The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

in some parts of the city if just across
a fictitious line, persons in the coun-
ty can put up veritable fire traps? An
effort is being made to develop Bal
timores streets along lines of up-to-
date city planning. Can't you see how
this object will be woefully defeated if
the newer sections, just over the boun-
Diary. proceed with their developments
without definite plan? If sanitary
drainage is essential to the good
health of any community, how is the
fine sewerage system of Baltimore city
going to effect the best results if rank
and ineffective sewerage prevails just
across the line?
These are only few of the press
ing problems which make annexation
of such supreme Importance to Bal
timore city. And, incidentally, it must
not be forgotten that this municipal
control which will minister to the
future welfare and security of the city
will, at the same time, inure immeas-
urably to the advantage of the an
nexed territory The very reasons as
to why the city should control that
outlying area are reasons which in
their practical bearing will be if in
finite benefit to those areas them
selves.
City's National Prestige At Stake.
Then, again, the city's national
prestige is at stake. The United
States Census report on manufac-
lures, recently published, showing the
industrial growth of American cities
during the period from 1909 to 1914,
puts Baltimore in comparison with
other cities of her class. Baltimore
was robbed, however, of her correct
industrial rating because the Census
report took into account nothing that
was not actually within the city linn
it's. All of the vastpe {tfstrial devel-
opment, located in the surrounding
metropolitan belt, was excluded. De-
spite the fact that all the teeming in
dustrial activity of the sections lmme-
diately contiguous to the city is un-
auestionably part of the city's life,
it was not calculated by the govern
ment in fixing the city's rank. Bal
timore's industrial growth, had she
be given the benefit of these areas,
wiuld have been the third best in the
country. That would have been
marvellous business advertisement for
MARYLAND. The statistics show De-
troit's rate of increase as first,
Cleveland's as second" both due to
the automobile business. Had Baltl-
more been given the benefit OF her
logical metropolitan zone she would
have given Cleveland a close race for
second place and would have been
safely third.
NV. what an asset would it have
been for Maryland generally and Bal
timore in particular to have pro-
claimed to the business world that this
city, according to Uncle Sam, had won
third place in the race of all Amerl-
lean cities in the measure OF 1ncreas-
ed manufacturing development! What
an impression it would have made!
What a definite and convincing ad-
yertisement it would have been as to
the industrial progressiveness of the
cityi Very true, we did attain that
place but we forfeited the official rank
ing because large part of our manu-
featuring activity is technically be-
vond our boundaries We received no
credit for the increased industrial
growth just over the line. AS a con-
sequence, on the face of the returns