Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-07
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| far attained will surely grow into larger an,
larger results. and that this organization vii
be the most beneficient in our community.
The next toast was the Estate of Maine,
responded to by Judge William Penn White
house. He spoke as follows;
Mr. President and gentlemen of the
Board of Trade, l wish to congratulat,
you upon this occasion. II ha,
been said that the brotherhood of men car
never be assured until their feet are unde
the same banquet table, and be
lieve there is much in the saving,
am reminded by the situation in which an
plunged tonight of an Incident related by
Mr.. Erskine, who said that certain coun
Teufelstein, an aristocratic Russian. once
stopped at a hotel and called for peaches, al.
though this fruit was sadly out of season
Nevertheless two peaches were brought and
also bill for $500 which the count paid,
merely inquiriss, Peaches are scarce. arm,
they?" No" responded the waiter, lit Is
reufelsteins that are scarce" But, Mr..
Chairman and Mr.. Toastmaster, your call to-
night brings forcibly tome memory of min
gled pleasure and sadness, connected
as it is in my mind with the reunion of the
old 18th Maine" The judge then paid an
eloquent tribute TO the memory of the late
Governor Bodwell, on account of whose sup
posed absence he had been asked to speak on
the same toast. ''As was about to speak.
however. he appeared at his place at the ta-
BILE, and my duty was then performed.
Here, said, is the response to the toast
Here is one of the best types of the citizen
ship of Maine. | see by the assembly be-
fore me tonight that you are organized to
advance the material prosperity of our city.
Certain hermits have been shocked at the
idea of material prosperity and have appar-
emily feared lest some evil should come upon
the country from an excess of material pros
periy. This decade has witnessed
under the economic : systems which
have prevailed, degree of
accumulated wealth and industrial vigor un-
exexampled in a similar period in any coun-
try. 1t has seen great material enterprises
stalking upon the heels of each other, open
! ing up new business. power and wealth. 1t
has observed constantly new discoveries,
bringing the unexpected forces of
nature to contribute to the convenience
and happiness of man. II has seen degree
of enlightenment unsurpassed in the palnicst
days of Grecian civilization. Some of these
gentle hermits TO whom l have referred, may
be shocked at the idea of giving SO much at
tentlon 10 material prosperity. But eve in
ancient Greece itself, the very home of lit
erature and art, the works of whose famous
authors and artists have been at once the in
spiration and despair of all modern genera
tons, even here, in Athens itself, they had
what they called the Athena Agraria the Min
erya of the market, the goddess of prosperity
Let us have our Athena Agraria. Let us all
be industrious and earnest in promoting the
welfare and prosperity of our city.
The toastmaster then called upon Judge
Foster to respond to 1.-The Judiciary" and
| he responded as follows;
Mr. President, and gentlemen of the Au-
gusta Board of Trade: | hardly know why
| am called upon here this evening to make
any remarks. | have been so needless that
| have not come here with any speech, |
have come here simply to look into your
faces and simply respond to my name, but
| have an interest, gentlemen, in common
with you here tonight | have an interest AS
a citizen of the State of Maine, and ! am
| pleased to be honored here AS one of your
guests this evening. thank you for the hon
or. | thank you for the pleasant remem-
brance that will follow me go forth from
| your side as having been one of your hon.
ored guests tonight. have more than a
common interest with you here. ! remem-
Der that % years ago | dwelt for three
months with you on the other side of the
river. 1t was here also that first was ad-
mitted to the bar in the State of Maine. |
remember that 22 years ago one of the pres
eni judiciary examined me for admission TO
| the bar in this county | may be said to
have suburban residence although to be
sure | live in the county of oxford. | am
not unmndful as a member of the judiciary
of what Augusta has given to the State of
Maine. Augusta has given to the State one
of the finest judicial minds that
ever graced a bench of Maine Judge
Weston, who for thirty eight years
was one of the foremost legal minds Of
Maine, serving twenty-one years upon the
supreme bench of the State. The Judge
then related in his own humorous and inim-
table way, an incident which occurred some
years before. while he was stumping the
State. In closing he said Gentlemen, l
thank you for listening to me as patiently as
you have.
| Mayor MacOmber was then called upon to
respond to the City of Augusta" He said
Mr.. Toastmaster OF all the unpleasant
duties which have deyolved upon me because
of my misfortune in being mayor of the city,
| think this being called up here to make an
after dinner speech is the most narrowing of
all, especially as it is well known that do
not claim to be a speech maker. The mayor
then related humorous little anecdote to il
lustrate his position on this point after which
he continued ''One thing in which we will all
agree. If the Board of Trade accomplishes
in the future what we have already done in
the past in giving an impetus to business en-
terprise, the prosperity of our city is as
sured. Mayor Macomber then payed a
glowing tribute to the Kennebec valley,
which he considered the garden of Maine
The toastmaster then called upon Hon. J
II. Manley to respond to the toast, "Oul
manufacturing interests. Mr.. Manley said
Mr. President and Gentlemen:
it,Agriculture, manufactures and commerce
are the corner-stones upon which we rear the
structure of material prosperity; they &c
hand in hand, and, combined, create tbs
wealth of the State. The country, used in
the sense of referring to the smaller com
munities, has for its essential basis agri
culture; the cities must rely upon manu-
factures and upon commerce, and it is az
undisputed fact that the great growth of th'
cities of this country, increasing from six il
1900 to more than 300 now, and containin,
! ODe-slxtR OF tne eHtire popuIatlOn OF tni
great country, has been due in far create
measure to their development as manufactur
ing centres than as business points fN th
distribution of commercial products.
Augusta manifested more than half
century ago its first interest in man sfactur
: ing. 1t is not my province to trace its pas
or to forecast its future; only desire for
moment to call your attention to its standin
to-day. Possessed of a water power uDsur
passed in New England, in the hands of me
who are determined to develop it, adding :
the wealth and glory of our city, it ha
every opportunity to become the larges
manufacturing centre in Maine. With waite
and rail communication with all the world
with intelligent labor at command, with
public opinion to encourage and foster it,
is not induging in the language of prophec
to say that Augusta will occupy leadin
position in manufacturing. In our midst /
manufactured lumber of almost every kin
, and description cotton mills are successfully
, operated; grist mills are run with profit
boot and shoe manufactures, the larges
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