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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 4 March 1887, Page 11

The cold in Rome is reported to be more intense than it has been for years, but in spite of this, and a slight rheumatic attack in the shoulder, the Holy Father takes his daily walks in the gardens of the VaticaD. His Holiness continnes to be busily occupied with German negotiations. — "Weekly Register. The question of Irish crops and prices is attracting wide attention in England. The Pall Mall Gazette, in dealing with this subject, declares that whole crops are sold in open market at prices ruling from 20 to 50 per cent, reduction. The responsibility for this falling off in the receipts of the farmers is laid at the door of American competition. The ranchmen and agriculturists of tbe far West are pouring into the English market ever-increasing supplies of farming products, for which England has been for years Ireland's best customer. The natural result is a constant decrease in the demand for Irish products, and a corresponding fall in prices in Ireland. The competition that is eating the life out of tbe Irish agricultural industry it is shown is also steadily lowering the value of Irish farming l*nd.