The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-15
BUSINESS MEN OF MAINE.
The Annual Meeting Of the State
Board Of Trade.

u1s M AtAOhS CpS1CluA t-AiA o' ~ " ~
mouth, Treasurer - Mr.. Winslow's
Paper-Other Proceedings.
Belfast, September 1.-THE annual
meeting of the State Board of Trade was
held here today, and was we'll attended.
From Bangor came Hon. Henry Lord,
president of the State Board, Lysander
Strickland, John L. Crosby, TX. stetson
Barnard Pool, Thomas White, F. H.
Parkhurst and e. M Banding. The last
to arrive were the. visitors from the West,
who reached Belfast at noon by special.
On this train, which made a phenome-
nally quick trip, were E. B. Wipslow,
president of the, Portland Board Of
Trade, Col. and Mrs. HIS. 0sgood, S. L.
Larrabee, Albion Little and wife, Col.
J. M. Adams, M. n. Rich, secretary of the
State Board, F. o. Smith, Col. Fred N.
Dow, F. H. Hazeltine and H. N. Pinkham
of Portland. W. W. Merrill and wife of
Deering. Kim ball Eastman of West
brook, j. F. Goldthwaite, Jos. Gooche,
Jos. t. Mason, Charles S. Ham Of Bidde-
ford, Labor Commissioner Matthew's, =.
Walker MeKeen, Col. and Mrs. A. S.
Bangs of Augusta, Col. A. B. Nealey, Geo.
D. Babbitt and A. D. Barker OF Lewiston,
and p S. Head of Waterville.
Hon. Henry Lord Of Bangor was re-
elected president, NJ n Rich, Portland,
secretary, and G.. N. Weymouth, Bidde-
ford, treasurer Papers were read by
E.B. Winslow of Portland, Oh How Can
Maine So Improve Her Principal Markets
as to Supply Her Home Trader and by
John T. Crosby Bang9r Nor, On 10 H %snt oa N
Circulation in the Slater" Addresses
were made by Col. S. Bangs of Water
vile on what Lessons Has the. Worlds
Fair for Business Men in Maine?" and by
Nv. Matthews on "AroostoOk." All
were followed by general discussion.
A reception and banquet were given this
evening in the Crosby Inn. Tomorrow
there will be excursions down the river
to Newport.
The following is the address Of Presi-
dent Winslow, of the Portland Board OF
Trade:
Mr.. President, and Members Of the State
Board of Trade:
Gentlemen: 1t is not my intention to
occupy any great amount of your. time
in presenting the subject assigned me,
but to be as brief as possible that we
may have the fullest discussion, as our
time is limited and we have many gentle
aquestion assigned to me" How Can
Maine Further Improve Her Principal
Markets as to Supply Her Home Trade?n
If was to answer this question in
half dozen words, should say, $ By
doing just as she has been doing for the
past five years." for within that period
we have seen our good State make Won
derful and gratifying progress in spending
more of her money at home to develop
more industries and to extend her trade.
/ will first review a few important facts
in relation to our manufacturing indus
tries. We can look over our State, fol
lowing its great water powers, OF which
there are none better IN the country; we
can see our cotton mills; our paper mills,
of which we have the largest in the world;
our pulp mills, which have doubled in
number many times; our lum Der indus
tries; shoe factories; machine shops;
canning industries and granite quarries,
of which we are all proud, and might
go on and enumerate many other manu-
featuring Industries, all of which we
have seen in the past few years, many
doubling the capacity of their plant,
while scarcely single instance can be
found but where great improvements
have been made and the plant continue
steady and healthy growth, all OF which
show great prosperity and tend to fur
nish employment for our young men and
other cities in search of employment at
better wages than could be got at home,
and we now feel the impulse of this inn
proved condition that it should inspire
us to further and renew and make I'M
eeasing efforts toward still furthering
the growth and development in this d.
rection.
I might say that, while few of our
manufacturers have found it necessary,
during this great depression in the finan-
cial world for the past few months, to
temporarily suspend operations or slight
ly reduce their productions, yet feel it
safe to say that there is no section in the
gained in wealth more rapidly than they
have in our good old State of Maine.
The climate of our State, the beautiful
water facilities for transportation, as
well as the railroads that enter our State,
tend to make it locality favorable to
successful manufacturing.
The subject assigned to me is very
broad topic, which | can only hope to
partially outline by a few ideas from
my own observation and very good hints
applicable to the topic assigned me that
] have read in some of our State journals
that are doing SO much good and taking
so much interest now in endeavoring to
show the great advantages and possibili-
ties of Maine, and it would be a pleasure
Luz IuO w ~ Olt lct1AAHS oOlAlC VI ullO DCdltT
tiful work they have accomplished for
I feel to say that think our Board of
Trade journal, in bringing before its
readers the many opportunities offered
for development of our State, as well as
picturing out it's great advantages as a
summer resort, 1 think the Industrial
Journal has done wonderful work in pro-
noting the interest of our entire State,
and also great credit is due to all the
daily and weekly papers published in our
State, for l think they have taken re-
newed interest in the growth and pros
perity of Maine.
/ recently saw in one of these journals
my idea of one very effective answer to
the subject now presented for considera-
tion, condensed to few pertinent facts
wherein it said "The prosperity of every
citizen of any community depends, to
large extent, upon the prosperity,o of the
town or city in which he resides. !"
II town is prosperous, if it's business
enterprises are successful, if it's stores are
booming with trade, if there is good
market there for the products of he far
mer, if everything seems teeming with
life and activity, it gives individual en-
terprise and mutual encouragement
among the citizens. Following this
rule, the citizens of the place will be pros
,oero11a nronerty will he valuable and in