The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-23
IF IRISH DO NOT REMAIN
At HOME HEBREW RACE
MAY TAKE THEIR PLACE
Says oconnell Calvin. in the Boston

Says oConnell Calvin. in the Boston
American:
During last year 30,s67 young women
and young men emigrated from Ire
land. OF these. 21,75s came to the
United States; 6.6T3 went to Canada:
1.S49 made the long voyage to Aus
tralia: thirty eight took up residence
in different parts of Continental Ee-
rope, and 1,l49 settled in England,
Scotland and Wales.
Most of those emigrants, all Of those
who came to America, were In the
full sturdiness and bloom of youth.
More than one-fourth of their number
had their passages paid in advance by
relatives ar friends to the United
States
This emigration is now a sore prob
lem with the leaders of the Irish peo-
Pile Not only the political leaders,
but the pastors of the people ana the
national press, are increasingly urging
upon the youth of the country to stay
In their own land, to help build 1t up
under the new conditions that are
coming and to devote their talents and
their labor to the development of Ire
lands long dormant resources.
There was every reason and excuse
for the emigration of the past, Land
lordism, and bad, alien government
hope. destitute of any attractiveness
whatever for the energetic, the youth
~ful and the ambitious, as soon as they
arrived at the parting of the ways"
and they were faced by the problem of
their, future. Future there was none
for them in Ireland, and so there was
nothing for them but the emigrant
ship which bore them to every point
of civilized settlement on the face OF
the globe.
Those days OF gloom have passed.
LandIordism is dead and bad, alien
government is dying. In the place of
both OF them has already come a spirit
OF independence and of progress which
animate every boy and girl brought up
In Ireland and inspire them 10 ad6ed
loyalty and devotion 10 the pr sp@Elfy
of their own land.
Riding one day on n fast express
over the London e. Northweste. Il rail
road from London up to Liverpool 1
had as my travelling companion Mr.
Richard Mctihee, NJ. r. who Its as
home rule member for the Mid-Tyrone
in Ulster.
Mr.. McGhee has given long study to
the emigration problem and no man
can be more interesting IN his tfsat
ment OF it in all its phases His optn-
ions are very strong. lie formed them
not by looking at the perpiexit4 from
its home angle alone. but from studying
it's aspects abroad, particularly ia the
United States. which he has visited
twice. travelling extensively during
each stay. He declared to me emphati
cally that it is nothing short of Grim
inal to be inducing young men and
women to come away from Ireland now
in view of the opportunities which are
now within their reach in their native
land
Look at what loss their going
away means to Ireland from n money
standpoint alone" said Mr. Mcorhee.
Take any young man who emisrates
today. He is healthy and strong and
, active, or he would not be eligible for
entry at the American ports, He Is
educated and In greater or less de-
gree fitted to start life in at his life
work His bringing w, his training.
his education, have cost his own coun-
| try at least $4,000, allowing the very
! low annual expenditure to have been
| at least $50 year.
yet when he arrives at the age when
| he finds himself able to pay ame Of
/ this outlay by becoming 81 producer
I of wealth in the country of Ills birth,
he gets prepaid ticket for America.
and off he goes for the rest of his life.
The percentage of returns Is ycTy small,
and the country 70 which ne goes
gains fully equipped citizen and pro-
Queer of wealth without a cent of ex-
pense to her.
ireland is in sad need Of her popula-
| ton now. 1t is safe to say that in
! twenty years she viii be finding COM
| Portable homes within her own terri