Smyrna times., 1927-06-01

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plus at the end of 1928 in excess of
$2OO,OOO,0OO.
One of the most extraordinary ac-
complishments has been the reduction
of the great war debt. This is
corollary to the great succession Of
surplusses because millions Of dollars
from these surplusses have been ap-
piled to the debt. This debt was $780,
500, 100000 at its peak. That was on
August 81, 1919. On December 81
last it had been brought down to $19,-
O74,OOO,OOO. This was a reduction Of
S7,522, 100000 in seven years, or an
annual average in excess Of billion
dollars. This is an achievement un-
rivaled in the history Of finance, ma
tional or international.
Significant Recital Of the Meeting
Perhaps one of the most significant
recitals Of the day was that a colony
of men and women from Finland had
been established near Berlin, Md, hal
lowed to Marylanders as the birth
place Of Admiral Stephen Decatur,
and possibly better remembered by
the present generation as the home Of
Samuel D. Riddles celebrated race
horse, 'Man o. War"
From far-off Oregon came one
farmer to settle anew on the penin-
sula, and he was only one Of 1000,
prospects" with whom the new or
ganization had been in contact during
the year.
Salisbury, known as the "hub" Of
the peninsula, was alive Thursday
with personalities as the members of
the association assembled.
cover there" says William S. Cor
dy, Jr., Salisbury, who is Maryland's
State comptroller, "is Colonel William
P. Jackson, who runs an 800-acre
dairy farm for hobby"
"And," cites former Governor John
G. Townsend, Selbyville, who may be
Delaware's next U. S. Senator, ''is a
man who has an orchard of 10000
peach trees and 10000 apple trees,
the largest block of fruit bearing trees
in the world"
In corner are group, their words
slurred in the soft-spoken accent
heard south Of the Mason and Dixon
line. They come from Crisfield and
Pocomoke. "Just hard-working East
ern shoremen" explains former Con-
gressman Joshua w. Miles, Princess
Anne, Md" The rest Of the country
may not know it, but we know that
the Pocomoke-C -Crisfeld section pro-
duces more than one-half Of the
worlds supply Of canned oysters"
"Delmarva,' says William D.Brinck-
Ioe, Easton, Md, "leads all other sec-
tions east Of the Mississippi in the
production Of apples and peaches"
"Delmarva," chimes in w. w. Hyn-
son, Smyrna, Del, "ships over one
third of all the tomatoes shipped in
the United States. 1t has the worlds
biggest canning county, the worlds
biggest plant for canning tomatoes
and one Of the worlds largest manu-
facturers of tin cans"
"The total value Of canned goods
produced on Delmarva peninsula was
averaged between thirty and forty
million dollars in the last ten. years" ,"
echoed Paul +. Ellsworth, Chester
town, Nd.
"Statistics," quotes Watson Webb,
Cambridge, Md "Why, we get 1,500
to 4,8OO quarts Of Strawberries to the
acre, 20 to 300 bushels of white pota-
toes to the acre, and four to eight
tons of cabbage to the acre"
The big problem confronting the as
sociation is marketing, and serious
attempt to solve it the coming year
is to be made.
Some communities have marketing
associations through which their pro-
ducts are sent to the big cities. Over
$25,OO0,0O0 worth of concrete high
ways traverse the peninsula, caravans
of motor trucks carry foodstuffs to
the wholesale centers of Wilmington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chester and
New York.