Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-01 | Page 7 | Oppose Subsidies to Irish Farmers

OPPOSE SUBSIDIES I TO IRISH FARMERS J j I DUBLIN July The 1 1 The The commis commis- commission don sion of ot Inquiry Into Irish agriculture agriculture agriculture ture In Its final report finds a 8 serious depression In farming The farmer the report declares receives re- re reI re receives I for tor his produce 40 per J er cent higher than before thear the war ar but buthis buthis his cost of living JIving has riven by SO 80 SOper SOper per cent and his trade expenses In some case cases by 0 over oser er per cent InI I Education and organization are the two t 0 chief remedies q suggested I by the commission and th the state Is 1 urged to de devote ote considerable sums to these purposes The com com- commission commission I mission Is opposed to subsidies or bounties which In an agrIcultural I country would they say simply mean transferring the money from one 1 pocket of the farmer to theother the theother Iother other Reduction of railway freights and development of water transport go are recommended 00 I I I