Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-09
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT
Prosperous Aroostook.
(Wateryille Mail.)

(Waterville Mail)
They tell about men in Aroostook
county who have been loanng AROUND
all winter because they were oHereo
but $50 a month to work in the woods.
What a condition of unbounded pros
perity this tale discloses. To think OF
a man SO we'll situated that wages OF
$50 a month. and found, should have no
attractions for him.
Maine Winters.
portland Press)
Perhaps Maine would not be nrst
choice with most people in picking
winter resort, but it is. nevertheless.
far from being the worst place in the
world in which to live in winter. In
deed there is little ground for the feel
ing Of commiseration sometimes eX-
pressed for us by residents of the tiers
OF states between our southern border
and Mason and DiXOn's line. And even
south of the Potomac. winter weather.
TO a genuine New Highlander, is fire.
quently more disagreeable than that
which prevails at home. From the
standpoint of healthfulness. moreover.
the inhabitants of New York city.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton, If we may judge from the published
reports of epidemics. are not so well Off
as are we who live where the snow COW
erS and confines a multitude of evils
which threaten life and health.
Pneumonia and influenza we have.
to be sure. but not to the extent which
has prevailed in some of the cities far
Their south. One reason is undoubtedly
the fact that during the season of Sc
we're cold we have no dust blown streets
from which to take into our systems
the germs of disease. The cold is
steadier and more consistent i'm the
Maine latitude. and we are better pre-
pared to meet it and stand up under it.
And so far as pleasure and genuine
comfort are concerned, the snow makes
all the difference in the world. A win
ter. so far as temperature is concerned,
with the earth bleak and bare, without
Sleighing parties and with every gust
of wind raising a cloud of dust, does
not offer particular attraction to the
New England born and bred. Most of
us would rather put up with the occa-
SiOnal blizzard and now and then a
period of intense cold. unless perhaps
we are so situated that we can go TO
the other extreme and seek the land of
the orange and the palm.
Mr.. Hale's StatesmanIike Stand.
portland Express.)
Senator Hale voiced, as we believe
the sentiments of the entire country,
regardless of political preferences,
when he said, in the course of a debate
i'll the Senate, Saturday, that we must
keep alOOf from all connection with the
wickedness of war in the Far East.
Stump orators sometimes appeal to the
preJudices of mixed audiences by Civ
ing glowing accounts of what the army
and navy of the United States may do
in the event of trouble with other ma
lions, and the people cheer loudly and
get enthusiastic as tales of what has
been done at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg
and San Juan are recOunted. There is
Just ground for pride in the accomplish
ments of those who stand ready to
serve their country even to the death.
But craftsmanship, such as steers the
nation through all it's difficulties and
gives to the people happy and prosper
Gus lives, is not made up of the
action in time of war. The true states
man. like Senator Hale. in who~0
position we take especial pride, exerts
his utmost endeavor, not to bring on
war but to avert it. Our interests in
the matters about which Japan and
Russia are fighting are as nothing
compared to the interest which demand
that war shall not be permitted be-
IL,
is possible that at some time questions
may arise that will demand that the
nation, to sustain it's honor, must
resort to arms. But that day is not
yet. If we take no broader view than
that of self interest, in a commercial
sense, We shall find that, with every
other consideration, it makes for con-
tinuance of peace. Maine will express
it's appreciation of the attitude of it's
senator when the time arrives.
The Wise Merchant.
Gardner independently
One trader in Gardiner. at least, says
he never knows what hard times ~,
When the times indicate q dull market
he simply cuts his profits closer and by
good advertising sells more goods.
Here is some food for thought for his
friends in trade.
Reflections of Bachelor.
Love:letter poetry is about as genu-
inc as stomach repentance.
1t is strange how a woman who
tempts man can be shocked if he tries
to fall.
A wOm1n'S idea Of hpipe hoSp;foblo