Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-01-28
COMMUNICATED.

In looking over the local co umnS
Of the BEACON last week, | find that
the editor is deploring the financial
condition as il has prevailed here
during the past year. Now, for
one, am surprised at this and IL il
was not for his fitness TO feel the
financial pulse OF the community by
reason OF his being proprietor OF the
leading county paper we would class
il as some OF his POPULARITY, but bis
uttersnce has put me TO seriously
thinking along this line and / can't
help but come to one Of two con-
illusions; the first is that the farmers
Of this county did make money last
year, and II they did not circulate
it through the local exchanges and
pay their bills they must be carry
ing Ii around in their stocking legs
or buried IL away in old tin cans
under some secluded stump. Or
else they have been either asleep or
guilty OF the grossest mismapage-
ment For since have been farm
ing the combination OF circumstsn-
ces have never been more favorable
for making money than they have
been for the past two years-the
past year especially. And the fu-
ture looks brighter still with tobac-
co from 5 to IA cents, per pound
corn 60 to IS cts. per bus; wheat at
Sl.O5; calves. beef. etc at advan-
ced prices. Even the housewife
has found prices for her department
very encouraging: Turkey, zoe,
per pound; chicken, lie; eggs, way
up. Sheep, lambs and wool have
been the only item that has not held
up 10 price during the past year.
The prices being good and the sea-
sons fine for crop production. IL has
been the fault OF the farmers them
selves il they have not made the
produce that brings the money.
Now my friends the farmers, oppor-
tunity does not stand at a mans
elbow and knock forever and it may
be all things come TO those who
watt" but the fellow that meets it
half wav gets IL sooner We live to
learn and the farmers OF this county
could not possibly spend two days
OF the year in a more reuumerative
way than by attending the Farmers
Institute that meets in Leonardtown
next Monday aud Tuesday, the lst
and End of February. IL is the win.
ter season when none Of us have
pressing work, we are laying our
plans for the coming year. The
information and instruction we CLEAN
from the talks of these successful
men, who will address the meeting,
will help to guide our minds along
in the right direction. OF course.
all they say viii not be applicable
to all of US. 1t may be the last point
they bring out on the last day that
fits our case We all have our fields
laid OF for cultivation during the
coming year; the cost OF tilage and
crop handling is going TO be- there
in toll and labor for ourselves or
monetary expensef FIR some one else's
labor Git should be both } Every
bushel OF grain or pound OF tobacco
over enough 70 pay the expense
adds TO the profits; every addition to
quality which adds to tho price adds
TO the proft:the cost is always there.
The thoughts you giean from these
Institutes will he!p Won ~ add IN |
the quantity ard quality Of yonrp pro |
duction and saves you expense and |
1S'; p Ms dpl'ars in YOU pockets
1t does mt take a mathematician 70 |
figure that ont Just snpp)7c We |
could dou BILE the an nunt % prod luce |
we raise in - Mary's and disroSe
OF Il AZ prevailing prices, would il
not bring wealth To our people.
There ara few acres in our C. univ
that could rot be made Il dou bic ar
treble its increase and could We
put he loating idlers 10 work. We
would hear no more 81 these hard
times. We heard 81 much about
the m1uey panic and flaanciI de
preston that spread on, over the
county last fall from wall street.
that we looked FOR IL in 'he SLUMP of
prices bu' a yet The farmers over
the country hav mt said word.
We thought the hurricane had pas.
sed over until bro,h,r King has TO
remind Us i has prevailed II our
section. Something wrong: woe
fully wrong What is il? That's
the burning question. for one
beg TO differ with Mr.. King. He
must have had circun stances 70
force him 10 the conclusions ha ex-
pressed il we are 10 take him seri
o1sly.
II is true the Merchants OF the
county have been preaching hard
times for sometime. but we must M,
let that give US the blues. There
are reasons for this Stores over
the c0nntv ara aopk;n,oil, :. |