The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-30

The Jerusalem Turnpike Again-Eloveuth
District Roads-The Cenning Indua.
try and Frauds IN the BuSlnoas.
UrPEn PALt,. sep,e,nher ss,h.

UPPER FAILS, September 25th, 1852.
Mesns. Editors Thanks! many thanks 10
your correspondent nj Kingsville for bis cheering
comments on my efforts to stir up better state of
affairs In the Belair road company. Il u coming
"by hook or crook" just NJ soon A. these pollti.
cal primaries are over and the Ides Of November
are gene by. then meeting IL 10 be held locking
10 some definite measures for relief. Counsel has
already been taken In the matter aud the charter
being examined aud the ground being cleared for
q fight with the corporation Of the Jerusalem turn
pike company, and ] am very much mistaken n
the dry bones among the bondholders and ring
managers Of that concern don't rattle when the
cry goes out 10 show cause Why, &C., 4c. The
people are determined TO have their rights In spite
OF the mutual admiration" society, or clique, or
ring, whichever you please 10 call H. IL IL libel
20 call such old shackic.baek, pitfall. wagon
breaking, disgraeeiu, 'euss -eausing. hard.s
ing road u turnpike, and IL must be faxed up, put
in good order, made decently passabie. or, AZ An
drew jackson said. "By the eternal" down with
the toll. gates and make u free road. The peo.
pie are stirred up and November will show what
they intend 20 do.
County Commissioner Parlett tells me that the
18th district only has an appropriation Of fifteen
hundred dollars per annum for n roAd fund and
tina, sum will not so very far In putting roads into
the state they ought TO be. / End out further
from Mr. Parett that Mr.. Cochran. the road super.
visor Of that road called attention Co in my letter
Of the 10th September Issue, has no facilities or
help in the way Of gravel beds, and that probably
- great many allowances might be made for him.
grant the point 10 we'll taken aud making all nj.
lowances frankly tender the amends honorable.
especially rs ! find since tina, letter was written
that the whole road therein mentioned has been
fixed and put in good order. HAD the pleasure (!l
Of walking over Il last week from end 10 end, and
!: was not very cold day either. Anyhow I am
not "hankering" after any more just now. I al.
ways know when have enough Of anything.
ha hau all In fall AZ
noise Of the steam whistles al the air. This Il
the growing industry Of the day aud an immense
amount Of capital is invested In u. giving employ
ment to hundreds Of hands. There are many ~
around here aud this country appears TO DO pccu-
Harry adapted 60 truck farming. giving every ad-
vantage for the location Of these factories right
where the product IL grown. II IL really we'll
worth while 10 pay = visit TO one Of these "hives
of industry" aud watch the various processes and
the systematic workings Of the gangs Of hands
Each one has his or her work 10 do aud there Is q
continual activity and burning withal that 70.
minds one almost of some Of the old fabulous
stories Of Genii and Alladdins wonderful lamp
] see by the city papers, however. that mus IL
being raised about fraudulent packing, bad aud
inferior goods. false branding and labels, which
they cay IL running the trade. Especially are
Northern packers and commission men putting up
inferior goods aud initiating the label Of some
prominent house. send these goods forth into
Europe and our Western States genuine. mum
Der one Baltimore goods. give rs a portion Of
my weekly letter editorial on this subject from
the Baltimore Journal Of Commerce:
''The packing Of oysters and fruits Is the most
important industry in Baltimore as regards the
number Of hands employed and the value Of the
annual product. The business, at least, so far as
the packing of fruits and vegetables IL concerned,
u capable 81 almost indefinite expansion, but un.
fortunately its growth 10 retarded by the many
frauds that have cursed the trade. Of which the
most giaTing Is the packing Of trashy and light
weight goods and branding them rs Standards.
Canned goods are put up in all parts Of the eoun.
try, aud Palmed OF upon the public under heti-
iious labels, branded as Baltimore packed, when
they have probably never been within hundreds
Of miles Of this city. This false packing in Its
many phases has so injured the reputation Of Bal
,imorc canned goods that In many places they are
hardly saieablc. rs consumers grow suspicious
Of all that go from here after having been cheated
few times. The leading packers Of this city are
working earnestly In trying to break up all kinds
Of false packing. but the task l. very hard TO ac-
complsh. Dealers and consumers cannot only
protect themselves but can at the same time help
to sustain honest packing by exercising due care
as TO whose brands Of goods they handle. Il IL
not enough to see that they are branded as Balti-
more packed, for, NJ already said. the country IL
flooded with canned goods purporting TO BE- Bal
timore packed when they were put up elsewhere.
II consumers will take the trouble TO obtain the
names Of the many reliable packers In Baltimore,
and then buy no goods unless put up by some one
Of these firms. then, We think, they will obtain
good article"
Such shor.sighted policy Il seems TO me 10 very
much like killing "our goose that lays the golden
eggs"
have not yet exhausted the subject or project
Of paper mill Mt Franklinyille. and still cherish
the hope Of awakening some interest In the dairy
line. and will have something more TO say about
having new cotton factory here, but leave these