Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-03-24

eas Western vsrH. will dearly kins o.
What may b dous 5y p~ssSsrss~. ,anl
saas nsst b asue - give "a Washiastsu
. rank a1onG thsgrsassss sitisa IL ~
earth. Ths sssaing sass;6sssss y sah-
ai.ted %. nay bsjsssly es~paesa - tas
osst q he suss,sfal asyssr. 9 ia -,
sunis;on Of the fasssaaas hsssR. so.aI,
The sane sasriaess. IL isdssa thsy vsrs
-. must slso b msds by ~ peslas .ef
scash-vestsva Maryland. foe ho1svsg ..
eessary tae Sssthsrn Maryiuna Rilu@aa
may - - WAshiassoa city. = b slili
moro 20 to the region Of fsossssv thrv1sh
which L 10 sxpss.ei 10 paas. nisssns
times said thss this part AZ Msrylasl
needs no railroads, tAak "a eosnary i
narrow sheoexh its salire sleaeth, viii
dns aavigAklA riyers. 81 oauguatoab
landays on either side. aad sonsssr
queuly has easy communication BY sa;l
vessels and steamers With Baltimore aa4
Washington thn travel and trsns.
portatio1 aro cheaper BY these means
than BY rail. and consequently II the
S,usheru Maryland R.ilroad should b
put into op ration. it would fail to sscars
the bushes Of the country. aud woul al
timatcly be abandoaed. *
All this seems very plau uible. The
premises are unden;ablc and she inesrsnee
appears to be inevitable however. ,
These conveniences anA shipping ss;l.
tiles have existed ever .ines she 6rst 90.
lonial settlement in Mar, laad vas msd.,
and vet the eountry so highly favored,
seems to profit nothing BY ID" sup'oy-
msnt Of them It may Be safely as.srs-
ed that southwestern Maryland 10 oor-
er in exports and shipping Interest than
it vas 100 years ago.
Allusiou has already been made 10 the
common roads Of this peninsula. The
loss Of tim. aud labor in travelling oysr
them, double at least. il net qaadrupls
the real distance.
By the use Of these roads suly osn ~
enjoy our shipping fasilitiss. sud four
times 1t least must the journey bs ssss
mittsd 70 before our Commercial busissss
is accomplished. The shipper BY wagon
or BY rail returns with the return freight
but We 60 frat loaded TO tho most convc-
nient landing and return empty, whe.
the crop is disposed Of we again 70 emp,
ty, and return with the articles in w.,ioh.
the proceeds OF sales have been invss.sd,-
aud in addition to the travel We muse
needs submit to tw, treights, commission.
and several incidental expenses, and oo-
casionally to imposition also. It Is tru,,,
the producers time at home il worth Tho,
services Of the agents and incidental
charges but not 20 il the shipment could
take place in winter, when his time is
nearly valuslcss.
Such are the conveniences, the draw
backs to which our inland producers are
yearly. if not oftener, subj ,cted. and with
the exception of few who live immcdi-
ately adjacent to the landing. the ripari-
IN farmer fares but little better.
The steamer has virtually banished thu
skipper. rs q freight carrier, from our
waters. The steamboat landing are gem
orally from Eve to ten miles apart. and
tho riparian who lives at an iutermed edia.e
point, must either take his produce TO-
his m ost convenient wharf in small boats. +,
at the risk Of the weather. or wagon il,
around to the heads Of the inter veniueE
creeks aud inlets, over the worst roads
generally in the country. .-.s ~
1t must DO borne 10 mind. in the mcan.
time. that the Chesapeake Bay affords 10
shipping facilities even 70 the riparian
farmers. The extensive hats render tho >
building Of wharves very expensive. sud
when built. the boats can very rarely
make fast 20 them. while the rough wealth
er aud the worm (sreao naualis) very
soon DESTROY them. These are not nero
aggravations Of triaing difficulties. On
the contrary, it is on account Of long
usage alone that these hiudrauccs snd
drawbacks upon industry and labor are
not properly appreciated. An inland
farmer in this peninsula never prospers
or grows rich. save by the most rigid
economy. Every Inconvenience to which
We as community are ,utjected-sa tho
principal drawbacks upon labor and ia
dustry that our citizsus submit to-all
point to one and the same cause, saA an
require one and the same remedy. We
could have good common roads il We had
four.foid population Of producing cisi-
gems. and our taxes would be reduced ia
proportion - the numbcr aud ability d
the taxpayers. The land6older viii pey
taxes on unproducsive land no longer
than he can ind trusty tenants 70 euli-
vatc it. or purchasers to boy Il. With
a quadruple population We would havcs
our mechanic a&d manufacturer of every
kind amongst ~. We would then havs
. market at home. and coa'd ssaussss
much of commercial business without the
expense Of double freight AMI the iutse-
ventiou Of agents and frighsfal liss %
incidental charges. Our own seig6bosv'
would have our carrying trsds, asd ~
would have sensible and tPusty sabessrs,
guided apd controlled By their owo istst.
est aad judgment. ''- 7@s
In this state of affairs. real property ),
for agricultural Purposes. canno, b.
greatly in demasd Spectators may in
vest at low figures, but these add. noth-
ing to the prosperity Of any coanry Ia
whichever way We direc, our observation.
the same necessity for deuce population
Of producing people preseass itsclf. and
i, ooly remains 70 inquire bow this oeees-
sisy IS to be met. Emigration ts ia
uew States and Territories has b .e,, thin