Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-15
WINTHROP ALIVE
To iha stcsSsIly Of Building Up Her
BustGsSs Fro opfiIy
And Is Making Crest Bid for a Con
densed Milk Factory.
Especial to the KrssEAEo JouRsAL !

SPECIAL 10 the hEssEEEc JoURsAb
! WINTHROP, Feb i4.-Upon The inviis
sion CT TIE toaRd Of t,sds Of ,his place Mr..
|. c. LIBBY presi6en, Ss the Ne~ YuA
I Condensed dix Co., sr5xe !, saa farsnt r.
Of this ar, nsigheo,ing towns or the sub.
| jee. of the establishing OF CONDENSED milk
| isetory al this place. Thsts seems to be q
| iiuIe disers psncy IN tbs tsik msds by Mr..
/ T 8. Boele OF 30 ,on, ia rsiAiisu TO the
islisbiliiy Of tine tirdi he represented.
| Mr.. l.. o. Coeb presided a. The meeting
| and sitter mskirg = nFisf spsec ch in which
| he ststs d bow Nj. Lit By come 10 be at this
| u &c ana shst he Thought Of the interss,
! fnaniis .s-d by the farmers and Cit zens gen.
orally win rrsxrd to the establishing of
| such al Industry, ard introduced Mr.. |. {.
LIBBY Of Barnbsm as the speaker.
Mr. Libby in his usual and compre hem
five way ,old the farmers Of what he
though, Of this industry AID the souudBsss
If he haancial part OF shs concern sDt o.
tle increasing demand .os this staple arti-
Gle. Mr.. Libby said: Maine 10 selected
as ihs beat piscs to erect our factories on
account OF ils being the State that produces
'iic pEss 1ub fuISss AhliA III any biAtt III kIc
L dion sn3 you people have the best fxcili-
ties for producing the best milk, and there
is no reason Why you could not
make il paying institution. Inside
OF five years il you build = factory
you will not know the place. Ii will in
crease the value Of Jour property, add to
The population Of you. town, increase the
vslue of your farms ard give you a market
for your farm products. No doubt there
is plenty Of money right in this audience
here today, which is large one for the
orditlon Of the weather, to build factory,
witch would pay more interest than the
bsnks on 'he money invested"
We ~ish we could give his speech at
length but space fofbids. Several gentle
men were with him, cne beiog the ueae-
urer Of the Aroossoek Conde Milk
TO-, aid another gentleman who is putting
in the machinery at the machinery ., tho
Newport factory. Both gentlemen made
short speeches in regard to the finaucial
condition Of the concern by the former and
the method of keeping the n i k st the farm
before delivering it ~ the factory, both of
which we're interesting.
The price paid for milk ranges from 3 to
ceuts per quart.
Mr.. l.. T. Carleton Of this place made
glowing speech in regard to the establishing
Of the industry here. He said that it seemed
as If it was Winthrop's last chance. She
had now the opportunity to better her con-
dltioD, that the business was . pro tisable
ons, on Sound basis, and IL she did not do
something TO wake up and be alive, as other
to- sns were under less favorable circum-
stances, il seemed to him that it was, 90 TO
speak, the last day Of grace. When every
thing was bipging on certain thing and on
that depended the future welfare OF the
town, one way would bring prosperity and
business, the other would lead 20 the neces-
sity OF buryiog our own dead.
He read letters from former residents Of
this place who was forced by circumstances
to leave, but who desired to return as their
property and houses were here. Their let
ters stated that the writer would take 50
many shares, etc, should the factory be
built here. Mr.. Cisrle,on also said that
he himself would 10 as deep into ais pocket
as any body in proportion to his means.
1t will take $50, 900 10 build the plant, Of
which it is understood about $50, 900 has
been raised. The shares are sold for 92
per share, the par value being $40. The
town Of Monmouth is doing all the can to
bring the industry there, audit seems to lag
between these two towns WHICH shall have
the industry, or it may be established 81
both piaces, time alone will tell.
Grest enthusiasm pre- walls here and the
people sre woke up ss they have never
been before, fully aware that something
must be done and that soon. May it come,
and may it bring in mora people which will
be benefit TO the place. boia socially and
morally, increase the vslue of property and
be an honor to the place.