Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-09-28
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DAVID SMOOT
LETTER FROM BALr1soRE

, VIZ Editor- Dear Sir:-.Tb,,.r, ich.
. ed with much interest H. ,,riou,
efforts Of number Of citizens n c6orlc,
county within the past wear D. ~ look
ing to the development and .n6y,tor
OF lt' unimproved aud waste I,,I, and
the lettering Of its general in,gr, By
the Introduction of new class Il labor.
aud tho encouragement Of inn,;,,,tiop.
&c, only to see them, for some cause
or other, meet with signal f,are Der.
haps It was because Of some imn.fection
in the plan of these several en,.,nrisos
or perhaps their failure is due I, GER
tain lack Of public spirit and energy on
the part of many of its citizens md no
doubt much Of it is due to tbe mosent
pecunlary condition of the great4r DOR
ton Of our population, which IA omally
the greatest embarrassment VIII vbicL
all such movements at FIRST have IA meet
But whatever may have been ,bs eansc
OF these failures, there must bo and is
yet, some means of bringing about the
changes and improvements contemnl,t.
ed by the worthy citizens who bborcd
~ VAN for their success; so that Charles
county may yet vie with other leading
counties Of the State. which tbop,b h.
boring under even greater disadvaot,oes
than ours, have been reclaimed from
their seemingly lost condition and rails.
ed to the present exalted one tbey
occupy Notably among these n,v be
seen Talbot county on the Eastern Shore
Those who are familiar with that section
will remember its neglected condition
only three or four years ago.
Mr.. Charles + Shanahan an enter.
pr>ng member Of the bar Of that cam.
county devised plan which he has
since carried into successful execution
resulting not only successful to himself
but has also wonderfully dcveloped tbc
soil and improved the industries If he
county.
Accompanying this letter is circular
md map tor your inspection, which upon
;arefuily reading | am sure YOU viii
'eadily believe with me that an enter.
Prise of the same kind. if tried in
}harlcs county, would result as equally
-
Mr.. Shanahan established an agycy
or the sale cf farms in Talbot co,
md carefully prepared a pampI
'hg forth TN superior advsneagei
and offered to immigrants fronY1e
'orth and West containing also a Inll |
scription with price for each attaebcd,
over 300 farms in the county.
hich had been placed in his a.uds for
lie, and which he had agreed to sell for
commission Of 3 per cent. on the first
Geo aud two and a half per cent. ad-
tonal on all sums over that amount
ach Of these farms are numbered in
.c pamphles to correspond with map
tAe county accompanying it on which
Ie farms are also numbered He ad-
nrtiscd his farms extensively in the
,orth and West and sent his catalogue
j all who indicated a desire to settle in
larry
Now ! am convinced that if the land
wncrs of Charles county want to dis
o,e of their farms, or any part Of them,
nd are willing to encourage the estab-
shmeut ut am agency of the same kind
pom Tie same plan. one could be upen-
u by which the waste and barren lamps !.
f Charlie, county could be utilized and
improved, and much otherwise done for
he advancement of her general interests,
md all the ends the immigration society
ould possibly have desired be thus
chieycd
Why should not our county with its
atmosphere, its accessibility
With soil susceptible Of Improvement be
-eudered as attractive to Immigrants A.
my beuighted district Of the Eastern
shore And now, when the tide of i'm
migration from the North is directed to.
yards Maryland aud Virginia instead Of
he extreme South, being possessed of
'cry material advantages Of location over
he rest, is the time to make some col.
'fsble effort to attract it to Charles
county, and | know of no plan which
would operate as effectuaiy towards that
nd than the one suggested.
L. PoRrfR RoBEY.