Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-13

| cured within a very short time.
The Develop Maine Movement had
| its origin in a conversation between
| two travelling men year or more ago.
| These two men had been going from
CITY TO city and from town to town In
| Maine for many years. They had man
aged to dig up their shares of the
| business for their houses ana are gen
| orally known as very successfui Sales
! men. They were not satisfied with con-
ditions as they found them. however,
| and in discussing the subject tound
that they agreed that Maine needed
Statewide boom movement.
This conversation led to further con-
ferences and missionary work among
other statesmen until the IDEA was
pretty widely disseminated through
ont the State. Men not working as
travelling statesmen were interested anu
finally the call went forth Tor mass
meeting at Augusta The attendance
at that meeting astounded the TWO
statesmen who were responsible LOT 1t.
Tive oratOrv and enthusiasm shoWeu
conclusively that the men interested III
the Grange, the business ana the mar
ufacturing enterprises or the ota'e Vi
of Maine as well as the women VINO
are interested in the activities Oh llle
vomen's clubs. were ready and anX-
ions to take hold to improve condlIlois
in their home State.
II was the greatest meeting OF It's
Kind ever held anywhere. In the west
II is unite a common occurrence Tor
county. city and town Boards of Trade
RI call mass meetings, work up enthu-
eiasna and boom their particular To-
calitv. In this instance it was meet
inc of enthusiastic boosters from eV-
or1, corpor of Maine to devise ways
ord means to boom the largest OF the
New England states. Words OF en-
.zo,rapement. advice and suggestion
few thick and fast throughout an an
dav meeting. The several hundred men
aud women present had gathered with
faitb enough in the cause to pay theH
own travelling expenses and their own
hotel bills.
Ont of all the speech-making ana
rlanning was evolved an organization
knawn as the Develop Maine move
won't with Former Governor William
n cobh at the head and strong ilst
90 of9core and committees The con-
stitut;on and bylaws call for actlVl-
tjess along many lines They provide
tba machinery by which the people
now living in Maine may enjoy bet
fer conditions. new ideas my De IN
traduced natural resources may be
deyeloped. the community spirit may
- owal,ened and backward sections
belnad Another branch of the WORK
Ibid ont is the advertisement of the
naniforld advantages of the state,
c+Nr resort
snorting region, but also as piaee
IN which manufacturers may establish
thair business and get the benefit OF
s,1a,aid rail and water transportation,
Intelligent workmen, raw material
obean water power, cheap hydo-elec-
trio mower and low taxes. 1t was
MANNED to advertise the State, to let
the truth be known about our re-
sources and opportunities. II was
MANNED to weld the several hundred
60 nizations now working separately
for the good of the State, into great
,antraI bodv in which the advantages
NJ centralized effort might be haa
g., tba develonment of the State. A
small sum of money was falseo ny
membership subscriptions
kbout two weeks later the officers ana
executive committee met at the Lalay-
cite Hotel in Portland and proceeded 10
get down to a working basis. Governor
Cobb. as president, urged upon the gam
ering the necessity of getting results
with as little delay as possible. A SUD
committee consisting of w alter ;. wy
man. chairman of the executive commit
tee A. A. Head of Wateryille. the secre-
tary. and w. E. Lawry of Augusta the
treasurer, were appointed to do the pre-
lininary work of getting such supscrlp-
lions as might be obtained as result
of the Augusta meeting and to lay iouh-
dations for the permanent business Or
ganiZation.
That committee has held several meet
ings, secured temporary ofi1ce at Au-
gusta. issued certificates of membership
and laid plans for big membership
campaign. The mark the members OF
this committee have set for themselves
is 10000 members. Everyone connected
with the movement hopes the number
| Of suhscriptions received will be larger.
Persons interested enough to desire to
solicit members may secure the cerln-
cate hooks by writing w. e. Lawry, the
treasurer at Augusta. First Vice Presl-
|
| the founders of the movement, is work
ing among the three councils of the Unit
ed Commercial Travellers in the state
! Responsible men in other organizations
| will be approached at once.
Letters of communication for the move
ment are bein greceived daily and some
of these letters will be printed In the pa
ners this week They indicate that the
! time is ripe for a Boom Maine Move
ment that will make the whole country
| sit up and take notice. These men feel
that Maine has a most interesting story
| to tell to the business man of another
state who wants to do business under
ideal conditions, and they are willing &c
help tell it, for the good of all concerned
The Develop Maine Movement is nom
political, non-sectarian and non-section-
al in the broadcast sense. Men and wo-
men of all parties and all religions are
hard at work In it, It's limit territorially
is the state of Maine as whole. NC
section will be doomed to the exclusion
of any other section within the State
/ Other states must produce something bet
| Ter or Maine will certainly get some OF