The Washington herald., 1921-02-26
DC. BUSINESS MEN
DISCOVER FERTILE
FIELD FOR EFFORT
Southern Maryland Trip
Reveals Prospects for I
Trade Increase.

AeAAS AhhSA SoSCs
Washington is In q position to Sc
cure much additional trade in the
Southern Maryland section provid-
ing distributing market for the
Fproducts Of that section is created
here and proper credit extended by
the local business men. according to
the consensus of opinion expressed
by representative business men OF
the Southern Maryland section in
four "get together" meetings con-
Quoted by the Washington Ner-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
Meetings Yesterday.
Yesterdays meetings were held in
Indianhead. Md. and La Plata,
Md. and concluded the two-day 'get
together" trip. The washington
committee, consisting of seventeen
business men. arrived here late last
night.
Speakers at the meetings yester-
day conceded the fact that present
fast motor truck facilities. good
roads and geographical location
made Washington the logical buy
ing and marketing point for the
whole of Southern Maryland. but
explained that owing to the fact
that Southern Maryland had been
dependent upon other cities during
the time that water was the only
means of transportation. they were
therefore able to secure credit more
readily from those places than from
Washington.
Need More Credit.
The speakers at both meetings
were as one in declaring that IL
washington merchants and manu-
facturers would extend credit SINH
lar to that extended by the mer-
chants and manufacturers of the
cities where they are at present
trading they would transfer their
trade to this city. They also asked
that the Washington merchants anc
manufacturers cooperate with
them in finding a market for their
products and assist them in securing
their wants.
In response to these requests
Charles J. Columbus. secretary of
the Washington Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, said
The Washington merchants and
manufacturers want your trade and
they also want to assist in the de-
velopment of Southern Maryland. ]
am prepared to assure you that the
Washington business men will ex-
tend you every reasonable credit.
Ready to Assist.
Il am further able to state that
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Washington is ready
to give you every assistance both
in marketing and buying. The IA
cilities of our organization are open
to you"
The principal meeting ofthe day
was held in the New Wills Hotel.
La Plata, Nd. last evening. with
upward of forty business men of
that vicinity in attendance.
Washington must provide an or
ganization to create a Distributing
market to the outside for all prod
ucts which are sent to that city in
excess of its consumption before the
trade Of this section will be wholly
sent ucCldECu
president of the East Shore Trust
Company of La Plata. Nd. ''Balti-
more is at present able to care for
this matter and as a result a goodiy
share of the buying from this sec
tion is done in that city.
Duty of Banks.
Then, too. the merchants and
manufacturers of Washington must
be better prepared to extend credi,
to the buyers OF this section. Wash
inCton banks must be in closer
communication with the South
Maryland banks so that they will
be in position to give more credit
to the merchants of Washington.
who will in turn be able to give
more credit TO the buyers from this
section. At present the banks OF
baltimore are in much closer to the
banks of South Maryland than are
those OF Washington.
southern Maryland is at present
financially solid. despite the deia-
tion which is felt in all parts of the
country and in the face OF the pres
ent condition of the tobacco market.
There is as much money being de-
posted in the banks of this section
today as there ever was.
Logical Center.
Washington is the logical center
for the trading of this section. but
until Washington makes more sde-
quate arrangements for the hand
ling of this trade it will go to other
points"
The "get-together" meetings were
lauded by L. d. Hathaway. presi-
dent OF the Tidewster Motor Line.
as ''long-needed union of the city
ana the country for systematic
settlement of the problems of both"
He pointed out that the problems
or the city were important to the
country and vice versa and nrned