The Republican journal., 1875-07-22
Maine and the Centennial,

OFFICE OF THE MAINE CENTENNIAL BOARD.
PORTLAND, July, 1919.
The American Centennial is now an assured
| success, and within year the nations of the
| earth will exhibit their choicest works of art,
their manufactures, and the products of the soil
| aud mine alongside our own, in the vast build
| ings and enclosures of Paramount Park in Phil
| adelphia 1t is now universally conceded that
| no previous Worlds Fair ever had greater
| facilities or brighter prospects, and we most
earnestly urge the people of our own State to
| respond in every possible way, in order to be
justly entitled to some share of credit for the
great success Of this International Exhibition.
! We appeal to the people of the State for Il
| Just exposition of our industrial and material
wealth. We want the products of our Cotton
Mills along the Saco and the AndroscOggin ;
| the fine woolens that have made Berwick, Vas
salboro, Dexter, Hartland, and other manufac-
lures famous; every ingenious device and every
valuable contribution to mechanical skill: the
finest samples of garden and field crops; speci-
| mems of our woods, wood manufacture, and
grasses; and the finest products of our stock
farms, our diaries, and our fisheries.
And, above all, we desire to have exhibited
to the nation and the world the vastness and
variety OF our material wealth. We want col
lections of precious stones and metals; the lime
of Knox and Aroostook; the feldspar of Saga
dahoc; the rich iron ore beds of katahdin and
the far north; the wonderful slate quarries that
span townships and counties, and which COM
ever produced; the marvellous granite, from
the pure white of Hallowell, to the notified of
our outlying islands, the red of Jonesport, and
the marble of Deer Isle
Full information as to space and classification
will be furnished by the undersigned. Contri-
buttons should be ready by Jan. 1st, 10
Reduced rates of transportation are promised
and specific terms will be seasonably announced
by circulars.
Correspondence is solicited from all sources
"A
ready attention.
Let all our people heed the invitation and the
promise; for iii benefit TO individuals and in
honor and advantage to the State, nothing so
important can ever again offer; and if we are
true to this opportunity, we shall surely make
4 showing in 70 that will do credit to our peo-
pie, and he IN honor to our State.
ENoCH KNIGHT, Sec'y.
The above appeal from the Centennial
nest attention Of the people of the State
whose avocations send to the markets Of
the country and the world the products
of this region. Ii should be matter Of
local pride to have the State well repre-
scented, as it can be by little effort. The
time and money expended will not be lost,
for if the producers are the shrewd men
that they have the credit for being, they
cannot fail to perceive that the Centen-
NAL will be such an opportunity to adver-
tise their wares as they have never seen
and will never see again. Other states
are moving early and strongly in this
matter and Maine cannot afford to be
left behind. There is now no time to be
lost, and we hope that the producers of
the classes named will at once put them
selves in communication with Mr.. Knight.