Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-03
mARYLASD TOBACCO INTERESTS

which 10 one lime prevailed IN Sa9thei
Maryland iaavegarl to the preserYali,
intact Of All the antique features Of Il
: ate Tubacco Warehouse system. it
notable circumstance now that at Il
very beginning Of the present session
the Legislature two Of the most prom
ncnt members of the General Assemb
from that section should me forwal
with bills for the abolition Of compulsoi
inspection Of Maryland tobacco Tie
sentlemea represent the planters int
est, and they arc seemingly backed |
the press Of Charles county. Of viii,
ono of them j. the Senator. Mr Eielei
and the other a delegate, Mr.. Pnsey. =
Maryland tobacco is almost wholly e.
ported 70 Europe, where it is manufa'
tlrcj, and where the value Of our Stat
inspections meets the final tests II
fifteen years or longer, repeated con
plants have been made of the inadcqu.
cy and falsity Of the compulsory Inspe'
ton which the commodity receives !
the MARYLAND ; at Warehouses. Co
Carroll in his first message to the lie,
stature communicated Strong stat
ment from the merchants of Bremd
that Maryland tobacco did not come q
to the standard Of the samples. and yer
by year similar complaints from otha
quarters, together with obstacles 10 81.
way of redress, have had the naturalset
feet that distrust eugenders redue
ing the value Of the merchandise abrohd
and consequently Of the remuner,tioa
the producer, who is the poor Marylaui
planter. 1t was in vain that the tobae
CO trade Of Baltimore made represehtf
ions Of the state of affairs, which wa
embarrassing to them in their relatiod
to their foreign correspondents. IT,
ofics-holding interest was strong endng
to mislead the planter in regard 70 b
interests. and the two combined to keg
in operation the system which has nea.
" ruined the value Of Maryland Tobacco
abroad. II has been stated that ie
price Of the staple has so steadily e.
cllned that some Of the largest plants
of Southern Maryland have abandonl
the production of tobacco 1t is not q
mitted that this decline is due IA d
creased consumption or demand abroA
or to inferiority of the product. but
the failure Of the buyer to realize 70
representations made by the State b
spectors, the remedy for which is d
freedom Of trade and the abolition &
compulsory inspection, so as to place ta |
Maryland saple on the same plane wiz
the tobacco of Kentucky, Ohio and VEL
ginia in this regard The State is nj
permitted to impose the same conditiOa
on the product Of other States that II ID
flicts so dislstrously on the tobaes
growers of Maryland. The whole syr
TEN Of State inspection is obnoxious, D.
furious and embarrassing to trade all
commerce. BY degrees we have bea
ssesing ourselves Of shena i..-tlsis -
but WIN regard 20 tobacco 1t has beeH5
very slow process. la spite of The fact
that the warehouse system is charge to
the State; that the aggregato receipts are
not sufficient to recoup the State for the
salaries paid out Of the public treasury,
and that the inspections are damaging
70 the producer, sufficient Influence has
been mustered session after session Of
he Legislature to continue the incubus.
There is, however, at this time a reason
bic prospect of amelioration, since the
planters have begun to see the effect the
false syst IN has lad on their interests
.hough the damage may have gone to
ar for recovery without great etfort.-j
L was understood during the last cam.
1aign in Southern Maryland that the
lboIition of the compulsory feature of to-
,acco inspection was one of the reforms
o which the dominant party stands
pledged, and if this is So it will 90 hard
With some individual political interests q
n that section Of the State If the PLEDGE ,
Re not fulfilled - Baltimore Nim. /