The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-05-25

was, That we maze NcIl lC" hii9e"N|7 ~
either over sampling or der-sampllng,
but that our inspections were strictly ac-
curate in almost every case. The OBJECT
of every inspection being to furnish an
accurate exhibit of the true quality, and
thus command confd ence and the h'ghts 'p'tce.
AS matter of fact we take just as much
pains not to under grade tobacco by our
ipspcctions AS we do not to overgrade it.
In the fourth place, Mr.. Bond is mis-
taken in assuming that buyers have shown
no preference for Locust Point inspec-
tons, as he could have easily ascertalned
by inquiring directly of the buyers them
selves, instead of seeking the information
from several commission merchant.
And filthy, we submit that any prefer
ence which commission merchants may
have for the State Warehouses, on account
of being convenient for them personally,
is not matter about which the growers
are likely to be much concerned one way
or the other. We, however, furnish free
transportation to and from our warehouses
and otherwise endeavor to make it as con-
vcnent as possible for them.
In conclusion we would like to say
word about the ''possible consequences
held up by Mr.. Bond before his friends
ard fellow grower of the weed in Mary
land" to brighten them from sending
their tobacco to Locust Point, which we
are confident will not upon closer con
sideration, appear quite so disastrous as
he seems to imagine. That the State
Warehouses should be sold and the pro-
ceeds applied for the benefit OF the
tobacco growing counties, and so reduce
the amount which those counties are now
required to raise by taxation, is re
suit which majority of their citizens
are possibly prepared to encounter with
reasonable degree of fortitude But
how about the fate that has overtaken the
growers in Virginia. Ohio, Kentucky and
Missouri? Whatever may have been
the cost of inspecting tobacco in those
states twenty years ago, in 1850, when
Mr.. Bond claims to have investigated the
matter while he was in the State Grange,
it is very certain, that there never was
any inspection at 81 to IS per hid, that
we ever knew of and that the grower in
any one of those states can now have his
tobacco inspected there at cost no
greater than in Maryland, and it is
equally certain that in those states as
well as in North Carolina, in none of
which has there been any state inspection
for the past thirty years and upward, the
tobacco yield has been ever since con-
stantly; in some of them it has doubled
and ever since constantly increasing; in
some of them it has doubled and ever
tripled, while in Maryland, on the con-
trary, as we all know, the production has
been showing a marked decrease, not
withstanding the maintenance of the system
of State Inspection. Without under
taking to say that the maintenance of the
State Inspection is the cause of the de-
cline in tobacco raising in Maryland be-
cause coincident with it, VIC would simp-
ly point out the fact that as it has failed
to protect the Maryland grower from dis
aster in the past, it would be therefore
at best but a broken reed to lean upon in
the future, and that perhaps the fate
which has oveItaken the growers in
other states would not be such an unmiti
gated misfortune after all.
In regard to Mr.. Bonds allusion to the
fact that our employees are from the to-
bacco growing counties, that has been
our practice for many years-from the
very beginning and we see no reason to
change it. On the contrary we trust that
a continued increase of the receipt of
tobacco from that section may warrant
considerable and permanent additions to
our payroll, as we'll as further establish
ment of our business and friendly rela-
| tions with your people.
Very truly yours,
G.