Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-13

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emigration has almost ceased. Much
has been done toward improving the
condition Of the cottages and BY e.
tablishing Libraries. sane amusements
and helpful recreation In the villages.
The Gaelic league has done good serv-
ice here. Better be Quarreling thap
be lonesome" runs the Irish proverb.
The new village conditions would ban
ish 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 IL the moral
discipline already making itself felt.
This has strengthened individual en-
ergy and the wise use of cooperation
has stimulated individual effort, devel-
oping 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 the
governments Department of Agricul
ture and Technical Instruction for Ire
land. IL. in q way. similar to the work
OF the American Agricultural colleges
and Experiment stations, except that
1t ID broader. not confning itself to
agriculture and the mechanic arts"
1t teaches the farmer and laborer, It
trains In it, 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
ment's work, also beset by difnculties.
shows considerable progress. Com
mercial enterprises and an industrial
spirit are appearing in the smaller
towns as well a. developing in the
larger centers. Dublin. Belfast and
Cork. The manufacture Of bacon, Of
woolen goods. of laces. has begun in
villages where ten years ago surplus
labor. unemployed was driven to for.
eign lands.
Dear Transportatlos Hsavy Handicap.
With created or revived local indus
tries comes consideration Of better
transportation. Farm produce and In
dustrtal products pay three per cent Of
their value to reach . market In Can
ada and fifteen per cent in Ireland. II
costs four dollars q ton to get eggs
from France to London. six dollars .
ton from Denmark, and twenty-five
dollars q ton from Galway, Ireland
This condition IN Irish parliament
may be expected to seek to remedy.
Just now It blocks economic develop
ment.
ireland 10 thinking now fl terms Of
woolens and linens, poultry and fat
cattle. eggs and butter, banks and rail-
ways" said the brilliant T. n. Kettle.
professor Of economics in the new
National university at Dublin.
Social and Moral uplift."
Nor are the Irish at home forget
full Of the higher things in life. They
are creating . new literature. they are
developing social life, gracious a. a.
ways In the veriest villages-for your
Irish peasant II born . gentleman
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
olic. 10 not an argument, but IN in
stitution. Quoting again Professor
Kettle: 1T seems to us ~ reason
able to prepare children for their
moral life by excluding religion ~ to
prepare them Tor their physical life by
removing the most important lobe Of
their brains"
Self Help by Mutual Help.
With this material and In this wise 10
the new Ireland In the making. To
the Englishman home" means his own
Independent and comfortable corner,
to the Irishman 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
p an allpowerful aid toward coopera-
ton. And the first and last principle
Of the apostles Of economic regenerar
ton in Ireland IL "Self-help by mutual
help" The new Ireland IL to be made
Of all the old Ireland. the Orange Flag
and the Green Flag In combination
unto all the islands good.
Copyright. 1919 by Joseph b. Bowles.)
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