The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-02-02

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sion of Congress to take up the revision
of the tariff; but that also was wisely
turned down. Both papers were after
free advertising, and they are welcome tc
this much, while Hearst, as the owner oil
the San Francisco Examiner, is fnan
cially interested in having the exposition
held in that city.
The call has been issued for Hanson
caucus to be held at the court house
Tuesday evening, January 31st, for the
purpose of nominating E. F. Hanson fol
mayor and such candidates from the sew.
eral wards as he may select.
This item from last weeks Journa
was less prediction than a statement
of fact, as it required no gift of prophecy
to foretell the action of such a caucus.
Though called in the name of the Demo.
cratic party, that was a misnomer. II
was Hanson caucus, with the chief
beneficiary present with a writer
speech, and all the candidates bear his
tag and were personally selected" less
for their fitness for the respective po-
sitions than for their willingness to dc
the bidding of the candidate for mayor
and thus perpetuate one-man city gov
eminent. The speech Of the candi-
date for mayor was the same old story
egotistical, untruthful and bombastic-
the utterance of demagogue who has
succeeded in fooling the people for some
time and is intoxicated with his own sue
cess. His talk about mud-slinging will
be taken at it's true value by all we'll in
formed people. This style of warfare
was not only inaugurated by him, the
distinguishing feature of his campaigns,
but has been a continuous performance
throughout the year. Those who wish
to perpetuate in Office a man who has
done, and is doing, incalculable injury to
our city and county, an meter of strife
and i'll will, man who stands in the way
of the promotion of local enterprises
and industries. will vote for the ticket
nominated last Tuesday night.
B. Walker McKeen of Fryeburg has
CLEANED from bulletin Oh farm condi.
tions issued by the director of the Census
Bureau some facts regarding Maine that
count so much for progress and pros
perity that he made them the subject of
a communication to the Tribune Farmer.
He says:
The statement shows, in detail, that
the number of Maine farms reported in
1910 was SO, 773, as compared with.59,-
299 in 1909, an increase of 474, or per
cent. The total value of farm land and
buildings in 1910 is given as s158, GIG, 600,
as against 1886, SOP, 900 in 1900, an increase
of $62, liz, 900, or ga per cent. Let ca
lamity howlers who claim to believe that
the majority of Maine farmers, particu-
larly those in sections where highly
specialized farming prevails, are going
to the dogs, take note of this and then
compare these figures with the large de-
crease in our livestock, which Will be
shown later. The total value of the
farm land alone was reported in 1910 as
$85, 923, 900, as compared with $40, $780,
900 in 1909, gain of $36, 564, 900, or IA
per cent. In 1910 the value of the farm
land alone constituted 81 per cent of the
total value of farm land and buildings,
as compared with 45 per cent in 1900.
This shows most conclusively that the
improvements have been made along pro-
ductive lines. The reported value of
farm implements and machinery is $14,-
476, 900 in 1910, as against So, 800, 900 in
1900, gain of Ga per cent. The average
acreage to the farm in 1910 is los, as
compared with LOG in 1900 The average
value to the acre of farm land in 1910 is
given as $14, while in 1900 it was So, the
amount of gain being rs per cent. These
figures show conditions that appear to be
almost too good to be true; still my OBJ
servations, covering all sections of
Maine, particularly those sections devot-
ed to specialized crop production, lead
me to the conclusion that they show too
little rather than too much. If our live
stock industry could have held it's own
our agricultural progress would have
been practically unbounded. The total
number of farms operated by the call
class in 1910 formed 81 per
cent of the entire number. Of this
which is Sc, 274, there were A.
1856, or 70 per cent, owned free of incum-
brance
These figures certainly furnish food for
serious reflection. They show that the
average trend of farm practice is in the
right direction and that in at least a
large part Of the cases where crop pro-
duction has been made the rule the
choice was wise one.
If reciprocity with Canada was to be
by treaty, which would be considered
in executive session by the Senate, its
rejection or adoption could be safely
predicted; but as legislative measure,
to run the gauntlet of both houses, its
fate is problematical. 1t is not, like a
national measure, open to amendment,
as practically it is treaty agreed upon
by representatives of the two countries.
Any change made by either party in
form or substance would involve opening
the whole matter anew and in that case
the negotiations might come to naughts
As to the effect Of the proposed reciproc-
ity, that can only be forecasted by an