OF
acres TO each person has increased by
nearly three-fourths OF an acre within
the last 30 years. The arabic acreage
per person has increased from about
three acres I'm 1881 to nearly four acres
N 1911, or an increase within the past
~ years OF about n acre Of arabic
to each ~inhabitant,
ireland a suffered q heavy loss
from emigration. The drain upon her
population In this direction even DUR
the past a. years averages 10000
annuallyi In 1907, $4,000 left Ireland
for other countries: in 1908. 28.O00.
1923, $500; 1910. $4,000; 1s1i. 10000:
From May 1, 1851. to March a.
1911, nearlv $1,000 0 natives OF ire
land emigrated to other countries. The
larger portion OF these emigranty were
between h ages of Is and SIS years.
Remuneratiye employment I'm Ireland
LOT men ana women Will heir largely
check this drain upon her popuia-
One good sign or Ireiand's growing
prosperity 10 the increase In the num-
Der OF inhabited houses. The number
Of inhabited houses in 1911 was re-
ported at S61,879, or an increase OF g.
III over the returns for 1901, while the
returns also show that q better and
modern class OF cottages is be-
built than In former years. An.
sign promising great things for
he future OF Ireland Is that the vast
estates formerly held by the absentee
landlords are now being cultivated BY
Irish occupiers Of the soil. who.
lnder the land act OF 1908 and subse-
luent acts, have become the owners |
The land acts of 1908 and
sos, the laborers' cottage act Of 1905
the old 8 pension act of 1908
we're enabling measures which have |
much relief and encouragement |
10 the Irish people. |
Census returns indicate also that |
he people OF Ireland are keeping
abreast OF the times In education. This |
act is a hopeful sign OF progress. for |
( Is q well recognized axiom that the |
prosperity OF a country increases in |
same proportion as its educational |