Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-12
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stock. in which Maine figures con-
siderably. The Bureau finds that
Maine last year turned out 4S,15S,0OO
slack barrel slaves, estimated to be
worth 250.251. OF these slaves H.
$4,000 were elm, 4.775.OO0 were maple;
1901 900 We're beech; 3,672,000 were
pine: 10000 We're oak; $4,000 were
chestnut; 3,193.000 were birch: 1000
were ash; 1853. 900 We're spruce; 453,-
600 We're hemlock; n. 900 were bass
wood; while all other kinds numbered
25O5 900. Maine ranks first in spruce
slaves and furnished more than one
half of them.
The states product of slack barrel
headings was 100000, valued at
SIOO,69O. Expressed by thousand sets
this product was made up from the
following kind of woods: pine. 3Sl;
elm. I'll: beech. "A: Eastwood, 20.
maple, 299: birch. 73S, spruce. 673.
chestnut. 4. all other woods, 50.
The hoop pole industry is now
dwindlcd to small proportions III
Maine as shown by the fact that dur
ing the year only $4,000 slack barrel
hoops were made, worth $2.1S3. The
average price per 1000 was SAT-. OF
the total number of hoops, 47S,O0o
were birch, 10000 We're elm. 10000
we're oak and 5000 were of other
woods
Ex-Gov. John +. Hill has been here
several days attending the meeting of
the Republican National Committee of
which he is the member for Maine, and
visiting around with his friends. He
was one of the active men of the COM
mittee in working for the convention
at Chicago From the very beginning
he said that the attendance upon the
convention from New England would
be very lean, if it was held at Kansas
City. which is about II hours farther
away from Maine than Chicago.
The Kansas City men seemed to
have the convention "cinched' when
Gov. Hill arrived here. He found that
Senator Crane, the member of the
committee from Massachusetts. had
taken up the fight for Chicago in
earnest. Aided and abetted by
Representative Lowden, of Illinois.
Gov. Hill promptly Joined forces with
cause.
Like most of the other New England
committeeman here, Gov Hill refused
to be drawn into the advocacy of any
particular Republican candidate for the
Presidency Il am not aware that
there is any pronounced sentiment in
Maine for any candidate said Gov.
Hill. | know that Maine thinks we'll
Of all of them and whoever is nOminat-
ed can be sure of the strong and cor
dial support of the Maine voters"
General Frank S. Streeter. the com
mitteeman from Concord, n. H, is a
Taft advocate. the only Taft member
Of the committee from New England.
but he said while in Washington that
it was essential that the secretary of
war have the undivided support of the
Ohio delegation to make other states
come to his support with any enthu-
siasm.
Up in Vermont there is considerable
Hughes sentiment, but it was moi
voiced during the National Committee
meeting. The Vermont member Of the
committee. James w. Brock, did not
attend but sent his proxy to Senator
DlitiilSiitiii, ii9 IciioN t'"li7iii''i-
This week another National Commit
tee. the Democratic, will come here to
fix upon the date and the place for
holding its convention. Less interest
attaches to it, because the action of
the Democratic convention can be an
ticipatcd, the nomination of Bryan
being already assured. The Republi-
can convention, on the other hand,
promises to be the most interesting
in - years. because probably no can
didate will go before the convention
with Il majority of the votes. The
big and spectacular struggle for the
nomination is bound to attract Il great
multitude and the proceedings will be
Of tremendous interest to the whole
country.