The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
head who wants to make reputation for

himself
What is the difference if we do pay a
little more tax, if we get compound in
terest OIL the investment when we make a
permanent road, it is simply all invest
ment. Why do we buy binders to cut our
wheat when a cradle is much cheaper and
we would not have to buy twine to tie it
Now we have put away all of our grand
| fathers tools and ways of farming and
taken up new ones and would not go back
to the old way of farming if we could but
we could not, because the up to date man
can handle more with the improved way
of farming, with less than half the
expense.
Now road mending is the same in Cecil
county as it was fifty years ago, as we
still have the old shovel and the pick,
and the farmer once and awhile when it
suits him patches his piece of road, as he
calls it. 1 see our last legislature had
$I25,o 900 appropriated for its expenses,
and just before the adjournment of the
session bill appropriating $40. 900 more
for expenses was passed, making the total
cost of the last General Assembly $G65,-
900. To this may be added SIS 900 or
$40, 900 additional to defrav the cost of
the extra session which meets this week
How much of it has been or will be a
benefit to the farmer? We pay our share
of the taxes which are used to make good
this heavy expense of legislation. Now
we farmers are very anxious to have our
choice of legislators elected and will spend
our money to have them, and then we
seem satisfied. and you will not hear a
farmer complaining about anything but
the cost. 1t appears all he wants is the
privilege of complaining and that is the
reason that we have no better road
system.
can show you gentlemen my own
lane. When I came here could not haul
over oneha,f ton up the hill on pair of
horses. Now can haul two tons since it
has been graveled. Why not have the
next legislature make some appropriation
for our roads' Let us be willing to invest
our money i'll permanent road improve
ments. 1t is all outrage for us in this
neighborhood to have 10 say that our
roads are impossible when we have most
excellent gravel so close
AS this Club was the first to make the
move for the Rural Free Delivery of our
mail, that is giving such good satifaction,
we cannot be first in the good road move
ment, but we can help to keep it going,
so our Rural Free Delivery carriers can
not have an excuse for not being on time
with our mail every day, as the farmer
has learned to value time as much as anv
other business man.
Much discussion ensued from
the reading of the essay and it was
moved and carried that a com
mittee be appointed to draft a reso-
luton expressing the sentiment of
the Club in regard to the road
question, the committee to sub
NIT the resolution at the next
meeting.
A. j. Michener and John P.
Wilson were appointed to draft the
resolution.
The following committee of in
spection of premises was appointed,
after which an adjournment was
had to partake of an excellent re-
past: Jos. S. Scarborough, Elwood
Balderson, j. p. Wilson. When
full appreciation of this feature
had been shown a stroll about the
well kept premises was in order.
On reassembling, the committee
of inspection reported having noted
several colonies of bees, nice
brood sow, a number of shoats and
small pigs. a large acreage of wheat
which compared favorably with
neighboring fields, II cows which
were as fine as any in this section,
some Holstein calves and young
cattle, pair of excellent two-year-
old mules and several good horses.
The stock all looked well and the
barn and everything about the
place seemed in first class order.
After further discussion on the
road question, the Club adjourned
to meet with Jos. Il. Groove on
May 21.