Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-15

tention of the Senate to tho fact that tho
majority report seemed to be exactly I'm
line with the policy Of the State ever
since it was organized, and that these in
situations were of the kind that should be
helped along.
Continuing. he said: 1t is the universal
testimony that these institutions tend To
the upbuilding of character, the saving OF
young men from the saloons, tho strength
ening of moral principles, and tho saliva
ton of men generally. They are u home
and refuge to every person who Is a
stranger in the town or city; tho door
is open to everybody. 1t is not
true that these Y. NJ. 9. A.
rooms are on u level with our Masonic and
other clubs. Tho other day l asked q
prominent Bangor man why tho people
so willingly supported the Y. M. e. A.
He said they did IL because they found 1t
to be profitable investment, because tho
boys go there and are freed from the in
fluenccs OF the saloon. Ho said they do
it as a matter Of business. / think every
man who has a boy will agree with mo
when say that these institutions lessen
the dangers to boys, and help them along
l sincerely hope that the majority report
will prevail
Mr. Savage of Androscoygin. This hill
was i,trodnccd Inv mo and Is one In
which tako gro,t ,ptcrcst Tho fact IA
,,n,rort that tho sentiments of tho ma.
;nr;ty r.,or, arc ca WILDLY hold througb
ont Tho St,to that onIv ono CITY ne vet has
"a xed t,,is nronertv n was snpposed
that this nrnncr.v was exempt under tho
nrosent law but tho opcstion was raised
ard tho srnromc ;ndic;a, CONT has
hold that only ca mucb Of n M "a occunied
hy tho .ssooiot,on Gov their own nae 10
oyo,,r, ma thot Tho nortiop which tbev
rent &c spb;oct 70 taxat;op tale A. IN
no tho nolicv ~ tbis state m cxcmnt from
toxation MI cb,rities and nj, pronertv for
hono,oIont ,urnoses aud for cdncatianal
a,a ,,nra, ,,,,r,,osos hocorso tbov ara for
tho r,I,iic ,,oods ana 4, tina end reduce
t,xation In o,hor dirertions
o IT. ,ha so,ator f,o,,, Waeh,p,,to, cboscs
~ o,II thoso roo,,,s cIuhs he NAV do so
Int tbov ,re climbs which arc RIM In IN.
nosition to that other Kind ~ clubs which
load IN the saloon and To ALI that SIR
rour5s tho saloop The moro and tho
better those institptions are sustained
thc fexver mon will rot into tho iaiIs nnd
,,oor bo,see of tho state Everv dollar
hat yyo mt int them will Ina ronald n
thousand fold In the wears tn como. They
are doing , snIcpdid work. and n work
which the churches cannot do under their
present orponizotiop There Is no man
who mal,cs n dollar out of them. and !,
oven with tho little income that thew re-
ceive from renting their stores and offices.
thew still have To nass ronod tho hat In
order To ACCOMPLISH their work. III we
tax them n means that these good men
who mil ont of their poclxet ten. twenty
or n hundred dollars for tbese institutions.
that their contribution is 60 be taxed and
the town is to take part of this chart
table donation. l hope the majority report
of the COMMITTEES will be sustained.
Mr. Marston of Somerset explained that
the object of his signing the minority 70.
mort was from no IN feeling towards the
YM C. A.. hut i'm order to bring up I'm
the Senate some facts that 1t seemed to
him IL would be we'll to consider He
said: One of these points il that there In
nothing in this bill to prohibit the Y. NJ
C. A. from going into n general real
estate business. I asked n prominent Y.
M. G. A. man about this at the hearing,
and he answered that he knew of nothing
Ia prevent it hut the conscienccs of tho
men at the head of them. He also in
formed us that they expected to realize
on their property nine per cent interest.
I am not arguing against this measure,
but I simply want to say that you arc
here opening door. and il is going to DO
very hard to draw the line where we are
to stop In this exemption of property
from taxation. These institutions are
practically EXEMPT already. except In one
CITY. and / should have supposed that that
city would have had sufficient pride in
herself to have followed the lead Of the
other cities and towns In this respect.
Mr.. Savage said that they had supposed
that this property was already exempt