Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-28


Treasurer, OF Maine Development Move
ment, Elected on Friday.
duct OF our homes and schools whose
value is beyond estimate. We are losing
our young men and young women. The
stream continues and other states are
enriched by Maine thrift and Intelligence,
They have long been going and they con-
tinue to go. Why should they goY Why
should our young men and young women
not stay here? How stop the exodus. and
how turn the human tide back? These
are a few questions which confront a
movement like this. Maine should be
more than a recruiting station for the
. Industrial, commercial anu moral ar
mics of other states. Maine has cause
10 champion, a kingdom to explore an
empire 10 conquer. and Maine should or
ganize and extend her own battle lines.
keeping the Maine boy and the Maine
girl under her own flag. 1t is for US to
shut the gates which open outward and
to fling wide the gates that open inward.
Maine is rich, but her deep mines of
wealth are unworked. Maine has prom
ise and the future awaits the man and
the woman Maine has stability, while
soil and climate keep faith with the man
whose labor is backed by knowledge and
intelligence Maine is sure of seed time
and harvest How mine our buried
wealth? How make real the promiseE
How prove this stability? How avail our
selves of the real value in this guarantee
of seed time and harvest2 Our rivers
run 10 the sea, emptying unused energy
u rs
How utilize this energy? How harness
the mighty water powers of Maine for
profit? Our soil is fertile and our farm
ing areas rich in tillable land. How In
crease the yield of our farms hundred
fold? Our cities are centers of trade, our
people have civic pride and our streets
are adorned with homes of comfort How
multiply the industries in our cities?
Even such scattered suggestions and
questions all bat stagger us at the thres-
hold of a movement such as this. for
they show us the vast proportions of the
work to be done. The cynic may sneer
and the unbelieving laugh. Yet the sio-
gan all together for Maine will bear
fruit Advertising pays. Maine people
should talk Maine. think Maine. write
about Maine until others who may not
know US, or who doubt II we have any
thing TO offer, come to believe as We be-
lieve in the marvellous resources Of this
State and its boundless possibilities In
eite the farmer to come here, for here IS
land and livelihood, education for his
children and health and plenty for his
family Let the mechanic turn Maine
ward from the sweat and toll and grind
and want of great cities for the renewal
Of his youth and the future of his boys
and the large benefits and blessings in
separable from family life of a Maine
farmer. Let the manufacturer come here
for the building of mills and factories
The power is here we have the trans
portaton facilities and fair labor condi-
tons. Invite and encourage the tourist
and the summer resident to come here
Our lakes and streams and wooded hills
and coast line and islands are assets
such as few parts OF the world can offer.
In climate We excel, IN the purity of
water we have no equal in health giving
air We are without competition. as a big
outdoor sauitarium we dare to bid against
the world. our Maine winters come In
good time and go ia their season. They
our Maine winters put iron into the souls
Of its men and women. redden the
blood in their veins. add power to their
brain and help shape character But If
the rigor of our Maine winter be not In
yiting let the world know that our
Maine summer and autumn are para
disc ruled by the gods of beauty and
health and Joy and plenty. and flowing
with milk and honey. June with its roses
eompensates In large way for the
SHOWS of January. And here
The price is set on the lavish summer.
June may be had by the poorest conner
The State OF Maine. We love her and
sag God bless her The State Of Maine
proud Of her place in the sisterhood Of
states. jealous OF her prestige in ths
nation; rich In her unriyalled resources
Ia her splendid inheritance OF moral and
intellectual Ideals. rich too In the quality
OF the homely life OF ner plain people