Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
Farmers Due To
Be Considered In
Raising New Tax
Centrum Explains Gov.
O'Conor's Attitude; Con-
ventiOn Against Bonds

Secretary of State John B. Con.
trum told the men and women gath.
cred at the 9Th annual Farmers
convention at Sandy Spring last Sat.
urday that Governor Herbert r
O'Conor and the Democratic admin.
istration are determined to balance
the State budget and to use every
available means of raising the annual
revenue without hurting the land
owner.
There is no use of placing 9
mortgage on the farm to pay off last
years interest" Sec. Centrum said
"The administration thinks it unwise
to put any more taxes on real estate
or to divert gasoline taxes for any
other purpose otherwise than fol-
road funds. We must tax those who
are able to pay and bring Maryland
to the front with regard to it's high.
ways. $8,530,000 must be raised tt
meet current expenses and there
must be vision used to make Mary.
land the best governed State and
again take it's place in the sum-"
In terse, succulent phrases, Secre-
tary Centrum summed up the State
financial situation. He referred to
the report of the Bowman commits.
sion and explained thta the cigarette
and soft drink tax is necessarily
excluded, that a sales tax is being
attacked by the merchants and sug-
gested that some compromise must
be affected in order to meet the in,
creasing State expenditures.
Sec. Centrum touched on our con
servation problem and pointed our
that Maryland is potentially a hugs
source Of wealth if its natural re
sources are utilized to the best ad
vantage. He added that Gov. O'Conol
and the new Conservation Commits.
sion headed by Edwin w. Warfeld
should be able to work out a pro.
gram which will once again bring
Maryland to the fore in the advance
ment of the sea food industry.
The convention at the Sherwood
High School was attended by approx
mately 800 leading farmers of the
First, Fifth and Eighth districts OF
Montgomery County.
"A resolution was adopted to
oppose the repeal of the law re-
quiring q referendum on all further
bond issues against the credit of
Montgomery County and to earnestly
request our representatives in the
General Assembly Of Maryland to
use every legitimate means within
their power to prevent the repeal of
said law"
The resolution in full read:
Whereas: In response to the de-
mands Of the taxpayers Of Mont
gomery County, the Representatives
to the General Assembly of Mary
land, for said county, in the 1887
session presented a Bill and secured
its passage, requiring that any and
all Bills authorizing Bond Issues
against the credit of Montgomery
County should be submitted by ref
erendum to the voters of said county
before becoming a law and
Whereas: 1t now seems apparent
that the Representatives from said
Montgomery County to the 1889 Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland propose
to have said law repealed.
No1o Therefore Be 1t Resolved:
That we, the citizens of Montgomery
County in this the eth session of
the Farmers Convention Of Sandy
Spring, Maryland, assembled this
18th day of February, 1889, are
unalterably opposed to the repeal of
the law requiring a referendum on
all further bond issues against the
credit of Montgomery county and do
hereby earnestly request our Repre-
sentatives in the General Assembly
of Maryland to use every legitimate
means within their power to prevent
the repeal of said law.
Resolutions were also adopted to
oppose the establishment of a pur-
agent for Montgomery Coun-
ty, to repeal the so-called "fair-
trade act" under which the farmer
and other consumers are required to
pay and at the same time, affords no
protection to the income Of these
groups.
The convention took the position
that any expansion Of the police
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