Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-27

IN open H,NG, ana aDlllty TO see ana !
propose what needs to be done. You !,
! will know him. He will aid the State |,
health department in the prevention |
of disease; he will set behind I'LL |
! these industrial and educational |
movements we have been hearing !
about.
lone great thought is this: Let
! people see that VIC are spending our
money wisely. Let's go home and
| get back Of this thing. No matter
! about our political, religious or social
! convictions: here is something we
/ can all agree on. II we put ourselves
| behind this, Maine will have q place
Of leadership in this reconstruction"
| Prof. Orren c. Hormell Of BoWdoi.l
college presented a program for i'm
proved municipal government. he
said the greatest needs are to rc-
! organize along lines OF efficiency and
\ to get more money to keep cities ana |
! towns out Of debt. He gave the re-
| suits of an investigation which ne
| and his classes had conducted in 80
! towns end cities of tire state. The
! investigation disclosed many leaks
that should be repaired for better
government: conditions.
w. L. Hunton
! W. L. Hunton Of Portland, inlus-
trial secretary Of the Maine Central
Railroad. said Our greatest trouble
is in sins of omission. The State is
not so much to blame as the people
who live in il. and these who have
lived i'll il for the last hundred years.
Maine people are loath to tell of thu
good things in the State. ! think We
should srend part Of that $4,000 III
| letting people know what there is
| in the State of Maine.
| Remember at least that Maine has
the pureSt and best water Of any
State in The Union which may hav.
helped her to pass tho first prohib:.
tory law.
That her citizenship is largely Old
New England stock.
That her moral, educational and So
cial advantages arc OF the best.
That her climate, for I. time at least
in the year is good enough to cntics
one-half million SUMMER visitors.
That the area Of Maine is almost
cne-ha.f Of all New England, S3,Coo
square miles. only une-tenth OF
which is under cultivation.
That she has ECO ~ les If sea coast.
affording /; fishing industry that only
costs the harvest.
That her soil is fertile, her per
acre crop records prove.
The quality Of Ter products has
never been questioned.
Iaine has uniform rain and snow
fail that procudes a drought, and her
500 rivers and streams all leading to
The sea offer universal and cheap mo-
tive power to all industries.
Orehalf her area is wooded. Tie
annual output from this area exceeds
So. Oc0. 900
Her market for all surplus crop
productions are 100000 people
within II hours of steam road con-
nections. s. per cent. of whose food
products are now grown in the West
one and two thousand miles AWAY
OF her mineral and metal resources
we know but little. Her people have
been too busy devastating her la
ural timber supply 80 investigate
what was out of sight. But we do
know that the finest tpurmalincs ana
rarnets III the world have been
found without effort. That there is
plenty Of granite. sand, CLAY, field
spar. slate and limo. That molyh-
mum and copper are now being sue
cessfull: mined within her borders.
and that iron and asbestos are known
TO be among her hidden resources.
People always think that some
thing away off is much better than
what is at home. Money enough has
gone out of this State to sive us Il
population of three million. Young
men are always where something is
going on. ] can't say l am sorry for
those who wish their money was
back here. Lest go home and &C.
velop some little home community.
Our job is to do the thing that is
nearest at hand. We must do a great
deal to keep the young people ut
home. Agricultural clubs have done
a splendid work for boys and girls
to make them responsible and de-
pendablc. Keep up the club work
in your community" SIR. Hunton
closed his remarks with the story of
the antiprohibitionist to whom Il
friend said: well. the 3Hth state
has gone over the top. What have
YOU got to say about it?'' "Well,
am darned glad, now you fellows will
have to stop preaching and so to
work
He was followed By r. r. Burr,
feologlst, of Augusta, who disclose
the remarkable possibilities of Maine
as L mineral producing state. He
said il is possible to find every kind
of mineral except coal and oil in
commercial quantities. He urged
the need OF a geologic survey and
| the speedy development of Names
mineral resources.
! Charles RI. White, secretary Of the
Maine Industrial League. spoke for
agriculture. He said in part:
! The welfare of the nation as 4
whole is dependent upon the welfare
of it's constituent parts. This brings
us to our responsibility with regard
TO the conditions Of agriculture in
the State of Maine. Maine. which is
capable of feeding the rest of New
, England, is only producing enough
food supply to feed 70 per cent of
her population. Six agricultural
counties and 300 agricultural town.
in Maine showed by the last census
a decrease in population. The aver !
age age of men on the farms in those
! towns today exceeds so years. There
are in Maine today only about one
tenth as many sheep as there were