Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-05-31

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The Blighting Effect Of Ring Rule.
The injurious effects which follow bal
government, every one can see, but I'M
fortunately may STRIVE to hide he causes
which lead to tIrusc injurious effects r
For twenty years or more the kePubl'
can rarity of this State has been trying t.
Impress upon the people that their later
.as have been injuriously effected by the
RIM domination which controlled the
State administration. But all arguments
advanced BY that party organization
have been unavaiIing against the pre-
fudices aroused by the late war and Kept
alive BY Democratic politicians. who
never hesitate to wave the bloody shirt"
when display Of that garment wouIi
9, all to accomplish their purpose. Now.
I,owcver, the honest Democratic Journals
a the State which will not consent that
,hcir party Organization shall be broken
up Wy dire Higgins the Hack Qnlnns
the Frer Riisins' and such like characters
Which for so m=sy years have controlled
the Democratic party, come out boldly
and declare that pSless the corrupt and
rlisgraceful practices which have charac-
terized the party in the past, shall cease,
the State musr pass from its control =
The editor Of chs, staunch Democratic
iturnal. tie HsgersSowu Mail, has re-
rrntly been making tour of investiga-
ZION and describes with much force the
growth Of many Industries in the neigh
boring city Of Philadelphia, all the de-
cline II like ndist,ics IN cur own Gig %
Baltimore. Up apd down on both sides
of the Delaware river there is an almost
endless succession IF factory chimneys
belohibg out clouds II black smoke, while
IN the river there rs constant movement
of vessels laden with the prolue;s of
those factories, destined to every port on
the globe. All is activity. In Balti
more, he says, ''thc silence aud stiffness
Of the Sabbath seems to prevail. Not
many years ago Baltimore was distin-
gnished as being one Of the most thriv-
ing.and active cities in the United States.
But now sIlis changed. The shipping
is gone, the refinery is gone, the flour
market is gone, the wheat trade is gone.
One of our merchants tried recently to
get carload of sugar in Baltimore but
could not and had to 90 TO Philadelphia.
Even the Western Marylanl road, a
short line going through rich country
and owned by the city is greatly embar.
rnsscd by the condition Of affairs in Bal
sss:sore. The merchants of its western
terminus buy their goods FROM points
East OF West % Haltimore. Tive sss.as
Of the Western counties of Maryland i
lost to Baltimore. No -four and but liz.
The wheat goes to it from lIsgerstown. -
HALL goes to Philadelphia and New York
Various causes can be assigned for this
sad condition. The main cause is poll
iics-the Upas tree which poisons and
blights all which comes within its baE
full influence.
The last remaining great iudYtry of
the city, the oyster beds of liz Chcsa-
peake, is in the hands of the politicians
and a gentleman gets up 70 propose a
remedy. He is immediately set upon
BY the politicians through thOir chief or
gan the Baltimore Sun, as if he had
committed the highest crime.
Recent developments have proved,
and indeed it has been well known all
along. that plunderers have been in the
babit of bribing the City Council and
sucking the very life blood of the tax
Faycrs until now taxes have run up to a
point which almost amounts to a confs-
cation Of the annual product of property
and the end is not. yet.
All the transportation lines reaching
the city, are with few OK, options, owned
by foreign cities and every opportunity
20 discriminate against Baltimore is used.
Even now plans are being perfected by
northern people to build roads to with
draw still further the trade Of the Eas-
fern Shore to Philadelphia With this
tie time will come when the fruit can
ning industry will be transferred to Phil
adelphia. In the hands Of the political
aachine the oyster beds cannot last much
longer and then the oyster canning and
shipping industry will be gone likewise.
Like the transportation lines the Press
n Baltimore is largely in the hands of
5Oreigners and run against the interest
of Baltimore and Maryland. Bribery
goes on, taxes 60 up. ballot boxes are
stuffed, Jail birds are appointed to office
and il gentleman ventures to lift up his
voice against it in public, he is denounc-
ed as 'defsmer of the city