Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-01-18


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vas placed upon wartime conol-
t.o.s WHOM the opening addresses
,,-, ,,,do 1, ,be 55.b annual meet
n .,oa;o
''h
tl"h' "h!ch vas ca''eo - "'uei ~
President Edward NJ Handing OF Ban
eyr in iia III .eYIlcl's room IN the
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i"c "'7'hce 81 Nay 'Nt''e'' ii"ll!
:. Brown, president OF tho Watervilie
Chauher Of Commerce. extended the
Problems Of War
Mr.. Brown did more than make a
prefunctorv pueniul- ;ddress OF crea,-
inr. he spo,. OF thy problems which
the war has caused ana I'm the SOM
ton OF which the newepapors should
play a leading na1t Tho next five
or 10 wears arc to he frauoht with
great moral religious and s9cto. pro,-
lens IrYy,ir.- out Of tt. var mon,
bcr Of tie British commission -o this
country has said TINT ro,w,,nstara-
inc the great extent Of the troub,es
and dancers with which nao,le ,ro
faced durln.. tho actual noriod of strifa
there arc - to Greater nrot,ars ,-,er
tho war Mon in v.,r tor,, covn+r,e,
are losing their nropar ,,eyno,,,
There is n breakiny down of old. time
standards And the eves &c tho Ola
World are trrnad 70 ,bo veu, >, ,,.
bona ~ holm IN ,o,,.,rr, .bosa ,,,roh
IONS which yin follow, 10 r,or ~
Rrovn sata ,hot boro ,., ..,,or,r,,,,,
for the nevsnanc editors q, 10 I-ni+
"a c,..as ., -, 49,, -,
tho naonIa to 600 tha III, ha,,ar, -
clouds
ject, Mr. Brown EXPRESSED the onin-
ion that the slogan Save to buv a
bond" might be overworked. His read
ing lead him to the conclusion that
people should not be urged 70 .xce.-
sive economy. Much OF Tho cost of
the war must he maid out ~ tba nroe,e
OF tho business OF the nation and ror
that reason the profits sho,ld no ,oro,o
Tho ,r,ortoa. ,,eo.,., - i1I { z
Savings bonls .iorae,,, ~ -,
o,hor c,,to, L,, ~ ~ "S III
''''"'u sid'hylnS m
=, rn u"!'''s 'aS' year me buylns
r,oa ~, co,,t.,,a., - -'! az pa
PROSPERITY Tor me
"''"N,' I"'re must he rgld
'' '' 'n' use "i iood ana fuei
because mere ther" is need Of supplies
:" a'u ~ the prosecution or the war
put Mr' Brown urged that business
shou'" ne maintained NJ level of high
prosperity IN order that from the prof
us may come iull measure Of ffnan-
cial support Of the government. He
asked that the newspapers consider
this phase II the wartime problem
and exert their great influence in Keen
ing the current II commerce arn ,rooe
fowing.
Address pr.s,do,, a,
Foll.vipt. A.
the annual ,td,.'s, ~ I.. '5''' 49, : any an,
ing , c,r.,,li, ,,.,.,.. ''' i'''''u
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couutr, 4 nam ,,,tI ~ ~
stress Of v,r 1u,, fnr,,,.,.,o,,. I'm !" ~
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conflict o,th , r,r..e. .
th., liu. v,.,r. In III. .,,'',,
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from Nfao.tonL ~ ,tc ci,,. III I,.t,I, "i.a
state. ~ ,n,.,t,. ,,rasa,,,s ',l'
frnnf oph+fr.. tho hr.,l. =. ,a.,
md world ,lor,,.rra,,. .,,.o,,,s, ~. .'I
i,.itsin ~ Germany
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tory ~ tho Maine prcs,e ,,s'n,.,
since its organlza:inn in ,hn s,,r,,,,nr
of iSet is nr~' pr,eii. Mt was the Hon.