Evening journal., 1913-06-24

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card, you will find there on the left
is represented two little chickens; IN
the center is the old mother hen. Now
those two little Aanties, one of them
represents Sussex county; the other
one represents New Castle county.
They are tugging at a worm that they
ihave found and are trying to see who
is to master the situation. There
stands over them the old mother hen,
safely guarding them; and so Il IS
that that mother hen represents Kent
county which keeps a watchful eye
over Sussex and over New Castle Zap
lplouse). We are glad TO know at
least that New Castle county has once
In our recollection recognized Kent
county. There have been many oc-
lcasions on hot days when they have
lassembled IN conventions and In
Dover, when Kent county was not
consulted until Il was all over and
you had gone back to New Castle
lcounty However, we feel that this
Is recognition and one that we deep
ly appreciate and one that we will not
forget.
Now, as to Kent County, / want
to say to you that Kent County like
l "Ah' hhRWo AAbAt ahOul lnt AlAJ VI
Wilmington and probably knows
more and feels more of your needs
than the City of Wilmington knows
about Kent County. The northern
part of the County, bound by that
winding and muddy Duck Creek in
part, and by the long, circultous
route Of the Mispillion on the South
between those two points is a body
Of land which for agricultural pur-
poses is unsurpassed, and / say 1t
without hesltancy by the same num-
Der Of acres in any part of the United
States. You say that probably than
is bold assertion. point you to
but twenty years ago when the
pioneer In the apple business, Mr..
Derby came down 10 that part OF
Kent County and bought what was
known practically as a sandy and
poor farm-100 or more acres. Mr..
Derby shipped from that farm alone
last year enough apples to have sup
piled the City Of Wilmington during
the winter months. Mr.. Derby last
year refused for that farm S1SO,0O0.
I point you again to Mr.. Soper, who
is known as the Apple King" who
through his industry, through the
vast amount of money he was re-
quired to expend, was forced into the
Sheriff's hands, but by persistence
and toll has today one of the grand
est and best farms and one Of the
most productive farms anywhere in
the United States. Today ! ask you,
Mr. President of the Chamber of
Commerce, can you find an Al apple
in the City Of Wilmington DO you
find them on the markets In the City
OF Wilmington? ! ask you II you go
to the City of New York II you find
them there7 You can't find them.
Il want to call your attention to
the fact that out Of Duck Creek there
90 every season. as my friend. Mr..
George Carter, knows. thousands up
on thousands of baskets of the most
, luscious grapes. Out of Little Greek
/ go the grain, the wheat, and the
! corn; out Of st. Jones goes the peach
that carries with It the famous Della
/ ware name and Delaware flavor; out
| of Murderkill 60 hundreds Of thous-
I. ands of dollars every year. out of
the Mispillion go great quantities Of
produce. / ask you where II goes.
Why every day the boats are plying
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they pass by here and never salute
your city; in the silence Of the night
they are passing, laden to the water
line with their freight, and vet never
salute 20 the city do they give.
Some fellow on the boat will pro-
badly say, Look at the beautiful
Hotel DUPONT Now, gentlemen, you
pass down Market street and King
! street, and what do you find2 You
} find business houses that are able
{ to compete with any business house
Q in the city of Philadelphia. Your tax
D rate here ie far below the tax rate
] of Philadelphia; your rents are far
/ below the rents Of the city of Phila-
delphia, yet thousands upon thous-
( ands. millions upon millions Of COM
T merce pass your doors every day and
- 20 to the City Of Philadelphia, and
! they come back laden with the pro-
j ducts that are required for Kent
e County from the City of Philadel-
s phia. Now you ask me, How is this
i to be remedied?" You take the dis
e tricts to which l have called your
' attention; they are districts that are
;, isolated from the railroad. Many OF
q them are distant seven or eight
L. miles; they can't be reached easily
i But / want to tell you If right out
u yonder on the Delaware river you
~ will get somebody who will put up q
a few thousand dollars, whatever Is re
.s quired, and build a wharf with about
4, seven or eight feet of water for those
n boats 20 get in, and If you will builc
N roadway out there big enough fol
l truck to get in and out you will
N not only have the advantage Of the
10 Delaware produce and the produce
n Of Kent county. but your wagons will
}. 20 back loaded, to ttke back the
'e produce that goes down for con.
* sumption in our county. It is moi
that the city of Wilmington hasn't goi
y what Kent county needs; It is moi
Ie that the city Of Wilmington hasni
3, got what Kent county wants: it Is
- not that Kent county hasn't got what
u the city Of Wilmington needs oI
-" wants, but that trouble lies in the
' fact that the ely of Wilmington is moi
giving to Kent county the facilities
y. by which we can trade and deal with
- you. Now, gentlemen, Kent county
= is today thoroughly awake and alive
4. to the fact that It is a rich county
IS Notwithstanding the fact that some
IS body reported some time ago that
d we Lad SS5.000 bonds that we could
d not pay Now I want TO say to you
N that the only Indebtedness KEN
n county has is a bonded Indebtedness
OF $S5,000 with an assessed valuation