Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-26
MATTERS OF LOCAL Interest.

IN tn" statistics Of our rouortS ,f th.
rctrom school. state prison. and other
r"fnrmatory and benevolent institu-
tl"Ns. inspiration and hope for the fu
tr'r Of the human race. The great
masters OF industry and men of fnan-
rial AFFAIRS are carefully collecting the
ihdNStiial reports Of each state aS VAL
liable ana Indispensable tools Of THEN.
| trad"
| !" the pleasure seeker and the in
| Nail. our fish game. forest ANA
htaith reports are valuable guides "a
recreation. The farmer needs th.
reports of the board of agriculture of
| 1hr cattle commissioners. ana Of tho
experiment station. The great libra-
| ilrS "i the country. universities ana
| scientific associations. cannot boast
complete collections without fun sets
OF al state publications. Even tht
| Ion" columns Of figures in tn. treas
| CrerS report. and nf tn" trial balan, rs
Of 'hc auditor. have become excredin,s-
| II useful to the student uf political
economy pursuing his post graduate
studies at Harvard. Yale. or in any of
| the great state universities
| N:tA the enlargement in the scop,
and value Of state publications. there
mas grown up corresponding increase.
i'll the usC and the desire for them. At
| the present time the demand for these
| works has assumed appalling proper
| tlcnS. From every state i'll the Union
| ana nom persons in every walk Of life
| com" daily requests for the free Gift Of
| th.s" books. This desire to get some
! thing FOR nothing is rapidly increasing.
| The collecting fad is now sweeping
| 1Nci the country. Even small libraries
have become infected with this craze
| for books to such an extent that thu
| first Qualifications for the office Of IL
| Orarian therein seems To be ability and
! success in soliciting gifts from every
| <n"Wn source Of supply. The librarian
| : counted most successful ana accept
| ible who can gather into his library
| III greatest number of volumes At the
| least ost To its patrons. Quantity and
| not quality noW seems to b. the watch
woyl
| No state IN tn" Union is more liberal
| in thc FREE, distribution Of department
! .cr"rts than is Maine. This fact has
| pt, one So patent that many literary
| .nstituti"ns. public libraries and his
| ,oiical societies. beyond the limits Of
| the STATE. apply freely and confidently
| ,.,t ,,.;,ha,, ,n, i,,1i..otion tb,+
| ,n,.rhino will H.. ,.ivan in r.turn. When
| these ar, furnished on such upplica-
| ion. our State library is deprived ni
| h. opportunity to effrrt exchanges. ANA
| is often compelled To purchase th"
! publications Of these very institutions
| ana societies which receive our stat"
| ,,,,,,lico,ionu fr... ~ cost
| ,rh.,. is r,t ,.aotin, ..,id..r,.. tr:ii
| .,o,-,. ;,,,i,.i,,,,,l. b,v. alort.l th..
! ,,.af..suin,. IN ,nIl.atnrs yyho in means
III ..;,..,,1o, I.t,.rs addressed Ia th,. d--
,.,,,,narts Of Iirf.r.nt states. solitii
! ,.r,rts and stat, p1,blicatlonS which
,l,., .f+cr,,aras s..r for profit ana
| ,a;, rroLars n,nkars in.lIrtn..
| agcntS. promoters. ana persons en-
! .sag.d in collecting material ami st'-
| ,istirs FOR thair own publication AVID
| rroiit. 40 not hesitate to ASK fnr thr
! publications Of our state often assuni .
ing that thes" gifts should b" sent rT-
press paid
| Thn owner Of thu private lihraly.
IA Il ever prrferlinu hiS claims
| ,n,,,hn3 in terms nattering to IN. van
NV of IN. officer in charge Of the Il e..
\ ,n,+m.nt = form Of appeal rarely
| mad. in vain.
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a,.. ,.bi.b n. ,st,,.
| - I'LL, ., uilI ~. ~ INN. ~. tl
80 .ba raciriant say. 10 fill tn,
l;;,,a,.,. In mi. .t.tt..,f
~, !. t.ror,..s /, ,.rv imuoitaut
u Ian;d. i b.r.. III. Iin. lim-
| 49,, .ho f,..., distribution of state
,,,,ri..a,ione shall he drawn. To add
r,Iaxi4y of IN. situation III.
y '' i, ,,ie.,;hr,io, nf th,... -,o-
iaN .i,arn i ony I.v i, al
pr a,,.o,;l and uncertain coudi-
.ian n,vo stat.s have. uniform laws
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80 ii.,.;,,,,ior .r,.
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eHcha''se = ,i'''' ..a.a ,,.biI,. in ON.
O lhe Se'! Tilt r,ia docu-
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