The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-05

WE ARE doing very well in the matter of
commerce even if we bought more manufac.
tured articles abroad last month than in April,
1908, and exported less breadstuffs measured
by the same months. The bureau of statistics
reports that in nearly all articles to be used in
manufacturing, including raw silk, hides, rub
Der, wool, copper, raw cotton and chemicals,
the imports for the month, as we'll as for the
period since January 1st, exceeded those for
the corresponding periods last year. Importa-
tions of fifty principal articles, representing
about twothirds of the total value of imports
amounted to S62, 900 in April, 1908, as COM
pared with $1,000, 900 in April, 1909. Other
imports brought the total April, 1908. value up
to $S7, 100000, while in April, 1909, the imports
amounted to S122, 100000. For the ten months
ending in April 1908, total imports amounted
to LOIS, 00O and for the corresponding
period ending in April, 1909, the total value
of imports 81 OIL 200, 600. The total value
of exports in April, 1909, was $131, 100 900, as
compared with 1923 200, 600 in April 1909.
Exports in the ten months ending with April,
1908, amounted to $3.50, 100, OOO The value
of exports for the ten months ending with
April, 1909, was 81, 402, 100000.
He IS holding two offices and he intends to
keep right on doing it. That is Mr. j. Frank
Turner, who is States Attorney of Talbot
county, is also chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of that county, and Gov
ernor Crothers and Attorney General Straus
have been trying to make him resign either
one or the other of these, but so far without
success. Mr.. Turner who evidently has blood
in his eye, has written letter to the Governor
in which he says: "You are Governor of
Maryland and it is your duty under the con-
stitution to take care that the laws are executed
Now you are also chief of the State Roads Com.
mission in this State. Can Austin L. Crothers,
Governor, enforce the laws against Austin L.
Crothers, roadbuilder Now it is very impor-
tant to the people of the State, irrespective of
party, that the State roads should be built.
The law for their construction was passed
more than year ago. So far no roads have
been built and yet it is too much for the PEG
pie to ask or expect you to issue mandate
against yourself to proceed without further
delay with this important work And no one
would ask you, Notwithstanding this apparent
incompatibility, and where you are in fact and
truth holding two offices created under the
Constitution and laws of the State and directly
under the State government, to resign either
the office of Governor or as chief road builder
of the State. If you look over the State you
can find enough illustrations of this character
to fill volume. There is the State Treasurer
who is the chairman of the State Central Com
mittee, and at the same time he is director in
dozen banks or more. There is the Comptroller
of the State Treasury, who is also cashier of a
bank in Westminster. And all three of you
gentlemen are members of the Board of Public
Works, members of the board of directors for
House of Correction and members of the board
of directors of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege and other institutions" Mr.. Turner
characterizes as ridiculous and absurd" the
proposition which the Governor and Mr..
Straus have undertaken to uphold.