Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-12

stantial wealth. has been field for unlicensed% %
ue paying no tax whatever to Roaming
right OF property in the State of Maryland Not sat
ished with the freedom of its requented resorts
they nave penetrated into its coveS and esfnaTies
ana IN many instances appropriated without ratnrn
tne labor OF our citizens. The products of tbis
staples Of wheat and tobacco belong to the ndividna
owners of the land on which they are produced Nor
are they less valuable as legitimate sources of rave
nue. to the State Treasury The Act passed St tbo
last session of the General Assembly has, thus far
SnHee a IN no practical benefit in correcting the
ABUSES 10 Whlch we have been exposed. Our citizens
nave been subjected to tribute while no adennate
% %Sneck mas been imposed upon strangers living and
dong business beyond our limits. "''
Ihe oyster trade has now increased to immense
proportions 1t is much to be regretted that no re.
liable data, accessible to me ut this time furnish o
proximate estimate of its extended ramiGcatioTnia
ana re5ult3 Its value to the State of Maryland NAV
ing houses engaged in this business in the cy of P
tlu'ore IL Is alr to assume that eight-tenhs of be
oysters taken from the Chesapeake Bay find nnrt nt
mother States, and not one-tbrd of this nm hee
trade makes any return to the public treasury The
snna ae amount OF revenue derived from this source
SINCE the passage OF the law will not exceed S6 000
| "A prompt MODIFICATION of the existing Act is i'm
RerauVely called for, not only a measure of JUS
tle 10 the State treasury but to our own citizens
VINO are placed at disadvantage in competition with
thoSe who intrude themselves, without license or
immediate arnointn.eBt Of an officer whose dutv il
iI Iinan be exercise vigant supervision over this
reycnne a oaay increasing trade with the control of
poyed under his direction, whenever it may be re-
| quneil' % examine the permits OF all vessels en-
| saged IN the oyster trade within the jurisdic-
| tioG of the State of Maryland, and the impo
tion OF the heaviest penalties upon all persons vio-
| !atng tho laws OF the State. would suggest also
mat any expense growing out of the proposed change
d oe provided BY tax ~ on the trade and from fines
| OF such law as the Legislature may enact
| ENCOURAGEMENT TO IMMIGRATION
me me liberal encouragement of our agricultural in
tSSfesis IN view OF the nconTenence resulting from
self to your special attention. The majority of our
teopie 1--we by the pursuits of agriculture and these
nave depended for development heretofore upon
slave labor he prompt emancipation of the negro
race and withdrawal of large class of this ropu-
latlon, to do duty IN another sphere render it i'm
portant that some ACTION should be taken to avert the
consequences attending this change already seriously
adopted in some of the States to supply the wants Of
the people, by the introduction Of emigrant labor
| rection more than our own bill looking 70 tbis
OBJECT failed to meet your sanction at the last session
OF your honorable body. 1t has seemed to me- that
the only eie tive mode of inviting emgrants to onr
State will be to satisfy them of its facilities for the
Prohtabie employment of almost every species of
lao0r. Immigrant agencies accomplish little
without the controlling argument, based upon the
advantages OF climate soil and position; and surely
yincnS inSmceIoes Th ~, can b@gienU @ ihe same con,
by cheap and productive lands while the dayaborer
VIII expect healthy climate, steady employment
anu 1alr wages. a system OF expensive agencies
would, In my judgment be less effective in accom-
nIishing what we have in lew, than well organized
pan Tor bringing to the notice of emigrants from for
egn countries landing upon our Shores authentic and
reliable statistics upon all points OF enquiry con-
nected with their various objects and pur-
suits. Such information, bearing an official
stamp, and distributed by recognized officer Of
the State. would powerful influence in giving
direction to the stream of population looking to this
country for permanent home. Connected with such
apian, would be the duty of keeping always open to
inspection reliable schedule of all property in the
state IN the market for sale wiFh the prices annexed
and all demands for labor whether for agricultural or
other purposes. Such Bureau organized as it might
be, with Office in Baltimore while would involve
no large expenditure, could not fail to hc attended
i1a.a and
highly advantageous the agricultural manufactur-
ing and mining interests of the State.
aopE@ppIhIS' pIhIiS' % upon proper basis the present
new Constitution, measure wholly indispensable to
renief i eiiectiye II would os advisable to blend
with 1t the general supervision of the plan of the I'm
migrant Agency proposed to be created with a view
to efficiency and economy in both departments. This
Board is now composed of the Governor, Comptroller
and Treasure; and is charged with duties of the |
heaviest responsibility. The establishment of an Of
tce in Batimore-the cOnyerging point of our net |
work of railways, well as the recognized com |
mercial centre of our State-with the proposed |
nent secretary, and the custodian of its charts |
and papers-ready at all times to impart reli-
able Information IN regard to the affairs of the State
while it would place under proper organization
the existing Board of Public Works would ACCOM-
plish al the same timo the objective had in view con-
nected with the settlement OF our lands and the in
PRODUCTION OF capital from abroad. Maryland stands
greatly in need OF both of capital occupy her
also farther and larger development of her great
manufacturing facilities. Without an effort on the
before
wants will be adequately supplied. While other |
States pressing forward Maryland must not lag
behind and it cannot be doubted that the result Of
her great future may be has!ened by timely and vgor
Gus legislation would invite the earnest attention of
the General Assembly to tEis important subject and
urge, IN view OF the large influx of foreign emgrants
likely to arrive shores in thenex few years
and atadyantage ofsecurng fi- to
State that the your earnest aen-
ton ii Will be perceived that the plan suggested in
wolves more than the DeceSSary organization ofthe
Board of Public Works as provided for in Tie Con-
on yyli
tended to embody, may be dispensed with wheue{er
the 03ects to be accomplished have been So lar sue
ceSstul as 70 render further effort In this direction no
longer lndspens BILE. Any expense attending the
establishment of this Board should be made to fa
rateable upon the receipts into the Treasury 6f al
the Internal Improvement Companies 6oding cha %
.urs from the State,
HARBoA OF BALTIMoRE-sHIP CHAYNEL-OcEAN
r, STEAMERS.
me transition through which We now passing |
ana me important geographical position of our State
as established BY the and statistics of the last
f0ur years. both in the relation in which stand
the seat of the Federal Government, as well as our
sister States suggest the necessity for increased ert
IN the new career upon which we entering. The
heretofore Claimed to be the first. in the facilities
which She offers Of commercial interchange with the
of the West and certainly stands no disadvantage
in the Characteristics of climate, soil, minerals in
cIudlng coal and IRON water power, and convenient
egreSS to the more distant markets of our own and
other countries. More than ten years ago, while in
took occasion to remark, in address to the peo
pie of Baltimore, while illustrating the effect of the
system of railroads. then being projected that the
geographical position of Baltimore, aided BY her
cheap tonnage communication with the West must |
demonstrate that both New York and Boston will
seek. as measure of economy, to form their combi
nations through her, as the most advantageous by
which to supply the wants of the West and the
none of their practical weight. On the contrary they
have steadily grown in Importance 1t was no part
may have had in connecting the waters of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, to treat your labors ended with
the completion of that stupendous line of neicom-
munlcation. To secure to the City of Baltimore |
your chet commercial centre-the benefits of an orr
place OF transit was the broader view which seemed
to demand attention. In furtherance of this object
it became my duty as the head of the Municipal Gov
subsequent period with Board of intelligent and |
practical gentlemen, in an effort to deepen the ap-
proach to harbor by the construction of shin |
channel of sufficient capacity for the passage of yes
sells the heaviest burthen. This was measurably |
accomplished during my administration and as an |
nd pensabe adjunct to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, and practical extension of that great line in
kets, could hardly have been viewed with too much
interest by the people ofthe State. |
In January, 1852, the subject brought for the
the City of Baltimore, and through their efforts main
y resulted IN an appropriation of 10000 the part
OF the city. The Legislature also granted return to
the city of auction duties, amounting to about S6-
WW per annum, and Congress appropriated $40 600 in
the Klyer and Har6oT Bill of that year. These
demonstrated the practicabiy of deepening the Pa
tapsco river TO any required extent, with the assu-
rance OF peTmanency, when so improved CONNER
claly the est and Northwest have the deepest in
terest in the extension of great line of improve
3nt, and, in the National point of view it NAV be
assumed that from the Tortugas to the Bay of Fundy
with perhaps single exception the Chesapeake Bay
offers the most tempting point for theinvestment and
anchorage Of an invading squadron. |
The channel thus constructed was soon found in |
adequate to the present prospective requirements
OF great market As a commencement however
OF one of the most useful improvements heretofore
projected it has before hinted deyeloped results
OF the greatest practical value to the city of Bati
more and indirectly to the whole State 1t is ascer-
tanned, by accurate soundings under the direction
of experienced and reliable engineers made during
my connection with the work, that the concurrence
OF natural causes so far has been to enlarge rather
than obstruct the capacity of this artificial channel
thus showing the permanent character of what has
been done and encouraging renewed efforts toward
the prompt accomplishment of what still remains to
make the work complete.
The value of the harbor of Baltimore in a national
point of view, has been fully established by the re-
suits of this rebellion depot for naval stores was
found indispensable in n locality contiguous to the
seat OF Government, at very early stage of the |
war; and the large transactions centeripg here in
commssary supplies for the general service demon
strated Its claims as commanding point of supply
and distribution. Looking to the great mineral re-
glon OF Allegany couny-its inexhaustbIe deposits
OF the best Goals for manufacturing and naval pur-
poses and the facility and cheapness with which
their transfer to the seaboard may be effected it is
matter of surprise that it has not long since at
tracted the notice of the Dublin NJ