Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
ssrstis g. ming

ne Tendency Of the tunes =
> Combination of capital, aud the aosO'p
ton IL tie Individual 10 the comp''l +
In the industrial and commercial i'''e'
ests Of the country we see grra' e'"ao'
nations being formed every y ~
nay lament this state of thlHgs' pu' =
long a. these trusts work within the law
s Of the lani. we cannot lawfully elJ'et {
d their formation. Ts the great mas' tael
are decided benefit The scope "i CIV
ilizqlion. too, is towards the growth cl
! the towns aud cities at the expense o.
the country.
Z Al the staple products of daily use
have been wonderfully cheapenrd; a steel
plow that formerly cost $50 eau now De
hpd for Slj 4 steel mower Jew
years aro could not be bad for less than
s55, nov $40 will buy better one q
4 self binder ten years back was
aow much more complete and d
naclins can be had for just one
price. The products of the far
have felt this great fall in price
farming conducted under old met
and with anti1uaied tools, will NJ
cannot BIZ mslc profitable. Small Il
IF band. ovssd and worked by the 10
Ily, with the occasional help now and
then Of Que or two outsiders. can be
made profitable, and IL the hands Of deep
tblnkcrs and energetic workers made un-
usually so, especially near large aud re-
Liable markets. But only few have
these unusual advantages.
10 farm probably at present requires
labor saving machinery. 4 farmer own
ing 50 acres Of land, and having. say ID
acres in wheat, % in grass, and 10 in
corn, aud the balance in garden, cannot
afford to buy the improved tools to work
these crops to the best advantage. He
labors under a disadvantage at once, and
to compete with wcalthicr neighbors, has
10 work the harder with old tools, aud
press into service his entire family, if
he wishes to make a profit And one
owning 100 or more acres is not much
better off in proportion, for the plain
reason that his capital is locked up il
land aud tools, with rarely surplus to
buy for cash when nccessaries arc want
ed IEc works land that needs fertiliza-
ton to be made productive. and with IN
skilled, uncertain and high -pri ,ed labor
10 compete with, the products Of the viz
gin soils Of the Great West, grown upon
wide areas with the best machinery,
without manure, and then sent East by
rail at cheaper rates than we can deliver
them from our own lends some 20 miles
sway.
Cooperation, or the combination Of
dozen or more landowners working un.
der the supervision of a single head and
A board Of directors, would be found /
means Of solving this difficulty and ever
present problem. We have cooperative
cheese and butter factories that are pro. |
ma hrvc Scen cars. 60 90
oranges. founded upon much the same
general plan. have done great good in
the same line Of work.
The great advantages Of this means Of
farming will be seen at a glance. Fam
lilies could live contiguous; would eujoy
more the comforts Of town life; have bet
ter social advantages Of church and
school: the land could be worked under
an intelligent system of cropping. and
each owner, having an interest in stie
success of the undertaking, would do
what he knows how to do best under
one head Then, again, large guam
tity of produce of good quality could be
handled cheaper, better prices could be
realized aud the market taken advantage
of. The best machinery could be had
in quantity and at low prices.
Put 1000 acres under co operative
management. There would be little
fencing, systematized work, paying
rotation of crops. and a better class Of
work, as all would participate il the
success or failure of the scheme. Co
operation is new to many, but it is des-
tined, at no distant day, to enter largely
into our land management-ana that to
the evident advantage or all .-American.
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Insincere Endorsements.
In these days Of extensive Office seek
ing. it would be well for local politicians
to bear in mind that it is unfair, coward