Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
Another Letter.

HaVAntN AfNNtNs
The following letter from pr0ni1sni
New York business gentleman, a native Of this
cnunty, was handed US by friend. i Of
course is too late to do any good toward
changing a vote in favor Of progress, but We
publish ii for the purpose Of showing how In
iellieent business men every where view The
question, and hope, thst as the matter will soon
come up again, its strong arguments may be
carefully weighed:
81 think the people Of Charles county will
make a great mistake II they don. decide IN
favor OF removing the court house and county
buildings TO La Plata. Dy doing so they VIII
give q new start 10 the I'D county which VIII
attract capital and Immigration TO that section
Of Maryland, and make a demand and value
again for real estate Enterprisir people viii
not settle In a country where every thing
looks so dilapidated as they do in Port TobAe-
co-the appearance Of the place Is enough 10
disgust a stranger. Besides people nowadays
want to settle in town on n railroad, where
they can have the facilities Of quick transit
and a telegraph line predict II the county
seat lie removed to La Plata that in few years
there will be population OF several thousand
~ - uNaE NuUuku " " ttt'N 49,
more for residents OF those cities to have coun-
try homes and some industries will also spring
up and by the building up OF new, thrifty
and pretty county seat, 1t will rapidly increase
the value Of land all over the county. Then
that big tax that Mr.. Cox so absurdly speaks
about will not be felt. as a matter OF iael u
amounts to nothing anyway, 1t VIII not IN
crease the taxes enough 10 amount TO - mucn
as the price Of dinner for each taxpayer ia
the county. The increased value Of the prop
crty in and around La Plata will 10 lew
years, more than pay the tax required to pay
interest and provide SINKING iund TOR tue
bonds Out in Texas new couniiesJus organ
lied with a popuotion Of less than 500 and
assessed value less than SjOO,OOO, Will issue
bonds for as much as 500, 900 10 construct
court house and good county buildings ana
by so doing attract immigration ana soon set
tie up the county. There is not an exception
in that State where q railroad passes through
an old settled county and not by tine &C unty
seat but what the county seat has been re.
moved TO the railroad. Over thirty court
houses have been rebuilt on the lines OF rail
roads in that State alone in the last fifteen
years, and 10 many instances new and thirty
towns OF FIVE to ten thousand people have
grown up BY those removals In very lew
years. Let the people o. old Charles wake up
and do something to help themselves and show
Outsiders that they have some enterprise and
get up about them and soon they VIII see The
effect upon population and values oucn ell
torials as / have seen lately IN me fort Iooac-
co Times would in the new west or SOUTH
vest constitute a good excuse TO make It's edi
tor Quit the county Such want OF practical
know ledge and business foresight might suit
fifty Years ago when a mail once week and
stage coaches carried the passengers, was
about the order Of things, but viii not DO IN
this enlightened and progressive age IN when
We live. Cox ought to wake up ana shake
81 the old cob-webs and take new start, u
would pay the county to make up pensl"h
and start him out, send him arouad the coun
try. to observe what is gong on and see how
the people ia other coun les, even IN Ola Mar,
land fnorthern and wes.ern part OF the Staie)
and in other States, e. 'ecltiY the lar west
" where ENTERPRISE and i'm NJ ration has built up
and populated The country. Why 10 !; tha'
land is worth more way ont IN the Rock
Mountains aud praries OF he far W est than y
is n Charles county, one Of the oldest settled
and prettirst sections OF Old VI ,ryhnlt y Is
simply for want OF enterprise on ihe part OF the
ptupie That the lands are poor aud largely
mort ragged is tue yerJ best AIRY ument ia tivOr
of cre.iiag ~ county debt To make Improve
nents aud thereby do stfne'hlng to induce
proplr with mraus 10 come and buy som o.
the Lands and improve them ami live among
us and give some new Ire to
the county All the money spent IN construct
ing Tie new buildings Stil he pad out CT Il
TO the nenpe VI the county mud give employ
ment To labor ia different ways increase the
business Of ;ne tr ID smen aud VIII ne ielt TO-
the farmer aud all classes Of the people A.
la n ia grows in population Inc demand in
crr,,s.s for all farm prOdurts around near
hone mtkct is tie great and strong Ttu
ment of the Republican party IN aSor ui
bniiias mtnnla torres al over Vie coualrs
md creating thft aud euierpr'r, 7'utiii hgU'
towns all over tins great cnupify sri'd INV king
iauis around these rapidly lruNing t0saA
yalu bic by CREATING n home market far tnrir
lroducts. hope th,t the Democrats Of
Charles county viii wake up can not oe-
Irve ths,t n Rrpubdcan, ~rl'e or hlrcki ran
." N'h''"'NN $500