MONTHLY 



JOURNAL OF ACtRICULTURE. 



VOL. III. 



JULY, 1847. 



WO. 1. 



TOBACCO INSPECTION LAWS OF MARYLAND. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANTERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, JURYLAND. 



If the commentaries on the proceedings of the planters of Prince George's 

 county v^ere of a local character, referring only to the interests of those who 

 composed the meeting, we should not hold ourselves justified in taking for them 

 the space which they occupy — this not being a State, but a national journal. 

 The principles, however, involved in these proceedings, and the questions they 

 present as connected with the laws of inspection, are of general import. View- 

 ing them in that light, (without denying the particular concern v/e feel in all 

 that bears en the welfare of our old friends in that quarter) we have made them 

 the subject of some reflections which, whatever else may be thought of them, 

 will, we hope, be deemed well timed, as we know they are well intended. 



MEETING OF TOBACCO PLANTERS. 



A meeting of planters of Prince George's 

 Comity assembled at Upper Marlboro' on 

 Thursday, the 8th of April, i>iirsuant to no- 

 tice, to take into consideration the present 

 depressed condition of the tobacco market, 

 and to offer suggestions for placing it on a 

 better footing. A large number of the most 

 influential planters in the county were 

 present. 



On motion of Thomas F. Bowie, Esq., 

 Wm. R. Barker, Esq., was chosen Presi- 

 dent, Clement R. Connick, Esq., Vice 

 President, and Geo. W. Wilso.v appointed 

 Secretary. 



On motion, the Chair was authorized to 

 appoint a Committee of three to draft resolu- 

 tions for the acrion of the meeting. Thomas 

 F. Bowie, Benjamin M. Duckett, and Al- 

 exander Keech, Esqs., the Committee ap- 

 pointed, retired, and alter a time reported 

 the following Resolutions : 



1. Resolved. That the present system of the 

 Inspection of Tobacco in liallimorc ought to be 

 abolished, and in lieu llicrcof. Slate Inspections 

 in the counties where the article of tobacco is 

 grown established, 



2. ReaoheJ, Th.at the State of Maryland is 

 under no cou.stiluiional obligation to furnish in- 



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spection and storage within its limits for tobac- 

 co grown in other States, and such legislation is, 

 in the opinion of this meeting, prejudicial to the 

 tobacco growers of this State. 



3. Resolved, That the withdrawal from Balti- 

 more of all inspection of tobacco would prevent 

 the influx of foreign tobacco within the limits 

 of Marj'land, and thus prevent the ruinous com- 

 petition which the planters of this State have 

 liitherto encountered from that source, since the 

 establishment of the warchou-ses in Baltimore. 



4. Resolved, That a Memorial be prepared 

 and circulated among the citizens of this and 

 other tobacco-growing counties of the State, 

 embracing the views .set forth in the foregoing 

 resolutions, and praying the Legislature to en- 

 act at its next Session such laws as will effectu- 

 ally cari-y out the objects embraced in these 

 E.esolutions. 



.'>. Resolved, That both political parties of this 

 and all the other tobacco-growing counties be, \ 

 and they are hereby requested to unit(^ upon the 

 subject of these resolutions, and to oti'cr for pub- 

 lic favor no candidate or candidates who are not 

 known to be favorable to the same. 



The Chairman of the Committee, Thomas 

 F. Bowie, Esq., prefaced the introduction of 

 these Resolutions with some appropriate re- 

 marks, and strenuously advocated their adop- 

 tion. \\\c hope Mr B. v>l11 hereafter write 



