Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-01

Southern Maryland methods and the soon
er it Is generally recognized and the more
judiciously it is made, the greater will be
the benefit to the people
Southern Maryland's Future.
In the course of dinner table conversa-
tion at the hotel on Tuesday, the judicious
investment of capital in real estate being
the topic under discussion. we were pleas
ed to hear a gentleman of extensive exper-
ience in the development of the Southwest
advance the opinion that Southern Mary
land lands at present prices afford the best
opportunity of profitable longtime In
vestment OF capital of which he is aware.
He thought that the natural resources OF
this favored region, its fine advantages OF
soil and climate, its ready adaptation to
the successful growth OF almost every kind
of fruit and vegetables, as well as the sta
pie crops, and it's cheap and abundant
facilities of communication with the msr-
kets of all the great cities, would necessa
rily attract immigration and result in the
great appreciation OF the value of lands
within the next quarter of century.
The TINES has frequently heretofore ad-
vanced the same opinion and We believe
the day is not distant when it will begin
to be realized by our people When We
reflect that almost every kind of fruit and
almost every variety of vegetable which is
grown in the United States may be sue
cessfully cultivated on our peninsular, and
that we are surrounded all around by ma
ture's highways, nsvigable waters, with
two railroads traversing the centre of the
peninsular. thus affording the best of
shipping facilities, it does seem little
strange that our farmers should still &C.
pend almost exclusively upon the old sta |
pie products Of corn, wheat and tobacco
as their money making produce. There
are, however, few isolated cases of new
settlers aud others who have devoted a!
small amount Of capital to fruit and vege- |
table culture and the success which has
attended these experiments proves the
adaptability of our soil and climate to
the enterprise.
The sweet potato which Is produced
in some sections Of this country to = great
profit grows abundantly and to perfection /
in our soil. The grape s.d almost every
variety of berries may be successfully pro-
duced while the pear, the apple and tie
peach attain their full fruition and mature
in good seasen in almost every acre of
Southern Maryland soil. In Calvert fruit |
esPccrauJ ur suu p-acu, ~ mi
! idly becoming thriving and pro6tabl
: industry. During the past season th
Weems line of steamers, in response
the demand of the Calvert fruit grower
association, made special schedule fo
the accommodation of the trade. In S
Mary's, too, experiments are being mad
in the culture of the sweet potato an,
fruits, but here in Charles we seem to b
' holding on with greaters tenacity to tn
old methods of our foreia'hers.
y But the fact that our climate is friendl
to the growth of these more remunerativ
e elproducts and our soil yields them abund
e antly to proper cultivation, together witt
our advantageous geographical location
= and cheap and abundant shipping facili
ties, constitutes an undeveloped, yet no
uncertain wealth, upon which ANY judi
cious capitalist, in the investment OF hi
g money in our lands, can depend with th,
same confidence that he feels when he in
vests in mineral lands whose hidden treas
ures have been carefully approximated.- =
y In both cases he acquires wealth which
Is be knows it will require labor and furthe
capital to develop and make useful. But
D in the case of our lands he has a highe
e degree of assurance and safer investment
e 1t is true that We, unlike the people o
It Texas and other southwestern States, hav,
! never received any aid from our Stat
government for the encouragement of i'm
migration and the development of ou
section of the State which was so mucl
devastated by the revolution brought a
bout by the civil war. But whether W,
I shall or shall not in the future receive tina
governmental assistance to which we are
so justly entitled, the development of thil
section of Maryland is merely question
of time. We believe, as the TINES hal
heretofore expressed it, that the next quar-
ter Of century will be period of evolu
tion in Southern Maryland, and there il
little doubt that it will evolve the NOR.
thrifty of the natives along with the thrift
ty immigrant into state of prosperity
The present is indeed a crisis which calls
for careful economy to tide over, but the
reaction will certainly come aud we be.
lieve it. is not far distant
Republican Convention.
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