Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-14
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one-third of all the manufacturing
This magnificent growth has gone
hand in hand with the development OF
the principles of the Republican party
Once only in all that time has that
party been out of power and then pro-
gress was arrested, mills went out of
operation and railroads into the hands
of receivers and Coxeys army, not of
tramps. but of laborng men, marched
to Washington only to find there signs
saying: Keep off the grass"
My opponents will say this argument
Is not fair. God placed this material
wealth within the reach of the people
OF this country. Granted, but with our
limited area of coast line and inland
water ways compared with the entire
extent of the vast country railroads
are necessary for transportation and
railroads would never have been built
unless conditions were favorable for
the development of business. During
the first year of Grants administration
there was an increase in the mileage Of
railroads Of 34O0 miles, where the pre-
vious increase in this country had been
only at the rate of about 1900 miles a
year. The second year of Grants adj
ministration the increase was 1900
miles and the third year 5000 miles.
During these three years of Grant,
administration when Republican poll
cies had chance to become effective
the previous increase in railroads was
multiplied by 2. 8 and 4. During the
past 10 years while the Dinglcy bill
has heen in effect. from 1897 to 1907
there has been built in this country
1877 500 miles of railroad. that is to say
every year under the Dingley tariff we
have built over 1870 miles of rail-
road.
a short time ago I was speaking in
Brownville and while l was speaking
the y. & A. road of which everybody
in that section is so proud, sent over
It's tracks a short distance from us a
train with IS cars loaded with early
potatoes for which the Aroostook far
nier got 81 25 per bushel in the field
II the Democratic party had been in
power for the last Is years we should
have had admitted free from the Ca
nadian farmers. potatoes, oats and
wheat. and there would have been no
need of building up the r. & A. Rail-
road. Last night at Columbia Falls
the first thing l saw when [ entered
the town was a fellow coming along
with a load of spruce bolts sawed and
peeled. He informed me that the bolts
were sawed up and shipped to the pulp
mills. He said they were scrub spruce.
which he had formerly supposed was
no good, but now he was hauling load
after load and shipping them to the
pulp mill and he and some neighbors
Cf his were paying off the mortgages
81, =
faster than anybody else in Washing
ton county. 1 said to him: Young
man, hurry UP and haul all the spruce
bolts you can to the pulp mills. Tor IL
Mr.. Bryan and the Democrats get into
power the first thing they say they VIII
do will be to take the tariff off pulp
and pulp products. hay and potatoes.
and what does that spell but M a n e,
Maine, d crushing blow at Maine"
Just then the speaker was interrupt
ed by a man in the front part of the
hall with the words: "Why not tell us
something about temperance"
Mr.. Phibrook smiled and said "The
gentleman must be prohibitionist.
/ shall have something to say about
state issues presently" Then he went
on:
deeds. Compare the deeds of the Re-
publican marty with the Democratic
party and ask yourself which you are
going to support. Your vote in Sep
TENDER means even more than your
vote in November. Already the DEM
ocrats are working hard to cut down
tic Republican majority in Maine in
September to cheer their party in the
national campaign.
But the Democrats say that the
things to be discussed in this cam
paign are state issues. Judging from
some of tie things I have heard and
seen among the Waterville Democrats
the issue in this state is that the Dem
ocrats are out and want to get in.
Hon. George NJ. Hanson. Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Fourth Dis
trict, In a speech at Bangor lew DAYS
ago. said that the expenditures of the
state In the last 10 years had increased
sgOo.OOo under Republican rule and then
asked where that money had gone. Dan
tel ]. McGillicuddy. Democratic nominee
for Congress in the Second district. IN
81 recent speech, put the figures still
higher and at Lisbon Falls said: ihe
expenses of the State have increased dur
ing the past ~ years uti'Ni " AN'f'"''
can administration a million dollars
That increase is due to Repubii-
will say to these gentlemen that Meth
or of them got the figures high enough
The Increase is over 100000 more than
that and l am prepared to answer the
statements of Mr.. Hanson and Mr.. NC
Gillicuddy by showing where the mon
ey has gone:
In
1907 1897 crease,
Roads and bridges sS7 500 $l37iS S3.752
Railroad tax refund uoo 20 ooo
ed to towns ll'."U 2''"" oe'o'V
Dog licenses refund
ed and damages ,o,,
repaid 4a.Nl oi'"" I'''-i
County taxes refund on, Coz,
ed "stt4 49, $50
PauperS 4S.5'o $50" lo'oo'
", a.. "9e'"''' y, Oh. 90, 712.No 2,I.Ol0
State debt :sSpm 5o,Tu 'rm.. .o,
State pensions $500 !5.UO ls'Soo
Agriculture $500 4sUo on'on
Hospitals &,VV 15.Vo 'VoV
Reform schools and
SchooI $500 5000 $1,000
For the insane $4,000 $4,000 $4,000