Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-05
Letter From Baltimore.
BALrrMoRr, April /, 1900.


BALTIMORE, April /, 1900.
Monday night at IL O'Clock, the Mary
land General Assembly of 1900 will ex
pire by constitutional limitation. 1t has
done some things it ought to have done,
some things it ought.not to have and has
left undone some things it should have
done This is and will be to the end,
the record of all assemblies. TRUST that
time will show that the good done will
greatly outweigh the evil One of the
leading Republicans in the State is re-
ported as saying, that the Legislature OF
1900 is the best Maryland has had for
twenty-five years. When the atmos
phere clears let us hope it will merit the
approval of the people. Ofcourse, much
fault will be found with the Legislature.
That is to be expected, for there are
many folks who rather than not find any
fault at all, wouldn't hesitate to accuse
an angle-worm of having tail too long
for his body.
81 have tried to find out what st. Ma
rvs county is to receive in the way OF
places in the Tobacco Warehouses, but,
thus far have failed. The sterotyped
answer to all questions on this point is
II don't know However, / think |
know that unless something is done and
done quickly that much of the tobacco.
instead of being shipped TO the State
Warehouses, will go to Locust Point
House.
The managers of the Locust Point
House are making earnest efforts to Sc
cure the trade and it is reported here
that they have secured the services OF
Mr. Isaiah Canter, of Charlotte Hall, as
one of their inspectors. Mr. Canter Is
considered one OF the best samplers ever
in the business and his appointment will,
it is claimed, divert many hogsheads to
Locust Point. From all can learn, the
dissatisfaction is by no means local but
extends all over the Tobacco belt and is
greater possibly in Prince Georges and
Charles than anywhere else. The claim
cannot be set up that no warning has
been given Of "the breakers ahead
The report of the outgoing inspectors
showed handsome balance for the State
after deducting all expenses and had all
the tobacco grown in Maryland been
opened in the State Warehouses the bal
ance wodld have been considerably larg
or Under the old administration q
great many casks Of Maryland tobacco
were sent to Locust Point"
The above is an extract from my let
ter to the BEACON, of March %, 1900.
am told that some Of my friends re
garded it as an Endorsement OF the scheme
to divert the Maryland Tobacco to the
Locust Point Warehouse. 1t was GER
tainly not so intended, and if il be care
fully read hardly think any fair man
will so construe it. ] wished TO point
out TO our farmers the condition that
comforts them, and TO have them under
stand that unless they send their tobacco
to the State Warehouses that State in
spectors may fall TO point that will
produce deficit instead OF n surplus
! am told that last year nearly 5000 casks
of Maryland tobacco were inspected al
Locust Point. This, Of course, took
from the State Warehouses large rev.
enue and by SO much diminished the
amount paid into the State Treasury
This year, because Of the storm, the to-
bacco crop is much reduced, and II the
same shipments are made TO Locust
Point as were made last year, then the
State Houses will turn into the Treasury
a much smaller sum II tobacco Is ship
ped to the State Houses revenue is paid
to the State and by that much the bur
dens Of the taxpayers are reduced. This
is, believe, dispassionatc statement
Of the matter and tobacco groves
should carefully consider it. Under the
present law the warehouses arc sources
of revenue. As is their right and prfyi-
lege the Locust Point people are endeav-
ing appointments to bring as much as
possible Of it TO their House Many OF
our planters have pronounced opinions
on this question Of tobacco inspections
and wrote the paragraph above reprint
ed to recall their attention TO the matter.
Forewarned is forearmed.
The Compulsory Education Bill, Of
Mr.. Waters, Of Frederick county, has
failed
The Senate, March 81, passed the Tel
ephone Company's Bill, but the House
killed it.
The Leonardtown road taX aud bailin
bills have passed both Houses.
Senator Wilkinson moved that the bill
authorizing an appropriation for st
Marys Female Seminary, which was un-
favorably reported by the Senate Com
mittee, be substituted for the unfavorable
report, but the motion was lost.
The bill to appropriate 500 600 for
Johns Hopkins University will come up
in the House Monday and will likely
fail.
FRANCIS Y. KING.