Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-06

Now to show YOU what kind of warfare
this is. ] will quote my exact ianguage;
He" referring to the canuiuatc L was
HOLSTERS on our sea front, and trout and
salmon in our inland waters. Having
lived among farmers Al ms HE. ana nav,
ing been identified with the great and all
important agricultural interests of the
State. he does not think hlg game
menace to these interests. or that they
retard civilZat ton or prevent the increase
Now. any fair minded person will utter
w fail to see any thrust at the farmers"
phatically that / have ever made any.
/ said in my Turner speech what | have
always said will Will quote fnr q, want ito to
ever regarded these interests (the agri-
cultural intercsts) as all important, In
| deed fundamental to our moral and ma
| terial DEVELOPMENT and advancement"
That is what l have always said and
saw now / have never said anything diff
| ferent or thought anything different and
| in behalf of this Association and in behalf
| of the Commission, | repeat what | have
| heretofore said.-said to the lecturer Of
| the State Grange:
This Association and the Commission
| is anxious and willing to meet the farm
| crs of the State through their representa-
| tivcs at any time, and if there is anything
| in our fish and game laws detrimental to
| their interests, or any other interest of
| our people we stand ready to join hands
| with them in securing such legislation
as Will remedy 1t.
| Now this is no new position. We have
| always taken this position.
| Our fish and game laws have not
grown up i'll night. They are not the
! result of one mans work; they are not
| the result of one session of the Legisla-
! ture; they have been a long time in CX-
| istence.-the result of the best thought
| of such men as Atkins, as Stilwell: as
! others l might mention, famous in their
day and generation. and of almost
fnnumerable acts of private, special and
general legislation
Since l have been on the Commission
practically no new law has been made.
except to register guides and compel nom
residents to pay Il fee to hunt. and pay
| farmers for damage done their growing
crops by deer.
L commend to such as see only injustice
IN our game laws the words of Hon.
- NJ: Fernald of Poland. as embodied in
MS platform of principles as published i'll
all papers.
| In speaking of our game laws he said:
| Great care should be taken that only
| Judicious legislation should be enacted 50
| that money already expended should not
be wasted. 1t is also true that nearly
the annual visits of the sportsmen and
| summer tourists. and We should cnc0ur-
| age this industry by all means possible
Mr.. Engel took for his theme What |
| Saw on My Western Trip" 1t may not
| be known that he has just returned from
Il trip through the South and West, but
| he has. His talk on this line was very
| interesting, especially what he said on the
| unique question, and also the lesson he
drew of the manner of municipal govern
| ment in Riverside, Cal No one could
| hear this address without profiting there
by. His remarks follow
Mr.. President and Ladies and Gentle
men--I am more than pleased to be
| able to be here on this occasion, for at
the last meeting of your association
| held in Bangor in the early part of The
| winter, you We're kind enough. to vote
unanimously to have my remarks
printed in every paper in the State, and
to be frank with you, felt highly CON-
plimented with your action, and it
tickled my vanity greatly. But my
pleasure was mingled with sadness. for
/ knew, what was known only to the
members of my immediate family, that
l was afflicted with Il throat trouble
which might forever prevent me from
speaking in public and the realization
that l might never again have the priv
| ileSe to impart my ideas and convic-
tons to my friends and fellow citizens
| uiiIltINtu Hlt, anu IL lOOk all lily
physical and mental strength to kecu
the tears from my eyes; but l am de-
lighted to tell you that after undergoing
several operations at the hand of I;
skilled surgeon in Los Angeles, | am
once more restored to health and
| strength.
We decided to havy>thc operation per-
formed IN Southyn California where
the climate would be favorable foI
treating throat diseases. so on the Stf
day of january, we started across the
continent. ,
At the fSutsetlet me tell you that mag
nlilceHt churches, brick or stone blocks
or A cores, or expensive and eXtrava-
g2E public buildings or even beau
teul parks are not so attractive to me
For with some notable exceptions, sucl
Vas the Pyramids of Egypt, or the Chi
II neSe Wall in Asia. and possibly few
I others, they are practically the samt
d throughout the world, simply differing
in the style of architecture; but what
am really interested III is in living
breathing human beings, their line o
| thought, their habits, customs, ano
manner of living, their character. theii
views on social, religious and business
matters as compared with each other
| and principally how they differ from
\ our New England life.
The first place of interest we stopped
at ives Niagara Falls, and the winter
scene is simply grand and indescriba-
ble.N They're is but one Niagara in the
whole woNld. Words cannot express it
ncwspaper\a PARTICLES cannot do it justice
no magazine, glitter or author 1 evel
read. has sufficient words or language
to describe the ws.nderful grandeur OF
the falls. To give an r;dea of the power
of the falls it has beeh: estimated by
experts that if the power c" sd he util-
lied in scientific manner it would
drive every spindle in the United
States. light the city of Buffalo, New
York, Toledo. Cleveland and Cincinnati
with electricity, furnish power for the
Felectric roads from Niagara Falls to
New Orleans, and to give you simply a
slight idea of its enormous pOwer-with
all the canals already built, the falls
haven't showed one inch of Shrinkage.
The human mind cannot conceive or
| comprehend the possibilities of its la
tent energy; it is marvellous and infinite
/ hn ic;f 4 Ia.