The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-29

, a strong American potash industry
which will form a competition with
| the importers. If we are to have
protection for American farm prod
ucts, American fruits, nuts live stock,
cotton and manufactured goods, it is
unfair to deny reasonable protection
to our potash industry. If we are
to destroy the potash industry and
buy fertilizers abroad, why not buy
all products abroad, where we can buy
them cheaper than at home ?-Easton
Gazette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ashby. of
Washington, D. c., where the former
is engaged as superintendent of the
National Publishing Company. arrived
IN Oakland on Saturday night last and
remained here until Tuesday morning
as guests of Sheriff and Mrs. Jesse ].
Ashby, when they returned to Wash
lngton, being accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph T. Ashby and Miss Bea-
trice Ashby, the parents and sister of
Mr.. Ashby. Mr.. Ralph T. Ashby has
been quite i'll at his home near CrelIin
for some time past and upon arriving
in Washington he was placed in
hospital for treatment.
Realizing the vast Importance of
the cooperative marketing movement
IN this country, and the untold ben
efits that this system holds forth to
the farmers, President Harding, in his
recent message to Congress, made it
an occasion for urging that everything
/ be done in order to encourage the
farmers to sell on the cooperative
plan. He importuned Congress to
give every proper encouragement to
the cooperative marketing program
and stated that no one challenges the
right of the farmer to a larger share
of the consumers pay for his prod
uct, and that no one disputes that
we cannot live without the farmer.
Over $500 900 worth of flowers
were grown under glass in MARYLAND
in a year, 100000 feet of soil be-
ing thus devoted to the culture of
flowers and vegetables. As to the
commercial comparison of the two.
1t is noticeable that seven times as
much was realized from the demand
for beauty over that for usefulness.
as the vegetables were that much be-
hind the flowers in sales. 1t is in
/ teresting to learn in this connection
/ that the sale of nursery products Of
the country were in the neighborhood
of S2O,OOO,OO0, so it can be seen Ma
ryland holds quite a respectable rank
/ in the list.
/ Some hold that statistics are IN
interesting and make very dull read
ing, but when the facts behind the
/ figures are taken into consideration
everything from romance to tragedy
can be developed. For instance, the
information comes from Allegany
county that Court House records
show dropping off of 500 in the
! marriage licenses issued and of the
number applicants for licenses from
/ Pennsylvania were about half the
total number. 1t is said that indus
trial conditions in section of that
State going as far as Pittsburgh are
responsible for this decrease in the
business of Cupid & Hymen, which
long established firm evidently finds
Maryland a favorit stamping ground.
The Department of Agriculture
conveys the significant information
that farm fires cost about twenty
million dollars, terrific toll, con-
sidering that the vast majority of
fires are preventable. 1t is to be
noted that carelessness in handling
matches and cigars is responsible
for over one million dollars of the
cost loss. Lightning plays a large
part in the list of causes, but it is
added even this is partly prevent
able. Thrashing machines, which
scatter sparks, and are subject to dust
explosions in separators, are also re-
sponsible, and so is the careless hand
ling of gasoline. The poor fre-fighting
equipmnet in country sections has also
much to do with loss by fire. Now the
movement is spreading to educate
people in preventive science and to
provide rural fire companies in the
more thickly settled districts.
The buzzing crowd around the soda
fountains and soft drink places, like
flies around molasses, will not be IN
duly elated over the repeal of the war
tax on this class of products. The
majority of these people are spend
ers, and may not have been deferred
much by these taxes. But retail mer-
chants who sell refreshments and
various little articles covered by the
so-called nuisance taxes" are more
than pleased to escape this burden.
These assessments necessitate much
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