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from sinking into obscurity as the District of Columbia arose.
He said that " good laws and government " would be neces-
sary to Maryland in order for it to maintain its position
against the quality of the national administration in Washing-
ton: Maryland's best citizens and men of property would mi-
grate to it. In order to avert this calamity he proposed that
legislation be enacted to " secure and protect property," " en-
courage and favor credit," " promote industry and economy,"
and " induce and entice foreigners " to come and bring their
wealth to the state. '°
Although these essayists concentrated on arousing the state
to extend encouragement and protection to Maryland manu-
factures, they noted one thing that the ordinary, unorganized,
private citizen could do to support existing factories and en-
courage new ones: buy Maryland goods. Frequently in news-
paper- advertisements, a tradesman thanked the public and
" their kind customers for their generous and kind encourage-
ment "'1 and asked for continuing patronage since it was
"very evident to everyone, that HOME MANUFACTURES,
are, by far preferable to foreign ones." 42 Another advertiser,
who called his establishment the " Federal Manufactory," put
the case for buying local products well when he said of his
leather gloves and breeches that he presumed that it was un-
necessary to recommend " the use of this manufacture to the
citizens of America, as the interest of the public as well as the
benefit of the wearer must be evident . . ."'3
Since pleas for state aid to and protection of manufacturing
after the end of the war had been ignored, other interested
private citizens banded together in promotional societies for
two reasons: to aid and protect local manufacturing by their
own efforts and resources and to bring the government of
Maryland, through lobbying activities, to a realization of its
responsibilities toward the manufacturers of the state. Hurt
by the effects of importation of great quantities of goods from
'° A. Md. Gaz., Nov. 20, 1794, p. 3.
`1 Adam Fonerden's Baltimore "Card Manufactory," advertisement in B. Md.
Gax. Feb. 20, 1798, p 1.
`$ Perkins and Wood's Brewery, Kent County, advertisement in Md. J., Aug.
17, 1792, p. 3.
'° John Hagthorp "at the sign of the Buck and Breeches;' Baltimore, adver-
tisment in B. Md. Gaz., Jan. 9, 1789, p. 4.
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