Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-03-16

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81 inssssaeds@.e sxpense until It
leaves The warehouse Is rs 1eean
voyses. Yho Lea. - - Esrhf Is
complain i e bacso M
ker i cor d wilE lid vsts,n 4 sn-
specsi6n ed il injetes ma cossfna
nobody else. Why should he be de-
psived Of Il By the noe-tObaeco pro-
dneers Of Maryland2 What interest
have they involved 10 the issue BE-
tween the tobacco buyer ard the To-
baeso makera Bat The epufhern
Maryland tobacco growers themselves
favor the abolition Of the system or
at-lsasg it, compulsory feature. Ii
locks that way. we admit. from the
bills Of Messrs. Mudd and Bond which
have recently passed. the first the
house and The latter The Senats. All
We ask isfofanopportunity 10 ry. con-
clusions On this Issue With thessgentle-
menin Southern Maryland. and il the
position of Senator AIIston i not sus.
tanned and theirs condemned. we. will
covenant 10 surrender the present
system to the tender mercies Of the
tobacco buyers and throw the ware
houses IS for good measure. But We
hare wandered far astrsy from our
original purpose. which was, 70 call
attention to and commend the gallant
stand. the able and eloquent effort Of
our talented young Senator. Col. ALI
saon, in she Senate Of Maryland. on
the 7th Of March. instant. against the
bill to abolish the compulsory feature
Of the tobacco inspection laws and in
behalf Of the present system. Though
unable 10 prevent the passage Of the
Bond measure, be fought it. says the
report frOm which we quote. in q
neat. weIl-timed speech that showed
thOnght and . better digestion Of the
question in ell its bearings than had
been given in previous discussions Of
the bill. Without being in the least
bitter, he was argumentative and per-
suasiye, and he spoke BY the book, for
he is large tobacco planter and has
spent all his life in tobacco grow
ing county, which he now so accepta-
bly, represents" The same report
represents Senator AIlston as further
saying:
'Tknow thatthis question has grown
70 be tiresome to those Senators not
directly interested in it. til Of vital
l@portunce to my people, and they
expect me TO express my views and
theirs to this Senate on it. One Of the
chief objections to any radical change
in the present compulsory system Is
that it will encourage Tnonopolies.
1t will make the buyer Of tobacco the
commission merchant Of the grower.
Il will put the planterat the mercy Of
the buyer. The abuses which have
grown out Of the present system have
been greatly exaggerated. Whatever
abuses may exist is due to bad inspec-
tors having been appointed. He then
compared the cost to the planter un-
der free system ofinspection in 9TH
or States, and the compulsory system
IN Maryland, showing It to be about
three times as much in oth.s States as
in Maryland. He desired to enter
the stern remembrance Of the tobacco
growers against the change proposed.
He claimed that the warehouse prop
erty belonged equitably to the tobac-
CO growing counties. He commended
that had not the wharf property
which formerly belonged TO the ware
houses been segregated from them this
would not have been an incubus upon
the State, but source Of revenue, and
would be now il the money derived
from wharf property were applied to
the tobacco fund. He then eloquently
appealed to the Senate not to wipe
out the present system. against the
protest Of those most and vitally In
terested in the subject, and to put
them at the mercy Of a combination
of buyers.