UNITED IRELAND DESIRED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19248, 30 July 1932, Page 17

UNITED IRELAND DESIRED

REPUBLICAN AIMS OF, MR DE VALERA ■v “ HOPES IMPOSSIBLE OP ACHIEVEMENT ” United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 29, 5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA. July 28. Lord Hailsham, in an interview with an Ottawa journal, denied that Mr Bennett had offered to mediate between the Free State and Britain. “What’s the use,” he said, “of mediating with a man like Mr de Valera, who told me he wants a Republic, with Ulster included. Ulster does not want to enter; therefore Mr de Valera’s hope is impossible of achievement. Mr de Valera is really fighting his shadow..” MR DE VALERA’S CHALLENGE. VIOLENT ATTACK ON BRITAIN. United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph— Copyright (Received July 30, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON. July 29. Addressing ten thousand electors at College Green. Mr de Valera, in opening his countrywide campaign, said: “It has been the policy of British statesmen for generations to reduce Ireland to a cattle ranch, to provide | cheap food, and a dumping ground for British manufactures. The imposition of panic tariffs clearly demonstrated the situation which must be met by cool and calm courage, not panic action. If the farmers failed to pay the annuities to the State, a host of evils, heavily burdening them would follow, because the State's credit for the benefit of the individual, could not be resorted to. Britain wanted to press this fight; therefore, it would be the height of foolishness if Ireland thought any goodwill on her part could prevent it.” IRISH EXPORTS TO BRITAIN. GRAVE OUTLOOF FOR FARMERS Whatever may be the outcome of the tariff war between the Irish Free State and Great Britain, the immediate outlook for the Irish farmer is fraught with disastrous possibilities. The Free State's principal exports to Britain are very largely farm products. In 1930. the total exports were valued at £44,567.464, of which Britain took over £36,400,000 worth. The following were the Free State’s exports to Britain during 1931:

ii/gg:?. nuuuiciw . . . -i.u iu.au i It is difficult to see where Ireland is to find any outlet for any of the products set out in the table, and, without the returns from their sale, how she can buy in any market. In view of the position that has arisen the following statement by the Dublin correspondent of the "Economist” last month is of special interest. The latest trade and shipping statistics contain a very valuable review of the external trade of the Free State from 1924 to 1931, from which several interesting features emerge, he wrote. With the single exception of Russia, the trade of the Free State declined less in 1929-31 than that of any other country in the world, and during the whole eight years covered by the review the terms of trade moved in favour of the Free State. These results were caused by the remarkable steadiness of the price of cattle during a period of generally declining prices. The statistics suggest that the demand for cattle is far from the point of saturation, and that the stocks of many of the Free State’s chief competitors are tending to decline. The almost unlimited capacity for expansion of the British demand for Irish livestock products is demonstrated, and the value of preference for these commodities in the British market is clearly shown. At the same time the possibility of developing trade with the other parts of the British Commonwealth is seen to be very small.

Quantity. Value. Live cattle . . . . 738.967 12.048496 Sheep and lambs 561.165 1.186.106 Pigs 478.941 2.212.612 Poultry (live) head 1,054,661 185.304 Poultry (dead), cwt 109.118 618,978 Pork, cwt 382,849 1.258.521 Bacon, cwt . . . . 296.841 1,155.183 Rabbits, cwt . . . . 13,720 39,988 Butter, cwt *. . . . 381.028 2,111.433 Fish, cwt . . . . 152.034 372.074 Eggs, hundreds . . . 4.575,107 2,269.563