Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-06

owner out of the business to become a
helper in a great field of endeavor,
instead of an individual operator.
Economic conditions demand larger
production from the soil and that de-
mand is bound to be recognized. The
consumer in the large cities, impa-
tiers Of the scarcity of certain agri-
cultu products and consequent
higher prices is not concerned with
the method of production. He wants
his food at as low a price as it can
be secured, and he does not care
whether "a corporation cultivates 10,-
0oO acres, or an individual 100 acres
Whichever provides what he wants
at the lower price is the one he will
patroniZe; and he is going to have
what he can pay for because he and
his neighbors constitute a large part
of the body politics.
1t is not necessary to go into de-
tails in this matter, but ] want to
emphasize the fact that any system of
cooperation in marketing that will
enable the farmer to sell his product
at better price and purchase certain
supplies at lower will tend to
strengthen his position in case it be-
comes necessary for him to meet COM
petition of the character / have sug-
geSted.
The world is moving and we must
move with it. We cannot make cOndi-
tons. we must meet them as they arise
and accept them in the manner which
will bring about the best results for
the community and the State. Devel-
opment is the order of the day and
Maine and New England offer some
magnificent opportunities. 1t is for
the people to take advantage of them
and that can be done in proper man
ner only by unification of effort
All must work together, because no
permanent good can be accomplished
by pulling and hauling in different
directions.
/ am here as the representative of
great railroad corporation which wants
to help. 1t is not animated by sell
fish motive in the sense that it seeks
an immediate return for it's present
efforts. While a larger production
means more business for it, a most
essential feature of it's present work
is to create a feeling of hopefulncss
in communities and impress on it's
present patrons the necessity of am
bitious effort. True prosperity for a
transportation company is better rep
resented by contented and progressive
communities on it's lines than by any
spasmodic movements of freight and
passengers. A railroad is not a tenn
porary factor in the development of
a community. because It is thing of
permanence itself and it must seek
pcrmanence in business. That means
constant and consistent growth
wherever it serves, and it joins
with others in seeking to bring
about so eminently desirable a
situation. Yet railroad must
depend upon the people for tho
actual work 1t may start progress
and il may advertise to the world the
general advantages OF a section, but
the actual evidence of prosperous
conditions to induce new -comers To
settle and capital to invest must come
from the people themselves. That
means every man here and all his
friends and neighbors. Working to-
getter. results will be accomplished.
and the benefit will accrue to your
sons and daughters and their sons and
daughters. as well as to yourselves.
The prize is worth the winning and
we have the means to gain it. Shall
it be said that there was hesitation
in awakening to the situation and taxi
ing advantage of it?