Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-02-10

now receiving more real value for their
products than when they SOLD them ior
high price In inflated currency, ana the!
may well feel encouraged In their present
condition and future prospects.
Our national advantages for MANUFACTURE
ing are not excelled and they are being
utilized not rapidly but surely. The nu-
merous manufactures of the State are
nearly all i'm successful operation, running
on full time and on solid basis. The ium-
Der business looks better than IL has before
since 1873. No business interest mas
suffered more than this and its revival may
we'll be hailed with Joy by all classes. The
time Is not far distant when the timber
lands of the State win possess value
heretofore unknown. Not only the son
woods but all the hard woods will command
a ready market. When we take into con-
slderation the fact th1; nearly every farm
taken up upon the plaifs or prairies OF the
great West must be fenced and all the
buildings constructed from lumber not pro-
duced there, that railroads In those locali-
ties must be furnished with timber from
outside and the numerous other wants OF
great nation we can account Tor the enor-
nous home demand for lumber. When We
consider the mechanical and farm imple-
ments that fifty million of people must
have the millions Of carriages that are be-
ing manufactured In this country for home
and foreign use we can realize that the
supply OF hard woods which are more
abundantly produced in this than any other
State will all In time be probably utilized.
The granite, slate, iron and Ice business
occupy important places among our indus
tries. The Ice business alone this year en-
ploys some five thousand men, while the
granite industry during the past year gave
employment 10 about the same number
The mineral resources OF the State are now
attracting unusual interest. That Maine
possesses mineral deposits OF great value
there can DC no doubt The actual devel-
opment OF these newly discovered re-
sources OF the State IL matter In which
the peope cannot fail To be deeply inter
ested. While we should earnestly depre-
cate all tendency toward unhealthy aud
illecitimate speculation which can only
lead To disastrous results every well
directed effort to developc our mineral
treasure and give employment To labor and
capital should bc encouraged. At the
present time nearly all the industries OF
the State are active and labor Is well en-
ployed.
our wide extended sea coasts with Its
many harbors, our forests OF timber suita-
BILE for ship building and our skilled me-
chanics make Maine one OF the most ad-
yantsgeous states for this great industry
In the Union The revival of business has
increased our CoaSt-wisc carrying trade
and capital Is attracted - this state to
build vessels suited 10 this branch OF our
commerce Our ships engaged in foreign
trade are acknowledged to be the finest in
any country, and II Is confidently expected
that this class of navigation will DC re-
muneratiye and fresh Impetus be given
10 this great and important branch OF our
industries.
BENEFICIARY INSTITUTIONS.
The beneficiary institutions OF the State /
have strong claims upon H. protecting
care. The insane, the deaf and dumb, the /
inmates ofthc general hospital aud orphans !
of those who died for 4 common country |
have claims which the State can III afford |
10 neglect The reports irom these inSti- /
tutinns VIII soon be laid before Won and
economy demands the strictc~t scrutiny |
and the most careful investigation ,uto all /
the claims that draw upon the treasury |
the real wants of the wards OF ~ state /
and all those who have claims upon it. !
fostering care should be- fully supplied.
TEMPERANCE.
All agree that intempcrancc j. one of the 4
worst evils that can aiiiict people. The /
way TO eradicate it is question that should /
address itself 10 all classes. The womeus !
temperance movement, the reform clubs I
and the other temperance organizations /
have accomplished great AMI lasting |
work. Like all other evils, intenpcraD"e /
will >ucCumb at least In part, 10 true moral |
force well directed II Is 20 b. regretted,
however, that there are those whom moral |
force will not reach. Ia sos,ran this class
prohibtory laws have been found ncccs-
Naty The principle of prohibition has
been 80 long the settled policy OF the State
aud has been found 81 useful aud effective
in suppre>Sing the liquor traihc that no
party or class OF Ien NOW dare aSsai. IL.
\ proper sHd vigorous enforcement ot tne
law upon this subject Is reasonably de-
manded by The niends OF temperance.
None al the agencies which can be- invoked
for the suppression of intcmpcrance should |
b impaired,
TIE MILITIA
The militia al me State consists Of one
roaiment of ten companies, Lieut.. Col.
Daniel White, commanding also the fol
lowing unattached companies, via: Port
land Montgomery Guards, BIddcford Light
IuMntry, Richards Light Infantry of Gar
diner, and the AnGroscoggin Light Artillery
of Lewiston and Auburn, numbering In all !
about 200 effective men. There are also
the following independent organizations 4:
m naftalinp IN "a !
companies OF about forty men each, Col.
J. b. Peakes, commanding, the Somerset
Battalion of seven companies OF about
forty men each, Col. Knowles, command
ing; also two companies in Paris, and one
each i'm Eastport, Lewiston and Water.
vile. and six companies of Cadets. The
Independent companies are organized by
permission of the executive under special
statute. They are not connected with the
militia and have only the right To parade /
with arms in public, and are armed and
equipped at their own expense. During
the recent political excitement our State
militia was subjected TO exceptionally Sc
we're tests of subordination, discipline and |
LOYALTY, and 1t is in the highest degree
creditable To all of our citizen soldiery,
that throughout the critical period tand In
spite OF conflicting assumptions OF author
ity that might well have confused them,
they were mistaken in their allegiance TO
the constitutional authorities and without
regard to personal or political bias, held
themselves constantly in readiness 10 aid
i'm unfolding the laws. The soldiers dis
cipline and patriotism Undue him with a
profound respect for law. Whoever else
may disobey or disregard the law, the sol
der respects and obeys il, aud, ii neces-
sary, will see to il that others obey. With
a large State in territorial extent, with a
great stretch of sea coast and long from