The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-06-18

that are not FORGOTTEN yet"
Our groceries are the arteries of
trade for our own farmers. The far
mer concentrates upon the various
technics Of production; as a general
thing he is not one hundred per cent
qualified to market his product. The
large city markets are not only re-
mote, and more so now because of the
increasing State and Federal restlic-
lions, inspections, etc, but also de-
signed to take advantage of the
farmer. His only hope is the local bus
mess man. Now if the businessmen
form themselves into an association
expressly to buy produce from local
farmers for their own trade and also
erect warehouse and storage, and
serve as middlemen for the city trade, !
our farmers will see a new era.
An experiment of this idea by one
grocer was made during the past
week.
Several weeks ago the writer and .
his wife were invited by Ed. Schmidt,
proprietor Of the Economy Store, to d
country ham dinner, 1t was a ham
cured by Solomon Snyder in the Red :
House community. Mr.. Snyder is an !
old and expert hand at curing hams.
This ham had every quality that one
Graves. 1t was as tender as flet ,
mignon, juicy as a sturgeon steak,
and redolent with the fragrance of /
hickory
We were convinced that this ham
could more than hold its own with
Smithtield, which, by the way, is
greatly over-rated. This was attested
by the Maistre de Cuisine of Balti-
more's most fashionable hotel. told
Schmidt that he should try to open up
trade with high-class hotels and res
taurants. SO this past week we tlucked
goodly number to Baltimore. On our
way down we made stops in Cumber-
land and Hagerstown and found a
ready market and got a top price.
An instance Of this hams immedi-
ate popularity was in the Dutch Kit
chen, rated as among the first five
Maryland restaurants. This restau-
rant is near the square in Hagers-
town. We sold ham to Mr.. Kaliopois.
the keeper Of this tavern. After fin
ishing dinner and about ready to leave
he remarked to one Of his pet custom
ers, who was the first to eat a slice
of Garrett county ham, that we were
responsible for bringing it. Where
upon the pet customer said at is alb
solutely delicious; would like to buy
a whole ham," Kalopolis said. Lets
finish this one first" The pet customer
replied, 81 insist on having a whole
ham for my own larder." There was
nothing for the tavern keeper to do
but give in, and so another Garrett
county ham was sold
If you plan to be in Baltimore to-
morrow you might be able to order
Garrett county ham-that is if you
don't mind paying $1.50 to $500 for
your dinner-at the Emerson Hotel
Miller's Restaurant, Marconi's, the
Southern Hotel and Dubner's. 1t will
be printed on the menu as Garrett
County Hickory Smoked Ham unless
the proprietors deem it might get
them in trouble with the State Health
To our CONSERVATION we learned {
on the last day in Baltimore that,
according to a law passed in March,
1887, in the State of Maryland, that
we were ham bootleggers. For the
protection of the public from tainted
meat, Maryland, as we'll as Baltimore
City, had passed a series of laws or
ordinances that makes it unlawful to :
sell Garrett county ham within the '
city limits, either to a private citi
zen, retailer, restaurant, hotel or at l
From our limited point of view it {
seems grossly unjust. The welfare of
the public health in a large city is
matter. Meats must be
from the slaughter house to
storage. Because of the expense of
the city has made rul-
ing that no meats produced in Mary '
land (cured hams included) can be /
sold in Baltimore outside a radius of c
forty miles from the city line. But the
general public Graves a good country t
ham, and this past week there was c
strong evidence of an increasing mar
ket and one that would bring top {
price if the ham could remain on t
high standard. d
There is no reason why Garrett
county production, if properly organ t
lied, could not successfully compete i
with Smithfeld. The very fact that q
the Emerson Hotel paid Ed Schmidt
two cents more on the pound for Gar {
rett county ham than the Smithfeld !