The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-06-16
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE

t4oA INCL dt lLt DUdIl Vi IEdue TOOu1s / OTtlduu
June 9TH The meeting was fully attended by
ship-bullders and ship-owneIS from all over the
state. Among those present Were VIM. Rogers of
Bath Captain }. c. Nichols. of Searsport Thomas
J. Stewart, OF Bangor Captain Adams. and Captain
VIM Emerson. OF ThOmaston, tiuy {. Goss. L. H.
Blair. and u Page. of Bath, Captain Watts, OF
HalloweIl, Captain Small of Yarmouth Captain
Harrington and Captain Berry. of Stockton. Cap
tam Tenney. OF Deerng. Capt. J. Winslow. Cap
tain " ashiugton RYAN, Capt C. II Chase Henry
Fox, Vim. Leayitt, j. Il Hamlen Charles Merrill
Edward Waite. Edmund Phinney. H. P. Dewey.
W. q Davis, VIM r. W ood. Captain J W. Deer
ing. T. { Hersey and j. L Farmer of Portland
Norton Slower, OF Harpswell. Captain Edgar Orr,
Capt Harding, OF armouth, and many others
The convention was called to order by Guy C.
Goss OF Bath, who opened the meeting as follows:
Gentlemen of the Ship Builders aud Ship-Own
ers Association Upon your obedlent servant
conferred the honor OF the Presidency OF this
citation formed last winter at Augusta under a
charter which gives us a standing before the coun
try Hitherto Maine has had no organization, and
hence there has been no concert of action with
us W have justly complained at our declining
shipping interest We have submitted 10 the ex
actions Of government without protest We look
at the rapid strides England and other nations
making towards securing the carrlln trade of the
world with but feeble effort being made to com
pete with them in friendly rivalry, and talk
ABOUT discriminating duties OF our products car
red III foreign bottoms. We ought rather to copy
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- a1N Cl.IeS HSNIns tHe iLE " H!elo
repeal the obnoyious Hell cate riiot laws This
had been done tha ,revinlls winter win annarent
~ no etfecr Can,ain VichoIs Inorher RON sears
port, suggested the idea Of ms association Itnet
The annfoyal Of vour oianf rnnrnber in the Io,is
atnre Mr. S.rnrt wbo drew tII Hi -orT ina chsTtar
under which We meet and act today II WAS si,r.
niticantly asked hv 1eq,1irg Nav }nrt MARITIME
Journal What had become If This assnciation Of
which 50 much was exnected Win 4 rner1harsfiI,
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try that we have, i've organization that i rrady
to cooperate with similar assoeatiors for the pra
teehon the advancalnart and The 1nbm,1in[ If
onr 5anii,irIr - Ia LIIjliiI, il,,.tf,I,'ai a.
and protest Will ar5or1t Ia iittl hnt united - viii
he a hover gbinh viii In. t..it IA
All our treat ipdnstries are orsanil4~s onr
aprirnltnraI soriaties th, tore,rosf in nv Ina
anon which commerce t4nenfs hov. th,.ir WOOL
growers assocJatinn miit TradIicaTs and rarions
1tbnrs NTr r,r,;r ir,tr.ts 49, $500;
ton. also the various MANUFACTURING, MINISTRIES
and they hold their Convention and l4In.Ii Of Con
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viii come ~, f1r dslnssfT AZ MS sns.iT r., s,,a
of Which have briet;y, Minded rorid srggest
that in eaah ,St1 hcsI G';ar
atoms be formed that fair and 1er renresenfa
linn may he bad ~ on oTIr yr,la ovtaI1doJ $40
coast the abuses arisinr r11a,. bn b~onTL+ 70 Tho
attention of the main hranri Of his assoriation
Also that fair ranres4ntation NAV ba had al tLn
various national conventions which MAY he heId
from time to time
A. CO..
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az. u InOoi tola'ioN anu me "t laws proposed
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