Show BAD YEAR FOR THE FARMERS destitution Tk threatens with the approaching pro aching 0 winter ADVICE TO THE TENANTS I 1 ile ho tells them to look out for Thern themselves Relves first Op oppress oppressions Oppress ions n 8 of the landlords obrient introduces ilia his kirido to the scenes of ills his boyhood I 1 dublik sept 10 soo 1890 1 now kow la Is tho the winter of the newspapers discontent news Is at this reason s aason of the year a rare commodity parliament being out of session all the men 1 who usually make a noise in tho the wor world id are scattered before the alio four winds of 0 heaven sportsmen are on the grouse moors valetudinarians are distributed over the various henith health resorts society men are trailing after trains and reveling in that sweetest of music the swish of a ladys ladya skirt nobody that Is anybody is in london tho the clubs and social rendezvous aio ain as deserted as 11 sweet auburn loveliest love lest vill villa agoot gOOf the plain ministers 1 and under tire are it out 0 of town knitting up the cled sleeve of senatorial care and the weighty anxieties of are left to principal clerks and suchlike such like liko small official try fry this placid state of things beyond the silver streak of sea seals Is reflected in this country thero there are arc no stormy political gatherings no whirling hirling of blackthorns black horns thorns I 1 or blood staining albat of batons ons ila had d it not been tor for the wordy warfare between john dillon and the bishop of limerick there would have been nothing nol liing to indicate that ireland froland is not the counterpart of that delightful country where it it Is always afternoon there is ii it Is true lit in active operation the horrible system ot of shadowing but prominent irishmen are arc retting getting so accustomed to it thal thai they treat it as lightly as the idle wind which they respect not editor obrien has been taking advantage of tho truce in political m warfare by introducing his lits wife to the scenes of ills his boyhood Tho happy pair have visited mallow where they received a most mohl enthusiastic reception ind and aro are at present enjoying the unrivaled scenery ol of killarney of courso course tho the editor was iva s obliged to tomako make an occasional speech as ho he traveled through the country tho the load head and front of ills his oratory w was as to counsel the people to look to THEIR OWN INTERESTS FIRST and to those of tho the landlords afterwards afterward 3 this is undoubtedly a bad year tor for tho the tanners farmers and larm farm laborers the potato crop it if not a complete failure will at any rate be ba of 0 loss less produce than it has buen been for many a year and it 11 must not bo be forgotten that tile potato Is still tile the staple food of the small farmer and agricultural ri laborer obrian says that under circumstances if i thu the agai pay a single penny to the landlord that should bo be retained lor for their own sustenance on their heads bo be the consequences the government has not up to tho the present taken any steps to provide destitute d tiring during tile the approaching winter tile tory orann t persist in shutting their eyes to be serious aspect matters mailers aie assuming and lay the flat ter ing unction to their souls that matters are riot not so sable bahlo as limned limbed by the tha nationalists tiona lists it tho the government neglects to tako take steps to TO arn vu ir SERIOUS DISTRESS the boards of guardians throughout the country will find themselves unable to coyo cope with tho the sittia sit nation tion even at this early period tile ilia agricultural agi cultural laborers who told cottages col lages under tho the guardians guardian s express press themselves un thin to pay the rent t it if they cannot meet their obligations now when they are fully am bloyed in harvest operations what will their condition ho be in the middle ot of winter whiter when there Is no employ employment mAnt to be ba had these cottages wore were built at tile tho expense of tho the country and with wim halt half an acro acre attached to each were let to agricultural laborers at the very modest rent 0 of a shilling a week this was considered a marvel of 0 cheapness and tho ilia competition was so keen that tho the men who secured houses and plats were looked upon as in a position to defy tho the visit ot of tile tho wolf tor for tho the remainder ot of their natural lives it was urged that even though employment happened to bo be scarce tho the laborer would bo be a blo ablo to support himself and his family on the of liis allotment in ninety and nino nine caes out of a hundred potatoes is the crop grown on these holdings holding R and this turns out a failure fil lure or partial failure destitution is the inevitable to ic sult suit more especially is tills this tile the case can ln in those congested districts where the ilia supply of labor exceeds the dil demand mand such as along tho the western sea seaboard hoard of galway mayo alayo i iligo A quarter of a dollar a day Is not a very liberal remuneration yet tile me men alio are assured of this all tile year round regard themselves as exceedingly fortunate many gentle men farmers guarantee tilts this wage whether the weather bo be m wet at or dry when I 1 m wot ot some indoor in door work is found and there Is no such item in tile the laborers calendar as A PAY DAY with the ordinary farmer however platters matters assume a different aspect lie ile usually employs his laborer subject to conditions that are not nol very highly ca cal cali I 1 i to cause that poor serf to snap ids his lingers at the ilia vagaries and ca prices of the ilia clerk of tuc the weather the terms term S are somewhat as follows ton ten pence or a shilling a day with breakfast and dinner tile the bill of faro fare being potatoes the tha I 1 laborer abor or to bo be broken on wet days that Is to nayif ho he works from six to nine a in and tho the weather then turns so inclement that outdoor work cannot be performed he receives no re lie ile may of course go homo home and occupy himself as ho he pleases if he has an allotment he may perhaps be able to do so something som othine toward its cultivation many laborers devote broken days to the cutting and collecting of rank and dark grasses for the manufacture of manure it uncommon to see sea a man employed at this occupation standing stand iDS knee deep in fit a dyke while the rain mercilessly on his denoted dieted and rickety halted head tho the irish agricultural laborer does not 1 most I ost assuredly deserve the charge charse charleot of ot la laziness u ess that hag been so often laid at his doors it if lie ho is poor and not infrequently destitute tho the fault atilt is riot not ills his rather Is it a part and parcel of the landlord system bibich has sucked and instill Is still SUCKING TITE THE OUT OF THE NATION when tho the sons and daughters 0 of small farmers and laborers bond home homa from tile tho united states money to assist their struggling relatives relative in whose pockets does it ultimately chink in the landlords 11 ads jn in a year like tile present when providence pro idonie las has visited tho the country with a potato blight it should be a lending leading principle that no rent should bo levied in tho poorer portions of tho the island what more mora absurd than tor for a a family I 1 to 0 civo iva its all to the landlord and then to fall back bae k on oil the poor law union or on private charity tor for sustenance the clerk to tho the swin swinford ford union conne marit inara states stales that within the past decade ho he has hag doled do led out upwards 0 of limit halt a million milho dollars ollars collars i in ili charity whilo while ho he estimates the sumo same period a million lon dollars has been paid in rent to tho the landlords ot of tho the district so that it would seoul seem that what people pay in ili charity to those elioso destitute people linds its way into tile the pockets ot the soll owners byron wrote 11 man marks tho the earth with WILL ruin ills his control stops at tile tho shore although the ilia first portion 0 of the sentence tiny may bo be predicated of tho the irish landlords tho the second part duos does riot not apply for their control con trolls Is not bounded by tho the shore here those ol of them who have property along the lit littoral ol of mayo alay 0 sligo galway donegal etc make a special charge to those tenants who collect seaweed to bo be mado made into kelp it is bad enough to rac krent a barren anil and unyielding soil but it la 19 worse to claim a proprietary right to tho the weed that is waved on to tho elie rocks or tho the shore Without the inauguration of 0 public works in these destitute districts the gaunt figuro figure 0 of starvation will stalk through tile the land ere the winter dr Is oer at a ine meeting eting of tile the bishop and clergy ot of the diocese ol of gilway galway G yesterday the government was warned ot of the certain aud atilt near approach of widespread distress among the ho small farmers and laborers a of that diocese entailed say ay their reverence reverences reveren ces by the that failure of the elie potato crop rop which jistell unhappily the tha mainstay ol of their daily sustenance all t lie year roil fill and yet notwithstanding those warnings those responsible for tile government of ireland have taken no steps to pro provide ide employment lor for otiose LOT IS 13 during the coming coining winter sir mr balfour is di sporting hl insell in tile the golf fields of scotland with a mark indifference to the serious state of tho tha country which ho he has been appointed to govern ills noble uncle salisbury allsbury i la IS quailing qu ailing tile curative waters ot of some german spa and does docs not trouble lits his head about that nation whose dinha inha inhabitants aro are in his opinion only ono degree removed from tho other members of tile cabinet display a like masterly inactivity regarding irish affair a afa I 1 tit john dillon and ami william obrien nrc are however de determined ed that it their people shall not starve n and fill that the distressing and revolting scenes of 1817 8 shall not bo be repeated they into intend rid starting starling tor for tile tho united states about tho of ort october biber I 1 for j r 1 the ho purpose of appealing to th their r countrymen t r Y in tile the great amt republic for funds to help the destitute desti tulo masses maase it at home some such act action lell wl will 11 bo be necessary it if tamano is to be stemmed even though no rents were nvere paid the poorer farmers and laborea Libor cis in those districts d where the potato crop has tailed failed would not be able to maintain themselves it is a sad of affairs when the failure of one crop Is sufficient to place a grant part of a nation on the iho brink of famine Is ireland to be forever dependent on the potato will bread which every land has in abundance never become tile staple food of the and will the island told hold th the field against all competitors in the fut future ure us its it has in tile the past pasi as being the h inest uto distressful country that ever ave yet y t was seen J jisoo ING 0 |