Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-02-27

Intelligent farmers and business men Of Charlie
County, Offers superior inducements to Advertiser
10 insert their in is columns. Sa',t
for card rates, rhich 1o,c as any other pdpe
ia!Soutter7 Maryland, TO say nothing about ci,cula
ton
Farmers In Convention
The Farmers Convention, ad vance notices Of
which have appeared in recent issues Of the
TINES assembled in Baltimore Tuesday al
the hall corner of Holiday and Second streets.
Almost every county and agricultural associa-
ton in the State being represented by a delega-
ton. The con venton was called TO order by
Col W. S. franklin of Baltimore county, and
Jldge John NJ. Robinson, of the Court of APP
pals who is also a prosperous farmer in Queen
Anne's county, WAS elected President, with
Msssrs c. ". Humrchouse, of Washing ton
county Henry C. Halowell, of Montgomery !;
William 7. Walters, of Baltimore city; Adam
R. Magraw, OF Cecil Col John F. Dent Of ST.
Mary's. and Hon. James L. Dennis, of Somer-
set, vice presidents. Messrs. J. w. Baughman,
of Frederick, and VIM. B, Sands, Of Baltimore,
were chosen secretaries.
Judge Robinson, on taking the chair, made
a lengthy and very able speech, in which he
dwelt at length on the unjust discrimi nation
against the agricultural interest contained in
the onerons protective tariff laws.
ssWhat is that policy" he said. Now
somebody propose: to manu- acture iron. We
have the ore, the coal and the labor, but we
are told iron can be manufactured in England
and sent three thousand miles across The ocean
aud sold here al price below the cost OF pro-
duction. And Congress is asked 10 levy tax
of ten dollars or mare the ton, in order that
the manufacturer here may have the privilege
of furnishing iron to us at an increased price
md thus upon every pound Of lroR used,
whether it is in shape of horseshoe, plough
or self binder are oh ICED TO pay royal
ty for the benefit Of this privileged class. Then,
again. one proposes 10 manufacture cotton and
wooden goods. We have the cotton grown on
our own soil, and we have the wool, but we are
met with the same cry-such goods can be
manufactured elsew here and sold at a price be-
low he cost Of production. So Congress must
lew tax from forty TO fifty per cent. on these
articles. And the result is that everything we
buy from the coat our back to the stockings
ON our feet, is taxed and this tax we pay for
the benefit Of the manufacturer. Nos suppose
We turn The tables and say We cannot aford 10
raise " heat at So cents buShel and ask Con-
a
in order that We may get 5 20. What would
be the universal answer? England tried it,
hui the cry for cheap bread shock the throne
to lis fou ndations, aud al unwilling Parliament
forced TO repeal its oppressive corn laws.
Judge Robinson reviewed the fact that the
protective system had been repudiated previous
10 the war and urged the agricultural interests
40 take IA decided stand against it Judge Rob
ison wound up his interesting address by
spirited advocacy Of vim and enthusiasm in sg-
riculturAl pursuits The occupation of the
farmer is one of pati>nt labor and self-deni"l,
but it is \ life OF independence and self-depend-
ence. Here home with all its halo we'd associ-
ations strikes its root deep into the heart ; and
here too, away from the 6ercsr storms and
temptations Of life, the highest type Of ma nhood
is developed and this after all. is the noh!est
aspiration Of the soul"
Papers were then read AS follows Hog
Cholera" by DR.. D. f. Salmon 'MAnures and
How TO Use Them" by DR.. NJ. c. Elzey, OF
Washington, D. c.; "Advanttg"s and Oppor-
tunities of Maryland" BY Hon Allen Bowie
Dawes, of Montgomery "Shou!d We Keep up
and Extend the Cultivation o Wheat or Grad
ually give it up and turn to Other Csops?' by
ex Gov VIM T. Hamilton, of Washington
county The Hygiene of Farmers Houses and
Surroundings" by Dr.. Richard McSherry.
All of these papers were very Interesting and
we regret our inability this week TO give any
satisfactory report of them. We shall endea-
vor in next weeks issue to give summary OF
these several papers DR.. Thom,s We'ch, OF
Anne Arundel county, offered resolutions,
which, after preamble setting forth in detail
The oppressive character of our present tariff,
called on our Senators and Representatives n
Congress "to use their best efforts to secure
such reform Of the tariff laws OF the United
States that our agricultural products may en-
ter into fairer CO npetition in all the markets Of
the world where such things may be in demand.
Other clauses of the resoI ulions call upon Every
f,rmers' club or Agricultural association of the
Union to pass these or similar resolutions
Additional resolutions were offered as follows:
For the convention 10 use every means within
its power ''to prevent the discr limitations made
against US in freight and passenger rates and
to secure an equalization of both" That the
salaries of all Sttre officers should be reduced
as step toward Tightening The present heavy
taxes. That the ?ext Legislature ne requested
to pass laws to punish trespas>in. with dog and
gun; TO prevent stock running al large to re
peal or modify the PIES fence a~ so as TO
make it less onerous That stock men lie urg-
ed to ship their stock upon such days us will
prevent the selling OF stock Sunday. The
resolutions were r+tc red without del ate.
At Wednesdays session The commute Oh
peima nent org an ization, al lonted Oh Tuesday,
reported the following perman. nj Ulcers o.
the Maryland Farmers Association President
ex-Gov Wm. T. Hamilton. Y.re-Presidents,
Henry NJ. Murray, of Anne Arundel; Col. VIM.
Allen, of B fillmore; Gen. John Gill; Baltimore
city; DR.. G. W. Dorsey, Calvert; Jno. F. Daw-
son, Caroins; Henry L Condor, Cecil; John
G. Chapman, Charles Frank Brown, Carroll,
J .mes Wallace, Dorchester; DR.. E. H. Glad
felty, Grfeti Jas lie, Hartford; Henry c. Hol
dwell, Montgomery; Vim. E. Duvali, Prince
Georges; John F Dent st. Nary's; James U.
George Hayward, Worcester. Secretary and
treasurer. VIM. B. Sands, of Baltimore.
Dr. c. W. Chancellor read a paper On the
"Draining of Marsh Lands of Maryland" Mr.
Peter Henderson, of Jersey City, and Col. Jas.
Wallace, of Dorchester county, read papers ON
s.Fruit Culture" and Mr. Thomas Maddox, of
Washington county, gave his views on ''Live
Stock" John II. Mitchell Esq, of this coun-
ty in speakir of i'm m IA ton said that W bile
people where leaving Washington county, adm
there WAS no land for sale in Queen Anne's,
Southern Maryland was suffering from the
want of population. The lands, he said, are
as good AS any in be State, but they were not
me ally Known as such Texas has become
8, eat htcnnse she has her ngenis all over Eu-