What's the Matter with Ireland? by Ruth Russell
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the north and the south are unanimous that English exploitation is what's
the matter with Ireland. [Footnote 1: Census of 1911.] [Footnote 2: England passed an order in 1919 regulating the wages of sweated women workers so that the minimum wage of a girl 18 working a 48-hour week amounts to $6.72. But the order concludes: "_This order shall have effect in all districts of Great Britain but not in Ireland_." (Ministry of Labor. Statutory Rules and Orders. 1919. No. 357.)] [Footnote 3: "Report Chief Medical Inspector, Belfast, 1909."] [Footnote 4: _Belfast Telegraph_, May 15, 1919.] [Footnote 5: _Northern Whig_, Belfast, May 17, 1919.] [Footnote 6: _Ibid_.] [Footnote 7: _Belfast Telegraph_, May 15, 1919.] |
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