Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-31
STATE HOUSE.
Report Of Labor Com
fmissioner for 1904.
Legislature Begins Work Of
Fifth Week at 10 80, Today.
Pardon Hearing, Today-New Cor.
porations-visitors.

AT 1880 O'Clock. thi. morning. the
members Of tn" Legislature will rcas-
stmblr for the beginning of III. fifth
week Of the session. 4 good start has
o"th mace in tie Worl: Cl the present
session and il is doubtful i! any precrl-
ing session has done So much in the
four weeks rs has thus tar been ac-
'"ti!'ilShcd. Many Of the important
Propositions II be considered by til"
LEGISLATORS hay already fccll present.
Ell ana tn" schedule Of co..imittee hear
i"Ss Cor TUESDAY. "Wednesday ana
/ thursday. is "itrnSlve-Gv,.r 100 hear
i"%s I" b" held in this short timc--anl
c"npi Uses many measures of local and
general State Importance.
NJ following are some OF the i'm
nortant hearings that are slated by the
Naio's committees for this week: Ju-
di"iary-Dn an act TO amend an act in
cooperating the kennebec Water Dis
tri't: on an act TO authorize the taking
of land ana rights by the law of emf
neat domain for municipal water sup
ply; on an act TO supply cities aud
towns with pure water. Salaries D.
on the report OF the salary commission
apuoirted by the list Legislature con-
corning the Salaries of the officials of
iii" counties OF Hancock. Eenl."bec.
EHoN. Lincoln, Oxford and PeCObScot
v hose compensation is fixed by stat
ute. Education-On a resolve provid
ing for The schooling Of children in I'M
nr"3riZe! townships. Shore Fisheries -
I NJ an ;icI 10 amend Section 81 of Chap
Ter a. Of The Revised Statutes relative
to sea ans! shore fisheries I.abor-On
an act to create u State. board Of arbi-
trhtion. .\el.iculture-On Il resolve in
f..v"- of the Central Maine Fair Assoc
citation. Taxation-Cn an act to provide
for the taxation Of railroads according
to their actual value. state Lands and
stat" RondS-On a petition for the en-
Hctmenl of d law for the preservation
of The beauties of the fields and forests.
Commissioner :. w. Matthews, Of the
bureau Of Industrial and labor Stats
tics. has issued his 18th annual report.
1t is a voluminous work, and contains
Il great amount of valuable informal
tIpn.
y large portion of the volume is de-
voted to .hrooStoOk county. being Il
resume of growth of the county, ana
containing many valuable statistics on
the potato and lumber industries.
According TO- the report, the potato
shipment of 1893 was over 100000
bushels. and 800. 900 bushels went into
the starch factories. These, with the
amount that was saved by the farmers
for seed. would bring the crop OF 10;
up TO over il 100000 bushels. The crop
OF 1904 is probably equal to that Of 1909,
and Of superior quality.
According to the tabulation of re-
turns received from station agents
along the lines of the several railroads
in th. fifteen counties outside of Aroos-
took, the shipments foot up 59S.34o
bushels, and cover little more than
one-hnlf of the potatoes shipped Dy
rail from those counties, the tolal De-
ing, according to the returns of the
several railroad companies, l, 6,2w
bushels.
on the subject of the milling indus
try, the report says: The outlook Tor
grain growing in Maine is not latter
ing. Not more than one-fourth the
amount of corn of fifty years ago IS be-
ing raised at the present time. wheat
is only a fraction of what 1t was ior-
me,lv. rva has almost disappeared aS d
farm CROP, barley is gradually decreas-
ing: bu, kwheat is just about holding
its own. and only oats show anything
like a substantial increase.
Another thing which IS actni@
against the milling industry in Maine
80. of n M
being imported from the west ihSte'''
uf whole ..orn as formerly.
4 good amount of space is devoted
ID central electric light and power sta
lions. giving brief history Of the m
PRODUCTION of electricity for motive
n,wcr lighting and heating, ana aISC
| interesting statistics regarding tht
NOW er and light stations in the diiier
ent counties \ list of the elec'r''
! railroads of Maine and the miles oper-
,teI is also given. together with the
private electric light plants OF the
state. A feature of the chapter IS
dissertation of the new electric plant Ill
Deer Rips. Lewiston.
| An interesting chapter on r'arhe'
g,rdcning in Maine tells what Is Deins
/
ing fruit and vegetables for me nihr
kct and also contains paper IRON
Prof. w. NJ. Munson of the University
of Maine. on small fruits.
| The railroads of Maine come IN lo'
,b.ir share of attention, among othei
things being given the number OF EN-
pIoves on steam and electric roa"' 10y
total amount Of wages paid, the gross
earnings of the roads. the NUMBER .
,,,ssanpors carried the total mileage
and many other interesting details.
Other matter contained In the repor
t. a ,ist Of the strikes in Maine, iron
1881 to 1900. also list of the differen
Labor unions, also State ana ceh'ra
unions. The revised labor laws ar
given. and the report closes with -"
report of the inspector oil i'e''' IT,
vorkshops, mines and Huarrles.
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