The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1931, Page 10

“HAPPY IRISHMEN HAVE LOWER THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1981 OE aS ey i 4 Unemployment in England, creased by nine per cent. This more than counter-balanced the lower Scotland and Wales Grows; | prices which the market was fetch- |ing for Irish butter and eggs. Decreases in Ireland | Clever Tariff System |, Owing to the fact that Great Bri- London, Aug. 6.—Irishmen, proud | tain is Ireland's best customer, a very of what the Irish Free State has ac- clever method has been adopted in complished, are apt these days to say| handling the question of imposing that Ireland is the happy island com-| protective tariffs. The government pared with the troubles of England.| instituted a policy of having the ‘And what's more, they've got the tariff commission hold public exam- figures to prove it. jinations on each application for a In England the tax on ordinary in- new tariff. In December, 1930, the comes is 4 shillings and 6 pence on| government named a full-time tariff the pound sterling. In other ‘vords, commission composed of three train- about $1.12 on every five dollars. In ed civil servants. Ireland it is only 75 cents in the five) When there is a request for a new dollar bill. And the maximum super- tariff to protect some Irish indus- tax rate is 25 per cent less in Ire-/|try, the publics of Ireland and Great land than in England. | Britain are notified. All interests Unemployment Decreases jaffected are heard by the commis- In 1930 the list of unemployed in| Sion and then a decision *; made. England, Wales and Scotiand grew) It is claimed by the Irish Free and grew ominously until it had State that the new tariffs established reached the 2,000,000 mark. In other|have proved effective in reducing words, it almost doubled the figures, Unemployment and at the same time which were on the books before the have not very materially increased Labor government came into power. the general cost of living which ts Moreover, the government contribu- lower in Dublin than in London or tion to the fund has so increased that | Liverpool. And it is proudly added it is costing the country more than that in necessaries, the consumption five million dollars per week. is higher than in Great Britain. One On the other hand, in the Irish] x 2 the Irish love to quote is Free State in 1930 the number of th he per capita -onsumption of persons registered under the unem- in the Irish Free State was 38 ployment acts fell by 50 per cent/Pounds per annum, whereas it was compared with the 1922 figures. As only 16 pounds in Great Britain. On the unemployment fund has a rela-|the other hand, the Irish used only tively small debt and is rapidly ap-|three pounds of oleomargarine per proaching solvency, by contrast to per annum, whereas in Great British bankruptcy, the Irish govern- Britain the people used 13 pounds. ment has decided to reduce substan-| —— tially the contributions paid by em-| When evaporated, one ton of wa- ployers and employes under the un- ter from the Red Sea yields 187 Mamayment scheme, ‘pounds of salt; the same volume of xports Boom cor i a ‘Abas, OP Mitain’s export busi-, W#ter from the Atlantic yields only ness was badly crippled and while 8! pounds. agriculture was shot to pieces, Ire- ee land presents rosy figures. Instead, Evidence that man had reached a of Sa enrtad hahaa nein : Paget stage of mining activ- were by some millions of dollars high-|ity when mastodons trod the earth er than in any previous year. In only), i Craver countries did the 1930 ex. |225 been uncovered in South Africa. rts exceed those of 1929. They were, ore Piguitatvia, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, erieeencin ana Peon ee Rumania, Palestine, Hungary, Spain| STicken with tbat Dee every 7 year in the United States. and Algeria. j One thing which greatly helped | ¢—~~~—~——____ Stickler Solution | ¢ Ireland was that it enjoyed con-| | tinued immunity from the foot and) ,, mouth disease prevalent among the cattle in some of the neighboring countries. Cattle therefore, con-| tinued to be exported in great num- bers without restriction or embar- go. And this was tremendously im- portant for the little country, because the Irish livestock trade constitutes the biggest factor in the export busi- ness. Last year it amounted to $90,- | 000,000 and the exports of cattle ~ CHILD SHOT BY GANGSTERS HE STOP ' AT CAR. CATASTROPHE. “CATASTROPHE?” is the word hee can noes from the ere ond the fo iven in the origi 4 ken, ss hewn dive 5 . Associated Press Photo jammy Devine, 5 (shown with his mcther), was playing in front of his home in the “Little Italy” section of Harlem, New York, when heiwes taught in a fusillade of machins gun bullets fired by gangsters r feud. He was shot in the leg. One of his pi: and three others were wounded, sy Piavaatarnvae nt ieee SIDEGLANCES - - - By George Clark | A CHANCE OF A LIFE ‘TIME ~ cae ALL MY EX PAID = ‘AND 1 WOULDN'T BE GONE LONG~ 'D WRITE To YOU EVERY NIGHT— AND BESIDES ) DONT Set weer a TRAVEL ALONE=_ VM WORRIED ABOUT HIM= $O- You WANY To GO To AUSTRALIA WIN BIA WHEN NE GOES = WITHOUT ME- THIS KID SKEEZIX, CHIEF, COLLECTS MATCHES AND ALL THESE FIRES ARE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT'S MORE HE'S A FIRE FAN. HE SEEMS TO BE ON THE SCENE PRETTY { SOON AFTER THE FIRE STARTS. ISN'T FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS TLL BET ADOLLAR TOA . ] COUGHNUT THERE'S A Gypsy fh) CAMP NEAR HERE.... IF i CAN JUST KEEP HER FROM KNOWIN' THAT TM FOLLOWIN' HER J! MOM’N POP AMY: AMY” COME HERE! 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UNCLE JOHN, \NHAT ARE WE 60ING To DOP MOM. I WISH You'D ‘LET Me STAY WITH GLADYS , UNTIL You COME ONER AFTER DINNER, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HANE ICE CREAM WITH GO wre 222 WOW WHERER THE CU MO SHE oo 2 BX 7