Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-15

this roll of honor from your library
shelves.
The Attorney Generals report is OF
value to every person who has an in
terest in good government, and to
every student in sociology.
In- investor. the business man. the
banker ani the wage Garner dependent
on his scanty savings are all interestei
suit the best report of these institu-
tons issued IN all our states. The
Board of State Assessors tell us, III
their reports. of the values of every
kind Of property and Of the yearly in
crease OF every productive business in
our State. TO the student of indus
trial wealth and progress no book could
be of higher value.
The reports OF the Bureau of Labor
are used :: the present time as a refer
ence book III some OF our grammar
schools. :, ar ely Il week in the year
passe: that some school child does not
write for information to the State Lii
brary. which results in the gift to him
of one or more of these epovts. This
set of books gives the history of almost
and of the natural resources OF our do
main. liz tie number just issued is to
be found an account of the labor unions
for 1903 the history of the mineral
springs OF Maine, the mineral resources
Of the State including precious stones,
the apple industry. the history and de
vclopment Of The Millinocket pulp and
paper industry. and the great forest
fires OF the past year.
Every volume of these reports is re :
plete with interest for the seeker after
Information of his own State and its
great interests. These reports are
written in an easy lively style fixing
the attention of the reader and student,
Sometime each one of us wishes to go
somewhere, away from home and we
desire to know the best route to take i'm
making the journey. In our railroad
maps which accompany the report this
information is 1T hand in every free
library. The report is sought for by
all persons who have dealings or in e.
terests i'm railroads Of our State, and
are well worthy the study Of lawyers
by reason of the decisions of our Com
miSs.onerS contained in them.
once, or oftcncr. in our lives, every
Individual insures his property, and if
careful man, he will insure against
accident and death. The excellent in
Sufancc Report OF Maine is II good Id-
wiser to the person WHO wishes to pro-
vide home and family against loss an |
suffering. 1t should be ready at han1
Tor the sea"chcr after light. In the
forestry report of 1902 the condition of
our forests end their boundless extent
are ably set forth. The fe?tiliza zion
of soils with seeds by the winds and by.
oirds is ably and clearly discussed
livery school OF forestry in this country
ana many others in foreign countries
have eagerly sought after this report
as Il secondary text book. No interest
in our State is more vital to life ana
prosperity than that represented by
our able forest commission.
1t needs no words of mine to brinr
before you the subjects treated in tho
School reports Of the State. The new
features of late introduced into the
course of study and instruction-tha
training of the artistic tastes nv
practical Improvement and adornment
of the school room and its grounds is
worth all effort and is worthy of all the
praise we can bestoW in it's effect upon
the lives Of the children.
The Fish and Game and the Go,
Shore Fisheries reports attract the
naturalist. the sportsman. the vacation
ist and the summer visitor. You need
them for such callers at your library.
Death hovers over every home. lie
pehds over the cradle of the smiling in
rant ne stalks as a shadow beside
vigorous manhood, AMI sits patiently
beside the couch of the aged and in
hrm Our lives are and ever have been
Il constant struggle for continued exis-
tence and development In this war
fare the reports Of the Health Depart
ment have materially aided the peorie
OF this state in warding off contagious
and deadly diseases. 1t has preached
the gospel of cleanliness and better
sanitary conditions and should be COM
mended by you to every patron Of your
library
The reports of our state schools for
Dogs ana girls ana the reports Of our
hospitals and prisons will always have
readers so long rs the human heart is
touched by pity or broadened and en-
larS1d by cnarity, benevolence and love
No other state in the union publishes.
from year to wear. such able reports as
are issued here in Maine. They are
live. correct and progressive. They
touch every human interest and en-
tighten every source CT knowledge
You need every one of them on the
shelves Of your library. You need TO
realize to the fullest extent that the
highest use Of library books is to in
Struct the people and to answer their
questions: that the pleasures Of light
literature are OF secondary imnortanc.
by the side of this function.
It. is your first duty to know the
value of these works to know the sub
jects illuminated and discussed in their
pages. and it is your second duty to
educate your constituency up to the
habitual use Of these books when in
search of facts. arguments and reasons
required to dispel doubts and Danish
ignorance from their minds.
A number Of people took advantage
If the reduced rates to Portland, We'd
IaSdry and ThlIrSday on account of