The Portland daily press., 1895-04-25
CUMBERLAND POMONA.
Its Regular Session Held Wednesday With
Cape Elizabeth CHARACTERIZATION of Tax
ing Manufacturing Industries.


| Cape Elizabeth Grange at their hall. Worthy
Master Elisha N. Jordan presided. After
| the secret work had been performed at the
| forenoon session. delightful dinner was
| served. Those present were: Charles Edwin
Jordan. 7. Scott Jordan, L. l.. Jordan, Ida
+. Brown, Ethel O. ordan. Lena L. Hanna
| lord, Lewis G. Hannaford. mrs. SCOTT u.
Jordan, Mrs. Enos Jordan. II. @. Water
| house Mrs. H. C. Warehouse. Mrs. G. E.
Jordan. Fred NJ. Newcomb wife and ohild,
henry s. Jones. Florence A. Jones, Benz.
| Larrahee and wife, Carrie Hasty. Y. H..
Jordan, Clifton, B. Jordan. Andrew Il
Bishop, James S. Hannaford. Charles G..
Jordan. A. Lois jordan. Lillian c. Jordan,
Jennie L. Jordan. Eva L. Jordan, Cora II.
Rogers, Emma d. Jordan. Pomroy. W. Jor-
dan, Irwin Mariner, William Staples. Edith
Eliza Hannaford, Frank G. Nutter and wife,
| Edwin C. Reynolds, Jennie E. Reynolds, A.
O. Jones, Emma Y. Hannaford, John Hun
| newell, Fred @. Jordan, Charles Ellsworth
Jordan, Mrs. G. A. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. S. Larrabee, Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Nutter
D. M. Wood bury, A. L. Hardy II. X. Griggs,
G. o. Hawkes., Fannie A. Hakes, Maud l..
Hawkes., Daisy G. Milliken, ". H. Vinton,
N. P. Hunrewell. Mrs. Jane Skillin of
North Yarmouth, II. B. Johnson of Gorham,
It. H. Pooler, E. q. Blanchard. Isaiah P.
Milliken, Jesse r. Newcomb, Elisha N. Jor-
dan, Joseph T. Jones. Abbie r. Jones, Geo.
W. Hatch. ". I. Bickford, Mrs. W. l. Biok-
| ford, r. Horton Jones, J. H. Gowen, CLARA
| Cover, j. Gowen, Mrs. Ida Gowen. E. B.
Hardy, Mrs. j. l.. Hardy.
After the dinner a brief entertainment
| was given. the parts being given by the
Cape Elizabeth Orchestra, composed of
Willie Dresser, William Staples. Irwin Mar
| riner and Miss Annie Peables. wccompanist;
by the Grange choir. composed of Charles
y. Jordan. A. Scott Jordan. Henry Dyer,
Andrew Bishop, Fred Murray. Clifton or
dan, Miss Ethel Jordan, Miss Annie Murray,
Miss Annie Pease, Mrs. Albert Brown and
Mrs. II. @. Warehouse and by Miss Jennie
E, Reynolds. who read when vas Boy
on the Old Plantation "Arabella Was a
School Girl" and other pieces. All the
parts were much enjoyed, especially Miss
Reynolds delightful elocutiun.
Northy Lecturer Fl. X. Griggs next intro
duced the question Resolved that it is for
the interest of the several towns of Cumber-
land county to exempt manufacturing con-
Germs from taxation"
MIR. Griggs began the debate with strong
argument for the negative. He said that
the trainers had to bear the burdens from
which the manufacturers were exempted.
Manufacturing brought in more people
which meant sewers. light, sidewalks and
higher taxes for property: if farm property
did increase in value that meant for the
farmers who intended to keep his farm
higher taxes.
Mr.. Bradford of Gorham endorsed the
position briefly.
Hon. Warren H. Vinton of Gray next
followed in the same line.
E. G. Reynolds, ESQ.,, was reminded of
the old lady who thought the doctrine of
| total depravity was all tight if it was lived
UP to. There was much TO be said on both
| sides of this question. The farmers usually
governed the town and should be vigilant
after their own interests. his being under
| stood industries might be encouraged to
| come to towns with good results. The valu-
alton Of Maine is now bout $4a. 600. 600; of
which the farmers have S99.000,O00 rea
estate and $22,0U0000 personal property
Therefore the farms do not pay the greater
part of the taxes. But the farmers do CON
troll affairs and they should see that the in
dustries which they encourage are worthy.
the question should be considered sensibly
and from business standpoint.
Mr.. Blanchard CT Yarmouth dissented
from Mr.. Reynolds position. He said they
had pulp mill worth S50OO0O and paying
big on the investment. J he ssleotmen wish
ing to be popular with the employees. taxed
Jor S135.OoO and the.mill owners got this re.
duced by 100000. Then followed demands
forc oJa hi E0h of mil
people outvoting the farmers. This year
they have voted to run our town in debt
forty thousand dollars for water works. We
have been wild In Cumberland county try
ing to foster the wealthy man and the
capitalist. Railroads have done US very
little good, for they OVERSIZE ck our markets.
ID. Grjggs said that be believed in manu-
factories S. D. Warren 6 Co., paid about a
third of the taxes of Westbrook. He believed
in manufactories. but questioned the
propriety of exempting them.
Mr.. Charles e. Jordan said he had always
opposd exempting manufactures. II town
| had facilities for manufacturing the
factories would come anyway. And they al
ways brought burdens with them which they
should bear their part. in carrying.
Mr.. nj. P. Hunnewell of Oak Hill Grange.
Scarboro, said it seemed to him while
Brother Blanchard was talking that habi-
| tafion in some vast wilderness would be
| the Thing for the farming community, But
| for his part Mr.. Hunnewell liked TO see the
| neat manufacturing villages: and he could
| not see why they didn't benefit Maine. He
| Notwithstanding should:encourage
manufacturing if it wished to keep up with
the times,
Mr.. vinton having spoken Of the South
Portland Plush mill as an illustration of an
industry that had been encouraged, MI.
Reynolds said that the Plush mill had never
| cost the town cent, it had caused the
erection of several houses that would not
otherwise have been built. and on the
whole. failure as it was, the mill had added
several thousand dollars of taxable
property. The rolling mills and kerosene
oil works were exempted at first. Once
established, they had paid thousands of
dollars to Cape Elizabeth, and had cost 4,
very little.
"What does the Grange need to give IT
strength and power is to be the question
| at the next meeting with Westcustieo
Grange, on Saturday, May 18th.
The point was brought up by Mr.. Waite,