Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
PLAN TO BOOST AND DEVELOP
DELMARVA PENINSULA GROWS
F. P.ADKINS OF SALISBURY, MD,
TELLS WHAT MOVEMENT MEANS
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore AssOcia-
ton Proposes to Put Resources of
Peninsula to Best Possible Use

just what does the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association propose to
do? Along what lines will it oper
ate? From what point of view will it |
approach the innumerable problems
which the Peninsula presents
The Association will attempt to
deal with the Peninsula's problems |
just as any wise and prudent man
would attempt to deal with them if |
he was the sole owner of the PENN |
sula and all it contains.
Anyone who owned all of the agTi
cultural land in the Peninsula would
be anxious to put that land to the
best possible use. He would be
anxious to increase the value of that
land by increasing production. He
would see to it that the crops which
were best suited to a particular To-
cality were planted. If there was idle
land, he would bring in people from
the outside to till it.
In order to put the Pe&insula's ag-
ricultural land to the best possible
use, anyone who owned all of it would
advertise it. He would bid for home
seekers and settlers.
That is just what the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association proposes
to do. 1t does not own any agricUl-
tural land but it wants to help the
people who do own it to put that land
to the best possible use. That means
more people, more production, more
business-more business for the mer-
chant, for the bank, for the manufac-
turer-for everybody. If one man
owned all of the agricultural land on
the Peninsula, he would not only try
to put it to the best possible use but
he would be anxious to do everything
he could to secure the best possible
market for its products. He would
help the men on his farms sell their
crops. He would encourage them to
put their produce on the market in
standardized packages which bore or
ganized trade marks and which would,
if possible, command a premium.
In every way that could possibly
occur to him, any man who owned all
of the land on the Peninsula would
help solve those marketing problems
which are becoming increasingly in
ticate and increasingly embarrassing
to the individual who attacks them
single handed.
That is just what the Association
wants to do-help solve the market
ing problem. In addition to adver-
tising the land itself, it proposes to
advertise the things the land produc-
es. 1t will help producers, who ask
assistance, to organize. 1t will at
tempt to create new market outlets
and it will stand behind each individ-
ual producer and see to it that he re-
ceives as much for his product as
anyone else receives for products of
the same quality.
Anyone who owned all of the Pen
insula would make it a point to see
that the Peninsula's industrial oppor-
tunities were properly utilized. In or
der that they might be utilized, he
would see that they were properly adj
vertised. While building up agricul-
ture on the one hand anyone who
owned all of the Peninsula, would
build up industry on the other.
Again, that is just what the AssO-
citation proposes to do.
, The owner of the Peninsula woulC
q find that he had many miles of ocean
, front, many miles of river front that
should be the sites for resorts and fol
. part season homes. He would adver
tise these sites among the people who
: are looking for opportunities of thai
? kind. He would attempt to realize
the largest amount possible from his
l resort and home site opportunities.
4 And that is just what the Associa.
tion wants to dO-advertise the Pen.
e insula's resort and home site posi-
v bilities.
Anyone who owned all of the PENN
sula would see to it that thousand.
upon thousands of people came dowr
I every year as tourists and sight t-seers
! Anyone who owned the Peninsula
| would be proud of it. Being proud
| he would talk about it-in the news.
papers and magazines. As a result
people would come down to see what
the talk was all about. Each visitor
! would spend a considerable amount OF
money, and the man who owned the
| Peninsula would benefit. The Asso-
citation plans to tell the story of the
| Peninsula in the newspapers and
| magazines. 1t plans to bring people
| down to see the opportunities and re-
sources which the Peninsula has tc
| offer. The Association knows that
l each one of these visitors will be a
source of income to every line of bus
mess on the Peninsula. Finally, any.
one who owned all of the Peninsula
would want to know all of the facts
| about it. He would want to know
! how MANY acres of pach Y,o,-tio,,1 a