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emigration has almost ceased. Much
has been done toward improving the
condition Of the cottages and BY 60
tablishing libraries. sane amusements
and helpfll recreation In the villages.
The Gaelic league has done good serv-
Ice here. Better be cuarreIing than
be lonesome runs the Irish proverb.
The new village conditions would ban
ish quarreling without substituting
solitude. accomplishing this result By
discourasins drunkenness and pre-
venting emigration. the two giant evils
OF the Ireland OF yesterday.
Another happy result Is the moral
diseipline already making itself felt.
Inis has strengthened Individual en-
ersy and the wise use Of cooperation
has stimulated individual EFFORT. dsveL
eping taste for work By Increasing
tho produce Of labor. However great
the material advantages OF cooperz,
ton. particularly the cooperative
credit system-hy which money 10
lent at Low rates for reproductive
work-ths educational results are yet
more important.
Technical Education 9sars,u Fruit
Close akin to the efforts Of the
cooperative societies has been the pro
motion OF technical education BY tns
state. This work. carried on By the
governments Department Of AxricuL
tare and Technical Instsaction for Ire
land. Is. In a way. similar To the wark
OF the American Agricultural colleges
and Experiment stations. except that
II Is broader. not connuinx Itself 70
agriculture and the mechanic arts .
Il teaches the farmer ana Iaborer. Il
trains In It's schools for business. com
meree. Agriculture and technical pur.
suits. Il goes further and seeks an
Industrial revival By announcement
OF new local factories. The depart
ments work. also oeset by dirscultfes
shows considerable progress. Com.
mercial enterprises and an industrial
spirit ars appearing In the smaller
towns as well as developing IN the
larger centers. Dublin. BeIsast and
Cork The manufacture Of bacon. Of
WOODEN goods. OF laces. has besun In
villages where ten years ago surplus
labor. unemployed xas drfven To for.
eign lands
Dear Transportation Heavy i+.rdsc.c.
With created or revived local lndus-
tries comes consideration Of better
transportation Farm produce aad IA,
dustrfal products pay three per cent Of
thsir value to reach . market In Can
ada and fifteen per cent In ireland. IA
costs four dollars . ton TO get eggs
from France To London. six doErars .
ton from Denmark. and rxsnty-fvs
dollars q tim from Galway. ireland
This condition an irish parssamsnl
may be expected 10 se~k 10 remedy
Just nov n blocks ernnomie deselop
ment
-freland 10 thinking nov Tn terms o
wcolens and linens. poultry and IA
cattle. egg. and butter. banks and rail
say. said the brilliant r NJ Kettle
Professor Of economics In the ne~
National university AZ Dublin.
Social and Moral upaI-
Nor are the Irish af home forget
mi Of the higher things IN life. They
are creating n new literature. they are
developing social life. gracious a. al
ways In the veriest vfllages-for your
Irish peasant Is born a 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. is not an argument. but an in
stitution- Quoting again Professor
Kettle. 1T 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 r.eip by Mutual lteip.
With this material and In this wise is
the new ireland in the making To
the Enxlishman home means his own
independent and comfortable corner.
to the Irfzhman 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 IL also explains
the community or clan spirit which
Is an aIlpowerful aid toward eoopera-
ton And the nrst and last principle
OF the apostles Of economic regensra-
ton in ireland Is -Self-help BY mutual
help" The new Ireland Is 10 be made
OF all the old Ireland. the oranss Flag
and the Green Flag IN combination
unto all the islands good