Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-03-18
AMONG THE FARMERS
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cerrv.posslssre On pr.ssieai Agricultural iepic'
!. -ehcits~i Ad.iress ell ossnnanlsstions In
tsnslesi Zoe this dsIsrtmsnt ~ AssICttfthAt
EDfros. oxferi he@ssrsi. PART. Ne.
rrE FARMING INTERESTS OF rNt
STATE.
Having been conhnei Ia the house the
most ~ the winter hy sickness, l have
rad aud reflected upon the article. pub
llshci from time to time, and must say.
that have been surprised "a see so
many from even our best farmer. crying
down tn farming lntercsts of our state.
N had never lived here, and knew of
the state only by these articles, should
look upon Maine as the most God for
saksn place In Christcndom. Even our
mo.t level headed Secretary Gilbert,
whom I thought always looked With
favor upon Maine farming. catches on,
aud calls the situation alarming. An
other avs We must b. favored to keep
Va alive. Why thi. great ouicryy Are
Ne really Ia ~ had condiiionf What !.
there 80 alarmlngt poc. any on. know
~ the family of an Industrious farmer
that has not enough Ia eat aud clothes
ta he comfortable, or IN. Ia be famed
60 - kept alive, Ibis everlasting crying
down our state. Il doiIg IA untold in-
Jury. such sentiments arr rad by our
chlliren. aud they musi feel that they
arr living In the most forsakcn place la
the world. aud long a. D. old enough to
'gu west" such article. continualiy
placci bcforr our people create an un-
casinc.s, aud serve more than any other
one thing to depopulaie our state.
Not a year elap.-., bat ~c hear %
people In some part ~ the great west be-
ing in a starving conslition. DO Ne hear
thi. 10 the farmers of Mainet Then wht
krep CRYING down our >taisf \ state
Whsrr every hillside I. dotted With mOrc
happy homc.. than any other La our
brusd land. Instead 20 keeping up TIL.
eternal whining. let us take the opposite
cuur.e and advertise Maine AZ the mos,
de.lrthl. plsc, la the world. Ass Stat.
With thousand. - mile. of sca.horr,
uhcrr the boys can step cut q, THEIR
loors anil .hoo, all kinds ~ .ea fo~l,
wlscrv every fsi l. alive With clans, ani
every hay ani channel With fish. Where
Mild game l. .o plenty that even deer
arv slot la the siT,yt. of Que IL IT. lead
ing cliic. a. q state Abounding In lake.
and strains fillcd with m. bet h.h In
~. Norli almo.i aching Ia b. caught.
Advertise II asa state. wherv bettcf APP
plrs can aud arr grown than la any other
tart of ths world. whose mountains,
hlr.ide.. valleys AMI plains are covered
~tth the mnst dcligious irfti~s grow Ing
spoBtan~ou.ly. Caunut ~ sd,vrtise our
state In thi. way. and Keep nearer the
truth than the most of them
Then shV Nhinsf Why Keep adScfti.-
ing oar state a. almost upon the verge
of .tarNationf II I. not true. Other
>tates DO not sdV,rti.e thrmsslN-. In
tai. wsy. What did California DO when
le.. than oucfourth the numhcr 81
Patrons ~ ilusiandry than Nc have la
our state askri fot assistance Ia enter
tain The National Grange They apprv-
priated ten thousand dollars Ia euisrisin
ih~ mrmirr. II the grange. or perhaps
I t.rtisr say. a. adV,rii.e their state.
Tie msmbcrs 20 the grange Ncr- met at
the state line aud escorted to the capital.
Particuiar attention was shown the
meini.-r. during the mccting, and after
M. clo.. Transported frnm Op" end 81
ths state To the other fr~-. shown their
gold mlnss. NinvNapl.. orange gtoNrs,
and everything slss that went Ia show
the Stat. a desirable onc a. live la. ~
right royalty wvrv thsy entertained that
Il almost iuru~i M. heads of our Easi-
rrn patron.. under.iand that even our
mosi Worthy Master st. With Que eve
turned taN rtls the ,.olisn state. What
think you would L. the TAT. of pfuI-'-
sliion from the seventeen thousand
pstrun. ~ Maine a. do a similar thing
bsrrs Would ~ do Ons-nfth A. much'
I fear not Ne have too many Who look
ut-on the dark side. aud would .ay Ne
have nothing a. .hoN them. 1t "a s-.,
I would take steamer AZ hiitrrN, all
along oar thousand. ~ nile. ~ coast,
stopping AZ Od Orchard, Portland and
t. Islands, llarpsNell, Boo,hhay. Han
ror. Ca.iins. Bar lIartor, aud other
plac,s. I.olnting cat the summer cottage.
aud hntel. the snlir- length 10 the coasi
from kittrfy Ia Calais. Then take the
t-.t managed railroad la the land, under
M. charg, ~ the genial superintendent
Tucker, ,isit MOosshsad lake, show
thsm the exact spot where Congressman
A. wife caught her twenty pound
trout. Nhsr~ senator GO Stfc scoops~i
In even q bigger lakcr, and the rock that
Millionaire u. .tOod ca ~b.u he shot
that monstruu. m0ose: then ~ Ia the
.lats quarTiss. show them slate enough
o. .hingle all the bullding, la the Union (.
Ia the granite quarrie. NJ liallowcll,
NinalhaVen and JOns.port to Aruos-
took. Nhcrr potaioe. grow .Pontanoous-
Ia: to lewiston, and show them the
hncsi cotton mill. In the country, cross
over to Auburn aud show them the trees
that their shoes grew upon; fnally Ia
Poland spring. aud give them look al,
not only the finest hotel In the country,
hut give them q drink of water that Will
cure all the III that fcsh Il heir Ia.
While thu. giving them q glimpse of the
business of cur State, would not for
get to paint oat our coIy farm home.
nestling Ia every nook and corner ~ the
state. Would not thi. b. better all
yerti.ement than the Kind We have been
reading Of laies
But you say We are oyertaxed. In
this Ne fully agrcc. but shall Ne make
our taxss les by crying down our farm
ing Interests, thereby discouraging every
Que Who think. of going into it' Rather
let "a. agitaie thi. matter ~ taxation.
Make Il a special matter of discussion In
our Grangcs, aud when IL comes time "a
nominate candidates for the legislature,
ssc that all In favor of equal TAXATION at
tend the caucuse. II the political psrtle.
to which NJ helong. aud nominate tax
rsformer., msn outspoken In favor oi
equal taxation, aud I believe Ne shall
accomplish something that Will b" of
more real benefit Ia the farmer. than u
will be to cry poyerty.-lirfrs PRi>ct