The Republican journal., 1906-02-22

ness way, logging, numbering cuttlng
and shipping Ice. saving lumDer, CUT
ting granite, shipping our nay, pota-
toes, apples, meat, poultry, eggs, but
ter and cheese, and manufacturing
nearly all the paper USED ny the large
dailies. -.
find l have thus far omitted giving
you any statistics about Maine, anu !
know that you will LOOK Ioa tnem JUS
as much as you would TOT nueel uoWia
at swell dinner. Statlstlcs are a,iese9
I facts that are collected, compiled, and
canned, as it were, by unselfish phllan--
thropists for the use of the ignorant
and lazy, and they are to an address
what box-plaited, silk petticoat IS 10
lady's costume; they give finish ana
correct air to it; therefore, VIII pass
around few which you can take nome
with you to use at some future tlhe.
In the first place, there are more thal,
5000 rivers and streams in Maine, anu
800 lakes. With all this waterloo you
wonder that Maine is a prohloltlon
State? Unless you belong to that part
of the State, you are probably as I'M
acquainted with northern Maine as you
are with Africa. There are 1000 square
miles of wild land up there running
| around loose and cavortlng over noun
tain and valley, and waiting 10 oe
tanned. In Aroostook county they
shipped 100000 bushels OF potatoes
in 1904. Think of sitting down ana
peeling and slicing them, with dull
knife! And timber why, there IS no
end of it'll At Mllinocket in Penobscot
county is the largest paper mill In the
world, making paper from wood pulp
| The COMPANY which owns the mill
owns little wood lot of 300, 900 acres.
and the tree when cut off will renew
/ themselves every sixteen years. THIS
paper comp any practically owns the
town, which has some 5000 inhabitants
and all the m odern improvements, such
as sewerage, water supply, electric
lights. appendicitis, fine schools, and
good hotel; and five years ago this place
was wilderness. And there is Rum
ford Falls, a busy, hustling town. 1t
is there that all the postal cards are
made, at the rate of 100000 day.
Think of it,-and all these being read
three times each, first, by the post
master; then, by the carrier; and, last,
by the person to whom they are ad-
dressed! And there are 700 employees
making paper bags III the biggest bag
factory in the world. These bags, II
laid IL line, would either reach from
here to SkoWhegan, or Patagonia, L We
forgotten which. | could go on and
tell you these blood curdling facts till
morning. but | have told enough now
to keep you awake all night. And then
talk about Maine as only a summer re-
sort and a game preserve! These are
secondary matters. Blot Maine Off the
United States today. annihilate all her
sons and daughters everywhere, and
there would be the greatest kind OF a
hustle for century trying to find
others who could wear our shoes as
we'll as we have. But we will not blot
Maine off the map She will re- Maine
Just where she is, and continue to
broaden and increase in power and use
fulness, taking her place among the
other States, as her motto says, Din
60" from the old whist term, which
means, 81 Lead; and at not far dis
tant day, when a Maine man packs his
grip and travels, instead of hailing from
Boston, as everybody in Massachusetts
now does, he will proudly step up to the
office counter, seize the pen from the
smiling clerks fingers, register his
name and the town where he lives, and
add after it, in big letters, the word
Maine. ! have always felt that we
owe to our grandmothers, mothers, and
wives the credit of the personality that
Maine people have always exercised,
from the fact that they have been in
times past, and are now, the best cooks
in the United States; and no people
can ever attain eminence who do not
| have good things to eat. Servants
have not been as plenty in Maine as in
other more populous States, and the
result has been that our housewives
! have had to do the cooking themselves,
and, when they made anything, they
made it taste good. They don't put
| SteWed tomatoes in a clam choWder,
! nor bake beans in bread pan, as they
/ do in New York. | went on a picnic in
! Georgia once and they had hot fried
eggs Great Heavens just think of
! such a crime being perpetrated IN
/ broad daylight! Wherever in this
| broad country there is a Maine born
person, tile first thing he thinks of
! when he starts for his Old home IN
! Maine, on his vacation, is Gee WhlZ,
I ,ron't | have something good to eat
/ when | get to Mainer'
| AS Mr.. Marden hired me by the hour,
with the distinct understanding that
! should receive no pay after my time
was up, and as that time has expired, |
feel obliged to close, much as dislike
to, and much as | know you hate to
have me- | can see that you are crazy
to have me talk longer, but cannot as
| am member of the Speech Makers
Union and can only talk SO long. When
/ wrote this address, of course | could
not tell whether it would fall on good
ground, or on stony ground, and the
stones would come up and hit me, so |
wrote two closing paragraphs, one an
apology and plea for mercy, and the
other in different vein. find that /
have lost or mislaid my apology, and
am forced to use the other ending. |
want to thank you from the bottom of
my heart, which is the place where one
keeps his thanks, for your courtesy and
| forbearance this evening. OF course |
am we'll aware that it is due to the fact
! that my wife is present with me; still,
appreciate it just the same, though |
shall not feel perfectly safe till | get
! into my room. lock the door, and stick
my knife blade over the window sash.
l know it is contemplate to lay ones
| sins on another's shoulders, but / am
! forced to say, if my remarks have been
failure it is Mr.. Marden's fault and
not mine,--Ee tempted me and l fell
into his clutches,-and he ought to
bear the blame. On the other hand, if
l have been a bowling success, the