22 ERRONEOUS VIEWS OF THE 



interest, which, upon a small farm of the size 

 formerly specified, may be estimated at from 

 12s. to 15*. per acre, being equivalent to an 

 advance upon his wages of about twopence per 

 day, leaving out of consideration the fact, that 

 if his money had been differently invested, as 

 in the purchase of manures, it might have 

 returned him from ten to twenty times the 

 rate of interest above calculated. But even 

 taking this view of the question, in those 

 districts of Ireland where the labouring man 

 receives sixpence per day., it would only advance 

 his wages to eightpence, or to about one-third 

 of the wages of an Englishmen ! Is this "justice 

 to Ireland?" If it is so, it must be in the Irish 

 degree of comparison ; which, to say the least of 

 it, is " rolling Peter to pay Paul" taking the 

 interest of the poor man's money out of his own 

 pocket to advance his wages. 



In the latter case, the incoming tenant, or 

 son who succeeds his father, advances to the 

 outgoing tenant the purchase price of the 

 tenant-right, or accounts with his brothers 

 and sisters for the same, which, upon a farm of 

 five acres at 12Z. per acre would be 60Z., to save 

 his landlord the bother: and in many cases which 



