The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-26


sbet consinuanec ot ~sovtrameai
work affer ihe wpr. A central arao-
nal IL being constructed aud equipped
With apeciol niachtncrt. Every avail
able machine il being pressed Into the
service. even those used In The ci.y
o. Dublin technical schools for the
tfaining of pupils. The employees ~
the new works are to be divided into
Ave ciasaes. skilled and unsknicdI
men. skilled and pnskiiled women and
auxliarien who viii work at times
when the regular hands ore reStinR az
a. week ends. Employment - not to
re restricted 20 men outside military.
age. the idea heine that the munitie1s
worker a as useful as the soldier.
Belfast. whose main activity IN tho
war Interest has heen the increase IN
the output Of shipping from ita "a
moua wards has also gone seriously
Into the m~uuniont business Cork
and Limerick. and e some % The
smaller towns shrouehout the eoun-
try are alzo employing az the marhin-
cry they car command In making
shells Of parts o. shells.
Munitions are n . ihe only branch
OF war trade which Ireland has de-
! manded ana received n share. Some
/ Of the textile factories have had good
| orders for clothing materials. Ireinnd
| never has In the past secured a tair
share Or government expenditure. and
at the beginning OF the war was
| greatly hampered In composing ior
contracts By the fac. that the dapois
Tor examining AID receiving goots
| were in London AeItation, however.
! led 20 the establishment cf a depot IN
Dublin where certain classes % goods
Of Irish manufacture are dealt win.
But there are stiil restrictions limit
Ing the classes Of goods, aud an effort
IA being made TO widen the utility Of
the depot BY admitting to u AL the
I rooia produced IN ireland which are
, required for military aud other gov
lernment services.
Ireiaad's chief Industry is and mus,
remain agriculture. and n OF the
most indispensable OF var munitions
is food. A vigorous campaign has
been instituted rnder government
auspices ia increase the output OF
food products In ireland. h used TO
be told that her function WIS to be
the fruitful mother Of ohcks and
herds. Now the cry II all for uliage.
[ The difficulty H. that the grezing
ranch system which belongs to the
| old theory has not been abolished, ana
the people have not complete access
"a the land. They are puzzled BY he
! two voices with which hey are I'd
dressed on their duty in the war. ON
the one hand they are told that Il n
the duty Of he farmers 20 enlist that
/ the slate has done o good deal for
A - - I'D NHuf ANH FNFna hNU
| come to show his gratitude by shoui-
| derlng a rifle In the new armies. Com
men. Is freely made on the fact that
the armer and the farmers sons
have not enlisted In the same pro-
portion as other classes. The com
\ plaInt il true as regards farmers Of all
parts Of ireland and OF all parties and
creeds. 1t s. true Of English farmers
as we'll Blu. now there Is the new
campaign for Increased food produe-
ton which cannot be worked II the
men leave the land for the armies. So
the recruiting sergeant n he gov
eminent agriculturalists are getting In
each others way.
That there il room for considerable
| development OF Irish agriculture Is
evident from the fact tha., according
TO the states given by the head 81 the
AGRICULTURAL department, Ireland ae-
.ualiy imports an annual average ~
fis, oOO.O 900 worth OF foods;uns which
| could easily be replaced ny home
grown articles. He has pointed out
that II Germany had titled as little Of
her soil as Ireland she would have
been exhausted IN six months. Ger
many tills CO per cen. OF her arable
land, whereas, he says, Ireland THIS
only i6. The inevitable topic OF the
American exchange and :he balance
OF trade crops even up here, and the
Irish farmer IL appealed 10 by the ag-
ricnlture minister 20 help keep down
.he price Of the dollar by importing
less American food, and producing
more OF his owa.