The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-03-15
Correspondence BALTIMORE County Jnion
JUDGE SANDS AND THE MARYLAND
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

FILsToN FARM, GLENCOE, Nd, March 10, 1902
MessTs. L0ngnecker BT0S.-DeGr Street.-The C0un-
tfy Gentleman has such large circulation in the
State of Maryland, and has so much influence,
that regret extremely that" B. s" who was
the invited guest at the last meeting of the
Senior Gunpowder Farmers Club, should have
included in his remarks ar OF the proceeedings Of
ments concerning the Maryland Agricultural
College Experiment Station, etc.. that are based
upon faulty information and that are calculated
to do much harm.
More than this, 1 do not understand why man
in Judge W. B. Sands position wishes to injure
and abridge the usefulness of semi-public in
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of great benefit to the sons of the farmers.
Your space is valuable and cannot go into
detail Sufficient l hope it will be to say that
the report of the State Board of Aid and Chart
ties. when passing on the increased appropria-
ceived from the y. s. Government and uiI from the
State of Maryland were entirely sufficient for
the needs of the institution.
Any person familiar with the Hatch and Nor
rill Acts knows the limitations under which
the moneys are expended. The expenditure of
the handsome % sums the institution receives
is found in the financial report of the institu-
ton rendered to the Governor and Comptroller
on the LIST of January, public report which
Judge Sands has not read, judging by his state
The Maryland College is in receipt of $4,000
per annum from the State of Maryland. The
income from tuition is less by s., 400 than the
board, laundry, &C., of the scholars. The other
expenses Of the college entirely consume the
$1,000 left. The money derived from the U. 8.
Government is expended for the salaries of the
professors.
The sentiment asking for the increased appro-
priatiOn. which Judge Sands states lis accounted
for owing 10 the facts not being fully under
STOOD" is not true, for when the clubs met at
the college last June, in their annual gathering,
the need of the increased assistance from the
State was apparent to all those present.
The lack of d0rmitory room, the state of the
repairs of the college, the need of improve
ments and increased accommodation, the ex-
tension of the work of the Experiment Station
and Farmers Institute, appealed to those pres
ent and a committee of farmers was appointed
which. after very careful work. drafted the bill
now before the Legislature.
am astonished that man of the prominence
of Judge w. b. Sands should be so narrow as
to compel every scholar attending an agricul-
/ take it that the duty of an agricultural col
lege is to educate the sons of farmers and this
our institution does, giving the preference to
ported by the people of the State, it is not pos
sible to exclude sons of men in other vocations
from obtaining an agricultural education If they
desire such advantages, nor is it desirable to
do so.
His imputation that the managing board will
be called upon for explicit reports as to the dis
position made of the handsome sums the in
stitution receives, and as to the manner in which
it was expended. is almost a wanton insult to
of the Governor, Comptroller and men of the
highest standing throughout the State.
Their reports are always on file and subject to
closest scrutiny. The Senior Gunpowder Club,
of which Mr.. Sands was guest, has Endorsed
this appropriation heartily, and the many far
mers' clubs in this State and other bodies inter-
ested in agriculture have Endorsed it with but
two exceptions.
am surprised at this attempt by Judge w.
B. Sands to injure the agricultural interests of
his own State, as found in the Experiment Sta
ton, College and Farmers Institute, and even
more surprised that he should have used the
occasion of his visit to our club as the apparent
support to his faulty statements
Yours very truly, ASA B. GARDINER, JR.