Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-03-12

not eEapeyesr We nc&1 both classes.
Years ago the farmers 81 Southern Mary
land began % realize 6hat Tor them the
question of labor uas x<ry serious prob
lem. Hundreds o; coIored families who
for years had dwelt znonz u, occupied our
houses as tenants and iiII9d our soil were
led 70 believe from glowing accounts Of
city life that change a. residence would
better their prospects, ard urged also by
younger members anx5oHs 70 geek new
fields Of labor, were indnced to move 70
the adjacent cities. Whether fhe majority
have bettered their Condition Ii a question
which need not be discussed. At the
same time aur lands ore idle. which I'm the
past yielded abundant crops, and today on
nearly every plantafion can be seen from
one TO five houses deserted and without
tenants. With thess fac8 before rs the
members Of the Leonar1tcwn Local Al
lance, in the spring of 1880, began 70 de-
wise some plan 20 induce immigrants, who
were not afraid Of work 70 settle in our
county and other portions Of the State.
Our first move was TO appoint committee
TO write and issue . pamphlet giving q
geographical description Of Southern
Maryland, its advantages as to climate,
soil, waters, &c. This pamphlet is now
IG1uy 1OE ukS&sl14t4023 &t+3 - - tf0E l1bEE-
ton 20 have 5000 copies published, which
we propose 10 Distribute though the North
and Northwest. and even In European
countries, and show to the people in the
States and abroad that no other country
exists with q climate more genial and
pleasant, than ours; that no other country
abounds with waters more open TO nayi-
CATION, richer In wealth, or that yield a
greater supply Of food In the way Of fish,
oysters, crabs, turtles and terrapin. for
which the Chesapeake and her tributaries
have become 80 renowned, 70 say nothing
Of the seathered tribes, % beautiful 10 the
eye and pleasing 70 the t8stc. No other
country can buzat@f>ufB11I more varied
than ours, or that gives to the farmer q
more bountifni harvest when properly
TILED. Our facilities are greater In nearly
every respect than can be found elsewhere
Our greatest trouble ia that our farms
are too large TO be systematically or re-
muneratively cultivated with the class OF
labor we now have. We should aim to
divide and subdivide our lands so a. to
work less and work II better. To do this
il is necessary to get settlers who will
either buy q portion Of our land or work it
on shares, and ] feel assured il we can get
the right class of people to come among US
they viii stay and help us to make this
State, which God has blessed with such q
bountiful hand, not only what nature has
assisted US in doing 10 great extent, one
of the most beautiful, but what our FORE
fathers intended il should be, one of the
richest in the land. With this object in
view, trust that every man in the State
who is animated with zeal for the public
welfare will lend US helping hand, and
not allow this matter, which has slumbered
from 1868 to the present time, TO remain
dormant any longer, but In the future push
the good work with vigor, at least until the
lands which are now lying idle are made
to respond by settlers from other States
and countries to the old motto ofour grand
Commonwealth, "Crescite ct multiple
camini."
GILES +. DYER.
Leonardtown, Md.