Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-23
AT LEWISTON.
State Board Of Trade
Annual Meeting.
Report Of the Secretary and
Treasurer Received.
Able Addresses Made--M Getting Full Of
Profit.

| Lewiston, Me. Sept. 22-The 18th an
nual meeting Of the State Board of
Trade was held in this CITY. today.
The opening address was by the presi-
dent. Edward r. Winslow of Portland
! Reports We're made by Secretary f. NJ.
Bianding of Bangor, and Treasurer G.
! +. Weymouth of Saco
The report of the secretary. f. NJ
i!lhndinS of Bangor, was in part as
! fellows:
The Maine State Board of Trade
meets, today. in lis 18th annual session
this being the fifth time the State
| Board has convened in Androscoggin
county. twice in the fair city across the
| river and three times in enterprising
| and hOspitable Lewiston.
| The total receipts for dues for the
! wear are $3il.10 for which | hold the
! trt asurcr'S receipts. Some boards are
still in arrears and yet the figures sub
! nitted show that the reSaipts from
! dues have been larger than in any pre-
! vious twelve months in the history Of
! the state Board.
| Notwithstanding the political agita-
! ton incident to = Presidential cam
paign the year has generally bea a
| good one from Il business STANDPOINT.
Trade continues active in most lines
ana jObbers report Il Very satisfactory
distribution of merchandise with col
lections better than for some time pest.
| There are no labor troubles in Maine
to interfere with manufacturing and
M Inc ri 11I- l.a *.
porous Shoe factories are well sup
rllod with orders and although cotton
mills have been inclined for months
past to go slow. there is now an i'm
pIovemert N the textile market.
"Because of the high prices of build
ing material and the Increasing de-
mande of labor. the volume % building
! WAS much curtailed early in 'the-sea-
son and the contracts in New England
for the first eight months of 1904
amounted to only s63.056.000 against
So. S9.cO0 and S1o%.?60, 00o in the same
months Of 1903 and 1902 respectively.
Improved conditions. however. prevail
now among the building trades and
during the opening week Of September
the contracts awarded in New Eng
land We're nearly double those Of til"
same period in 1908.
Maine has had IN ideal summer SO
] far as comfort goes and those who
! have visited our resorts. both sea@ho"e
and inland. have greatly enjoyed them
! selves. but while the transportation
| Zines have been literally pntronized
by the tourist public and while during
the height Of the summer season many
of the more famous resort hnGtelries
haze been filed to Overlooking. vet tn"
/ financial results have not been in all
cases as satisfactory as WAS desired.
| This outcome is in no degree due to 4
waning interest in the charms of
| Maine scenery or climate. but rather to
the fact that throughout the country
the summer has not been excessively
hot while many who travel have. this
year. gone tn the st. Louis Exposition
| ard others have been allured to Europe
: h. the cxtraor,lil53rv low rates. AS 20
whether tho Presidential campaign will
| Interfere at all. this fan, with the tide
! or guortsmcr to Maine it is as vet prob
! lo,natfcai. hut Indications point To Il
i large influx of lovers Of tho woods.
drawn thithor in quest Of the lordly
! niTNSt anu Jllt bHlltIt' 'i'tI.
! .tericulturally. 1901 has been year
Or marked prosperity in Maine. The
| general crnn conditions have been eX-
| ccpticual and nature has been lavish
| in its rcward to the husbandman. Thu
| hav crco has been ut least an average
! ono and harvested under ideal conGi-
tons. Names orchards have been
,,-i11 no
large araunt Of apples FOR export.
! hrd as for potato *, the cultivation of
/ which is not confined to ArooStoo'I
! county. The crop win he large and Of
nYrcI'rnt quality. One cannot traverse
| f..pn, sherman to Van Ruren. and from
Ashland Junction TO Fort Kent. with
ont hcccminG impressed with the mag
ni1ude IF the POETIC industry through
ont Aronetonk. Tho shipments over the
T.. G. A. r. r. alone during the twelve
norts endinp in Juno. aggregated DO
tween 2 G00.0 600 and 100000 of bushels
Conditions during the present season
have been ideal in AroostO0k and tha
rotate crop Of 1901 promises to equal
that ~ last year in volume and sur
p2ss it in quality.
In NV Sef1-1nn3f1i rHlOTt nj l. IT.
1anf. IN March last. the rise and growth
If Tonrde Of Trade throughout the
country was reviewed ana incidentally
therein r-ertion was made that Santa
r. --nw Mexico. ha1 tho unique dis
t;ncticn If having the only Wcman's
Board &c Trade II Juno last. while
at the ST. l.ouis Proposition. I visited /
with interest the handsome building
erected there by New Mexico and typi-
ca1 Of Spanish Renaissance architec-
fire Exhibited in a glass case in this
b,iIdjng is a stand made of gold. silver
and precious stones. its cost having !
heen about $1,000. This stand was made /
end formed a Dart of New Mexico's |
exhibit at the Columbian EXPOSITION. |
At the close of the Chicago fair it was |
DOM ted by the territory to the Wo- |
mans Board of Trade at Santa Fe and |
tbev now exhibit it at st. Louis with |,
the hope that it will be purchased. the
nrice quoted being $500. If this sale |
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