The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-20

Cooperation Stopping Emlsrattcn.
The result shows In economic bet
terment md I'm q more wholesome
rural life a single instance Of the
hrst result is that the yield Of butter.
per gallon OF milk has constantly In;
creased during the last ten years and
that Irish butter now sells readily In
London in competition with its great
rival, butter from Denmark. From
certain counties where the cooperative
societies have done their best work
emigration has almost ceased. Much
has been done toward improving the
condition OF the cottages and by es.
tablishlng Libraries. sane amuseinerta
and helpful recreation in the villages.
The Gaelic league has done good serv.
ice mere. Better be quarreling than
be lonesome" runs the Irish proverb
The new village conditions would ban
lish quarreling without substituting
solitude, accomplishing this result BY
discouraging drunkenness and pre-
venting emigration, the two giant evils
of the Ireland of yesterday.
Another happy result is the mora
discipline already making Itself felt
This has strengthened individual en-
ergy and the wise use OF cooperation
has stimulated individual effort, devel
oping a taste for work by Increasing
the produce OF labor However great
the material advantages OF coopera'
ton, particularly the cooperative
credit system-by which money 10
lent at low rates for reproductive
work-the educational results are yet
more important.
Technical Education Bearing Fruit.
Close akin to the efforts of the
cooperative societies has been the pro
motion Of technical education by the
state. This work, carried on by ths
governments Department Of Agricuk
ture and Technical instruction for Ire
land, is, in way, similar to the work
of the American Agricultural colleges
and Experiment stations, except that
it is broader, not confirming itself to
agriculture and the mechanic arts"
It teaches the farmer and laborer, II
trains in It's schools for business, com.
merce, agriculture and technical pur
suits. 1t goes further and seeks an
industrial revival by encouragement
of new local factories. The depart.
ments work, also beset by difficulties
shows considerable progress. Com
mercial enterprises and an industrial
spirit are appearing In the smaller
towns as we'll as developing in the
larger centers, Dublin, Belfast and
Cork. The manufacture OF bacon, OF
wooden goods, OF laces, has begun in
villages where ten years ago surplus
labor, unemployed was driven to for.
eign lands.
Dear transportation Heavy Handicap,
With created or revived local indus
tries comes consideration of better
transportation. Farm produce and in.
dustrial products pay three per cent OF
their value to reach market in Can.
ada and fifteen per cent In Ireland. II
costs four dollars ton to get eggs
from France to London, six dollars
ton from Denmark, and twenty-five
dollars q ton from Galway, Ireland.
This condition an Irish parliament
may be expected to seek to remedy.
Just now It blocks economic develop.
ment
ireland is thinking now In terms OF
woolens and linens, poultry and fat
cattle, eggs and butter, banks and rail-
ways" said the brilliant T. NJ. Kettle,
professor of economics in the new
National university at Dublin.
"soclaI and Moral uplift."
Nor are the Irish at home forget
full of the higher things in life. They
are creating a new literature, they are
developing social life. gracious as al
ways in the verIest villaEes-for your
Irish peasant is born goRtleman-
and promoting higher standards OF
morality. In all the constructive
movements in Ireland the religious
question looms large. For religion to
the real Irishman. Protestant or Cath
Ollie, is not an argument, but an in
stitutfon. Quoting again Professor
Kettle: at seems to US as reason.
able to prepare children for their
moral life by excluding religion as to
prepare them for their physical life by
removing the most important lobe OF
their brains"
Self Help by Mutual Help.
With this material and in this wise ia
the new Ireland In the making. To
the Englishman home" means his own
independent and comfortable corner,
to the Irshman home" means the
cottage Of his birth, the social order,
the traditional and familiar environ
ment. This explains the corner gro
Gerry in Ireland, but 1t also explains
the community or clan spirit which
is an all.powerful aid toward coopera-
ton. And the first and last principle
of the apostles of economic regenera-
ton in Ireland is "Self-help by mutual
help" The new Ireland is to be made
Of all the old ireland. tho Orange Flag
and the Green Flag in combination
unto all the islands good.
Copyright. 1913. by Joseph B, Bowles.)
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