Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-05-26

a total of 600 offered here, there
and everywhere. when there was
more than ten times that number
neeedd all at once. The work Of
Miss Florence Warner in regard to
marketing at home and buying from
home people was also described. The
sweet corn industry and the seed
potato industry were spoken Of and
the desirability of doing further
york among the boys AID girls was
explained at some length.
William B. Hay
William r. Hay. the head Of the
Portland development committee,
which has the Job of f"sellins the
State pier" to the voters Of Maine,
as his pet phrase is. was the next
speaker. Mr.. Hay told some Of the
facts regarding the new committee
which has just been organized to
furnish the facts of the case to ev-
cry voter in the State. so all shall
be able to see the benefits to them
selves from the proposed State pier
in Portland and will vote for it. He
extended his theme to some length
III lAAo SIio ing III" Tic piSl
will be of value to everyone and ex-
pressing the belief that within a very
short time the pier will prove to be
Inadequate to meet the situation,
provided the ideas of the league are
put fully into effect, as they ought
to be. Mr.. Hay went into the de-
tails Of the subject of marketing pro-
duce in community form. saying that
this is the most important part or
the matter. for after all there is not
much use in raising great crops, pro-
vided they cannot be made to reach
the consumer in some kind Of shape
and in some kind of time. He de-
scribed the working of the great
fruit combines in the West, where
they not only handle the crops with
out loss. but turn back immense
profits to the members in dividends.
Mr.. Hay said it is necessary to have
money to carry out this campaign
and without doubt the business men
would see to it that the money is
provided when the time comes.
Publicity Program
Mark W. Burlingame. the pub
licity man Of the league who recent
ly came to Maine to handle that part
Of the program spoke briefly. He
said he was going to run the mayor
a close race for the prize for short
speeches. He said the whole thing is
corrrlated; the State pier is part of
it, the good roads movement is a
big part Of it, but the work Of the
league has to coordinate and ce-
ment it all into one. Four things
must be done. We must organize and
ge. together. The farmers must
learn 10 standardize their produce
and they must learn it the only way
that such a lesson would appeal to
any practical man. by being shown
that it will put money into their
pockets il they do it so. Then hav-
ing standardized their wares they
must advertise them and then hav-
ing advertised them and then having
worked up their trade for their own
products they must patronize home
folks for the other things they need.
In that way. paradoxical as 1t may
seem. the farmers will have their
living reduced and SO will everybody
else, and at the same time they will
be done in great measure by elimi-
mating the big feriRht bills for long
haul transportation from far dis
tant sections Of the country by sub
stituting produce that is grown near
by.
Or. Charles F. Taylor
The closing speaker was DR..
Charles F. Taylor Of New York, who
was introduced as a man who had
been everywhere and who knew ev-
erything that was to be known about
the different states Of the Union and
who could tell the people Of Maine
lot Of things they don't know
about themselves. His subject was
stated to be Names gricultural and
Industrial Conditions and the REM
edy for Them" DR.. Taylor was
very hoarse from a bad cold. but he
managed to hold his audience for
about half an hour while he dealt
out facts and figures to them in red
hot style to show several main
points: first. that the young man.
hood and young womanhood OF the
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