Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-07
exhibit OF Maine pu

comprehensive exhibit of Maine pulp
and paper. In these great industries
! We stand IN the front rank. If such an
F, exhibit could have accompanied with
| some demonstration OF practical
processes il would have proved 4
great drawing card-nut even without
this. such IN exhibition would have
"ttrc ctcd very general attention. ana
! been Of great credit and value to our
State
, 9Th. An exhibit Of the woods of our
/ Maine forests cut in sections from the
! los, and carefully polished to show the
f, grains would have been an exhibit that
would not failed to have interested 4
large portion of The visiting public
and would certainly have been Of
, value to our great lumber interests.
7th. There should also have been at
the Pan-Amcric3n exhibition a COM
prehcnsivc exhibit of Names great
canning industry. In canned corn
alone. we could have led the list. to say
nothing OF the canned products OF our
coast, our orchards. and our big blue
berry plains Why these important
, interests should have let pass such an
! opportunity for effective advertise
, ing as has been afforded by
the American Exposition at
Buffalo. we are unable to con-
lecture. Tie same is. however, true of
the other interests we have mentioned.
Sth. We should have had at Buffalo
an up-to-datc exhibit of our splendid
granite industries. Here again Maine
! need fear no comparisons She stands
in the very van. Her granite is of SUI
: Ierior quality and her workmen
among the finest to be found in the
world Not only are we today send
ing TIE product of our quarries all
over the country, but it is also being
shipped, in ever increasing quantities.
to European countries.
Such an exhibit as these various
industries could have made at Buffalo
would have been not only a most valu-
able advertisement for Maine, but also
q source of sincere pride to every citi-
zen of our State There are many
, other departments Of Maine enterprise
that should have been exploited at the
/ Pan-American Exposition.
| Not only those we have enumerated
! but also many others could. probably,
| have been aroused to action for the
/ credit of themselves and their State. if
| persistent effort III that direction. Tie
| Indifference felt by the Legislature,
/ however. appeared TO be shared in Il
! large measure by the general public.
| When our people finally aWoke to the
| importance of this opportunity 10
| make known the resources ard in
| dustrial advantages Of our State, it
was too late. The chance was gone.
| 1t is useless at this time to indulge in
|
by crying over spilled milk" 1t is
not with any such idea that we have
alluded to this matter. Our people are
pretty generally agreed that Maine
, made sad mistake in it's attitude to-
wards the Pan American Exposition.
| The best We can now do is to firmly
resolve that it shall never occur again.
In 1903, an exposition, even larger and
more important than the one at
| Buffalo is to be held in St. Louis. Our
people should make a special effort to
see to IL that Maine is properly repre-
scented there, and an appropriation
sufficiently large to insure this result
should be made by our Legislature at
its next session. not with the idea that
il is to be. in any sense a gift enter
prise, but as a cold. practical business
proposition-an investment that will
be sure to come back to us many fold
In this exposition at least. let us see
to it that there is no occasion to cur
| tain our State motto.