Milford chronicle., 1926-02-19
PROGRESS OF
DEL-MAR-YA PROJECT
By Fred P. Adkins, Chairman
Organization Committee

Just what does the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association propose
to do? Along what lines will it op-
crate? From what point of view
will it approach the innumerable
problems which the Peninsula pre-
sents?
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 Pen
insula and all it contains.
Anyone who owned all of the ag-
ricultural 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 Peninsula's
agricultural 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 produc-
tiOn, more business-more business
for the merchant, for the bank, for
the manufacturer-fOr everybody. If
one man owned all of the agricultur-
al land on the Peninsula, he would
not only try to put it to the best
possible use but he would be anx-
ious 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
organized trade marks and which
would, if possible, command pre-
MUM.
In every way that could possibly
occur to him, any man who owned
all of the land on the Peninsula
problems which are becoming in
creasingly intricate 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 pro-
duces. 1t will help producers, who |
ask assistance, to organize. 1t will |
attempt to create new market out
lets and it will stand behind each |
Individual producer and see to it |
that he receives 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 Op-
pOrtunities were properly utilized.
In order that they might be utilized,
he would see that they were proper
ly advertised. While building up
agriculture 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 would
find that he had many miles of
ocean front, many miles of river
front that should be the sites for re-
sorts and for part season homes. He
would advertise these sites among
the people who are looking for op- l
portunities of that kind. He would l
to realize the largest l
amount possible from his resort
and home site opportunities. S
And that is just what the Asso- 1
citation wants to do-advertise the l
Peninsula's resort and home site t
possibilities. Z
OnyOne who owned all of the Pen II
nsula would see to it that thous- 5
lnds upon thousands of people came n
lown every year as tourists and )
ight-seers. Anyone who owned the r
Peninsula would be proud of it. Be
ng proud, he would talk about it
n the newspapers and magazines. g
Is result, people would come n
own to see what the talk was all +
bout. Each visitor would spend a l.
amount of money, and
he man who owned the Peninsula Ell
7ould benefit. The Association W
lans to tell the story of the PENN
1la in the newspapers and maga- Ie
ines. It plans to bring people down VI
} see the opportunities and re- Ell
ources which the Peninsula has to CO
fer. The Association knows that III
lch one of these visitors will be a ell
)urce of income to every line of
lsiness on the Peninsula. Finally, an
1yone who owned all of the Pen ell
sula would want to know all of the M
cts about it. He would want to u
low how many acres of each par
cular type Of land he had to offer. III
g would want to know how many 4ei
tes for resort hotels he had. He
build want to know how many Ia I.
lies of desirable ocean frontage or @ I1u
YER frontage there were. He would ne
ant to know what crops made the
st showing and in what particu- ~ ~
districts. He would want to III
low what industries were best M Mlds
tied to the Peninsula and what the i Io'
st locations were for them. lll
He would want to know every GU
ing about his property so that he Le
uld project a sane, conservative Oe
Telopment program, and so that y
could advertise and publicize the SPe
intelligently and efec- W. W.