The daily gazette., 1882-09-26
prnInsuLA a PRopucTs.

The Relation Of the Hslas NaFAlpg Sec-
asan. 20 hiladslphiA-TeklNn ksRduOts
Js;-eh n RenlsVtOa h shs i.ss.trsqI
Revis,n fer aenteuber, hes q web iiconsld ldere1
aTsISiS an Dc rclations Of the Delaware
Peninsaiia to PhIladelphia. Affet speaking
of the primitive ways Of farming before tne
war, he says:
Within the last decade, however, the
6ystepaaOf farming has experienced a Praett
al and radical reform. The sgricuitnrlst
\ 6Na IuateriHlRy reduced the number o. his
acres and increased the value OF his farm.
Thotkaudi 81 acFea OF "Waste" land have
i heen reclaimed and utilized as truck, sman
| fruit and cranberry patehes-and the cult
1 walton of the latter augments with each
l succeeding season, and gives promise 0I
becoming at no distant day very prohtAoie
Industry. -.
Peninsula has proved emlnently succesifui,
l and the fact that the products find ready
sale and command the best prices, has stalnu u
lated the farmer TO increase the acreage Of
, his truck patches.
with regard TO peaches, cultivated black
herries and Strawberries, Philadelphla
: probably gets q reasonable supply OF
oysters. the proximity Of the city to the
/ | deposits OF the Delaware bay eurtails, IN
mea9urB, Llt TtuiUhulh btauo. VI 49,
In early vegetables, which Is now actiVeiy
advancing under the new and Improved
0 system, and Of really great Importance, the
i Fhiladelphia markets are fairly supplied
/ hut ahe should receive more of this produce,
!. because the more that Is distributed among
J. and consumed by her people, the greatel
y will be the trade In other commoultles
II which leaves money In the hands oil hel
n merchants. Already considerable portlot
I - has,v, dfuQFfan In Ofle
directions. New York and Baltimore haV'
been in active competition for long tim
10 SECURE and hold the produce trade OF Tn
10 Peninsula, while Philadelphia, with short
Ne direct and cheap rail and water ommuniea
-, tion, and possessing advantages superior =
either city for disposing Of these products
remains passive-making no effort 70 secur
n this valuable patronage. The facilities io
es rapld transportation are good Produc
M gathered in the afternoon is exposed for sal
- in good condition in the early mornin
W markets. The trains on the Delaware raj
W road gather up this produce from u
ch numerous feeders on the eastern side OF u
d. Peninsula, and at Harrington In keI
No county, the junction and Breakwater raj
e road connects with its heavily laden cars
." vegetables from the western side.
let The merchants Of New York and Bait
ne more, knowing that, as a natural cons
lar ouence, these people will buy most wheI
Il, they sell most, are make making strenuo'
~ efforts to draw their trade 10 those elite
Tie Farming Implements, clothes, aud all u
We actual necessaries of life are needed her
TO and Philadelphia, with her magnitiee
ha stores, and manufacturing and industri
"a establishments, ought TO supply all thes
nu Another advantage, and one, too, whi
'pe should not be lost sight of by the Peninsul
+" people, is economy in time. They can cor
TO Philadelphia, superintend the sales
their product, II necessary, thus obviatil
the uncertain dependence upon midd
men, and make their purchases, D.
,ur return home the same day, This, OF couri
does not apply TO all sections, but 1t cover
considerable portion Of the upper COUNT
raw Philadelp phia manufactures nearly evei
nv thing that IL applicable 10 the use of
NJ. farmer, the mechanic and the laborer, a
oss thus purchasing from nrst hands saves {
wn tortionate commissions, which Is so mu
by profit 10 every one OF these people. Phi
not delphia can therefore, gain much by eu
nat waiting a better and broader busin'
nse acquaintance with the people Of the DE
md vare and Chesapeake Peninsula.