Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-24
Boosting Our State.


Announcement has been made by the
Maine Central Railroad that an indus
trial department is being established
flor the purpose of developing this
State. The establishment of such q
bureau on the part of railroad il
lnew to Maine although it has beer
TRIED out and found to be a paying
Iproposition in other states. The
Maine Central controls rail transpor-
tation in and out of Maine and its
prosperity is dependent upon the pros
perity of Maine. Anything which in
creases the general prosperity of the
state it serves Immediately appears in
the net earnings of that company just
as surely as any extended period of
depression is reflected in the return on
the investment in railroad property.
Therefore it is good business for the
Maine Central to eXpend a reasonable
sum in developing Names natural
| resources and in improving the condi-
tons surrounding agriculture, fruit
| culture, stock raising, poultry keeping,
dairying and manufacturing.
The State Board of Trade is also
pledged to this work. The various
municipal boards of trade have COM
mitted themselves to do what they can
to increase the industrial activities
| not only of the particular town or city
| in which they exist. but of the State
1t is true that the Maine Central Rail
| road will find that much has been ac-
complished already, but it will also
| find that there is room for another
earnest and active worker. Those who
| have the best interests of the State at
heart will welcome the advent of a
railroad in this field.
Maine needs boosters" of every
sort and is to be congratulated upon
the advent of so efficient an ally to
the camp of organized "boosters.
Building up Maine is going to be more
popular in the future than it has been
in the past. Young men are seeing
the result of practical application of
optimism and civic pride in the rapid
growth of Western cities and are pre-
pared to profit by it.
All substantial Improvement is de-
pendent upon increased business
more farms and better farms, larger
and more diversified manufacturing
enterprises, better organization for the
marketing of that which we produce
and upon the broad development of the
resources which nature has lavished
upon our State
The dispatch which announces this
purpose of the board of the Maine
Central Railroad contains the follow
ing paragraph:
The opportunities for the sue
cessful promotion of the business
of raising beef cattle for con-
sumption within the State will be
thoroughly investigated.
On November - of last wear we
printed an article from the Board OF
Trade journal by DR.. +. w. Hunting.
ton of Portland on that subject. DIR
Huntington is the head of the United
States bureau of animal industry ant
has already investigated the subiec
with great care. His conclusions are
that the men of Maine are losing {
great opportunity in neglecting to Civ,
more attention to the raising of cat.
tie. His conclusion is:
If our farmers would raise more
livestock, COWS, steers sheen.
hogs and hens, which every farmer
should do, we would have better
farms and homes, have all our
beef, mutton, pork, poultry, milk
and butter raised right here in
| thls State, and our Western beef
oarons would be buying of us at
good prices