Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26


farmer IL all brokers or middle men
were legislated out Of existence,
but il is not practicable. The State
will never establish Bureau to sell
your veal. lambs and poultry to the
hotel keeper, Jour tobacco to the
European Governments or your
grain to the miller or liverymen.
Neither has it established, nor will
It establish q Bureau to sell your
lands. The Bureau now establish
ed, may, and it's hoped it will, do
something toward creating o de-
mand, but the demand must be
filled through the regular channels.
Now, will come presently to the
most important thing to which ]
wish to invite attention. / recent
~ had the pleasure of travelling
through q portion of st. Mary's
comfy with representative Hol-
lander, . very intelligent man and
leader among his people. He
was some things to praise and some
to condemn bat suffice it to say
that he thought the county fairly
we'll adapted for Holland immigra-
ton. But said he, the Holland
ers are a shrewd, conservative and
careful people; they move mainly
in bodies and only after careful
consideration OF all the points in
volved. and the better and more
substantial classes will never turn
their attention to st. Mary's coun-
ty or any other county until they
are thoroughly satisfied OF three
things I; first, that they can get
land enough i: second. that the
tracts they can get are near enough
to each other to allow Of their oc-
cupauts meeting together convent
emily, and third, that the lands are
offered at sufficiently low price in
the manner hereinafter stated.
He then wen on TO say that i
would not be enough that it be
currently reported that the lands
could be bought at certain prices,
nor would a verbal Offering be suf-
ficient, nor a written offer for a
very limited period. The land
owners must contract in black and
white with some responsible party
to sell the lands offered at certain
price at any time within eighteen
months or two years. The reason.
ableness of these requirements is
readily seen, especially the latter.
st would be a folly for a few
people, attracted by low prices. to
buy here, expecting their old neigh
bors and friends to locate around
them, only to find later on, that y
rise in prices had barred the others
out. The matter is now largely in
the hands of the people of st. Ma
ry's county themselves.
Their county has been looked
over much more fully than any
other in the State. Its many ad-
vantages and the low prices at
which lands are offered have at
tracted the attention of representa-
tive people.
IL they can have the CO operation
of the land owners they stand ready
to turn the tide of immigration
within their boarders. But the
people must first pledge their lands
for sale at reasonable prices. And
they must pledge q portion of the
proceeds for the expenses of selling.
Large expenses are involved. 1t il
seldom that ANYTHING worth having
can be had for nothing. Visitors
have to be entertained. Advertis-
ing bills to be paid. Railroad fares
have to be paid. Lands have to be
catalogued and catalogues mailed
at great expense of time labor and
postage. People will not come 1000
miles to learn Of Maryland. Infor-
nation must be carried to their fire.
sides.
| The State Bureau with its meagre
appropriation does not and cannot
attend to these details. There
seems to be great deal Of land of
fered at say from % to SO per acre.
Let the owner put this as low as he
can afford to sell it and add q rea-
sonable amount for expenses put
ting his price at sufficient sum
per acre to cover same and pledge
this reasonable sum per acre for ex-
penses. II the land is never sold
he has nothing to pay.
| III one.third.of the land in the
1 II