The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-08-26
An Open Letter

To The Democratic Voters OF Dor
chester County
Having voted the Democratic tic
ker for thirty-eight years, and during
that time, have only gwen ten COM
plimentary votes, one, of which was
where the father. the son, and grand
son, three generations gave me
complimentary one, l felt it my duty
and a pleasure to vote for the son,
when he came before the people. L
think my record will compare favor
ably with most of the voters in the
county, as l have never FAILED to vote
since | was tWenty-one.
l have voted for all the organiza-
ton men as often as they have Vot-
ed themselves. During those thir-
weight years, l can only recall VOt-
inc for but two farmers for the State
Senate; Colonel Geo. Z. Austin and
the late Hon. Hooper Bosley; both
of whom in my Judgment, made as
good representatives as were ever
sent from this county.
Farming, Grabbing, fishing and oyS-
steering are the most important INDUS
tries in our county, and we usually
send lawyers, doctors, merchants
and Gamers to represent us IN the
Legislature, who do not know the
needs of those industries as we'll as
they do themselves. Our taxes have
reached that point that we are al
most renting our farms from our
County Commissioners. We all know
that many of our laws, made for the
classes, should be repealed, such as
the Judges Pension Act and many
similar ones 1 think the State
should furnish the industries of our
county, State Market House in Bal
timore City, where our supplies
could be handled in a cooperative
way, thereby cutting out the middle
mans profits. The Southern Mary
land farmers have State Tobacco
Warehouse and it is just as import
ant for our section to have a State
Grain Elevator, where they could
ship and store their grain and get
elevator receipts on which our banks
would lend them 500 and pay them
the balance when their goain is sold.
The black weevil has gotten to be
such a pest that we cannot handle
our grain at home. 1t is true that
the B. & O., and the Pennsylvania
R. r., have grain elevators, but a
farmer cannot place his grain there
in his own name, it must be placed
there in the name of some member
of the grain exchange.
During the war, when there was
an embargo, they would not unload
the farmers grain sent by, sail boats,
and the writer had to pay ten dollars
RI a Ion H. a 90
because the elevators would not I'M
load the boats they were taking care
of the grain that came by rail, as
they were getting freight on the same
Some of my best friends are water
men, whom I have met from year to
year carrying grain and watermelons
from my home town, l ask you cap
tains, if you are standing at the
wheel. with a good stiff breeze and
the white caps rolling around you,
will you not think of me on the 9Th
of September, and ask your wife or
sweetheart. when you kiss her good
bye is she will go to the polls and
vote for me; as l know you would
do if you were there-and l promise
you, if nominated and elected l will
listen to and look after the interests
of the humblest citizen with more
zeal than would the taX-dodger who
puts his money in mortgages, there
by shifting the burden of helping to
keep up our public schools and roads,
although in many cases debating
where they should be built-and Of
ten they are not built where they
would do the greatest good to the
greatest number of taxpayers of our
County, who have to pay the bills.
ask you ladies and gentlemen to kind
ly give me your support, and l will
look after your interests and serve
you to the best of my ability on the
other hand should one Of my oppon-
ents, either of which is heightened
gentleman and friend of mine, win, l
will give my hearty support to him
and the entire Democratic ticket
from State Senator to Surveyor.
W. A. PERCY.