Show IRISH statistics the et st ruggle in ireland still daimi claims a large share of attention from the civilized world ireland its itself effis ie b but at a mall small country it ie is not much over one third as large as utah yet it seems larger from the fact that it contains a distinct dit race of people in fact has been a distinct dil cation nation of itself in order to get a still better idea idia of ireland irelands area tb the san francisco call 11 it pay be stated that while the area of england and walea wales ia is 58 3 square mile scotland and ireland or a total of square mile miles for the united kingdom the area of california land surface alone ie is square miles while in eluding the area of its lake rivers rivera etc it is ire land is i busl jus about two thousand square 4 ailee smaller than the ff W av inele state of indiana which has aw on area of mile miles abow having the idea of well fixed it may be stated that the latest estimate of the population of Ir ireland elandis is about indiana contained in 1880 and even the state of new york the most lou lous in the union contained in that year but and yet new york baa has an area of square miles frota from the above it must be ap dar parent diat that ireland is a small ciuni try tty and ana that int into othis thia limited area ia is packed a very large population now the to total al land and water area of ireland in acres is about and nd out of this must come bog and manh marth and barren mountain lands water roads fences etc covering about acre acres leav but about acres acre for agricultural purposes fee but as a il matter oaka of act but acres were under cultivation in 1886 aud this i included acl 1 01 ed meadow and clover g ground TO aud to support the population of ireland eve every ry one of f the acres should be under tion indiana with but population litti f 0 n in 1880 had acres of imp improved oved land in this small sma ill p lere 1 l cultivated lands lands in ireland iii u ho no doubt to be found I 1 the of oi the 60 high and ibi tive re rents ats exacted by ibe the ideh land 10 gordol ids the tenants cannot raise large enough croad to both pay rent and s support up s pori T their families so over acres eliat should be pro dicing crops are lying idle in grass gram the amount of tallow i t ia lande adv and of woods and d plantations is is but 3 ag acre acres the ibe people are euf isuf ferio as gand and all becane ot of high rente rents 1 tin flecks seeks to lark for others with a view yiew of earning donough nough to keep hie his family and eventually t to jacqui acquire re alitt a lp form whereon beainy be nifty find somer some degrie ent leoce it is well nigh im im because bages are so low consul pi piatt A tt at it cork Queens queenstown town report reports to the state department rents and wages paid in ireland the average rent paid per acre f fr or good land is 6 08 for fr pasture ar or dairy farming those are relatively relative I 1 y very high figure figures would be consi considered derid al algoet most prohibitive in thie this country mr piatt the landlord otel doni erect erects or re repaire paires the farmhouse etc and seldom expend expends any nay money upon improvement improvements this makes rents still h higher her for grain harvesting men are paid from GO 60 cent cents to 07 97 centa cents per day and ana women 60 cent cents in woolen fic factories first class foremen receive from front 9 73 to 14 per week employees emp loye loyes of the second class clus from 3 08 to 68 8 5 girls and 1 boys 85 S cent women irom 82 48 to 2 92 and dad young men from sa 4 1 87 to 30 G 08 the average overage waged paid mill hande hands is estimated at per week journeymen journe shoemakers get about per day flay cattera nail makers 33 per week skilled putters potters 4 per week and so on through a lou gongli glist et the connul says irelands industries are arb not growing and many of them are fast disappearing and it is no wonder when the amount of wages paid is considered putting all sentiment aside anti ani looking at no argument eave save what Is is con contained bained in the above figurea figures it becomes evident that with its large population ireland wants lower rent rents for land so that the land laud can be e mad asade 10 e to support its population strip the case of ireland of all its verbiage that politicians weave around it and it will be apparent that these two things wo would aid be the factors which would produce those results which are necessary nece esary to make if its people contented and prosperous |