The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-08-15
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted At Farmers Day Meeting On
August 9Th


We, the farmers of Cecil county, in
meeting assembled, actuated by the
natural desire to better our conditions
by promoting the interests of agricul-
ture in Maryland, submit for the con-
sideration of the citizens of the State,
the following expressions of opinion
together with resolutions based there
on.
l. Maryland is primarily an agri-
cultural State with wonderful natural
advantages and unlimited resources.
2. These advantages have never
been fully developed, and these re-
sources have never been properly util-
lied, to the end of enriching the State
and promoting the prosperity of our
citizens.
8. 1t is the duty of the farmers, as
earnest and intelligent men engaged
in the great business of agriculture, to
tage an interest in all questions and
all movements in which the welfare of
the farmers business is involved.
4. The vital Importance of agricul-
ture, and the fact that so many of our
citizens depend on it for a livelihood,
should remove entirely from the
sphere of politics all questions relative
to greater agricultural development;
and all the farmers of Maryland, ire
spective of class, condition or political
creed, should unite their efforts to adj
vance any movement which has for its
purpose the betterment of agricultural
conditions and the promotion of the
material welfare of our citizens.
5. Other States of the Union, now
exceedingly prosperous from an agri-
cultural standpoint, were at one time
in exactly the same position as Mary
land today; that is, with their agri-
cultural resources undey aloped.
In practically every Instance, their
great agricultural awakening and de-
velopment came as the direct result
of appropriations by the Legislature
to the State Agricultural College, by
means of which appropriations the
College was developed, equipped and
vitalized, as to make it the leader in
the movement for greater agriculture,
and the most potent factor in enrich
ing the State and its citizens through
new era of agricultural prosperity.
8. The Legislature of Maryland
should appropriate adequate funds to
develop the Agricultural resources of
the State. 1t is unquestionably true
that the farmers and business men
generally believe that such appropria-
lions would be splendid business in
vestment, not only for the Common
wealth itself, but for practically every
citizen within her borders engaged in
any, profession. industry or trade
That the farmers of Cecil County, in
meeting assembled express themselves
as being earnestly DESTROYS of promot-
ing the agricultural interests of Mary
land through the upbuilding and de-
veloping OF the Agricultural College
and Experiment Station of which the
State of Maryland is to be the sole
owner.
That they pledge themselves to use
every effort during the time interven-
ing before the next session of the Leg
islature to further the movement for
ample Legislative appropriations, and
to impress upon the candidates for
the General Assembly the necessity of
ADEQUATE state aid for the College and
Station, and
Resolved, That we request that the
Chairman of this meeting conner with
the Presidents Of the various State
Agricultural organizations and with
their counsel and aid select d legisla-
tive committee to prepare and pro-
pose such legislation to the next legls-
lature as in their judgment will best
promote the purposes of this meeting
and enlarge and develop said A rricul-
tural College and Experiment Station
to meet the needs of our Agricultural
interests with a view to placing Mary
land among the great agricultural
States of the Nation where her natu-