Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-05

Dunglow, County Donegal. ireland
This III q story OF the grand uphill
nght for selfFespaeting. economic IN,
dependence which lie being made by
a bunch Ut CHEEKY Irsshmen In County
Donegal. AT the head OF this sighting
group IL Paddy Gallagher. - organ
iaer and ID promoter III there ever wasl
ono. But In a promoter. not of biz
own fortnnen. but the promoter III
community welfare. This ID also the
Rtory OF what ii Ro6sand q cooperative
organisation can be 10 community
which haa been. Ia an eeonomic sense.
bard stricken BY nature. Natura
seems to hare exhausted herself IN
tho agricultural kifts she ahowered On
eastern and southern Ireland and to
have reached DungloW, IN County
Donegal, with nothing left In her glfx
bag except q few little patches OF cold.
unresponsiys soil which she scattered
here and therW among the huge out
cropping rocks of shs barren hillaidss
rising between the vida stretches 81
desoiase peet hogs.
In fact, we are here because Sir
Horace PInnkett has said that this
is the place Of ali others 10 visit, II
wa Americans wish 10 aae what 90
operation will All toward helplng "a
Irish community scratch Il living out
ef the rocky hiila ON the bleak noFth-
western coast of Ireland.
Who Paddy IL.
Paddy Gallagher was born forty
years ago In one OF the poor one-room
cottages on = barren three-acrs TEN
ant holdlnk--A cottage that had the
wolf always al tina door. When Paddy
was niae he was put out TO work It
three ponnds for six .nonths' work.
Ills father ala not do this sort Of
thing because he wanted the little
haltatArved shaver 10 work beyond
bis strength, bus because It Was either
work Tor Paddy or starvation Tor ssill
younger and weaker children. After
that there was notning for Paddy but
hard work. and low wages until he
was grown aud had started . family
of his own.
Hut his work had taken him inso
other places. into Scotland and Eng
land. and be came back with the real-
isatlon that lire In Dungalow was not
what II ought 10 be- uneducated.
worksworn. without any oatiook OF
promise for himself or his family.
something brought Paddy Gallagher
the realization that he and hIs neigh
horm together might do what each sap
Arateiy could not do. Sc. with the
assistance of the Irish Agricultural
Organisation soclety. cooperation was
brought 10 Dangalow.
How ID Started.
Gallagher, who had been studying
sosis and manures. learned that &C
cording TO government analysis the
soil Of his section needed certain de1-
mite chemical elements. lie asked n.
cal traders n they coaid glwe him any
guaranty of analysis or the manures
aoha by them. He was informed thai
they never got such thing knew
nothing about II and could give no
guaranty. He wrote 70 the agricui.
turai department shout II. They ~
feryed him ia the lrish Agricultural
wholesale nociety. From them be
learned that this society AZ that time
dealt oniy with local cooperative
concerns.
SO this farm boy. with sarprisiEg
persistsnoe. gathered together the
email farmers and pointed cut to them
tho advantages 10 be gained ~ to
quality and pries by purchasing guar.
anseed manares direct from the co
operative wholesale society. The re-
suit was that the farmers ordered
aoAton Iot or f1rtiliser Through little
ro-operativs soctsky III an adjeiEing
village. ThAy nDand that they saved
ta0O ON tho manures and besides se-
cured saperep hasphmte az 10 per cens.
instead al ~ pex o3nt. strength. and
dissolved hone Instead of worshless
ccmponnds Th4 hattie nor eo.orera-
tion was ALREADY half won. for there
was no further gueasion a. 10 the I'd.
vantases 70 - gained through 90
operation.
TNs ~oem&ssa Man
~The old nsthoas IL huyinx and ell
Ina vera the canss of much poverty ID
tkts district said NJ. GALLAGHER
Tho traders havs gsnsrally kspt the
public ho9sss They we're gomheen
nsa -m0ney lsNAsrs P~~ fsrmsrs