Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1911 — Tourists In Ireland. [ARTICLE]

Tourists In Ireland.

The world is always willing to give every renaissance a chance, and we have ours now. Are we going to take it? This matter of tourist organization may seem,'at first sight, to be a small one. But our attitude towards it will be regarded, and rightly regarded as a sign of our whole attitude towards the things that the modern world of business considers most important. If we take no pains at all to preserve and garner the golden harvest which is open to us in the tourist traffic, we shall be set down as hopelessly incompentent in practical affairs. If our visitors are bored or cheated, if they are allowed to go away In ignorance of the best views, the finest scenery, if they do not find the facilities that they have a right to expect, the damning rumor will spread abroad that Ireland is “pretty, of course, but so dirty and uncomfortable/* Not only will our tourist stream dry up, but every Irish product, from lace to butter, will have to fight against that vague, intangible prejudice against Irish goods and Irish methods as being dirty and unbusinesslike.—Weekly Irish Times.