The Republican journal., 1891-10-08
Good Words for Maine.

RUSSELL &. DYER ...........LocAL EDITOR.
Good Words for Maine.
We mad hoped to present this week, more or
less i'll eXtcnso, the able speeches made at the
recent meeting of the State Board of Trade in
Bangor, ana regret our inability to do so.
The spirit manifested on that occasion was
most commendable, and the sentiments utter
ed were inspiring and well designed to do
good. If the mass of our people could be i'm
bued with A like spirit the rapid advancement
of Maine. indu>trially and commercially, would
speedily follow. A. to our resources Hon. L.
b. Nealley said Of the exhibits of Maine at the
Centennial Exposition; 1--WE showed beside
the lumber and the ice and the >hipbuilding.
great Quarrie> Of red granite in the east, and
all varieties Of gray granite in the west, Slate
abundant and of best quality in Piscataquis,
and lime without limit liz Knox; cotton mills
at Lewiston and Bddeford and wooden mills
all over The State where tie finest fabrics We're
produced; water powers all unused and in
great number; virgin soil in Aroostook as
rich as the prairie> of the west, and a long line
OF >ea-cOa>t winding in and out into magnif-
cent harb0rS where the naNies OF the world
could float in safety" In the same direction
Mr.. c. /. Barker said: I'VE have in the State
good natural wealth as any State IN the
union and ii the people should advertise and
show mp Maine one half as much as the West
ern States, their population would come to this
state instead OF going. We have in this State
some OF the grande>t water powers anywhere
Rumford Falls, II put t. use, would make
saving Of $4,000 in our steam bin. y place
has the facilities of Maine" And Hon. Henry
b. Cleaves said: Maine possesses to an unlimit-
ed degree the natural resources Of growth and
advancement"
Much more was sail in this line, and more
could be said without eXaggeration. Nor can
it be said that these resources have been ne
elected. But more can be done, and VIII be-
Maine during the last ds<sde increased her
taxable property more than fifty millions, and
in the past has contributed more than her
quota to the industrial enterprises of other
States. Her men and women are not the least
notable Of her productions, The Maine man
is found everywhere and filling the highest
stations. But as Gen. Cleales well said:
Many enterpri>ng and active Young men
aha women perm ana reared aha educated on
rnrtb to seek emmiovmpnt heyonJ ths limits ~
tue state. Thi, condition Of affairs is not only
wrong III pIlhciP,t' put telflhehlai 10 tne oest
,al,,g = e,,' aI ,I!e' a,lt e"telliSe
of Maine. if slightly quickened, TO reverse this
order Of things and put ourselves in position
~ IieI e,pos 9nt 10 l'''L .dllei lua fol,
apr own prosperity.
'uI young men Nhould remain IN the state
e.t .9ato - ~, I,Ia[ ihe ~ he
cold weather of winter, the short and at times
the world. In view of these facts | hope YOU
will see 10 it that the business Of every man in
I'M ASSOCIATION !, TO 40 all ID your power TO
Nm ~ j,4 VI 'ho 9''.e III 'n0 anu
further advance our national prosperity
iarper's Weekly Of Oct. 81 contains an arti-
Z on Pour Masters" by Henry F. Maw.on,
with two illustrations tha four.n,au snInnp-