The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-06-27
COME TO MAINE.
GOOD WORDS FOR OUR STATE AND
OUR CITY.

GOOD WORDS FOR OUR STATE AND
OUR CITY.
The New England Homestead is pub
fishing a series of articles on home
industrial opportunities and promoting
New England uplift, and recent issue
contained the following articles, which
we take pleasure in reprinting:
COME TO MAINE.
DIR. G. NJ. TwITCHELL, AUBURN, ME.
Naturally the home seeker wants
good climate, healthy conditions, a
productive and retentive soil, naturally
adapted to variety of crops, strong,
positive moral sentiment and frater-
nal, sympathetic atmosphere. Beyond
this, the thinking man will look to
school houses and school privileges and
churches and church attendance. No
man wants to locate in malarial at
mosphere, whether it be physical or
moral. All these points should enter
into the account.
| am convinced there is no State
which today offers the substantial at
fractions to be found in the State of
Maine. l would not be loyal to my
native State did l not declare this, I
would not be true to myself did | not
give good substantial reasons for my
faith. In the first place, granite soil
insures certain qualities of water and
peculiarities of disposition not to be
country in northern latitude produces
q of nd RI ha
found in warmer sections. a country
where there are generous changes in
the seasons is certain to insure neigh
borly relations, not stimulated in a
more enervating climate.
Today no State in the union Offers
better advantages to the agricultural
or industrial home seeker than Maine,
for the reason that while farm prop
erty is reasonable in price, there is an
aggressive, positive, growing agricul-
tural settlement. No matter where one
locates he is sure to find the atmosphere
contagious for larger, better crops. No
State in the union is today doing better
along advanced agricultural lines.
Maine Is the fruit growing State of the
east and apple trees thrive in nearly all
sections, bearing yearly an abundant
crop, the quality being unexcelled in
any State. The frequent hill ranges
stretching through the entire State
offer attractive fields for sheep husban-
dry, today one of the most profitable
lines of operation possible for the man
who would realize from every acre.
Especially is Maine adapted to dairy
ing, and the fact that it has the largest
cooperative dairying establishment in
the east, paying the farmers annually
very close to million dollars for cream
taken from their doors, and constantly
increasing its capacity, insures the
farmer a steady market for cream at
the highest possible rate, and leaves
him the valuable by-product for the
growing of more stock. Within the
past few years special attention has
been directed to the growing of heavier
driving and draft horses, the demand
being so rar beyond supply and the
price so high as to warrant the claim of
great profit for every grower.
Scattered all over the State today are
we'll selected French Coach and Perch
eron stations, just the type wanted and
for which highest prices are always
paid. Then, with all this, there goes
the universal distribution of wooded
territory all over the State, covering all
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insuring steady and growing demand
at high prices. Best of all, Maine offers
a sweet, clean, helpful social and moral
atmosphere, with the saloon prohibited,
with public sentiment being aroused to
the necessity for activity upon all the
issues of life and with a farmers or
ganiZation-the grange-5O0 900 strong,
devoted to the upbuilding OF rural life,
improvement of rural homes, building
of better roads, strengthening Of all
educational work and the creation of
deeper, stronger, more abiding faith in
the certainty of Maine soil to yield in
creasing crops in return for honest
labor.
Maine invites inspection. Along its
rivers, by its lakes, on its hills, farms
may be found which will respond to
every honest, faithful stroke, and the
people of the State will give cordial
welcome to every man and woman,
older or younger, who comes to better
their condition and assist IN lifting the
thought of life to higher Levels. Come
to Maine.