Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-03-13

Inning ration TO Maryland.
After the recent convention Of Mar land
farmers resolution was adopted calling for the
appointment, by the president of the Permanen'
organization, Of a committee of nine TO take
into consideration the subject OF inning grafton
to this State, and TO propose 10 The next Gene
raj Assembly such measures as in their judg-
nent would be most likely to accomplish thi.
desirable end Oar Maryland farmers have
been cu!tivaring too much and With too small
u force, and the time has come when they must
concentrate their strength or fewer acres and
raise larger crops by better tillage Since the
war raruy Of the old field h,ni. have aba ndon
ID farm work snd iocked into the cities, and
their places have not been supp led. FIVE cat
fill up the gaps by introducing immg grant la
Dor or bY iud uC!ng such as have little mon, '
10 settle on our surplus or outlying lands, gres
ten, fit wouId accrue 10 resident VJoprletoTs
md to The Safe at large. In The euILarass-
ments that now bsset 80 many Of our farmers,
and especially those Of the southern counties,
immigration would be a saieiy-YAiSs, and
might be made the starting point to i new
prosperity u would be well, therefore, II the,
were 10 come 70 some common understanding
- ~ mr. hthA HtaHs VI us rbfs
When fhis is done they M ght very properly
appeal 10 he General Assembly to help the ID
bv appropriate !cgISia 'lou- But ~ hiie The State
migh s'rrD gth-u n we'll devised plan Of inm
grafton with It's othsl,l recognition aud in
dorstment lis suCcsss would sul! depend almost
" holly upon the concerted action Of the farm
ers themselves. Ii isEot a mailer 10 bs settled
hy II set OF resolutions, even tnouI adopt ed
by as intelligent gathering Of representative
a =.
Wednesday, Nor viii the mere appointment n,
Of C commissioners he OF itself OF any avail Toe
whole scheme Tor attracting immigrants 10
MurylAnd ou, hi 10 be matuteiy thought Cit
before any positive action IS taken upon IT
Greatly MS ~e may desire II, W. cannot turn
evtu a part Of the current tina, has 50 long set
westward toward our Maryland lands without
making supreme effort " MAJ be able TO
accomplish il IT We are prepared 10 undertake
il 10 tie right way The Safe has appointed
i'm III grafton commissI Onrrs before, aud the vt
sJU>t hat MAS cone Was 10 Try ia, trCtuaily 10
retain lmmiyrau no wsre nlge ,dy lls kq',d
10 q teTeut points al the " est. These oppos-
IN Influences are still active, and, in any at
tempt 10 divert emigration 10 Mary and would
have in some way 10 te counteracIed. What
e,er commissioners, the eiore, might tie sent
abroad, they would have to tie we'll equipped
tor their work They should have ne .gIhor-
ity OF the State al their back. They should
have maps OF the State showing its division 10 to
counties " here the iauds lie that are tor sale
The price al which they can he bought and tn.
terms vi pay Incnt, neither III single farms OF
IN Iarg, bodies throw n together 10 induce coli
ouies 10 settle On them, aud they should 81 o
be able TO distribute PAM hlets describing the
soil OF the difyr,nt counties, the climate, tie
roads and The waterways, the schools ana the
churches, the facilities provided TOR reach Z
ketS, the crops cultivated, and tse average
price that the seller may be expected 10 obtain.
Armed with these facts IN relation TO tie State,
i nd capable Of promptly answering such other
questions that might be put 10 them, they
ought 10 be able 10 succeed in turning IA part
of the stream OF immigration toward Mary land,
aud the hope is greater at this time than 1t has
been heretofore, inasmuch as most OF the best
lands OF the West have already been borgh up,
and IN these latter years many intending emf
grants have become acquainted with The fact
that tie V estern States and Territories open
% cheap settlement nre those that are an
nually jet 10 tornadoes in the summer and
"bli2Zards' in the .lnter and are very d.bclen
IN those prime Decessaries OF farmers lie
an amp!e supply Of wood and wa;er.-Bdlu
more San.