The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07


thankful. Our people have been and are
today signally blest with peace plenty
and general health and happiness Dur
Ing the past year the products of oui
farms have been the most fruitful eNef
known The skies are already brighten.
ing in our State and nation with the
promise OF greater coming industrial pros
perity. The clouds of depression and dis.
trust, that have TO great extent injured
and paralyzed our Industries, are. W.
hope, fast melting away, and we even
now perceive evidences of the dawning oil
the day when we shall reap and enjoy
the beneficial effects, resulting from the
recent verdict of the American people ii
favor of sound currency, protection and
good government. Certainly we have
escaped all immediate danger of partial
reputation of our public and private in
debtedness and practical conliscation oil
the assets of the Industrious and saving.
l have an abiding faith that with con.
fidence restored, prosperity and enter.
prise will ere long once more return to
rule and bless our and.
Maine during the past four years has
had a steady, though not rapid growth
and has been moving onward in the right
direction, building railAads. and develop.
ing some of our vast fasourees. and be
lieve that | may confidently predict thai
the immediate future has in store for Us
much better and greater progress THIN
we have ever before realized or enjoyed
Our young men have very generally
ceased to emigrate TO the far West as
soon as they are old enough to commence
life for themselves They are beginning
to learn and realize the important truth,
that at home are to be found more Ger
tain inducements and advantages, with
much less OF hardship, suffering and pri-
walton.
Our people have learned. in the stern
school of experience, to their sorrow and
cost, that a large part of the many mill
lions of money that have been sent west
ward to enrich and build UP that section.
and to be invested IN an sorts Of wild and
visionary SCHEMES will never be returned
to them again; and they will no longer
permit themselves to be deludcd and de-
ceived by specious prctenees and false
promises rarely ever to be realized. We
may therefore reasonably hope that their
savings, hereafter will be largely EN-
ployed in more fully developing the re-
sources of our owr State.
It is sad to contemplate what vast
strides we might have made in material
prosperity, wealth, and population, If the
large sums that have been sent abroad
and lost had been kept at home and care
fully invested in legitimate enterprises
portunities to use this money in Maine.
Factories and mills might now he using
our magnificent water powers which are
running to waste.
To check this tendency. and to induce
our savings banks to invest more largely
in Maine, the Legislature of 1893 enacted
a law.-which action cheerfully and
gladly supported. providing for a lighter
tax on home investments thereafter made
At the time of its passage | believed the
discrimination to be good policy-but too
small I am more firmly convinced Of II
now then WIS then.
The promise OF large interests on, Dra0ts
is easily and often made bv those WIN
can only repay either principal or interest
in case some deal or utopfin scheme shall
succeed. and yet these ilattcring assur-
ances have too often found souldiue in
diNiduals aud institutions who have been
induced to rlace faith in them.
We can with confidence call the atten-
ton Of capitol cVorNw herr to the hriuhf
prospects and many undcV.Iopod ro-
sources of our State. and To the certainty
that all investors and investments will
not suffer from nnfrieudly le2i slatiou. aud
will be fairly and equitahly treated and
protected By equal just and wise laws
We point with Just pride and Erattca
ton to our State. to its position past aud
present III lh' '''hi'il" 81 the FfilOll. We
have good soil. healthy and iuvisor-
rating climate, an unrivllcd seucoast. cx.
cellcnt harbors, splendid scenery beauti-
full lakes and rivers, extensive aud mag
nificcnt forests, aud general diffusion of
education and knowledge free to all IN
none Is the standard Of excellence and in
tellgence higher
Every person within our borders entov4
fully the blessings of personal liberty and
individual security
Our many miles Of scacoast. with its
cool bracing air in midsummer. dotted
DER with comfortable and often elegant
summer cottages and hotels. indontea
with numerous harbors. bays. and inlets
presents to the summer tourist or resident
unriFalcd advantages and attractions.
Our vast forests abound with moose#
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