Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-27

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Tue rssib lisie3 Of The p3or mSu. the
possibilities Of tae yousg man vhe has no
money 10 pave his way, 70 kgacy nus his
manhood, his he tifh and the Intellect, and
DE bcne asd muscle has Aakef gave him,
are beyond MEASURE Srester in this mag
niGeenf e luntry Of ours than IN any other
land under The bread eAnopF Of heaven
Ii Is tie glory of our great aa'i g.orious
rsEHbsic that the rad 10 faus- All. ncnof
and riches Is epen 70 him. No political
trixs are ia his way. no unjust ard rneqasi
las bar his ccxrse, no Obstacles impede
him, ba. = hieh iEIa try. perseverance an 1
energy ear surmount. The man Who ic-
aay .casses the saesessfal mAl, and would
tear down the great sfd glo:soas fabric
which .aFes and protects Kan. MAJ, 10 biz
tafn. be the target for the shafts Of esi-
umny, jesloasy. eayy and hate
When in the Race of life, the poor man
has reached the goal for which he has
sfriven and given Lis brain and muscle and
saprt me energies % rssei. and has Reached,
he is no happier, the days Of his pilgrim
age on earth aye no longer. his cares, PR
pexities, trials AMI forross. paogs and
iistyessss are no lese, bur are often aug
mentei.
| wish to intsriees something more about
Maine
l cannot leave this great Safe without
speaking of one thing il which she sxcels
all other states. The bitsd Stst e)asI
survey informs Is that she has II shore line
Of over 5000 miles. that her southern OCEAN
iine 22T miles in extent. 40 otter Atlantic
state p5sse SIS such wonderful scenery Of
81 MI
combined. And Whist is better, her water
gates, at the entrance Of her bass. harbois
and rivers are broad AMI deep. and open to
the world; inviting = ! 70 enter and enjoy
the magnificent scenery Of mountains,
headlands ani diversified coast. which No
ether Atlantic state can present. With q
summer climate UNSURPASSED in its pure,
bracirg health Restoring and life ilting
air. where malaria is unknoxn acd where
severe forms OF contagious and infectious
diseases are never met sxcsp. IS the result
Of gross ignorance or neglect.
Already scattered aioag its entire
coast from east 10 west are seen beauti-
full cottages aiding life and beauty I,
the landscape; cottages for the most
part built by citizens Of other states, who
for health or pleasure, seek her attractive
shores, or fleeing from the cares and per
plexities of business, are glad TO leave the
oppressive swel.ering, enervat.ng heat of
their own homes, I, fad upon Ter ho,pita-
Bile shores much nee5ei rest and quie, :"
recuperate their energies for renewed
struggles aad work in the busy world.
We hear again from Chicago, If her press
rspresen her read from Chiea 20
paper which came into M hsnds since pre-
pairing the foregoing Replr's from Maine
show tina. the farmers are becoming less
and i5ss n sperons every year. aud that
sooner or later the farms of the State must
be abandoned."
What has Mare lone tbs, Chi 90 should
mi are present her? Chicsg,. tia. great
city ,tdeQueen of the Wtst,that soon is TO be
honored with the grestelt exposition which
perhaps the world eve. saw, " h0,e streets
will then resouu,l with the tread of nightly
host, representing ali nations. gathered
within her gates, drawn from the ends of
the earth 10 behold the marvellous show,
what has she agai-s. Msine, whose dele
gates in this congress at Montgomery voted
in body TO give her the orlI's Fair
"A steady abandonment of farms, and
sooner or later the farms of tue State must
be abandoned A sad out look for the
people of Maine. Abandon the farms in
the State of Maine ard the whole State wi |
soon become bowling wilderness. But
what are the facts? 1t is true that ia so ne
Of the old Counties some of the farms have
been sbanioned, while many tina. are re
ported absnd ,ned have teen incorp lrated
in other farms. Coul1 you expect it 10 be
o harwise? Farms that have grown hoary
with age, farms that for over two centuries
fsome of Them have ltboced and brought
forth bouniifal crops uo,il nov worn out
weary and exhausted with their travail
sapped of their marrow, they succamb and
dema1d rest--rest 10 rscuperata in natures
labratory.
1t is also as 'rus that these abanlone
farms evel i , the old sections of the State
are comparatively few and form bu. very
small fractional, part of the Increasing
remunerative farms in the State.
Who hai the temerity 10 Say that the
farmers in tue Sou h are not nov, rs a class
prosperous. ard tina. sooner or later they
will ali have to abandon their farms 6 5 rats
flee from deserted ship. because there are
today more worn GU. and abandoned ft | Is
in that marvelous country, blessed with .
fertile soil equal to any upon which the
sun ever shone, than can b, found in New
England abandoned because they too bad
become vent rsblr with age, worn ont and
sapptd by long service, TO feed the people
of the South, and now are neglected, cas-.
off aad deserted by their OLD loves no
hive sought and become welded to yirgin
sell, frs sher and newer fields and greener
pastures, because they have ceased to con-
tribute in full measure 10 the incrsa;ing
wants of the hu'bandmao?
Agriculture in Maine is on the increase.
The present census will show that her far
mers as class have been prsspe rous.
Il. turns from the largest ccnaty in the
State, 4 County az large SIS some of the
ates themselves, show that the farms AID
farmers are in remarkably prosperous
eondilis n, while throughout the whole
country i IS well knoxn that farming is in
a some~ hat depressed coalition. The p7r-
ulaiion. TO. he's decreased in that cou 1t, =.
The Hon. San u, w Mathews. the able
con missioner Of industrial ami labor sta
I sites of Msine, writes in replg 10 a letter
addressed him the ;resei month
MY ind. ii lual returns will show a
remarks ~ pro plrors condition Ct
ttiogs among the farmers. The
census of 1890 will show lars e
i craze in population, in valuation, snd n
the numhtr OF farms ia that coun'y >
An Interesting exhisit is mala in Il e
five hrudr, Il returns received by me from
ind y'1n'l farmers. in this, thst % per
c. N. show an increased produc,ivenets i,
farms through he State, stos ing increased
isteliigarer. sys en- aud good msns cement
Tie r,St &C nsus (iSnO) will
show a marked increase in the number Of
f. rms ia tue Sta" He gtljs that the
ger eral facts he Eiyts are verified from
return. from farmers and assessors OF
towns
There aye NV forty starch factories 10
Aroos'ook enur tr, which last year con
sumsd over 0Gn, coo bushels Of potatoes.
Besi'es thcse SEQ Gf0 bushels were ship.
ped spd marketed. Adj {, thtee 500 600
brshsls more for home con. umption aad
kept for seed snd We fiud hat tia. single
county rated lat yesr (is:9) over 4 900. =
000 bushels of potatoes, ard received for
what she shipped Sl2[0 900 il cash, and
the present year shr has cns-thir,i more
acTei ee il p statoss than las. Oae farmer
last year, from his farm of eleven sores of
potatoes, realized net 81 600 owe. and
""'. "'' '&P'"sSs. ihEtibiHZ iHe ftaftst
Oh the value OF his lsnl, and many turner's
in 1889 cleared s 500 or over from their
potato crop alone. In 1882 saven farmer.
n All iinios tosEs ia the same county
asgss git ID from the sria of their grain
asd potato crops si4,6e5. Deductinx nh
sz entes they each averaged As net profit
81, 'i6 10. snd tie report of the secretary
Of state for lSsG states that these were hy
; o n'aFs exceptional cases. There has
jGst Teen harvested in this county (Is9O)
as 81 mattel, about i00, Geo tons of hay, /
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