Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-04-15
Communications.
A Specimen OF Maryland Tobacco
lnspe elton.

The Baltimore Journal of Commerce pub
fishes the following to-day:
ION exhibition at our office, Houthim, No
10, for all parties interested in the trade
North American tobacco the American and
The Rotterdam samples of an invoice marked
('0'), Nos. ST. $50, 10 hhds Maryland eu
tobacco, imported from Baltimore per ship
Art.ms by Messrs Bus 4 de c liter, here
bought By Us from this firm, and which sun
pies present an interesting. specimen OF the
shameful fraud committed in Baltimore in
sampling Maryland tobac o. p. |. COkart &
Son"
The firm undersigned are prominent mer-
chants of Rotterdam, aud the expose which
they make Of the demorahzed condition of the
Maryland system Of inspection should certain
/ ly cause a relwakening Of the question. The
/ firm are so indignant over the matter that they
have advertised IL in New York Phi laOelpha,
[ Baltimore, aud Other principal seaport towns.
NJ. Eslstogs Above you will find a
\ notice clipped from one of the Baltimore
fdailies, which | presume most or all OF
the tobacco growers Of this county should
be interested in When the salaries of
the Inspectors were 81 200 per annum
and two clerks 5000 aud one $500 per
annum, and labor at Sl.00 or 81. 80
per day, and the officers Of the ware
houses controlled, managed and work
ed them in the interests Of the planters
with the least expense possible, and |
think only received one dollar hid
outage, (instead of 81 90 as now, then
the warehouses returned revenue be-
yond expenses, and we never heard Of
such complaints anc evils as are above
noted. just imagine. the Metropolis Of
our State advertised in the important
seaports of our country. to the great pre-
JUDGE of the leaf tobacco trade the sta
pie product Of these lower counties IL
What causes it the obnoxious compul-
sorry system, kept for political purposes,
at the expense of the poor producer -
Who suffers? The poor laborer who
cultlyates and puts his tobacco in State
Tobacco Warehouses Then again the
novelty of the exhibition of tobacco sam
Piles in a newspaper Office in Baltimore,
where, the public are invited, free Of
charge, to examine them. | say all
this operates against the poor producer,
because IRs9n!qaf thaexnspsss are lessen;
4 ~ lie complained Of, ti,e freight
7ahd transportation charges, the agents
charges and last, if not least, the Inspec-
tors charges are not diminished, no mat
ter what price may be obtained for our
tobacco The question now arises, where
and when will we get relief? Not as
long as the present system is being run
to keep politicians in power, with big
salaries drawn from the hard earned la
Dor of the tobacco grower. The Demo-
cratic party has a golden oppor unity to
afford relief and restore confidence with
the producers and consumers. Will
1t do SO aud have the good will of ALL or
will it keep the incubus on us eating
our very substance Why can't we get
back to the good old times when the
commission merchants sold and we're
satisfied with $1.00 per hid and there
Was no suspicion attached to any depart
ment of the business | had not inton-
ded to say anything more at this time,
but meeting this notice, has called
forth these few remarks; excuse the
space it will occupy and oblige
PLANTER.