Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-28
c. 8. Hichborn.

as follows:
.I don't know Just what may be the
detailed purpose of this organization, but
It will suffice to enlist my cordial and
earnest support if it shall give the people
of this State one great new puise-beat,
If it shall teach them the value of coop
Grafton. If 1t shall emphasize the fact of
their interdependence. If it shall center
their minds, even for brief time, upon
home industry and home attractions and
home development.
"In this proposition to boom and build
lin this effort to make the State of Maine
bigger and brighter and busier and better.
here are certain dos and certain don'ts
that must be taken into consideration,
and that I want to talk to you about to-
day.
II am very strongly Of the opinion that
we have too much politics In the State
OF Maine / know the game Is somewhat
alluring, but don't play it ss5 days out
of the year. II you must indulge your
fancy, let 1t be in homeopathic doses and
with the least possible frequency.
1T is prejudicals to your best devel-
opment, 1t separates men rather than
uniting them, 1t Is directly opposed to the
spirit of cooperation, 1t overshadows and
crowds out the better things. Get on the
Damascus road, If you please, but don't
cruelty every man that does not follow
you.
Don't abuse your neighbor II he is so
unwise as to be a candidate for office,
and don't viiify him If he shall be so un-
fortunate as to be elected.
IA r1A
merchants and so aid In making better
market for your home producer.
Don't, IL you are manufacturer,
think that cotton-shoddy is just as good
as long-fibre wool, and II you are a farm
er don't think that number 1 hand
picked" apples only to the top of the
barrel.
Don't expect your public service cor
porations to furnish you service for less
than 1t costs them to produce it. You
can't build them up in that way. And
you. if you are corporation, you play
fair. Don't shuttle the cards under the
table
Don't make the fearful mistake that
have often heard made, of saying that
you can't build up business in the state
of Maine without free rum. That's the
greatest fallacy that ever warped the
Judgment of thinking men-as rum is the
greatest curse that ever afflicted human
kind Rum and good business don't go
together: rum and good health don't go
together: rum and good citizenship don't
go together
Don't fail to spread the gospel OF
Maines attractions.
you hear men speak of the beautiful
rivers and streams of other lands-teh
them of the giant rivers and babblihg
streams of the State of Maine OF the fa~
nous lakes of the olden world-tell them
of the matchless splendor of the lakes OF
Maine: of the wonderful forests of far
away land-tell them of our gracefui
elms. orr richly clad naples. our storm
defying oaks and the giant spruce that
crown our lofty hills: of the marvellous
soil Of other states-tell them OF our own
wide-stretching acres that need only to
be tickled by the ploughshare to burst
into bcunteous harvest.
"And o these hills Tell them of these
hills, great storehouses of the Almighty,
holding within their bosom wealth sur
passing that of the Indies, with sun-lit
faces wooing the raindrops as they stray
from the lap of Mother Ocean-sending
them, as Joyous messengers 70 the green
robed valleys and pouring them In rip
pling laughter upon the wheels Of indus
try. well, well may the sons OF Maine
break forth In song triumphant, Il will
,ift up mine eyes unto the hills. from
whence cometh my help9
''Build your great highways. and as
you travel over them sing the song Of
patriotism; proclaim 1t from the house.
tops: teach 1t in your public schools; you
travelling salesmen-than whom no bright
er men today wear leather-take 1t with
you as your main line. Ye literary men
and ye professional men, ye merchants
and ye bankers, We men in the factories
and ye men on the farms. sing We The
State Of Maine. and her glorifed.
"Do these things, and the hum Of indus
try shall be heard in the land and peace
and contentment shall toast their toes at
every fireside
But remember that material things
alone do not make a state. There are
things intellectual and things moral that
underlie all.
EVERY man and every woman. In strug-
Individual self.
Let them say continually:
" Build thee more stately mansions o
my soul,
AS the swift seasons roll
Leave thy low-vaulted past,
Let each new temple, nobler than the
last
Shut thee from heaven with dome more
vast,
Till thou at length are free.
Leaving thine outgrown shell
BY iife's unresting sea-"
DeForest Perkins.
DeForest Perkins, superintendent of
the public schools Of Portland. spoke
very enthusiastically along educa-
tional lines. "The greatest industry
of which any State is engaged in is
that of education. We must train our
boys for citizenship which is the
greatest asset upon earth. In 1885,"
he said. "the first free schools were es-
tablished in America in which the
attendance was compulsory. The
school system of today might prove
quite inadequate for the school of to-