The Somerset reporter., 1903-09-03
A Somerset Granger Speaks


Attbe recent field dav catherine If
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oil -. Adams Was pne u the speakers.
lbs remarks wefe well received AZ he
always ba. ,s,u,ts,Iug t,,say #v...,fl. 6..,,.
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lux i'''o"'-s n d oiiei @os1i ael 81 Ms
ienM ks: want 10 call your attention
10 NE legacy iAaf has desceadcd - IN
III thlb grand OLD state. vas standIbs
On mouhtalh Ia The northern pat u
he state, looking downward. u was
9f"htiihI view Far AZ the eye could
Iedch you "onId never thlnk the foot 81
man had uoa; .a7i estate 81 forest
baKes a"tied II here aaa there With
range ot M between Is and the pro
vince 81 Quebec a "eek after | looked
Iue oeduuinl scenes 81 the coasfi 40
"Heie nave uey al equal And here
ID y"uf country, mere III ihls beautiful
grove, ialf as NE garden Of the Lprd
s.e me oeanty af9an YOU 0ne seventh
Of lue surface u A"ine is iakes Whose
2i'lees are fi'eIs in'a9tH2 over rocks,
1a'IhR power ana energy enough II rHn
al We sp'haies III HE word, yet run
hlnS TO waste. foI commerce We have
ioois every "hefe. As 70 agriculture,
We nave trained ourselves and our boys
- MINK II not u any account lake the
one article oi indian corn We raise On
an average Twice a7 mnch per acre AZ
ne state OF hans1s What else about
tne STATE OF Name? her wealth IA I9t
u material, "hoily ne are proud Of
our people ana we are 10 keep on 10 the
htlghts we nave never attained What
nave We doneF We nave furnished
twice as many men IN nails OF congress,
dcCofd'ng 10 our population, as any
o'nel STATE. halne-oorn boys have
iufnished al other states with governors.
DoI you kno" many oil our successful
oaukers nave come from Maine? DOM
you kno" puipi's nave oeen hlled with
eisi'nguiShed lLeh from Name, many
nom 'hls cily' DON'T you know Name
regiments were III more battles? Don
you kno" they maze more loss and lald
more lives than any othei2 We must
make strong resolve TO carry out the
worK 30 nooiy begun. On whom rests
inc fesponsioillty' Inc common people.
Lile responsibility ID the education OF
ehe common people. what does the
grange nave 10 90 win thlsI Abraham
Lincoln said that 600 mubt nave loved
Tue common people, he nade 80 many OF
'neIn' ooihe FARMERS Will not JOIN the
grange; 'ney say they are getting along
an llehI' lney want some one else to
oeal 'he oufdeh ana they reap the ben
cut
Ohe lhing We want Is equal rights Tor
an anu special privileges LOT none. we
ASK snaI the common people nave
soou euucal,on ana 'ha1 II De provided
III lair ana legi'lnale way we say,
mas ucu as tne state cares Tor all prop
erty, IL Snoulo PROVIDE Tor education.
heeplnS uo"n lhtenperance ana wee
eau only pe uone ny educaton. NY
pIopetCy, II l nave no chliofen, shall
euucaCt tnose oI others. Nom merce de-
,nahas oetter roaos; better roads are
oeneh, W INC people some Oh our roads
are disgrace; l know, oeln@ commits
slonei anu III not stranger, mcclure
10 On MS natlVe heatn, LOT was porn
within TWO ana one nan miles OF Penoo-
sco1 county oeileVe the state sEoulo
take the ouruen, LOT why should one
Town laoor unoer nara conditions and
another uhder easy ones kno" these
circumstances e3lst' ne want equal
rlgn's; III some towns we want com
lortaole quarters LOT the poor. IL is
more tnan Tue town can 90 ana help is
neeueu 70 care LOT them' am not IN
IaVor OF the state assuming all the our
aens, IL woulu not % wen LOT the Town;
out 40 oeheVe a larger portion should
oe oorne oy the elate ana larger por-
tlon paiu ln'o the state ana THIS brings
Us 10 taxation again
Inc cons.i, ulion given us oy our
1atners provides tnat all property shall
DO taxed equal according TO Value there-
Oh lhaV was 1oilo"ed oy legislation
until inc "nole Oh Ghapter SIX, revised
s s,t', 10 umoereu WIN ta1atloh laws.
MS mas oeeu uone 10 enaoie some 10
SKIP 'nelr taxes OF part OF them. Inc
larlh 10 ta4eu ior lts casn Value' Mills
Vesseis anu other property nave diner
emu he.noo Vi taAatlon' Inc Ia" pro
woes '9at STOCKS ana oonas should De
taAeu' out tney are not ferSonal prop
e'y 10 increasing ~ value OUT II Is an
gong out ol sleht' Inc Vslue placed
upon MAINE 0y the ohitea states Is
Twice . as muc1 as sne rates hersei'
nose having tne hardest ume are those
VINO own just tnelr nome ana appear 10
you VINO are 80 situated, II Is you we
trying 10 helP' i"o years ago your
com ueVlseu pau 10 sniIt part
VI ,ne ouIuon upon oorpoial'ous anu we
ulun T. naiiroads anu express COM
panlos were inFoiVou l was no, satiS'
heu, aitnouRn, we relle'eu Tue iaoorlng
Grass some Sooo'oOo year Out II Will
% lhcreaseu more lste['
men lne matter oI telephones ior the
tufal towns they nave Deen smut out
w nat lew years ago WAS luxury 10