Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-01-05

concentrated in the single State Of Texas.
her population would not be as dense as
is now that of Massachusetts, where they
''have still room for more" With such
an immense unoccupied territory inviting
settlers and actively contending for popu-
lation. it is hardly reasonable to suppose
that we Of Maryland and Virginia shall be
able to command very large immigra-
tion. Some Of our friends are yet hope
| full. and attribute our failure to the want
of regular paid State organization. We
have no money to spare for any doubtful
experiment. and the success of the Mary
land paid Board of Immigration is not be-
lieved to have been such as to justify US
in following her example.
CAPITAL is quite as necessary as labor.
for without it neither land nor labor can
be made productive. How is this to be
procured? Capital. we are told by polit-
ical economists. is the result Of the savings
| of former years. and can only be acquired
| by industry aud economy We were told
it was superabundant in the North. and
free trade in money would bring it to Us
cheap. How delusive the promise! Many
of our most industrious and responsible
farmers have been constrained habitually
to borrow at to q per cent. month to
pay their laborers. or stop operations "a
rate Of interest ruinous to any legitimate
business. and especially to agriculture,
the profits of which are never speculative
or large.
This ever-recurring question, sWhat
shall we do p has yet received no salts
factory answer. Many of our jealous
farmers have suggested various expedients
to mitigate. if not to cure. our ills. Some
of them will tell you Corn does not pay" /"
Wheat does not pay. and each will sug-
gest some substitute that may be more
profitable. RAISE sheep" says one.
'.Plant ground peas" says second, or
Potatoes" says third. ''Set out an
orchard" PLANT strawberries and the
smaller fruits for the markets. !" go to
trucking generally Cultivate small
farms and make them rich" +" All this
may be very good advice in its way. but
liz is obvious it falls far short of the needs
of great agricultural community, with
boundless extent of territory and without
capital or labor to cultivate it.
Where so many wiser. heads have failed
I have great dif6dence in Offering my crude
islnn6a bit iu times of great difficult
withhold his counsel. -
be not rash ID aban-
Ia51id the old paths. Consult the die
tates cf good sense and experience, and,
above all, do not lose faith in snperin-
tending Providence. Ifyou have bad un-
|propitious seasons, remember that they
have been confined TO no ageaor country.
Let US plant those crops that are best suit
ed to our soil and locality Ifyour loca-
ton should render specialties profitable,
devote your attention to them. but all the
farmers in great State cannot be truck
ers. The true course for those who cul-
'tivate their own farms is to pursue the
British system of convertible hasbandry.
Raise grain, grass, stock of all kinds.
sheep. cattle, horses, suitable TO the soil
and pastures. not forgetting hogs and
poultry. In a word, raise everything ne
.cessary for home consumption, and have,
surplus of all for sale. Depend for i'm
provement Of your land mainly on lime.
clover and homemade manure. Let US
be content; ''pay as we co." and avoid
the great sin of making haste to be rich.
and. though poor, we may be happy
These are my views-the ominous ques-
tion still recurs: '.What shall we do Y'-
To you and to your intelligent correspon-
dents turn over the subject. 1t will af-
ford ample material for reflection. It is
of earnest and pressing importance, and
he who shall solve it will be great pub
lie benefactor. and earn the lasting graft
tude of the unfortunate people of the de-
solated States.
WILLoUaHBY Newton.
Linden, Wsstmoreland Co., Hd,, Dec. s. 1871.
Hard Times and What Causes Them.
We are fast becoming a nation of
schemers to live without genuine work.
Our boys are not learning trades; our
farmers sons are crowding into cities,
looking for clerkships and post Offices /;
hardly one American girl in each hun
dred will do housework for wages. how
ever urgent her need; SO we are sending
to Europe for workmen and buying of her
artisans millions worth of products that
we ought to make for ourselves. Though
our crop of rascals ia heavy we do not