Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-18
Bangor and the Northeast.

Bangor and the Northeast" was the
subject on which Secretary Blanding of
he Bangor Board of Trade and editor of
the Industrial Journal addressed the in
ttrnsptioual trade Congress recently held
n Philadelphia. His response TO the SEN
tmClBt was aus follows:
Mr.. president and Gentlemen:
Widely different sections of the Amer
lean continent have been heard from and
allow me to speak briefly in behalf of
the northeast. 1t is pleasure to bring
greeting from The board OF trade of Ban
gor. in the State of Maine. the sunrise
state in the sisterhood of common
weaiths. Bangor is the most easterly
city of size within the limits of the Uni
ted States and is the metropolis of the
nSdtchless empire OF the northeast, al
ready making notable advancement and
destined to make far greater progress in
that era of prosperity sure TO follow
through the dual instrumentaiity of Pres
ident Mcl<inleys administration and the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum.
And on this occasion | can voice not
only he good will and hearty best wishes
of the 225 business men comprising the
Bangor Board of Trade, but can also
speak for the Maine State Board of
Trade, one of the pioneer State
board of trade organiza lions and
which is made up of delegates of 10
cal boards having a combined member
ship of several thousand. 1t would be a
source Of great pleasure. IL our friends
from the Latin american TepupiicS, WHO
have added so much to the prestige and
enjoyment of this occasion by their pres
oDce, could extend their forthcoming eN-
cursion as far east the city of my
home but realizing that plans already
made cannot be changed we submit as
gracefully as We can to the inevitable.
coniident in the hope that ere another
year has rolled around they Will come
again., and this time be able to visit
Maine and the city Of Bangor.
ali hot tyh F,r ,.,xr.1 frg,,, tl.a
great business ceDters has not heen an
altogether uninfiuential factor in the pro-
motion of commercial interests. the sails
Of her vessels having kissed the breezcs
of every sea while there is not a port on
che globe where some craft from the
shipyards of Maine has not carried the
proud colors Of the stars and stripes: and
row that wooden shipbuilding is in the
decline the steel shipbuiidng plants at
Faith. fully equipped and successfully en-
gagged IN tho building of vessels of steel.
are ready TO cooperate with the great
works visited by us in this immediate
vicinity yesterday and with Others along
the Atlantic seaboaru To the end that
America may regain her oldtime SUI
premacy on the highway of the seas
Maine has reason to take very particu-
lar interest in this International congress
of South, Central and North America
for, as touched upon 50 eloquently by the
nation chief executive at the great BAN
quet Wednesday evening. this movement
is but in part the outgrowth OF the zeal
Gus championship of a closer relationship
Of the countries comprising the western
hemisphere not many years back by a
distinguished citizen of my own state,
Who was also a son of Pennsylvania, the
lamerted James G. Blaine. And although
she matchless Blaine is gone Maine has
other representatives. in both branches OF
the raton's Legislature. who can be de-
pended upon to actively and efficiently CO.
operate in whatever will promote the
commerce. trade and industry of a united
America.
And in closing. we not only appreciate
the warmth and boundlessness Of Phila-
deiphia Hospitality. but we furthermore
realize THAI the business men Of the coun-
try are under lasting obligation to the
gentlemen WHO have established here an
Institutions of such colossal proportions
and far-reaching possibilities. God speed
che Philadelphia Commercial Museum.