The Washington times., 1922-10-12
BY HAYDEN TALBOT.
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Chapter XX-Section 4. ,--

Copyright. 1924. New York Ameriesn.) }
Chapter ,Xx-Section I.
Emphasizing Ireland's wealth and
future prospects. Michael Collins
How are we to develop Irish re.
sourcesf The earth is our bountiful
mother. Upon free access to II de-
pends< not only agriculture, but all
otherf trades and industries. Land
must be freely available. Agricul.
ture. our main industry, must be
improved and developed. Our exist.
Ing industries must be given oppor.
tunities to expand. s--
"Conditions>must be created which
will make IT possible for new ones
tn. arise. Means Of trahsit must be
extended and cheapensd. Our har-
bors must be developed. Our water
power must be utilized. Our min.
eral resources must be exploited.
Foreign trade must be stimulated
by making facilities for the trans.
port and marketing of Irish goods
abroad, and foreign goods In Ireland.
Investors must be urged and encour.
aged to invest Irish capital and In
Irish concerns.
"Taxation. where Il hinders, must
be adjusted and must be imposed
where the burden will fall lightest,
and can best be borne, and where Il
wiii encourage rather than penalize
Must Free Land.
we have now In Ireland, ovinR
to the restrictions put upon emigra.
ton during the European war, a
larger population Of young men and
women than we have had for q great
many years. For their own sake and
70 maintain the strength of the ma.
ton. room must and can be found
for them. II room Is to be found for
our growing population, land must
be freely available.
We have not free access to the
land in Ireland. Thousands OF acres
OF the best land lie idle, or are occu.
pied as ranches, or form part of ex.
tensive private estates, or are given
over to sport. Side by side with this
condition there are thousands of
laborers unable to get land on which
TO keep q cow or grow vegetables.
While the fertile lands of Kildare
and Westmeath lie idle men and
women have to labor from dawn To
late at night TO win a bare living cut
OF the rocks OF Donegal. and faDni.
lies in Connaught have to send their
children to labor In the potato fields
OF Scotland.
Break Up Ranches.
"The ranches must be broken up.
Pressure must be brought to bear
on owners Of land and upon those
who are Withholding land SO that Il
may be suitably used for procuring
wealth and giving employment.
Thus opportunities will be presented
to all Of our population.
For purposes Of development Ire.
land has three great natural re-
sources. Our coal deposits are by no
means inconsiderable. The bogs of
Ireland are estimated as having five
hundred thousand million tons of
peat fuel. Water power Is concen.
trated in her 237 rivers and $50
lakes.
"The huge Lough Corrib system
could be utilized, for instance. 70
work the granite in the neighbor.
hood Of Galway. In the opinion Of
experts reporting to the committee
on the water power resources OF Ire.
land, a total Of 100000 horsepower
can be developed from Irish lakes
and rivers. The magnitude Of these
figures is appreciated when II is
known that to raise this power In
steam would require seven ana half
million tons Of coal. =
Schemes have been worked out