La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28

Dunglow. County Donegal. Ireland.
This ID 4 story Of the grand uphill
night for self-respectins. economic In
dependence which is being made by
. bunch OF CHEEKY lrishmen In County
Donegal. Al the head OF this fighting
group il Paddy Gallagher. an organ
i1er and q promoter II there ever was
one. But IL q promoter. not Of his
own fortunes. but the promoter OF
community welfare. This is also the
story OF what a Eodsend a cooperative
organization can be TO community
which has been. In an economic sense.
hard stricken by nature. Nature
seems TO have exhausted herself In
the agricultural gifts she showercd on
have reached Duaglow, In County
Donegal. with nothing left in her gift
bag except q few little patches OF cold,
unresponsive soil which she scattered
here and there among the huge out
cropping rocks OF the barren hillsides
desolate peet bogs.
In fact. we are here because Sir
Horace Plunkett has said that this
10 the place OF all others to visit, II
We Americans wish to see what Co
operation will do toward helping An
Irish community scratch a living out
Of the rocky hills on the bleak north
western coast Of Ireland.
Who Paddy 10.
Paddy Gallagher was horn forty
years ago In one Of the poor onero
cottages on . barren three-acre ten
ant holding-a cottaxe that had the
wolf always at the door. When Paddy
was nine he was put out to work ~
three pounds for six months work.
His father did not do this sort OF
thing because he wanted the little
half-starved shaver to work beyond
his strength. but because II was either
work for Paddy or starvation for still
younger and weaker children. After
that there was nothing for Paddy but
hard work. and low wages until he
Vas grown and had started = family
Of his own.
But his work had taken him into
other places. into Scotland and Eng
land. and he came back with the real
tsation that life in bungalow was not
what II ought to Be. Cneducated.
work.worn. without any outlook o:
promise for himself or his family.
something brought Paddy Gallagher
the realization that be and his neigh
bors together might DO What each sep
aSately could not DO. 30. With the
assistance Of the Irish Agricultural
Organization society. cooperauoa vas
brought 70 DungaSow.
Ns~ Il oessssd.
Gallagher. Who had bsen studying
coils and manurss, learned that Ae-
ooediag 10 government analysis the
coll Of bis sectioa needed certain dsn.
nits chemical elements. He asked 10
eal traders II they could give him any
guaranty OF analysis Of the manures
oold BY them. He wss informed that
they never got such . thing. knew
no&hing about Il and could give no
guasanty. He wrote 70 the asricsi.
tssai department aboss II. They ~
fsersd hin . Tie Irish Agricultural
Wholesale socisty. Prom them he
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