Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-01-02

pith of these articles; all the rest
been but preliminary leading up 10
and have no doubt has been tiresonf
MANY because so elementary, hut y .
helped to clear the way for me and a. :,
| for some others. n
NV position is this: Inst u we { :
| find a considerable want to be tilied Sc
| ing for a raw material which we can Eur
| ish to better advantage here than Ia ms :.
places, or even to as good advantage DC !,
Ms elsewhere, together with the ISoof !,
the sense explained) to better (or even :,
good advantage, we can safely pull ttF
| throttle wide open and go ahead, secure
our future prospects, for the factor OF cal,
itsl we eau at once neglect as oblsinati
anywhere In this part OF the countr.
where the other two are found.
CONGRATULATIONS however are OF no prac'
tical value unless they can point the way
| to omething specific. Do they do this
In this case7 Have we anything in the
nature OF material or labor which affords
opportunities for utilization industriaiiy
with promise of success beyond that we
are enjoying now? ! believe that we
have.
And now, first, as to the raw materials.
Our resources are practically the same
that they have been from the beginning
products OF the land in It's natural wild
condition and products OF the sea-for
any considerable return from cultivation
OF either Is not to be expected within q
period OF time that would make 1t OF
concern to any OF us now living.
This means first, timber, then anything
that can be made from any OF the woods
| that grow here. This is n large ieid OF
Itself in variety and constantly widening.
Our pine, spruce and other soft woods, II
is true, are pretty well exhausted com
good deal absolutely OF good timber left
yet, and young crop coming on all the
time, besides new uses for wood are con-
| stsntiy springiug up-such as paper pulp
within comparatively short time, wood
alcohol, compressed residues and various
products the results OF new chemical and
mechanical discoveries which will always
be forthcoming, so that rs long as we
have any wild growth there will always
be more or less OF field to be exploited
in this direction and the success will de-
pend upon tue good judgment OF the
operator.
Then there is our hard wood forest
growth which has practically not been
utilized at all yet; the field ia this liue Is
much greater because the supply OF raw
material is relatively much larger, atsd
the variety OF products greater and tue
products more valuable. The demand is
constantly growing as people multiply
and forests diminish. We have many
uses for them at home and the revival OF
wooden shipbuiiding. made possible by
the success of five masters, opens large
possibilities to Hancock county In this
line--for this Is one OF our advantages
that comes to us from the sea.
Moreover, the swarming millions OF
Great Britain, of France and OF Germany
have recently found that the great drain
put upon the Baltic and Northern Euro
pean forests has had its natural effect,
and for the first time In our history
American hard woods have begun to find
their way across the ocean in quantities.
Our beech, birches, NAPLES and ashes are
magnificent woods, notw 1t hs,anfing the
fact that we are most OF US accustomed to
look upon them as only so much prospec-
tive cord wood. There is a fine demand
for them right now.
The mort bern part OF Ellsworth and the
regions about Branch and Reeds ponds,
the towns of Mariaviile. Otis and DIED.
ham, parts of townships Nos. 81, y, "a,
IS, 81 and nearly all OF No. 80, fairly
bristle with these fine old forest mon
archs that are certain in the near future
to find their way TO better uses than fire.
wood and more profitable ones. All OF
these regions are tributary to Elisworth
as a ceaIre There are many OF her iorests,
il Is true, ana some prooahsy better, but
that { hey are not so abundant ~ is gen
orally believed, at least not Ia places &C
cessible to the sea, is evident TO the trav-
elier who has his eyes wide open.
This is one-and will very likely be
found the principal one of our raw ma
terial resources which has not received
deserved attention. III the same amount
of well-directed effort and money had
been put into the exploitation OF our
hard wood forests that has been con-
sumed in insisting upon numbering in
the old wsy under new conditions, ! be
Iieye the result would have been much
better.
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