Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-03-02
Gathering At Farmers
Convention Opposes
Additional Bond Issues
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money in running their government.
Major Lee, in rising to answer
the attacks made by Mr.. Welsh, said
that he had not anticipated that the
meeting would be "the beginning of
the 1884 county election campaign"
He told the farmers and their guests
that whatever the people desired
in regard to bond issues would be
DONE"
He denied the charges of Mr..
Welsh and put them down to at
tempts to play politics when the
gathering was in frame of mind
where any accusation, no matter how
unfair, might be received. "This is
no time to be untruthful about the
financial condition of the county.
Statements such as Mr.. Welsh's that
the county is Sin the red by more
than 100000 are lust not true"
Major Lee pointed out that attacks
ON the administration had impaired
the credit of the county abroad and
the failure to get a more substan-
tial figure for the last county bonds
sold had been because of these at
tacks on county leaders and county
finances.
Although Major Lee declared that
the sentiment of the people would
guide members of the General As
sembly with regard TO further bond
issues, he explained that the pro-
gram should be carried out if the
best interests of the county would be
served. The movement of suburban
area outward constitutes the best
money crop the farmer can hope for
in the future, he said. "The burden
of taxation will lay upon the SUBJ
urban resident and it is just that
this should be done to make ND for
the many years that the upper, or
agricultural area supported the lower
county.
Major Lees assertion that county
salaries will be cut at least 10 per
cent and his prophecy that the tax
bill for 1888 viii be reduced from
80 to 40 cents brought loud ap-
plause. He ended his speech by re-
minding the audience that Mr.. Welsh
had produced a 'fbunch of figures
and distorted them to suit his con-
venience, to the detriment of the
entire county"
At the morning session the rou-
tine business of the convention was
transacted and the report of the
Community Council rendered. A res
olution was adopted asking that the
Maryland Legislature pass a bin
reducing the registration cost for
automobiles to 10 cents per horse
power and trucks to 20 cents per
horsepower.
L. I. Skefington, manager of the
Eastern Livestock Cooperative Mar
keting Association, and Josiah W.
Jones, president of the Montgomery
County Farm Bureau, both told of
the progress being made by the CO.
operative. Mr.. Skeffington said that
the marketing association was now
functioning very satisfactorily but
warned against using the associa-
ton as a prop. Mr.. Jones said
that of the $4,000 in stock sub
scribed $4,000 had been collected.
Delegates elected from the Com
munity Council were o. w. Roby,
Colesville; William J. Hines, Brooke
vile and ]. E. Janney, Sandy
Spring.
o. NJ. Kile, corresponding secretary
of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation and an agricultural econ
omist, spoke on the Domestic Allot-
ment Plan. He declared that this
plan was essentially covered by the
McNary- Haughen bill which was
vetoed by former President Coolidge.
This plan, he said, is still being
worked out with a view to future
presentment to Congress.
The convention was presided over
by Clarence L. Gilpin, of Olney.
Robert Miller, Jr., of Spencerville,
was secretary.
A bountiful lunch was served by
a committee Of women from the
Sandy Spring neighborhood.