Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-03-01

soo HuheFous 10 mentton, so
shall omit them at this writing.
Friends. we cannot expect those
who have the capital and brain
to govern these establishments. that
are doing so much good to other
localities, to locate with us, il we
do not gre them our Support. IL is
not reasonable that they should.
When we take into consideration
that our present railroad facilities
are not Of tae best, we should be
uore thoroughly sroessd -. the
truth that we need home markets for
our products, and we should SO
change our present mode of farm
ing as to have home markets. /
am not a stranger to you, and
want to be candid with you as one
of your fellow-countymen. | say
go" are scOrking against your inter-
est 'chen yOn do not paironise nev
industry. Let some of us try IL few
acres in tomatoes as an experiment
and give them our attention. DO
not select some piece of land that
will not make a good showing
for them, but give them fair
chance. know that you will be
pleased with the result. We will
have to get ont of the old
rut and get a conditional divorce
from corn, wheat and tobacco to
which we have been married for
long time. | do not say that you
should quit growing these things
entirely, but | do say, reduce their
acreage and try something new
something shat will be a new diet
for your land as it were, that will
do yonr land no harm and show a
gain in dollars. | could suggest
nothing more appropriate than
TOMATOES!
We now have two canning houses
in our midst. We should have ten.
The county can support them if the
people will come to the rescue and
say, we are willing to thrive and
lst thrive. Let this be the motto
and success will follow. was In
Kent county, and it has not been
so very long ago either, and as a
matter of curiosity priced some
land adjacent to one of the Gamer
les there, and the price that it was
held at astonished me. was un-
der the impression that land near a
establishment commanded
a better price per acre than that
which was in the distance, but |
did not know that it made the diff
ference of at least $50 per acre.
But yet it was fact. for continuing
my Investigations called on a gen.
tlernan who owned considerable
property in the county, some of
which was located near one of the
(should | mention his
name, you would all know him as
he is State Senator and has since
| saw him taken stock in one Of the
largest canning establishments in
Kent county, and in fact owns the
controlling stock therein } this gen.
tlemen' held the land belonging to
him and which was within hauling
distance to the factory at S75 per
acre, whereas ! had land of pre-
cistly the same grade fiiteen miles
miles distant for $50 per acre. Be-
ing of an inquisitive nature and
desiring to keep myself posted i
asked why it was that he wanted
so much more for his land down
this way-pointing in the direction
OF the cannery ms Ispoke--than yon
want for your land over in the 9TH
er part of the county, for they seem
to be evenly matched as to the SOIL.
etc. !? Well, my friend, he said
laughIngly, you see, the farms
down this way must naturally be in
better demand. either in the event
of sale, or to parties desiring to
rent, as we have a market right at
our very door for our products, -
to the cannery as he spoke.
Thus, my friends, you will see the
appreciation that Kent county has
for the cannery. AS / said before.
and say again, it's the thing VIC
sadly need and must have.
We have, as I saisi before, two
in our comfy. Fiye years
ago We had none. Encourage those
we have by growing truck for them
which can easily be done as priorly
explained, and we will soon have
more of them locating with US. /
happened down OH the Patuxent