Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
DEL-MAR-VA PENINSULA
PICTURED AS LAND OF
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Continued from iirst page)

get IN on the BrOuuQ uOOf. lIS val
ues are real, not speculative. TC
the industrialist the Peninsula Of
fers an expanding home market
and access by means of short rail
and water hauls into the very heart
of the nations consuming public"
DR.. G.. Layton Grier painted a
vivid word picture of what Della
ware and the rest of the peninsula
may become under proper advertis-
ing and showed the many advan-
tages that exist here.
In part Mr.. Grier said:
DIR. Grier's Address
1--WE are met to engage in one of
those rare enterprises which COM
bine private profit with public ben
eft
1--WE have gathered here as the
representatives of the industrial,
commercial, financial, resort and
Horticultural interests in our various
communities. We will have served
the purposes of the call by which
we were convened when we have
determined the place which Sussex
county will take in the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association; and
have given evidence concerning the
measure of support We are willing
to give to program in which we
are vitality concerned.
Sussex viii Benefit.
81 submit to you as men who are
intimately acquainted with all our
conditions that no county on the
Peninsula stands to benefit more
than Sussex by reason Of such
program.
"The Del-NIar-Va Eastern Shore
Association idea appeals not only
to my state pride and my local
patriotism but, if you will pardon
the phrase, it appeals equally to
what I must term, for lack of more
fitting words, my sporting in
stincts. For the proposed associa- !
tion, while representing a coopera-
tive endeavor, is likewise an enter !
prise whose benefits will be more |
abundantly harvested by those COM /
munities which can most confident |
ly rely upon local initiative.
81 want to make this point very
clear if 1 can. For while I am con-
vinced that the Del-Mar-Va East
augurate a new era of progress in
those communities which are wide
awake, 1 am equally convinced that
the association will confer but small
benefits upon those communities
which are asleep and determined to
remain asleep during the next year.
I, therefore, as one individual of
Sussex county, welcome the Oppor-
tunity to place it in alliance with
the other thirteen counties compris-
ing the Peninsula. I am confident
that if we can make the rains Of
prosperity fall more abundantly
upon the Peninsula as a whole, the
people in Sussex will presently get
their buckets out and manage to
catch their share.
Personally I am interested in the
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Associa-
tiOn for a variety of reasons. But
the foundation of my interest lies ;
on the hard fact that the associa1 !
tiOn's program appeals to my busi-
to do is to give to a broad civic ]
movement the benefit of business
practices which have demonstrated
their effectiveness in the CONNER I
cial and financial world.
What Association Can Do
1--WE can advertise and publicize
the opportunities and resources /
which we have for sale; the as 9
sociation can bring prospective pur- I
ohasers to Georgetown or to Mil {
ford or Delmar; or it can place the c
inquiries received from people in
all parts of the country in the 1
hands of individuals and firms in I
every part of Sussex county, just \
as those inquiries are placed in L
the hands of individuals and firms q
in other counties. But after that /!
the rest of the story must be told Il
in the terms of local initiative. Y
When, therefore, the Del-Mar-Va i
Eastern Shore Association begins V
to function woe betide the COM
munity which is without effective
local organization. One of the aims Il
of the association is to assist local ii
in securing and main fl
tanning effective organization. Il
mot only Sussex county but the a
state of Delaware as a whole has a Il
stake in the associations program. IL
Delaware has a land area of approx d.
lmately 1,516,000 acres. In 1850 rs 81
per cent of this land was in farms a.
and so per cent was listed as i'm te
proved. In 1920 IS per cent was in Il
farms and So per cent was listed IL
as improved. So far as developed W
acreage is concerned, Delaware has e:
stood still for 70 years. W
True, there has been an increase k
n the value of the crops produced "
even though in the case of Sussex W
county the land under cultivation IL
las actually decreased from 2S8,OOO al
lcres in 1910 to 266,0O0 in 1920. "
Much Land UndeYeIOped "
"Of the 1,516,OOO acres of land in OF
he state, 944,511 were titled after m
me fashion or another in 1920. fir
That leaves it with 572,289 acres Of to
and which are undevelOped. Now, pC
nut of 944,511 acres which we can in
classify as comprising our present tr
liable area, less than one-half is of
cultivated. Delaware, ca
therefore,, unquestionably has tre-
nendous potential resource not to
My in her undeveloped land but re
likewise in the large farm areas D,
7hich are from every point OF view ca
1eally adapted for One-man farms. co
While am not a farm expert, 81
elieTe that we can raise everything M
4 Delaware that can be raised in
lhio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kan ia
as, Nebraska or Michigan. Besides,
re can grow a lot of things that us
hose states can not
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