Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-04-04
Correspondents.
Summer Boarders or Fish Glue.
SOUTHWEST HARBoK, AprH z, 1916
O the Editor of The American.


To the Editor of The american:
Just one more word in reply to the
article published in THE AMERICAN under
date of March p, signed by Clarence Tarr
and Charles F. varney, in relation to the
Southwest Harbor glue factory.
They ask, what can be the motive which
prompted previous article written by
me? 1t is not as seems to be inferred by
Messrs. Tarr and Varney that their fac
tory interfered with the ice-cream and
souvenir postal business, but the motive
was from higher and nobler standpoint,
and hope to discuss it from that stand
point
The glue factory article was written
evidently with a great deal of glue at
tached to the pen, when the attempt was
made to Intervene the interests of the
resident fisherman and fishing industries
of Manset with the glue factory. Right
here they should be separated entirely.
l agree entirely with the gentleman:
''That God in the distribution of natures
beauty graciously endowed Southwest
Harbor as to commercial advantages
and as summer resort" He says:
at is therefore painful to see any of
her advantages remain unused" ! would
transpose that and say: ut is therefore
painful to see any of her advantages
abused"
was born and brought up in Manset,
and feel that have as close ties connected
with ITS past as Wei as nope Tor lts future
welfare as one who temporarily resides
there for the purpose of manufacturing a
little glue. 1t is plain, almost to blind
person, from the history of Northeast
Harbor, Seal Harbor, Bar Harbor and
other places on Mt. Desert island, that
they nave derived all their prosperity
solely and absolutely from the summer
business. L can see no reason whereby
Mapsat should he eyceptad from the oen-
eral rule, II she had been let alone and had
gone on IN the usual course OF receiving
ana entertaining summer visitors an IN
dustry whlch was started quite numDer
OF years ago and, we .hlnk, mad been
fairly successful, with bright prospect for
the future.
There are two hoteis whlcn entertain IN
the neighborhood OF TWO hundred ana
hity guests year, besides several cottages
whlch are occupied, ana douotiess great
many more would De occupied, ana nom
residents would De induced TO buy ana
Duld were there no glue factory, which Is
considered py these people TO De NUS
ance.
The gentleman who wrote the last COM
munlcatlon proceeded TO give great array
OF hgures to prove that the factory is
great dement, TO the people OF Manset. Ii
IS lmmaterial. at the present time, whether
70 Is PAID out from the factory or % from
the hotels, SO it becomes necessary there
fore to look at 1t from ITS larger and
broader sense namely, what is the value
OF real estate now, ana what would be Its
value twenty years from now provided the
glue factory continued?
What would be the value twenty years
from now, as compared with the present
value, If there were no glue factory, and
the summer business followed its usual
course the same as at Northeast Harhor
and Seal Harbor? In the ordinary course
OF events, IL would neeo no great array OF
figures to prove that every acre OF land on
the Manset side OF southwest Harbor
would advance In value many times over.
thlnk nave as much love, respect,
ana interest IN the people OF Manset,
whether they earn their living by fishing,
buying or selling fish, or dealing In any
commercial business. as anyone who may
have temporary residence there.
In writing this and my previous article it !
was and is not my intention in any way
to reflect on the fishing industry of Man
set, as ! consider the hshlng INDUSTRY as
heretofore carried on, and the introduction
and installation of glue factory, as two
distinct and separate affairs. While 1t I
may be wise from the standpoint OF the |
factory people to have the fishing industry /
shoulder their burdens and fight their !
battles, 1t is nevertheless unfair.
As TO the hotels buying their supplies |
elsewhere and importing their help from |
other places, l look upon that as peanut 4
criticism. Any business man or woman
would naturally buy hotel supplies at I
and no doubt would be more /
than pleased to buy them OF their local
traders, provided they could get them ss
cheaply. As to the help problem, think 1
it has been demonstrated over and over
that the demand is greater than the local
from neiohborinp nlaees he called for and |