Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-22

Enact pure food laws.
p-cy,de for the extension OF the mar
rets for farm products equally Win
manufactured articles.
m. enactment Of the antitrust ID"
clearly defining what acts on the part
"a anv corporation would be detri-
mental to public welfare. (secureo Dy
the nassaaxe Of the Isthmian canal DILL
The speedy construction Of q ship
..nal. connecting the Mississippi river
With the great lakes and the great lakes
with the Atlantic ocean.
Revising the fees and salaries OF All
federal ofIicers, and placing them on q
hasis OF similar service in private DUST
ness.
THE PRESS.
No one doubts the great power OF the
press in making and moulding PUBIC
cn,nion. For this reason the paper that
advocates q policy from honest con-
v,ctiom IN entitled to the very highest
consideration; with the shifty trimmer
Il IL entirely different; their hishes.
purpose seems to be to straddle arounu
ali questions In frantic endeaVor I'd
land on the winning side, and they are
entitled to such consideration as tneir
fnsincerity deserves. Fortunately we
have but few papers Of that KIND.
Prominent among the loyal grange pa
pers of our country, the American
Grange Bulletin stands conspicuous Tor
ita LOYALTY at all times through good
and evil report; in prosperity ana ad-
yersity alike, this paper has stood true
tn the interests OF the grange and we
have millions testifying to It's loyalty.
The Dress OF our own state has general
" been fair and liberal in the treatment
OF grange matters and we owe them
sfeat debt of gratitude for their valu-
able assistance in disseminating grange
news. We were especially pleased to
have 1t said at the last session or the
National grange that the reports OF the
session held in Maine were better ami
more complete than any before or since.
GAME LAWS.
Tn nv address to the State grange
one year ago I used the following Ian
Ruage: "The serious charge Is made
that on the northern borders Of the
state. growth in population has ceased
in consequence Of arbitrary and unjust
laws for the protection of wild animals
AGAINST the best interests Of the citi-
Gems Of Maine II this charge is true.
It behooves all good citizens Of Maine to
unite in protest against a continuance
of such conditions. AS has been well
said, humanity must be placed above
wild animals. The cause of civilization
II mightier than the cause Of the
sportsman, and its march must not be
retarded to crafty the ambitions of the
latter. The true prosperity of state
or nation Is evidenced by the prosperity
Of its agriculture. If the effect OF our
game laws Is the furtherance of what
must ever be a sport or pastime, is not
and cannot ever be an industry, to the
hindrance Of progress and the develop
ment Of our agricultural resources, then
q time has come for change in the
law" And at that session the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That the general outcry
against our game laws as now conduct
ed has reached a point which demands
our serious consideration. The building
Of log cabin at st. Louis to exploit
those interests has intensified this feel
ignored. We. therefore. recommend
that the proper steps be taken to in
vestigate the matter and learn the ex-
act relations Of these laws to our agri-
cultura! industry. We can decide what
course to adopt. That the state laws
be amended so to give farmers the right
to defend their own property by killing
any wild animal tresspassing on the
same"
Immediately after the close Of the
session, nature went into commissions
and II is claimed that in the northern
part Of the State a mountain actual.
disappeared and i'm the vacuum thu
made, there appeared a muddy lake
From the character OF the discussion
in regard to the action taken by the
grange, I have no doubt but that tn,
assertion in regard to the muddy lake
IL true at least. without regard To how
much We may have been deceived in
regard to the mountain. II is doubtful
II anything has happened since the
Aroostook war that has so entirely up
set the equilibrium of the State. Al
most before the doors OF the session
were closed our leading agriculturisi
60 FASTENED to say editorially that the
resolution WIS "a piece of buncome. II
It had been introduced and sufficien,
time had been given to discuss it at a
full meeting Of the grange 1t would
never have seen the light Of day." etc.
etc. whereupon. the Fish and Game
Association at their meeting devoted
q great amount OF time and space tc
proving to- their own salts.
faction that 1t was not so, while ONT
man himself immortal by assert
ing that the sentiments expressed b!
Gardiner were not the sentiments o
the Patrons Of Maine. while still
another, who fortunately lived a Ions
way from my home. called me a mis-
take at long range. coupled with q
desire to call me some dreadful un.
spoken thing II he could only manage
to reach my presence long enough t.
express himself" the fear Of which
has caused me to keep skipping around
like q Kansas grasshopper. for fear Il
might happen.
Isit possible that We have arrived a
the point when any citizen or class o.
citisens cannot Investigate the making
OF any law with the sole purpose OF
learning Of its operation and effect
without being subjected to the charge
Of insincerity and dernagoguery or with
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