Evening star., 1921-04-17
DAMAGE IN IRELAND
PUT AT S20,o)Q,o]0
Society of Friends Estimates
Loss Caused by Crown
ForceS-ReIief Needed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 16.-The Ameri-
can committee for relief of Ireland
tonight made public a report on an
investigation Of conditions in Ireland
by unit Of the Society Of Friends, in
which the Quakers asserted that ma
terial damage "inf1icted by the British
forces within the past twelve months
amounts to approximately $50, 900, ,000."
The unit, which was sent to Ireland
by the relief organization in Febru-
ary, also reported that there were
"25 families in Ireland. numbering ap-
proximately 100000 men. women and
from the American people"
port, signed by Samuel D. Mccoy,
head Of the unit. were composed
entirely Of men and women who have
quietly gone about their peaceful pur-
suits all their lives and who have stead
fastly refrained from taking part In
armed activities"
Report Made Public.
The report. the result of extensive
investigation in nearly 100 communities
scattered throughout twenty-five of the
thirty-two counties, was made public
officials Of the American committee said,
have the opportunity of judging by this
first hand evidence of unbiased wit
nesses <he extent of the destitution and
suffering which, the American commit
tee is confident. they with their tradi-
tional generosity will help to alleviate"
cial estimate sof malicious damage"
done to the city of Dublin. but said
that between October. 1920. and
March, "the claims for malicious in
juries, including both material dam
age and death presented to the coun-
kwv T,,h1
to 594.s99 pounds.
'The awards granted cut these
claims to 222.s2S pounds" said the
report. "At this moment we can
hazard only the approximation that
the material loss in Dublin during
$4,000 pounds
The units figures of $20,000,000 ma
terial damage in Ireland, the report
said. "coincides substantially with the.
total figures collected by Irish re-
publican statisticians, and it should
be noted, are less by ss,Ooo,OoO than
the estimate given us by respon-
sible crown official, who is informed
in regard to the data in the pos
session of the crown.
Lists Damage to Shops.
"The distress which we ourselves
witnessed is, we here emphasize, a
distress quite separate and distinct
lTOUu lIdt ulStTSSS III lTeldH HU WHICH
arises from unemployment due to
general trade depression; it is sepa-
rate and distinct from the distress
arising from long continued poverty,
such as may be observed in the slums
of New York or Chicago or London;
it is wholly separate and distinct
from the economic distress of Irish
women and children whose male rela-
uves may be engaged in armed op-
position to the British military forces
operating in Ireland"
The report estimated that to repair
the $20,0O0,000 damage to Irish shop
buildings, factories, creameries and
private dwelling houses" would cost
$25.000,000. unless the cost Of labor
and materials were greatly reduced.
The number of buildings damaged or
partially or wholly destroyed, the re-
port estimated, was upwards of six
hundred.
Irish republican statisticans." said
the report, place the number of prop
erty units destroyed at upwards Of
two thousand. but this includes not
only buildings. but individual shops in
buildings. their contents. isolated farm
buildings. hay ricks, ETC."
Regarding labor conditions in the
class OF distressed people covered in
the Investigation. the report said:
I'VE may point out that even when
employed. the workmen in Ireland re-
ceives a wage 30 low that it would be
dificult for an American to UNDER
stand how the Irish workman can sup
port himself and his family upon such
a wage.
Labor II Poorly Paid.
The present prevailing wage for
ordinary unskilled labor ranges from
- to $14 a week; even these who arc
workers at electric powerhouses. for
example. receive only $14; motormen
receive $125o: conductors. S11.50:
farm laborers rarely moro than So,
To-day the $4,000 families to which
we refer have not even this scanty
income"
property used In growing and mar
ketinE farm products, the report said: |
From the gripping of the co-opera-
tive creameries in Ireland. $4,000 far
mers who supplied these creameries
with milk for butter and cheese maxi
are faced with even mare deeply |
serious distress In the Immediate fu- |
ture.
During tho past year moro than
hfty attacks by crown forces were |
suieinE in their total si' or partial de- as
Tho amount necessary to |
restore those ofeamertea to opera- |
tion. l14,a7o pounds, but in arriving
at this figure they (the investiga-
tors) state that they adopted drasti.
cally reduced estimates"
Your delegation" said the report,
Viewed this damage personally, and
collected on the spot evil |
dsnoe aa to the value at the property |
In addition, written state |
pAed to your delegation regarding |
material damage in the small number |
at afaieted communities which they |
WePe unable ta visit"