Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-03-20 | Page 24 | Rate Collectors in Ireland Human Ropes in Tug

RATE COLLECTORS IN , IRELAND HUMAN ROPESJNTUG Shooting Policemen Regard ed at Poor Way to Cain Recognition lAtXtMtX. March 1 Tha ambittarad. Irragular war thli h la Botpj en In Iralan4 la 4ramalii, ovelllna. acra-alonally acra-alonally plriuraaqua, and afforda fi-rallanl fi-rallanl fnattar for nawapapr rorr. ponrfanta. Hul It la not tha moat Important Im-portant part of the airuvKla bla-aa lha rrown and lha Minn Tain parly. Tha moat aanrulna Nailonaliat ran ararraly r p-l lo ratahliah an rth rapubllr by ahnntlnc poiu-amm Nor doaa It aam lilv ihat ih auprrmn-ry auprrmn-ry of tha imperial parliament wilt b aarnrad by arrrat ina blnn Kaln-ra or burn in a; hotiaa Tha rai nuaat ion la not whirh aida can maka thlnaa mat unplraaant (r Ma opponanta. but which of tha two aovarnmanta claim-In claim-In anthoiiiir la Iraland ran obtain poaaanatnn of tha public puraa. Tha moat Important thins la tha arua;ala for tha control of lo-l taa-tmn taa-tmn batwaaa cart am abla man In tha of f iro of t ha local a;ovarnmaM board and a handful of aaluta politician, tha raal Minn t'aiaara. who ara probably quit a wall aw.ra of lha futility of hoot In and balng ahnt. Tha atruaa a la aimoal ailant. bitharta bloodlaaa. and tharafura wry I it t la aotlcl b tha prraa HOW 1TIKKS ftTtftn. Tha Irtah republic cannot, 'at Praa-ant, Praa-ant, hnp tn tap lha aourcaa of lha Imparlal rayanua t'uatoma al airiaa j ara out of ranch, and amr tha ma- e - - - - - ha holda aa valid. Nobody wanta In bo mada to pay a necond tima merely berauae ha baa had tha Ill-lurk to I bark lha loaer with hia flrat clinch. I Heaven kmwa we have nil paid more thanenninrh when we have paid unrr. portly of Inromn lapayra ara iuna-warm iuna-warm In their aympathy wnk Hina IV i a nothing can bo dnna with lham Tha poaltlna of lha onliaary rilin whose rhlef wlah la lhat both a id -a would atop ahooting ia apt to ba determined de-termined by lha tat eiiator The ordinary ritlaan doaa awl waat ta hand over hia money lo and ha la likely to retognlaa aa fairly labliahad tha government which auc-caeda auc-caeda In making htm wrlia hia check. I After a conatderablo amount of pre I llminary )ockaytag for poaitioa lha atruggla between tha Imparlal local government board and lha local goy-ernmeat goy-ernmeat board of lha Iriah republic oeema lo Jiava aettled d'wa Into a tjfabr twlth 4 he- tnfoaa4 a4 cnllactora pCaytng lha part of lha ropa. Theaa poor men ara threatened by both aidea "If you don't do aa we tail you. aaya tha Imperial loral government board, "you'll be dlemiaaen. and' There ara unpleaaant poa-ihlHl lea for men who have given auhatantlal a-curlttaa a-curlttaa for their good bahavlor. "If vou don't do aa wa I all you." aava lha republican local government r-nard, "you'll bo dl-miia-ed. and " Wall, anemi'a of tha Inah republic have bean aevnrely dealt with before now. And lha republican local government, gov-ernment, board claims to hava "dia-miaaed' "dia-miaaed' rival; ao that lt threat cornea with all tha greater force. I 4 t WHAT!" laOT. I The rata collertora. alaerlng a rau-I rau-I tloua ro ura, tried the aiperlment of putting the monev they gathered Into private banking account, tn ther own namea. Intending no doubt to hand over tha whole aum to tha nominees of lha winning government, whenever tha winner la ftnalyl declared. Hut 1 ha Wail r.lreann local government board waa not Inclined tn wait. Certain Cer-tain aoldlera of tha republic raided tha hoiiaea of aorna rata col tact ora and forced the unfortunate men to write rhecka for tha full amount of their Collectlona. It la rae-y ta aaa that tha lot of tha Irtah rata collector ta not a happy one. Hut lha ratepayer la not wholly comfortable com-fortable either. Ha paya whan he run at and hupea fnr tha beat, i I'erhapa the government which wlna 1 In the end will rerngnlaa tha receipt