Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-07-20
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The Canning Interest iu Harfsd.
correspondent ~rilius 10 the BALTIMORE
San from Hartford county, Maryland, rnIer
date OF 10th inst, has the following to say
concerning the origin, development and pre-
sent prosperity Of the canning industry in that
county:
"ln agr curu-e and kindred matters Hartford
has made more Improv eunent in she last twenty
years than any county in the State More corn
IS pfoduc,d ihau any other couEty. and the
canning interest Is greater than in ans county
IN The lniied States or in the world II is
claimed BY some that the pack OF the county
last year VAS worth 81 000, 600, but this is an
emigration, the pack was probably worth
something more than half that amount There
are between 400 and 500 canning establish
ments, and additional ones are being establish
ed. Besides the labor furnished by county
/ residents from 1000 to II, 900 hands are
| brought from distant points annually TO work
III tae factories in the busy season. Mr. Geo
y" baker Was one OF the pioneers in the can
ming business. II is said that he commenced
Canning operations on an ordinary stove, and
hndine II very profitable increased his facilities
from time to time. This season he has over
900 acres IN sugar corn alone. Farmers who
could not get along at anything some years
were buying farms. The impression is now
that only bis Farmers can carry the business on
successfully, so much have the profits been re-
duced by competition. This, however has
been said annually for several years aud vet
all engaged 10 the industry seem 10 thrive.
Men with farms worth 81 500 have not hesta-
ted to engage IN canning, and purchase
outfit costing about SIS, 900. Heretofore all
have been able to get all they wanted on credit,
and 50 Tar there has been but one failure and
that, 1t Is SAID, through extravaganza. This
year, however, the canmakers and Others are
requiring collateral security for goods ad-
vanCed.'
1t will thus be seen how, in very short
period OF time, this industry in II ,rford has
Developed into very important pursuit, and
now contributes on an extensive scale to the
wealth and prosperity of that section of the
State. These facts will prove Of interest to
our people, and serve to show the possibilities
that lie behind a development of this enterprise
in this county. Thee are no conditions favor
able to the industry in Hartford, AS far us We
can learn, that do not exist 10 al equil or
superior degtee here, unless we except the en-
terprise Of tn. people Of Hartford,
..In ,.od I'VE Tra,t.''
The trade dollar bears tn: inscription In
God We T.ust" Tuis motto WAS most gent
Gus one, and it looks rs I'll ugh Uncle Sam
feared the peoples confidence in the trade dol
lar and asked them to trust in God and not 10
him. The history of the trade dollar has been
such that il had been better if the people had
trusted in God alone and kept their fingers off
of the trade dollar, for it has been a very
troublesome coin There is great deal of anx-
iety felt about the refusal OF the banks all
over the country 10 take the trade dollar, ex-
cept at discount, and while bankers and specu-
lators know that the government will have to
pay full value for the dollar to withdraw it
from circulation, they refuse to receive il only
at discount of IA and Is cents nice
Speculate scheme.