Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-18
LETTER FROM "NORTH NECK :.

* Mort
SIh Neck whose communications IN TfTr
STAR are always read with interest send. .
me following in regard 10 a topic recently
discussed in this parer;
EDITOR AR:-YoJlr correspondent Sub
S'iioet," IN lis '.doloTuuS account ~ farming .
OPeFdilonS near Washington has spread his .
guano rather thicker than most farmers in +
tll> region are accustomed to. Probably i'm /
Montgomery county the average TSa Dsr acr, {
3oeS not 'Nceed the oDe-half of the six hun
dred pounds he so literally allows which I
Would leave nine dollars To 90 to the Other .
CO -; tile account. ana with me one dollar !
anu ninety cents he 80 kindl = allows as nrplit 4
would give very fair rem al for ths land 9Ct,-
t.c id'iIsi iiiSh wages he allows for cult
Nalhg and naTVeS., NO the crCp ami that
too, on crop Y Mich 3ro.f nr,l iag3t farmer,
uo nni co.'s -,ute their main reliance for
blDLl. i.'E|'we3k point with South Wash
L.i- ;,,h i moi that Montgomery county land
VIII lioi give handsome return ii Ia q fertile
cohutbpn. ON Il total cost OF one hundred dol
IN per acre. because IL VIII, and some OF
II doe, hut that the class Uf persons he pro-
poses 70 benefit ar" fOr The most mar. united
IN hatitS and position for useful employ
mont tllaer u, factory or field. No very
i,i.l'E "oH't give up the excitement OF thh
''E t.t the dUH mDDO,opy oi country lid.
tnti 10 secure mere certain daily b,"1l,"
~ would prefer % crawl ufDp- in antegl-
|Hce. hoping: like Micawbeg. for something
{" turn up" sun. tHc principle at wnscG
'SGU'h Washington aims is not Orlv ,alaE.
hut is consideration is imnnrtgut. There ar,
hundreds Of idle hands in Washington tuaa
are wanted in the country.
while THESE are >coAiu" prcrErt01s employ
mems in the city. much OF
THE Underwater REGION
i gradually, from the scarcity 3ul iacIi-
cheney Of labor. going out OF cultivation. =
Is obvious to every one that TIE cNtopi of
forest is increasing: and. while II is ma. I!f7r-
ally true, as one OF Nir-inig'- most ;Foaunnt
sons affirmed over fifty years ago. thar .tfla
wolf had returned to howl over ter da-lIa-
lions. vet il i true thar deer ara returning
IN increasing numbers, and. to-day. veui>on
taken near her largest towns can he bought
nm their markets as cheap rs beef i'm New
YORK. The proper distribution OF the labor
ing lopu dt'Ou is one Of tn- great problems of
me age Not only i then. in Washington n
large class OF iolpTS that should bn pfnuIoyc.i
in filling the vacant laHds i'm its vicinity. but
an tile large ciHtS HST IN of nc are buTJenol
! with a SuFsrabunlance of useless muscle
which If rightly located. would do much %
ease the general DEPRESSION. This cOlcentrl-
ton OF tde producing class in Such MASSES
reacts not only against the Interests OF Dor
nit il Injurious - the country at large Give
ms "uCe-Wate- region only Il fraction Of
inns unemployed population. and il WoulI
rapidly develop into the richest. a. ii * viz
! tUdliN INC most desirable portion of the
country. Here i q region iS large "a the
state o. MaSSachuS. IT'S. the first settled ter
| ntoTy In the United States. with a mild eli
! maze, and generally healthy. Il gool
/ soil, and The exhausted portions having
az SthutdjtHCc OF mari TO restore its fertility,
/ ana >Ncit iaClhtieS for marketing lis various
piOtUctS as exist nOWh"T" else. its '.Nhora
HHc of naEig8blr rivers and ere Ks being as
great or greater than that Oi any other entire
stale nm thc uaioH.a YET ita wing iuS r. OF its
/ proper boundaries 40 town large enough TO
o. yati1H CRY even "\ courtesy, and not
! Il Single iruu~jriaI establishment large
enough 40 be calicos "a factory. V tn two
L4it"S 81 It's lands iOT sale. and which. vi: II
any = sold. toes not bring InUcl!mo than tlt.
new lands OF thc west. We have cnioye.i i'm
fan perfection. all that the Grangprs OF the
W. have been moving Heaven and earth to
o'iain. and n HAS been our ruin. North of
NE James river there u scarcely 4 planta-
! Ton more than $40 miles from uaVtgabia
"tiet, and nearly DGe-fourth of ihr planter,
en- load their produce directly o. >hip-bU8ri.
/ This very
FACILITY OF EXPLOITATION
has let To the neglect Of nome Manufacture
O.. Everything raised has been sold abroad
everything used has been made abroad For
It long series Of years the wheat. corn and to-
bdCcO OF Virginia gave the best freightS to
northern vessels, and her planters we re the
best customers for northern workshops; and
now the removal OF The ">econd-growth
tnnberS' thai has succeeded the old
WdSf"iul cultivation, ~ a vast business
enTjciing nIidGlcmcn and timber contractors
and distant manufacturing towns. and leav-
my u> as compensation for magnificent for
e~t> scarcely money enough 10 pay the ex-
PehHe OF cutting and putting them on ship
board. A. formerly. 20 now, everything is
sent OH in In" rough our iVy-roOt gDn>
nOfjh 70 De worked into articles Of fancy or
use; our whit" poplar goes 10 the paper and
..Nr.l~for' mills pf tI,t, D7tg,. r IN ,,.i
box 20 north in the roll..u and oar shin tim
bCI follows - the same dcst nation I'm
WcUsc quantities OI locust trccnaiIS ana
cedar and mulberry boar-bUihtors' material
20 north. and when we want % boat fD, fish
luG or oy,tcrIn% we go north and p.Irrna.r
\ mGdlHui-siZcd fShu@-B0gr costs ono nun.
drod and lfty dollars. and its rnn- trr1-fio,
account stands thus.
Materials from Virginia. ............,....e>-
Labor IN phiia.eli.lit ......... ...... a.
Na~tcT-uuiiJnr .ur 'li~ .-oya-. I.e
w furnish tie best WAGON and carriage
tIubeTS IN the world. ur,:tts and ASH a,.I
hickory l. sought Tor everywhere AMI ~, *
lOft ID ia iarge DUaDtt -i,-, and whom We Inn
port the ctrFia.-., made ii IL from EH.aff,s,.
tom or New YORK. or timber and labor in N
counts for about iIv. dollar. u. tl, FINN, rrfr,
dgcJ.
II pros T"}ity followed entire devotion -
the production OF Tine ,.aaT-tr arti eIa~ t,r ,.v-
IorlafiOn. We should i,p a wealthy pn1nir
our range of products j. very -..r r. i1f, yin
tors are NOT riGOrors enough, TO ilnt,aie crrIti-
walton or other labor ioafIy grcaf extent. and
our means OF conIntnicafi ION are perfect. AMI
Yet where lands are sold the price per acre
which - the true te-t OF Drt,SDarfIy.-i- nor
equal 10 ne annual rent OF pasture land, in
many reg Ou> less favored ~ nature Even
III these counties i'm the state that are Isolated
and remote from outside traffic lands SaET