The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-12-07
Meeting Ofthe Evansville Farmers
Club.

The agricultural conditions of the five
tobacco raising counties of Southern
Maryland were the subject Of an interest
ing paper read by DR.. Joseph r. Owens
registrar of the Maryland Agricultural
| College, upon the occasion of the meetin g
of the Evansville Farmers Club at his
residence, Hilltop Lodge, at Hyattsville
on Saturday last. The meeting was largely
attended the members present being
President S. W. Bcall, Secretary d. NJ.
| Nesbit and Messrs. j. d. Cassard, Lloyd
Dorsey, Luther Brashears, c. H. Stanley,
Dr. A. S. Hill, J. A. Blundon, Jonn Snow
| den and DR.. Owens. The guests were
Capt. r. W Sylvester, president Maryland
Agricultural College; H. J. Patterson, di-
| rector Maryland Experiment Station J.
s. Robinson, State Horticulturist; Charles
A. Councilman and E. Cuttings Merryman,
of Baltimore county; DR.. c. A. Wells, L.
,, H. Campbell, Arthur Owens, c. II. Welsh
and E. A. Fuller, of Hyattsvile. At the
conclusion of an excellent dinner served
| by Mrs. Ovens. assisted by Mrs. E. A.
Fuller, Miss A. Louise Fuller and M iss
Alice Owens. the routine business of the
club was disposed of. when the hosts
essay was in order.
DR.. Owens described the present con-
dtion of the farms and the scarcity of
labor. and contended that the bad condi-
ton Of farms is because the land is cult
waited by men who do not own it, whose
interest, as they view it, is merely to make
all they can out of it during their occu-
pancy.
AS a result of this, as a rue, DR.. Owens
declared. the landowners, and tenants
have in the last decade grown poorer in
Southern Maryland. Continuing, the
speaker declared that conscious of their
inability to buy homes for themselves, the
tenants generally have no strong interest
in the welfare of the country. If tax
payers at all they are very small taxpay-
ers. To them the size of the tax rate is
not il matter of supreme Importance, and
yet they can name the men to make the
laws fol that section and the men who
levy and expend the public revenues, and
this they do in Southern Maryland"
The remedy for the evils, DR.. Owens
contended, must come, if at all, by the
Introduction of colonists, coming as such
for mutual association, independent of
the social life and of the labor now there
This must be done by State aid, directed
not by politicians, but by men in the
employ of the State, it is true, but who
are in sympathy with the movement and
and desire its success.
Mr.. Charles II. Stanley thought that the
introduction OF foreign labor would work
decided change for the better.
Captain Sylvester submitted that agri-
culture in Southern Maryland was entire
ly at the mercy Of labor. The cattle in
dustry would reduce labor.
Director II. j. Patterson thought the
difficulty could be met by acquainting
outsiders with the excellent opportuni-
ties available for the introduction of
modern farming in Southern Maryland.
He thought it would be an excellent idea
for the State to make an appropriation
for the purpose of printing documents
giving specific information and suggested
as an alternative for State appropriations
allotment by the County Commissioners
for this purpose
Tie matter was made the special order
for the next meeting of the club.