Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-10-11
Bright Prospects

The INDEPENDENT hHs cfe' w
mast been Unidentified with the mater 'ai
advancement OF Southern Maryla nd
generally. and Of Charles county e Pc
cialIy. anil aug movement which ny
nromo,c the interests OF our 60
ne !, hailed with delight and receI YES
it, h,ary support. A in he
mast, we are still firmly convinced nat
rrlying Jon one crop exclusively Is no'
,ulv detrimental to our people, but os-
r;vdv iniuriou and we have for y airs
mast been striving to impress upon u EN-
the necessity for an abandonment oil the
ruinous policy. We aatt,r curse yes
that our eiFors have not been emu %ely
futile. for We see every d4y evide ices
that many Of or people desire to u axe
change in the crops planted ana ID the
ma,ner Of farming. But many ga
cious farmers and planters content nat
Ino crop pays the farmer, and TN a
change may lead from bad to WorSq -
rhis ~ entirely wrong. Other seq IONS
look upon Southern Maryland ass spot
more favored by the God Of nature han
.nv o,bc, norton Of the State. but from
lack Of enterprise, and hr no other rea-
son. our people are in their present al nost
poverty stricken condition. This VI be-
i;cvc is the true reason. There $ no
question that the intelligence oq our
population is c7usF, If not superifr' to
any other portion Of the State here
farmers not only prosper, but grow rich
in their independent calling we
wish to do likewise, We mnst tfrn a
deaf ear to. the politician who CONT nual-
Inv tries TO kill the budding energies OF
our people by declarations that 1t Y use
It less as the farmers every where 20 the
country are getting poorer becau se OF
), the policy Of this or tina. political organ
II ization which may be in control OF the
/ national administration. In long ar
n ticle in its last weeks issue on Southern
T. Nsrylanl, that live journal, the Hagers-
= town Mail. predicts that in the near fu-
I'd ure this section will be equal II not
Is superior, to any portion OF the o'a.e
no financially, as il is already hyperion IN
nc natural and climatic advantages IL Is
r. IN the same line advocated by the INDIE
v PENDENT in the past that the phanse
TN must come by Investigation OF crops
re- and cites the superior financial condition
OF of Washington county farmers over our
own due te the abandonment OF
me tobacco and substituting therefor
les the raising Of stock, and the growing OF
AN grass wheat. and now recently the ex-
ms tensive planting of peaches on tue sterile
en' mount,in sides hitherto regarded as
ad- L.. .h;eb baing tho
worse than useless, Out ""'N"
III ror,unste owner more handsome return
'"' ,bon other more fertile acres The
pu Mail is of the opinion that nov that Del
o'o aware is nigh exhausted as peach
&C" growing State, the cultivation Of tobacco
:. will give place to the peach y 'Ae four
IS ........,...u,Lern. counties which - a
s,;r marketable at fair prices bei5lsfhey art
Tho aware Of it. We suggest that the Far
mar mer's Alliances of the county and the
no, Land Development Company consider
do more carefully the future prospects oil
m, our section and strive by every available
,.o means to bring about the good results
.ho predicted by our live and energetic
-. neighbor. the Mail, whose article we re-
- grct our inability at present to
publish in full. The INDEPENDENT
:; will be ready to aid and assist in every
l., way possible the onward progressive
movement.