Irelands Fight for Freedon Setting Forth the High Lights of Irish History
Irelands Fight for Freedon Setting Forth the High Lights of Irish History
George Creel
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In a document ad- dressed to English readers, Mr. Chamberlain carefully explained that ''Ireland buys thirty- two million pounds' worth of British finished products a year, " and Home Rule, ''by inter- fering with or destroying this great volume of trade, would bring bankruptcy and disaster to many British firms and their workmen. " What Mr. Chamberlain meant, as a matter of course, was that Ireland, under self-govern- ment, might possibly desire to build up her own manufactures and cease to be... dependent upon England. It may well be asked at this point why Ire- land has to wait on Home Rule for the de- velopment of her resources. The answer is very simple. British capital controls the banks of Ireland, and, while concessions are made to Belfast, the rest of Ireland asks in vain for loans for helpful co-operation. A special government commission, reporting in 1910 on these matters, found that the Irish railroads were controlled entirely in the interests of British companies as to facilities and rates, special privileges being given to British goods and special prohibitions being 144 THE "ULSTER PROBLEM" leveled against Irish goods.
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