Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-04

is that what scientific methods have ac-
complished with the tubers can be
know yet what. | only want to insist on
this point-that, if the soil and climate
and scientific methods in Maine will pro-
duce three times as many potatoes as
can he produced in any other state in the
Union, then those conditions will produce
three times as much of something else
We will soon find ont what that is. and
then il is your business to tell the world
abont it.
, While you are talking about the mag
nifcent crop of potatoes, forget not to
speak of Names other advantages Do
not'stop With scenery and climate. Those
are important. Talk about them. But
dig in, also. about agricultural opportuni-
ties and water powers and business OPEN
Ings. Remind people that the farms of
Maine and other New England states de-
veloped the srandest body of freemen the
world has ever known, and that it is be-
ing done today on those same farms. l
never, in several trips to the far north
west ard southwest. saw anything in the
agricultural line to compare with the
comforts and conVenianceS of the Maine
farms except in the locations of highest
development. and those are only few.
Your situation is far superior to that of
the average Western farmers. 1t is true
that new conditions have arisen and that
new methods are necessary. but you can
cling safely to the facts and at the same
time put a halo about everything that
bears the honored name of Maine. Boom
everything in the State, but always re-
member that true development in Il COM
munty like this has its basis in success
full agriculture.
The Industrial Department of the Maine
Central Railroad cannot do this work for
you. 1T can help you to do it by force of
example, it can suggest how to do it and
remind YOU to continue; but. when it
comes to the actual enthusiasm and en-
enlargement. You must attend to those
yourselves; and you must keep on until
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what you say is true and. believing. take
advantage of the opportunities which we
know exist in Maine for the right kind of
men and women.
We are here to tell the world about
Maine and also, to tell the people about
their own State. There is no occasion to
bemoan your inability to strike out into
new pastures ana begin life over in other
fields. Look around Maine and study its |
possibilities. Any man who begins to do !
this will find himself greatly surprised |
in the course of a few months. There are
better than gold mines in the agricultural |
possibilities and, once those are properly |
developed. we will have thousands and |
thousands of horse power in water prvi-
leges harnessed for manufacturing ad- |
Vancement. ] doubt if any man here will |
live to see the highest development re-
corded for Maine, because there are SO
many latent possibilities, so much to
start with so much to progress with, and
they are not confined to any one thing
They extend to nearly every department
in the field Of agriculture and to dozens
OF branches in manufacturing lines. We
may. if we will, see the beginning of the
development: but the completion is for
other ears and eyes and hands.
This coming progress is IA conquest of
peace. but to carry ii on we need men
like those who fought their way into the
wilderness in colonial days. like those of |
intrepid spirit who successfully struggled
for their own independence and gave us
ours like the sturdy souls who wrested
an empire of the West from mnapprecia-
tive possessors. like the self sacrificing
heroes who We're not awed by death in
holding to the principle that the Union |
should not be severed You know of those
well and you know of the men
Of achievement You know where they |
came from and what made them. The
country needs more men like them. and
they are coming from the same farms of
Maine and other New England states |
that sent them before. They came in 10, |
in 1917. in At. in 81, and in '9S, and, if
they responded in time of war. you may
be sure they will not shrk the front in
times of peace.
In this conquest Of peace the railroad
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