Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-04-07

steel rails DAY ana night, and are to
be further augmented by the new
Bethlehem Steel works, now in course
of construction. Cuban iron ore is
used.
Another big industry here, is the
manufacture of fertilizer, there being
more capital and larger acreage de-
voted to this industry in this city than
in any other one place in the world: !:
guano is brought here from South
American ports and unloaded at the
doors of the mills which are situated
on the water front and which main
tain their own piers. These fertilizer
factories are run night and day with
three shifts of workers. The piers
and docks of Baltimore are an inter
esting sight; the city is situated on
The Potapsco River, which is
in reality an arm of Chesa-
peake Bay and forms an ideal land
locked harbor. oyster boats, fishing
sizes and description make this har-
Dor busy place.
There are three German merchant
men interned in this harbor and the
docks are piled full of merchandise
waiting for transportation to Euro
pean ports. Not only are the docks
piled full but there are miles upon
miles of freight cars waiting to be
unloaded on these same docks.
One feature of BaltimOre's business
which suggests possibilities for even
such towns as Wauseon, on a much
smaller scale of course, is the market
system: There are a number of these
markets located in various parts of
the city, they are all owned and con-
trolled by the city and the stalls are
rented, there are regular market days
and the city maintains a rigid inspec-
ton. All sorts of produce, vegetables
flowers and ETC., is offered for sale in
these markets.
In regard to the history of Balti-
more during the Civil war. most Bal
timoreans are silent, there are some
however who know the reason why
and can tell it. Maryland was kept
from seeding by long headed gov
ernor who, while himself a Southern
sympathizer pointed out to the peo-
pie of his state that there were sun
dry government contracts which the
people of Maryland could secure if
the state did not secede.
His advice was followed and the
contracts were secured; the resulting
profits laid the foundations for a
number of Baltimore fortunes. 1t
was the writer's privilege to meet and
visit with one of the old men who had
a commissary contract and furnished
bread for the Union Army, which, he
said was good bread and weighed full
fourteen ounces to the loaf.
Baltimore citizens were not all OF
one mind and some of them seemed tc
be bent on making trouble until one
fine morning the Baltimoreans awoke
to find that Ben Butler with the Unior
forces was entrenched on Federal
Hill, with the business end of bat
terry of savage looking guns trained tc
cover the city; Ben Buffers ultima
tum was short and to the point. il
! substance it was: "Be good or l viii
burn your city about your ears" anC
} they were "good", most of then
: those who were not, spent some timC
as prisoners at Ft. McHenry which il
located on the Southern boundary o.
the city on a point which command
the harbor entranceI But if tn
"solid citizens" of Baltimore are quie
in regard to Civil War history to visi
tors from the North, they are not re
ticent in regard to the earlier histor.
of the founding of Baltimore and th'
State of Maryland and the later his
tory of the War of 1872. They hav,
reason enough to be proud of the his
tory of their city and state in thes
periods and they have preserved an
keep carefully marked the places o
: historical interest; the site of tn
flagstaff on Fort McHenry from whic
: floated the Stars and Stripes whic
inspired FRAMES Key to write eth
Star Spangled Banner" the hous
where Charles Carol of Carroltor
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