Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-26
Paddle Your own Canoe.

The Baltimore Morning ISrad has
the right idea and is imb,,ed with the
proper spirit when it discusses the nate
nal interests of the STATE. The Hsmid
says:
~ObNisusIy one Of sfaryIsad's great.
est NEEDS is a considerable addition to its
population Of sturdy people who can set
tic on its lands and make intelligent use
OF its manifold resources. To this end
every thoughtful person will welcome
she Danes next month, assb to dis cad
there will be continuous Efforts to inter-
est other industrious anil thrifty anmi-
grants to settle in the Maryland eoun-
ties In like manner, there is need Of
men with money in Baltimore and st
other points to start manufactures aud
bnid up the State from an industrial
aud commercial point of view.
Outside capital is certainly a good
thing TO give advancement to all indus.
tries. Energetic men with intelligent
methods and a will to work are a mighty
help in any community. But that az
fords no excuse for the native population
% grow lazy or disheartened. Home
resources should not b. laid upon the
shelf and allowed to grow rusty, while
those fr"us 1he outside arc building up
the State and pOcketing the profits of 50
dong. IL is we'll foe q strong hand to
give the canoe Of progress send of
from the bank. Under the impetus of
'uch a thrust the little craft might tloa.
10 the center Of the stream and the pas
sage would be easy and delightful.
But when the foree Of that friendly
push on shore is spent, the man in the
canoe must exercise himself with the
paddle if there is any further progress
There are ripids below, there are ugly
hidden rocks in tie channel, safety lies
up stream, and their is a poins in every
eStcrprise where it must become self
sustaining or 60 ID the bottom Hence
the wi dom and necessity Of padding
ones own canoe"
We take !. that this is the true phi
losophy regarding Marylander's duty
to the community in which he lives. II
the farms are rcjuvcnated, it rural vii
lagos grow into small cities with rail-
road connections. If the mines. quar-
ries, mineral springs. the oyster indus
try and prospective manufactures are
developed, they must be made self-sus-
tanning by Maryland energy and labor.
and it will BE all the better if the iritia-
tive is taken by Maryland men With
Maryland capital
The Morning Mrdld has not one
word 10 say against the coming of out
side capital. Ii would join with its CO.
temporaries in welcoming any number
of millions to profitable investment in
Baltimore and throughout the State, but
the question always remains; why send
Maryland money out Of the State for in
vestment and then set up hue. and cry
for other communities to send capital
hither? This is working al long range.
and it will be permanent shame to our
sich men If they allow others to "occupy
the land" in all the producing industries
of the commonwealth In the tide of
prosperity which is rolling over this
country from one end and settling in the
Sunny South, there is no reason why
Mary land should not forge to the front
by depending npoB its own resources
And such will be the result when we
learn to paddle our own canoe" in the
swift flowing stream of the worlds COM
petition "