Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-01-17
advertisements.
ST! Ellsworth Food Fair, Feb. 1924, II.

/ city, but these roads are to be used BY city
and country, people alike. Hence. necessary
/ equal distribution OF the burden OF their i'm
| provemert upon all the people.
/ The present system of taxation. which dis
tributes from the state treasury. pro rata, a
! greater amount to the smaller towns than to
tho larger towns, in proportion to what they
! win themselves raise. is based upon princi-
pies OF Justice end equity. but the expendi-
the benefits OF modern science, under the old
| system Of dragging the old mud back into
/ mud, the next succeeding fall and spring, is
most discouraging. Next to the importance
OF money in the development Of our road
building, we need the services of the engi-
| neer.
Gentlemen, this is all business for you to
| consider. 1t pertains TO the whole State. /
4 make no local suggestions or illusions It is
q day of steam and electricity. It is q day of
mind over matter. 1t Is 0 day Of compulsory
OK team Is suppIanted by the automobile: the
tread wheel by the gasoliue engine. The
telephone enables us to do business in Boston
/ and New York without leaving our seat. We
| can accomplish in a few minutes what would
require our fathers a week of travel and hard
/ work to do.
| COOPERATION.
/ This is day of big business. and we are
| Just at present much interested in our county
| intervention and efforts to understand this
| business. We are all anxious to find out
| whether big business is to our advantage or
disadvantage. There isn't manufacturing
plant In Maine e any In but wha,
i
some other great city Of commerce. There
are no large undertakings carried on by
/ individual enterprise. There are but few
men to-day equal to any considerable bust
ness undertaking. 1t is q day OF co-opera-
tion, and this cooperation finds it's express
means, the capital OF the people is gathered
together for great undertakings. Through
this medium, men and their money are
the purpose OF conquering all that comes
| before them.
Nearly everything we need and use in our
daily lives is brought to us through the CO.
operation Of the corporation. Science and in
vention underlie IL all. Steam and lightning,
breakfast table. With ali this genius and de-
velopment, we have but one thing to fear, and
that is on rselves. We are going through the
ing out the uses of success, and how well we
can stand the same.
for the greatest number? Amid all our
abundance and luxury, do we realize that the
life of the laborer in the street is as sweet to
him as the merchant who crosses the walk he
makes clean? Do we all realize that the
humblest homes cherish the greatest am
bitions9 Do we never forget the principle
that "honesty is the best policy, and that
the government under which we live was
formed to make more perfect union, a
greater liberty and broader opportunities for
alle
The average business man of the State, In
our several communities, at work in the sew
eral pursuits and professions of life, are the
great Jury of commerce The stand between
the promoter and the farmer, between the
manufacturer and the banker. they are more
responsible for the shaping of public opinion
along correct and wholesome fines than any
other class in the community. They are the
great jury on concensus of opinion. The law
merchant has always been and always will be
| no ineonsi6erable part of the law of the land.
Gentlemen, with these few suggestions. !
beg OF you not to underestimate your duties
and responsibilities to your feliow-meni In this
year of our Lord 1912.
HON. JOHN A. PETERS.
The next speaker introduced was Hon.
John A. Peters, of Ellsworth. He spoke
principally of the development of our nat
ural resources, citing for example Wash
ington county's development of the pulp
wood industry, BURBERRY canning and
sardine fisheries, He believed Hancock
county offered larger field than WASH
ington county, referring to the blueberry
plains Of the upper part Of the county, the
suitability of land for orcharding, and the
summer resort business of the coast which,
he said, was OF vastly greater benefit 70 the
, whole county than most Of us realized.
As to the opportunities for outside in
, dustries to locate here, he spoke OF the UNI
excelled water power already harnessed
, here in Ellsworth, and our natural desire
to get some benefit from it. The knitting
mill which we have secured is a start, and
he was gratified to note the generosity OF
! the power company in the matter of rates
to secure the mill. He thought 1T better
! to have small and diversified industries
rather than one large one.
Mr.. Peters then took up the subject oil
good roads, which furnished the text for
most OF the speeches which followed. He
thought the Merchants association
and board OF trade should get together
and devise some means for road better
ment. He emphasized the fact that indi-
vidual growing won't do it all; ''we've
got to get together and growl, and after
we get through growing, we should de-
wise some plan to remedy the evil"
OTHER SPEAKERS.
The POSTMASTER then departed from the
program, and called for remarks from
others present. Among those who spoke
were w A. Alexander, II. E. Rowe, W. III.
Titus, Harvard G. Jordan, Rev. r. B.
Mathews, Rev. P. A. A. Killam and George
b. Stuart
The good roads discussion became gener-
al and animated. Mr.. Haines, who de-
clared he could not keep his seat when
this subject was under discussion, entered
heartily into it.
The result of the discussion was the APP
pointment of committee on plans for
good roads meeting. This committee is as
follows: John A. Peters, c. H. Leland,
Roy c. Haynes, Austin Fl. Joy and II. F.
Wescott.
The meeting then adjourned.
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