Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-03-14
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UuI NOtnIf- Wul nome 10 the lnue-
penden,:-While 4 not agree with you po-
Iiically, and differ with you on many subjects
vet. when yuu advocate auv measure which
will pf6in6T-' Gef;, good aid future pr1---
peri Of Charles county and It's people, must
be 10 accord, at least, with your ideas as ex-
pressed. or ! can net claim the title Of loyal
citizen Whether ! wish 70 commend you or
not, or whether 1 would prefer see your pro-
gressive spirit eminate from some other suurce,
candor and true interest in the welfare Of our
county demands me praise your properly ag-
gressiye course regarding cur local affairs
You say, you and the Timcs "for once are to-
guther'i = that is certainly where you should
br, Ia advocating and instructing your people
IN the proper form, aud wholesome admins
traiion Of home government. Yes-"drive
ahead the people will sustain you-seek not
revolution, but rather evolution. Some rev.
dictionary friend we all admit, is amongst
dispel the demon by the establishment Of a
brotherhood so powerful in the sincerity ofits
strength that the barriers ofselfshness can not
even approach its foundation.
Our condition is suCh-the time has arrived
when soaething must be done-ths again, we
all admit. "Why stand we idlrS" There is
70 more noble calling than that demanded Of
as as true patriotic citisens-Nol and 1t IS a
sacred trust, second TO no duty gave faith in
our God Then let each ard every one Of us
unite in this good work Of building up our old
county, and establishing a durable prosperity,
greater even than that Of which we could once
boast. You naturalv ask, how Is this 10 bs
done7
Time will not allow me giving my opinions
In detail, for what they may be worth. My
sole object in this communication is simply to
make few suggestions regarding the dts cul-
ties and conditions which beset oar people T.
seek not TO entagonize men or opinions, but
believing ia a strict conservative course, in
vite attention TO those ends think will tend
/ to the ht4lthtul establishment Ct affairs Ia our
community Being ito the manor born"
/ I feel at liberty TO speak in terms would not
myself ACCEPT from an alien. Just here, 1t may
] be proper to remark, that If some Of our good
people never left heme, il would be TO their adj
vantage as well as to the counties. refer To
those thoughtless citizens who seem 10 think il
their duty when ever they leave home to pirate
about the poverty of the county. This is un-
QUESTIONABLE wrong, but a fault of the head
rather than the heart, believe, and should be
stopped Should any one maliciously decry
/ his home, give the unworthy animal nc
thought. Wrong impressions ! assure YOU
| / knoto | have been made by this unhoy
CAB. and non .residents have formed the idea
that the condition Of our people is far worse
than it really is
We are, possibly, to be pitied, but not tc
be despised. We are not paupers nor arc VI
begeafs-t the fact is, taken in n financial
sense. as county, we are rich anu do not know
il. Leading fEanciers, whom | have con-
suited, state, that county not indebted
above per cent upon its taxable basis, is con
sidered by practical bankers IN healthy con
dillon to borrow money, and Is hrs ctds'
'risk,h and that money can be obtained bi
such a county at per cent, toy issuing bondi
redeemabe in thirty years. 50 It would seen
that Charles county is In pretty fair condition
to negotiate a loan, in round numbers, upor
Its taxable basis Of So 500, 900. One hundred
and seventy~Rye thousand dollars (Sl75, 000)
or allowing for present Indebtedness do no
remember the exact amount. We will say
$3.50, 900. Can the people aliotd to borro"
the amount Does the county need 1t. Max
ing full allowance for Yearly interest ani
sinking fund. tile entire debt could he Cancelled
in thirty years at a cost OF Sll 600 per year
which would incur an increased taxaticn Of ,
fraction over 81 cents. I'm sure some Of oui
penple will consider this an extravagant prop
ositiou, MS they have hesitated 10 regard meas
urss of fat less magnitude looking TO the re-
snsritation of their countv Sill 1t Is echoed
and reyerberated- Something must be done. u
i The proposition is not wild, other people, il
no less hazardous condition than we, have
borrowed larger amounts, proportionallr
upon smaller taxable basis, with results
highly satisfactory. We could spend thii
m ney in making Improvements much needed
Such as building substantial roads anc
ridges encouraging and assisting our farm
ers in improved methnds ef agriculture. anC
ia inauy WAYS to great advantage. Money
thus ludiriously circulated would he Of nnlolc