THE DISTRESSFUL COUNTRY
WHY IRELAND AG-RIOUL'iTRISTS ARM POOR. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 31, 5.5 p.m. ILoudon, May 30. The rcpojtt lof a Coonouittoc of the Department of Agriculture on technical education in Ireland, state* that the mortgage indebtedness of the Irish land is probably increasing by >two millions annually. The money-lender* have greatly increased, whilst the go-between man h«,s almost disappeared, hut injurious amounts of long credit with stops are found, in various districts, much of it for feeding stuffs which the farmer csMd himsitf grow. The savings of the rural classes", amounting to many millions, me withdrawn from productive use locally, and transferred for investment in London. The report adds tluut assistance U> the economic progress of rural livlnnJl is possible if only part of this money were available for tending (to amalll fanners.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 1 June 1914, Page 4
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137THE DISTRESSFUL COUNTRY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 1 June 1914, Page 4
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