The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-01-18
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. January lG.h. 1873

The general business dcpIrss:n". which
past year. may br said To have passed away,
and a hopeful feeling seems to prevail among
the people of this city. who have NOT sui
fered As much IN financial way aS many
Of the other Large cities III the country
The fame Of the excellence Of i;,lrImuTc
productions j. being widely spread abroad.
Our cotton mills produce good, "f great
superiority. and are celebrated throughout
the country: our mills aud Ir"n works have
obtained much nutnriety tor the rNreil.ucc
of their wolk. The manufacture II leather
dustIiss, also receive thr:r share of praise.
But we are not utilizing our advantages As
We should; where we have one factory ui
either kind, there should lee ten. Pos
for the production of every manufactured
article used 10y man for his comfort and
convenience. Baltimore has also natural
advantages unsurpassed by any other city
in ouT country; its financial condition is
aisa favorable. being less burdcDed with
taxation. on account of the Smailut>s of IFS
debt. than any of our sister cities of like
population: the healthfulness of its location
is superior, its death rate being less than
any city on this continent; its markets are
furnished with every efficacy which the
land and Al snp,,lI..-
hospitality uuequaled; its culture, aided
aud nurtuIcd by public schools aud col.
legss the bes; system yet devised, together
with the
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
the Peabody Institute. with It's cunseIya
tory of music. library aud other sources ui
instruction and cultivation: the MAJ Wand
Institute, with lis Scho"ls Of design. library,
&c; the Mercantile Library. the Historical
Society, Normal Schools. and other eiuca
uInual advantages which are So largely at
tracing the admiration of the scholarly
world. All these, is well aS many other
advantages which want Of space will not
allow me to euumerate added to our IN
dustrlai aud commercial superiority, our
harbur facilities aud complete raIliuad con.
hec'i'hS' :" l" make baltimore ihe most
at't"ct's' cry rms s'de al the Atlantic
ihese ''c's nave "fc"thr known thi"nSh
"ul tue ""ili' ahl our We" lolk iilrhds,
p.c"thihs aiattnrd At our progress ana pos
s'oii't'es' al" h"'hine meetings anh desis
ing MEASURES I" "'Heit thr 'fadr we are
iegitlmalely entitled 10. ihe expectation
"i wheat aha corn alone Tor the year Is'S
was: Oh wheat, l?,1'1 al bushels: corn.
1. I.aIa H. i spl.
Io'.o lbs phsheis' making a total at III.
''f' -"' oHSne's Va '"e>e Nv" ai-'cies aIohe-
'"I menus "' t'c "'h'I s'he 81 tue Al.
Iaht'c ATE lhss approaching our idciIitIc>
ni export and import, and are scndin- then
steam vessels here ~ nIic! {" avail them
selves of the Inducements which We alone
can offer IN terminal facilities, coal supply
ana low transfer expenses - well are
these facts known abroad, that even now
several capitalists II the town at Barrow,
England a town Of great wealth and III
dus'iD. have avarlefi themselves of the in
dncetnenis offered mere, and viii som .sis,h
il>h regular line OF steamers between Bar
low and Baltimore.
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tu;ie "i buyers no Longer crowd our streets
out 'he stores SIM decorated, PRESENT al
ittf"cti'e appearance IKE nnt" an Area
hia, Tor HOOD "i iisht MS the principal
'h'inushia'rs al H'sht. M" wen 10
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n'N'"h' "h"fe spent my n'Nh""i DAY :
no" eagerly We ""'''a on 'hfls'nas eve
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m"rch-d thi"ush me town Many !ear'
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