| Show IRELANDS WASTE LAND john redmond whose brother spoke in salt lake last week urging organization in the struggle tor Ir elands redemption demp tion writes to tom watsons magazine setting forth the possibilities of land reclamation in ireland in which ho estimates that there are acres of waste land in the emerald isle capable of being brought under cultivation by the expenditure of sa an acre anthe urges such reclamation cla by comparing the proposed outlay with the cost ot draining lako haarlem by which the dutch government reclaimed acres at a cost of 95 an acre halt a million acres of tho zuyder zee were pumped dry at a cost of 90 an acre and sold at an acre mr redmond says mr hoeltz the eminent dutch forest conservator made a special report on ireland and declared that had the forests of ireland been protected and fostered they would now represent value of in every other european country forests are regarded as a great national asset in ireland they have been ruthlessly destroyed st it has been estimated on the basis of calculation by mr howitz and various experts that thero aro acres ot land in ireland which could profitably be planted and it Is calculated that though such an operation would aneed an annual expenditure pend iture of a larso sui for years at the end of that time there would result an annual profit of about a year this operation also would be easy had ireland at her disposal for works of national utility the millions which are now wrung from her every year |
