AN GAODHAL.
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we are reminded by a communication in the Gaelic
Journal that "errors in a monthly journal cannot
be excusable as there is plenty of time for super¬
vision.
We admit that there is plenty of time for super¬
vision if the supervisor had nothing else to do and
could devote sufficient time to it.
The writer of the communication did not suggest
a means to pay for such supervision, and he
must know that no newspaper will be self-support¬
ing until it is at least one or two years in circula¬
tion. The GAEL has now in round numbers, 1,400
of a circulation, its income is, therefore, about $70
a month — the cost of composition paper and press
work. What about writing, folding, wrapping,
correspondence, and the other expenses incidental
to the production of a journal.
The GAEL was issued at $1.00 a year, it was then
too small for the price, being only eight pages, and
on that account, we reduced it to 60 cents. — The
circulation of a cheap monthly journal must be
very large to pay expenses.
When the Gael's subscription list comes up to
three thousand it can afford to appear better than
it is now. It is our intention by next year to effect
considerable improvement in it, and to raise the
price to its original figure, one Dollar.
Our readers may think that the Gael is a pecu¬
niary speculation. It is no such thing. If we
were to put any value on our time we have lost a
dollar by the Gael to the cent of our largest sub¬
scriber, and were it not that the nature of our pri¬
vate business enables us to devote a considerable
portion of our time to it, it would never have an
existence. So that those who think well of the pre¬
servation of the Irish Language should give the
Gael a generous support, for its circulation must
depend on external aid. We do all we can to
circulate it, which fact can be testified to by the
thousands who have received gratuitous copies of
it throughout the states for the last sixteen months.
Some may have with-held their support from
the GAEL up to this not knowing what its merits
or demerits were. This excuse can exist
no longer, for it has been endorsed — and that in
the most positive and substantial manner — by the
highest living authority in Gaelic matter, the Very
Rev. Canon Bourke.
If the proper spirit were abroad the GAEL's cir¬
culation would be 14,000 instead of 1,400.
We hope Canon Bourke's endorsement of it will
have this effect, and we promise that it shall be
conducted in the interest of a regenerated nation,
in the fullest sense of the expression, as far as we
know how.
A "CONVENTION" IN THE IN¬
terest of the Irish Language
Suggested.
EDITOR GAEL.
At a recent meeting the Philo-Celtic
Society of Boston, Mass., the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, We, the members of the
Philo-Celtic Society of Boston, deem it
advisable to suggest a Union of all so¬
cieties in this country, instituted for the
cultivation of the Irish Language, for
purpose of carrying into effect the ob¬
jects for which they were instituted:
Resolved, that we suggest a "Conven¬
tion" of delegates from all existing so¬
cieties or classes in the country estab¬
lished for the study of the Irish Langu¬
age as well as individuals interested in
the movement; from localities, where
no such society or class exists, in order
to discuss ways and means whereby
the movement could be advanced, and
to effect a UNION for the better further¬
ance thereof.
Resolved, that we suggest to all those
interested to agitate the matter in the
Press, in course of which agitation, "a
time and place" for holding the "Con¬
vention," may be decidad upon :
Resolved, that a copy of these resolut¬
ions be sent to the GAODHAL, IRISH-
AMERICAN, CELTIC MAGAZINE, and UNI¬
TED IRISHMAN, publications in whose col¬
umns Irish matter generally appears,
also, to other papers favorable to the
movement.
JOHN P. LANE Prest., J. E. BARRETT
1st. Vice Prest, BRIDGET A DOWNING
2nd. Vice Prest., John Hearn Record¬
ing Secy., P. J. O'Daly Cor. Secy., P.
M. Doran Fin. Secy, P. J. Sullivan
Treasurer
[We are pleased to see our Boston
friends renewing their exertions in be¬
half of Mother Tongue. Boston is pecu¬
liarly fitted to lead in suggesting the
holding of a convention of those taking
an interest in the cultivation of the
Language, as it is the oldest society.
We hope the matter will be warmly
taken up, and that results may follow
which will place the language of Erin
in its rightful position among the peo¬
ple. We shall do all in our power to for¬
ward it. — Ed. AN GAODHAL.)
