Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-03
Meeting of plnniar.

Meeting Of Planters. large and on.
tbusiaslic meeting Of plaatersand others VIII,
are opposed to the present unjust and OHM.
iobs Inspection laws, was held in The co,.,
house IN this village on Tuesday last IN.
meeting was organized by the election =,
John H. Mitchell Esq, Chairman and C. p
Daley and W. Haley, Secretaries. NJ
Mitchell on taking the chair, made A stro,,
and iorcible argument against the further re.
teniion Of the compulsory inspection lave
his Arguments were listened 10 attenuyei.
and we're frequently interrupted by appliance
Mr. High Mitchell then offered a set of re.olr.
lions, which declared Il to be the sense or ,ba
meeting, that tie present inspection l,vs
shorf be so modified as 10 permit the vrow.r
to ship 20 any market he felt disposed witbo.,
being compelled TO have the same inspected io
the State Warehouses, or to pay any char
toward supporting the State inspection ~
TEN, aud in q clear able manner Sc. forth n.
reasons why the system should be abolished
! Dr.. z ". Hawkins offered as an smenlm n,
resolutions that il was the sense Of the meet
ing that the inspection laws should he g,
amended as to permit the planters to shin
their tobacco to any market outside the Star.
bnt THAR All tobacco inspected within its Nh
I us must be subject 70 the inspection i've 4.
they now exist. The amendment lie to quite
an animated discussion, which was participat-
cd in by the chairman, Messrs Hawkins, Will
mer Mitchell and others, after which the
amendment was voted down by large ma
jority The resolutions offered by Mr.. Mitch
ell were then unanimously adopted. A d.vis-
1 ion was called for, and only Democrats voted
on that portion Of the resolutions which OK.
pressed the opinion of the meeting as to the
wishes Of the Democratic County Convention
held in October last The meeting was com
posed Of representative men and was in M
wise political, all agreeing that the laws as
they stand at present should be modified as
expressed in the resolutions. The
following are the resolutions adopted by the
meeting
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the right being accorded to them, which is
enjoyed By all other producers Of selling the
products Of their labor in whatever manner
and in whatever market they may seem most
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any purchaser OF 'oo"cco grown IN inns state
10 sen 'e same ei'ne IN Tue STATE or out OF IT.
without oe'1g co"Pe'ied 10 nave the same IN
sPec'ea IN 'oe ''a'e warehouses, or TO pay
any charge to"'rds supporting the State in
sPee'ion system
hesoIrea, I"t IN the opinion OF the Demo
Gratis attending TINS meeting, the atoregong
declaration expresses the wishes OF the Demo
cratic voters Of tins county, as set forth in tae
resolutions adopted oY the eoYention' which
met in this place on the llth day of October
last, aud that they repod@te and empheticaI
y eondem" ihe narrow and creamscrioed con
Straciion attempted 70 De put upon said reso-
luuons W certain parties
Re'o'r.d That committee Of two fro"
'@eh election district be "ppo'ated by the
cha az eIalt