The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-15

creased volume of trade, to sell goods
cheaper than we could possibly get them
elsewhere. If merchant has a large
trade, he can certainly sell for smaller
profit, and we know the expenses OF a
local tradesman are. not SO heavy as the
expenses of merchant in larger and
older cities. Every ollar that our bus1-
ness men save is sure to show itself in
building or permanent Improvements,
making the city valuation higher and
taxes lower in the same proportion.
Every dollar laid out for increase OF busl-
ness has the same tendency; hence we
should favor our local tradesmen in every
way.
Now this is all true, and if we could
only bring about more home patronage
we should very soon find our state OF
Maine the best market for many things
now purchased and paid for elsewhere,
We should not forget that we owe debt
of gratitude to the great railroads that
have made it possible for our people 20
settle and develop its great fruitful terri
tory, for we all have an opportunity TO
look into the past, and it is only few
years, comparatively, since we have seen
the Maine Central railroad grow from a
small road to its present great trunk line
reaching across our entire State, with its
many branches, and one only has to see
with his own eyes its wonderful develop
ment: its roadbed second to none, the neat
and tasty depots, the flower gardens along
the road and the courteous and well
trained employees to feel proud that it has
O. board of management that has at heart
the deep interest and welfare of the State
of Maine, as well as the growth of the
road think no too great words OF
praise can be spoken for the liberal man
agement of this great corporation !, Tor
my own experience with the hundreds of
40, Of OF iaI that hnS1DRES dis
tributes throughout the entire State, con-
vinces me that the interest OF the manu-
facturer, the merchant and the farmer,
as well as the stockholders of the road,
is carefully guarded that both may be
success together
L once heard an official of this road,
when asked How do you account for
the wonderful growth and prosperity of
this road?" reply, BY teaching the peo-
pie to reach out in the world and find a
market for their products" and think
the above is, true of all the railroads
within our State as well as those entering
the same, and / think this fact will be
heartily Endorsed BY all the business ,peo-
pie of our State. We ali have pride in
the advancement of our State, and we all
have a common interest in its growth
and prosperity in every direction, and
none of us would, Intentionally, do any
thing to hinder it's progress and develop
ent; therefore let US help build up its
prosperity by patronizing home indus.
tries. The merchants and managers OF
the different industries should see that
they do their part, and we all iudivid-
ually should do ours, and by thus doing,
W will be surprised in short time at
the chan it will make and wonder that
we did not think of this matter sooner
Our merchants now have right to
complain that the citizens do not give
them their hearty cooperation. Let US,
for the sake of the prosperity of our
State, see that no cause for complaint of
this kind be allowed to remain, then we
have taken long step toward improv-
ing our markets and commanding home
trade.
Still another very important matter
that wish to speak OF, and that has
met with wonderful success in their I'M
dertakings and (which is of the deepest
interest to our State, and that is the
prosperity that our farmers have met
with in the past few years. | think it is
a fact of the deepest interest to know
that more than so per cent. of our farms
are free from any incumbrance, some
thing which / think no other State in
the Union can boast of today This in
dicates that our farmers are hard-Work-
ing, industrious class of people to make
such showing, with improved farming
tools and the deep interest taken in rails
ing good horses and fine cattle, and with
the wonderful crops-for, when we con-
slider, our hay crop alone averages up
wards Of one million and half tons and
our potato crop is six million, or more,
bushels, and / think one only needs
ride through the farming sections of our
State to synotice the prosperity: the
marked improvements in the farm build
ings, the nice schoolhouses and the neatly
painted churches, to convince him that
all I have said is true. All of this has
great tendency to improve our principal
markets, all of which brings employ
ment to large number of men and
brings into our State large amount OF
money,
Still another industry 1 do not wish to
pass unnoticed is the fact that the State
of Maine has become known as the
"Flower Garden of the East" and why
not Maine be the summer resort of the
world? For truly there can be no grand
err, healthier or more attractive found:
our beautiful mountains, attractive
lakes and our rock bound coast, of.which
hardly spot can be found during the
summer months but what we will find
tourists from all over the world spending
their vocation, and right here think that
no better expenditure of money can be
made by our State throughout the coun-
try, setting forth the beautiful .advant-
of which tends to build up and bring
large amont of money into our State.
Another fact which I wish to call your
attention to, and of which think every
citizen of Maine feels proud, and that is
the, fact that during the past few months,
when the business affairs of our country
were SO unsettled and it's financial affairs
such that many banks throughout the
country were compelled to close their
doors, that up to the present time /
think not single financial institution
in our State felt the depression sufficient
ly to cause it, to suspend, all of which /
think speaks words of praise for our
good, old conservative State of Maine. =
We are all well aware that for the past
few years there has been an enormous
draft of money through our. State to be
invested in Western land schemes and to
build up Western cities, in which i do
not think that our people feel today that
it has been a successful and paying in
vestment. All of this money was taken
from our State in promise of large re-
turns either in interest or dividends, none
of which has ever been returned, and
many now wish they had invested their
money in their own State where it is
almost sure to bring fair return. |
feel that in the. future this will all work