. Against home rule . ustries, is another essentialstep. In view of Irelands undeveloped industrial conditionthe giving of bounties to the establishment in Ireland ofnew industries, such as the silk industry, would be athoroughly justifiable extension of the Unionist policycarried out through the Congested Districts Board and theDepartment of Agriculture. The diversion to Ireland of alarger part of the general national and Imperial expendi-ture, whether by the establishment of a naval base, or thegiving out of battleship contracts, or even only of contractsfor Army uniforms, would also be of a


. Against home rule . ustries, is another essentialstep. In view of Irelands undeveloped industrial conditionthe giving of bounties to the establishment in Ireland ofnew industries, such as the silk industry, would be athoroughly justifiable extension of the Unionist policycarried out through the Congested Districts Board and theDepartment of Agriculture. The diversion to Ireland of alarger part of the general national and Imperial expendi-ture, whether by the establishment of a naval base, or thegiving out of battleship contracts, or even only of contractsfor Army uniforms, would also be of appreciable assistanceto Ireland and to the Union. Ireland suffers to-day econo-mically and politically, from the legacy of political separationin the eighteenth century, and of economic disunion in thenineteenth. It is the business of Unionists not only to main-tain the legal framework of the Union, but to give it a vitalityand fulness of content which it has never possessed.* Colonel Seely at Kewry, December 9, Elliott & Fry, Ltd.


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