The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-01
Deer Greek Farmers Club.

The Deer creek Farmers Club met at the
,deuce of Mr. X John Rogers, near Bel Air UI,
saturday. the 20 h Instant. The active m.mbers
President, Il. John ltogers, Vim, Webster JOIN,
huor,s. Thomas y. HAYS. a. NJ Fulford, Geo. Et
,liver, s. B SILVER, u. Harris Archer, Bennett II !,
.arnes, Thomas Lochary aud Edw ri z. Moures
,essrS, Geo. j. FIuncy, VIM. Uldheid Is. +. Hai
way. Vim T. Sawyer ami Geo. w. Grant were
The subject discussed was the encouragement
If arm Implement Factories and Repar shops
At Home"
MIR Rogers said that whilst Hartford county, H.
the rapid Improvement oI her lanLs and pruduc
non Ot crops, compares iaNoiahlS VII any coun
~ III the state. We are subjected Ia II heavy ptcu
,lary drain because we tiu not ourselves manu-
ucture any thing u produce crops. lie regarded
ms as Il serious disadvantage to the mechanics us
well rs 10 the farmers OF the county. YOU cah
scarcely hnd onc prosperous wheelwrlght vi
blacksmith In the county. From SijO,UOU I"
D0.UO0 Is annually carried out OF the county f'l
farming implements. and this drain cons mes
.reut deul ut the profit OF our heavy crops. We
nave MS good wood here rs can tie found In thu
world many locations desirable for the establish
nent of factories, AMI We should encourage Them
among us as much rs possible. Repair shups
would also he of great advantage. Now ii ",
iced repairs to reaper or any thing OF that kim
We must send to Baltimore tor them. There Mr.
tsO no fertilizer manufactures III Hartford tx
e,pt for bone dust. The amount OF p p aIrea
discounted ut our new bank would give sUnt
dua of the amount OF money sent out OF the cuuii
for farming implements aud iertiliZ rs, which
,ught to be made here at home and the money
sept here.
tieo. j. Finney though it would be great al.
vantage To make ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aud tertlii
Lurs within our own bounds, hut how 10 bring 1t
iOuut Is the question: Our mechanics, under
present arrangements, can not compete with for
.gn manufacturers. with their improved ma
:hiucry and large capital
A. NJ Fulford agreed with Mr. Il gers as 10 thu
mNisaDiliiy IF encouraging the establishment ot
larlnine Implement factories and repair shops iii
iuriord. ne did not see what could come out %
his discussion, except the organization of a JON
stock company, or by attracting the attention ri
outside manufacturers, induce them to establish
ranch factories here. he opening for such fac
Dries IL now better than ever before. The com.
,,letion of the Maryland Central Railroad will
pen up hne water powers on the Little Gunpow
Ter, Winters Kun and Deer Creek, aud with tn,
connection contemplate ed with. the Readng Rail
uad coal can be procured. IL We caa offer sue
Inducements as would encourage the establish
nent of implement factories We might get such
articles as We need nj n lower price than now II
ncuurage such manu- factories IL should be- uu
erstOOd that all the influence of the club would
u exerted in tchalf Ot home manufactures.
Il. Harris Archer thought that the county here
tufore not ripe for anything of the KIND pro-
ooscd. but II may be now; such factories should
tOdy could be accommodated. large establish
nent would Manufacture more implements than
;uuld BIZ I'D in Harfori sounty, and in the alb
-rnce of u through railroad a profitable market
Gould not be- found abroad. fertilizer factory,
iu thought, would pay. because our farmers use
IN immense quantity. ana market could there
tore be found at home.
VIM. r. Sawyer thought II would be a great
convenience II we had repair shop in the coum
y. Our people are inclined TO sustain home EN-
tcrprise but unfortunately when implements art
sent to our mechanics for repair the work can
not be done satisfactorily, for wont OF suit
John Moores thought Mr. Rogers had covered
the entire GROUND. we have all the then, necessary ,
nrnts. The best oaks hickory, walnut, g.,
AN he Obtained here In abundance, yet W.
can scarcely yet hue. matiook or axe handle not
made out ~ the State. This shows that sone
thing Is wrong. but IL is difficult 10 suggest REM
ely. Timber is cut here, shipped abroad. worked
and r.It I'D ha.raA tnI tsh
nent to manufacture everything we need would
y" a cumbr,us affair, As for cultivators he
would not acknowledge that there are any better
made anywhere than our own mechanics can
make. lie wanted to patronize home industr,
aud cultivators are about the only farming i'm
pleu ent made In Hartford county. We must, he
bought. induce manufacturers tn come here
Edward Z. MOores believed repair shop would
he of great ,vantax but he doubted If u manu-
featuring establishment here could compete with
foreign work. We have u rim and wheel factory
the county, yet people send to Wilmington TO
We have one fertilizer factory in one end of our
county and another near the 9th, end. but farm
RS buy nearly everything they use from other
'tates.
Silas n Silver said that wherever manufactures
ire established towns increase In size and pros
Gritty. One good manufacturing estab ishment
will bring more money into the county than any
hing that could be started. aud they ought u bc
encouraged. II our workmen, 40 years ago, ha'i
had sufficient enterprise and capital IT, starr
uanufactOres. things would now he In such
shape that need not go out OF the state to sup
wares would soon become known abroad and find
market outside of Hartford coun y as well az In
II. We should encourage small factories. as they
would soon grow and be enabled to supply our
wants "a cheaply as outsiders now do
VIM. Oldfed also thought we ought to have re-
pair shops and manufactures al home. and did
nor see why could not make plows, harrows.
cultvators, Sc, as cheaply here as anywht re. II
would he great thing for Bel Air 10 have large
mandatory there. and the citizens of iiel Air
could afford to give $1,000 or 50 00D year for the
establishment of such an enterprise II would
mants were made here good and cheap, farmers
would soon find 1t out. The freight. at lra-i,
IN ght b. saved If implements were manufacture d
At home.
VIM. Webster regarded 1t as a mystery why
Hartford did not have large manufactory of
-ome kind We are % FAR h,hlnd in this thing Ms
are ahead In farming. G, Gil county has three
Hrge pBper mills. winch aifrd employment TO
many persons AMI the Pr prerors -four d them the
hest investments trrI hd ever made while |
railroads add TO the facilities of shipping manu-
featured articles, the articles would under any |