The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-12-06
Growers Want Control.


a despatch from College Park says:
Plans to take the inspection of tobac
CO out of politics were discussed today
by the Maryland Tobacco Growers
Association, in session at the Maryland
Agricultural College. 1t was the an
nual meeting of the young association,
and the chief business transacted was
the resolution to appoint a legislative
committee, which will draft some gen
eral plan to change the method of
State inspection. In addition, the fol-
lowing officers were chosen:
President-F. Snowden Hill, of
Prince Georges county.
Secretary-Franktin Weems, of Anne
Arundel county.
Treasurer-William A. Walker, of
Frederick county, the retiring presi-
dent.
Directors-F. W. Hill and R. Hugh
Perris, of Prince Georges county; J
W. Frere and James NJ. Bowling, of
Charles county; George T. Hutchinson
and DR.. q. R. Morgan, of St. Mary's
county; John 81. Drury and DR.. Philip
Briscoe, of Calvert county; Beale Wash
ington and DR.. A. 81. Perrie, of Anne
Arundel county, and J. 8. Brandenberg
and Thomas A. Watkins, representing
the upper counties of the State that
grow tobacco.
The changes in the State inspection
were brought before the meeting, of
which MIR. F. Snowden Hill was chair,
man and Mr.. Frank o. Smith secretary,
by a resolution introduced by Mr..
Franklin Weems, the Treasurer and one
of the most active members. Mr.
Weems started the discussion by his
plan to have the State warehouses con-
Quoted by commission, instead of a
chief inspector. This brought out a
hot debate. DR.. Richard g. Hill, State
tobacco agent. who works from the Ag.
ricultural College and not the associa-
ten, of which he is member, however,
made substitute motion. This pro-
vided for legislative committee,
which will draft some plan of campaign
and report to the directors during the
Christmas holidays. Placing control of
the warehouses with the growers was
another plan outlined for the legislative
committee
The gathering was not so largely at
tended as others, but was representa-
tive, and in the amount of work accom-
plished far surpassed any of the other
meetings of the organization, which is
seeking to control the chief crop of the
Southern part of the State. The most
important change in the association
was the increase of the directory from
z to IL men. Each of the Southern
counties get another representative
While the election of officers must be
ratified by vote of the full number Of
directors, there will be no change from
those announced. The legislative com
mittee, which will include seven mem
bers, will not be appointed for a few
days.
The first authoritative summary OF
what the association has accomplished
was contained in the report of the ex'
ecutive committee. The establish mem
of grading bureau, the most impor
tant step to the farmers control of hi
product, is told of as follows:
"The grading bureau has been
marked success in that it has furnished
information regarding the crop marke
in 1907 that could not have been OBJ
tanned from any other possible sourc
and which is vastly important as basi
on which to base calculations as to tn
comparative characters of two or NOR
successive crops and the relative price
that have been or may be obtained TO
them.
"We need just such information il
order to intelligently name the price