The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-07-27
Mr.. kimbalI interviewed.


G. F. KimhalI Below we give the re-
suit of the conversation
Nn The street a rcd-headed, freckle-faced hoy
presented himself, OF whom the inquiry was
made:
can YOU direct me 10 the business estab-
li~ment of Hon. c. p. kimball?"
BOY. The man what's going to be Govern
CORES. don't know Just how that is.
Boy. Well, YOU mean the man that makes
rHriages for Il livin'.
CORES. Yes, the very man.
BOY. Wen, 90 right straight ahead. It's
oNrr there a little way.
\nd we, following the very plain directions,
went right straight ahead, bordering as we
walked the curious problem OF a Governor who
actually did something for a living.
MIR. KIMBALL's PLACE OF BUSINESS
WIS nj last reached-a large. elegant and COM
moous store under the Preble Hotel Just
such a nice, cntcing place as his warerooms
M the Masonic Temple in Boston. A pretty,
a~tcluy-ircScoea ceiling overhead, and a
smooth. highly polished floor underfoot with
ma4mtccnt plate glass windows reaching from
uur to the other through which passers-bv
sci 9limpscS OF the varied array of carriages.
taudAuS, phaetonS, victorias, cabroets, sun
duVN., coaches and children's carriages, all
Standing in two shining rows, polished and
alttorn@S from their black leather tops to their
tncifuly-pautrt wheels. We thought At
uurr ollhc many busy hands employed in the
construction of all these and of the energy
enterprise and capital necessary to the crea-
unn ui apparently Il tlourishing business,
md Immediately looked about for the Hercules
who. hY hard. uurcmlttcnt labor, had wrought
his way nom poverty to all this prosperity.
lhcrc he sat in his laSS-partitioned. uXuri-
nHIy- carpcted, prettil furnished Office, sur
rounded 10y Il large number OF waiting men.
>0icng our presence he at once came forward
Ia ercct u>. and after learning our business
uua expressing his pleasure At meeting rep
r.>cntatiNe OF the Boston Post, very frankly
Anna in the most husineSS-ike and concise man
ucl told MS where and when we could have an
interview Accordingly O'Clock found us at
las Ie>ldenct-a PLAIN conmodious edfice-at
tie corner Of state and Congress streets, and
thtrr in the neat, pretily Furnished parlor, en-
trIrl into conversation with this honorable,
lr.~prrou~, largc-hearted man, as follows:
CoTLoQUN.
CORES. understand, Mr.. Kimball that YOU
h.Np NrrN reluctantly, and only after much
ul-sina consented To have Your name used at
the coming election. May | inquire ii such is
tu, cil~r. aud your reasons.
Mr. kimball. Certainly l refused simply
because III" successful prosecution Of my bus
mess demands my whole and undivided atten-
tiun. Rllt when assured lay my party asso-
rialrs that the use Of my name would advance
~ interests, | gave my consent, being willing,
ID All times. 10 sacrifice my own personal in
lp1I-> lpf me gbDtl OF the parry OF which
proud 10 hc a member
CORES. You have been a lifelong Demo-
uTat. have You not
Mr.. l>imlall. Yes, ever since my bovhood.
~ lien l read The Constitution of the 'nited
States among The hills OF old oxford Revcr-
lne ~ do the dearly bought instrument |
could not help giving my adherence to the par
~ that then and now would strictly maint ain
it, principles.
CORES. You are i'll favor, then. of the 50
r,llled New Departures"
Nh. klmbalI very romposedlE) | express
sd myself lust | feel with regard to that IN
my letter OF acceptance.
CORES. In lSGD, when there was aaiyi,ion in
tbc Democratic ranks, what position dilyou take
NJ kimball | went with the amented
Douglas, ana later WAS a firm supporter Of the
gallant MrC Iellan and ON own noble Jane son.
CORES. | have been told that You Were on
the Portland Board of Aldermen during the
war, and that il was mainly owing to your ill.,
tiurnr,. That the 'ltclet Fund" for the families
ot volunteers WAS raised Is this correct:
MIR. kimbail. 1t Is correct as my being Alder
man is concerned. A. for the fund did simply
what i considered 10 he my solemn duty.
CORES j. it true that You Paid from Your
OWN private purse large sums of money, to
keep back the draft and support the destitute
families of ~odcrS>
Mr. knball VERY mode-tly) Yes, but that
| also did from sense OF duty and il always
seems like Dragging to me TO hear man speak
tll Nndl t1uN'i ny HAS Nolt'
CORES. | SUPPOSE il i As lahorin@ man
and Il mechanic that you wish to come before
the people,
Mr., kimball. Precisely. am inst that.
never clam TO be anything else
AT inns point me GohNcf>alloh was inter
rupted by letter placed in Mr.. kimball's
hands which, after begging permission, he pro-
cecdcd 10 read: ii proved 10 be rom one OF
iIr most prominent iliu ulsiihguisheu STATES
men OF the west lhankih% Mf. lillpali Tor ms
able. concise an" 'a'ilollt ielltf oi acceptance,
and agreeing WIN NE Boston Post that 1t
should TIE IN inc MINUS oil every working man
III the country.
CORES. MAY ask II, as a manufacturer, You
tud yonr business very much depressed under
The present system OF legislation:
Mr., hmDall, bY no means
CORES. Then you do not consider that the
manufacturing Interests OF halllt 'IleF equally
with the shipping Interests
Mr. klmhaIl. ! helleNe ilke TINS, that all the
manufacturing interests are depressed, and
some of them to an equal extent with shipping;
whilst others, IKE my own, for instance, being
wholly for the rich, do not feel it much.
CORES. Could you name some manufactures
That are as PROSTATE as the shipping interests:
Mr. klmhall. Yes; here IN our own city a
barge and once nourishng shovel factory and
an equally prosperous glass factory are entirely
closed. The same is true OF The immense and
uoied sugar relincrics of Hon J b. Brown and
Hon. John l4Nhcli' Our present member OF Con
grr~s, All OF tllt>t MANUFACTURES employed
large number Of men and created an immense
business The ;.l'Nenre o. winch Is seriously feit
M Portland. ne sane statements IAN undouht-
clF br made IN other localities.
CORES. J on employ Il Great number of men,
| suppose?
Mr. kimbt)I. About one hundred.
CORES. | noticed in your speech before the
Cony cntion al Bangor last year YOU stated that
Won had always employed a large number of
men for many wears and had ALWAYS paid them
the highest market rates for their labor. and VET
Won were compelled to say that Won had never
seen time when You thought the laborine
c1>>e, were 50 poorly paid, in proportion to
the expense OF living. As 1T the present time.
30 you still hold this l- a truth:
Mr.. kimball. Most emphaticay. And the
conditions are even worse to-day than then.
For whilst the cost Of living has not decreased,
wages have.
Cores. But business men are constantly
saying, . | cannot pay the high wages de-
manded."
Mr.. kinball. Neither can they afford TO do
50. But they seek TO prop their crippled busi-
ness in the wrong direction. Wages are but a
drop IN the bucket compared WITH THE HIGH
TAHITI AND TAXATION. These the poor man
has to support whilst having his means of sup-
rultng them constantly cut off.
Cores You undoubtedly have proof Of this
in the case of your own men.
Mr.. knbail Yes. In 1850 | employed