The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-22
The Farmers Meeting.

The Farmers Meeting.
Pursuant to the call i meetin!
of farmers was held here yesterday. -
They organized about swO o'clock by
calling Col: Frank NJ Hall to the chair
and appointing Mr.. a. 7. Brooke, Sec
retary.
Mr.. Brooke read the following re-
port:
To the Tobacco Grorers Of Southern Mary
land:
The undersigned, the committee appointed
at meeting of the farmers held i'll Upper
Marlboro in December 1855, beg leave 10 sub
init the following report. Early in january
l.s9 we visited Bal more city and ascertaned
the manner forwarding C pntract, bs The Fielich
Government for Marl Iaud Fubsrc... ant !T"-
cared all other in:oriua ION in our power, As Il
the sale of MARYLAND Tobacco 10 iogr:Gn mar
kets Your Committee then addressed .he
following communication TO the Hon. Robert
NJ. McLane Minister TO France, marked No.
ID and then deeming it best that our commu-
nicaiiou should have some National signih-
cance we visited Senator A. +. German IN
Washington, ID. c., and procured his endorse
ment and active CO operation in the matter,
and through his exertions our com municatiOn
the State Department of the n aiional Govern
meut. On the seventh day Of March, 1889,
we received the following reply from Minister
McLaue Marked No. - which we submit TO
this meeting with the following suggestions.
You will observe from the report Of the Tobac-
DO market as per Journals Of Commerce"
herewith submitted, that there has been =
steady increase in the demand for Maryland
Tobacco from all the foreign markets, with
the exception of England, for some years past,
and yet the tobacco growers of Southern Ma
ryland too well know that there has been As
steady decrease in the prices for same, and
If continued will and must cause it to be aban-
doned for some other and better raying crop,
for at the prices now obtained by the grower
he cannot raise tobacco without considerable
loss. Your Committee is therefore Of
opinion that this condition of affairs must arise
from manipulation Of the Tobacco market
adverse to the interest of growers, and would
suggest that some agency be employed by the
growers with full authority to further investi-
gate at any cost the cause of same, and to re-
commend the adoption of some means to rem
edy the present shrinkage of value in the
prices of tobacco.
And whereas it is alleged by the tobacco
buyers as one Of the reasons for low prices Of
Maryland tobacco, is the lack of confidence by
foreign markets in our tobacco. in consequence
of same being packed out of condition and
therefote not remaining in sound condition
for any length Of time, therefore We VOL, d
urge upon the tobacco growers Of Southern
Maryland a close scrutiny aud careful obseiv-
vance of their tobacco when packing same, and
endeavor upon their part TO remedy this fault
and thereby inspire more confidence in Md.
tobacco in the foreign market. We regret very
much we have been unable TO obtain further
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the French Government for our tobacco, but
it seems impossible to do so, and we therefore
suggest that it is the privilege Of this meeting
to take such further action as they may deem
advisable.
Respectfully,
WM. B. CLAGErT,
j. H. 5. SAssCER,
A. T. BROOKE,
Committee.