Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-10

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ceedihgs Of the. recent, cpAt inve St isaa
ti6n meeting in. Boston. at .whick
Egoternors of the six New. EnEHA
sstates present, wese not given thezf
est publlcitYs by the Demostatic psss
at least, Is the ste tAment MADE .by :: ion.
L. A. Jaet synaxirn Fails, Rtesident Of
/ TIE Stuff with .sof Trade. .?x>
ing arre,in1ed questiq<..tassaa, + stor-
49,. .,commissioAs 10 SeA Eng
Id, and :xs faila1EEtn ses soInd in
fsrm. tien sSgxHc.&nete set ,,,ed Mr.
Jack, In sc2.s Te ,of the
State Board - ivert No.. 81 rally in
s ssrss'e Of fl fue SCI i "Si
that Maine is not get1hg as square
a deal as the other Sew England
states but he does think that fuller
| publicity should be given the actions
Of the commission, and that healthy
| criticism might have averted to
some extent the present Maine short
| age.
| 1t, No h4carfc that
his opinion it is a mistake to appoint
| men from the party i'll power TO IN
, yestisate the actions of officials of the
same party.
Mr.. Jack says that all his question
! ing failed to get him any satisfac-
| ton at ALL On the other hand his
| questions and criticisms were not
very favorably looked upon at that
meeting He feels that honest ques-
tions and criticisms should not he
frowned down, but on the other hand
should be welcomed.
Mr.. Jack said;
! AT the conference held in the Sen
ate chamber in the State House Bos-
! ton, recently, at which six governors
Of New England. presidents of state
boards Of trade. and delegates from
| various local boards of trade were
present. Maine was well represented
All boards of trade We're asked to
send delegates, and some of them did
Maine had governor. two Congress
| men, and a United States senator
there, beside myself and various 9TH
err delegates from the State. Mr.
Storrow read his report. Senator
Lodge proposed resolutions. and from
| all appearances the meeting was ready
to adjourn.
! ION the face Of it we We're sent .ur
| there to investigate the reason why
| coal was not coming to New England
| requested permission of Coy. Mccall
who was the presiding officer, to asst
Mr.. Storrow few questions. The re-
quest was granted. L s1ked Mr. stor-
row why some monthS eco he had a
request for us to buyn small quan-
titles, saying that css33would be more
\ plenty and cheap in D. fall.
| = Mr.. Storrow said.Tfe did not state
it 10 that form-that he had though
boaf would be more plentiful. What
wanted to get at was the nature OF
| the evidence which prompted him tt
make that request, and which after
I ward proved that his limitations We're
absolutely groundless-for coal was
naieIer cheaper now. nor more plenti-
| full, But did not find out
THE citizens of Maine were lulled
into a peaceful frame of mind re-
garding the fuel situation until such
time as it was impossible TO buy coal
Then a meeting was called by Mr.
I Storrow to consider the situation
which meeting accomplished nothing
There seems to be a fear of criticisine
inefficiency in government circles, a
mistake Is made when men of the same
party as that in power are put on =
commission to investigate the actions
Of the officials Of the party.
Without doubt a little healthy
! criticism would have FASTENED pro-
ceedings and we would not now be
! trying to ship coal in barges up riv-
ers where .the ice is two feet thick
although at that meeting criticism was
not gratefully received.
II told them that l was sent uI
there for a purpose. and that purpose
was to secure coal for Maine. Also
would like to take back with me the
statement that we had done something
But in this I was disappointed. There
was nothing done. as the people car
| now see for themselves.
| Except for myself and a mill mar
| from the Kennebec region, not a voice
| was raised from Maine. The Demo
cratic press OF Boston, in its next edi
| ton, held no report Of this particular
part Of the proceedings
Il hold that matters as important a.
| the fuel and food situation are i'm
| NJ, he
| about, unless we are willing to admi
at this time that the newspapers onl,
furnish that part OF the news. which il
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