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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-11-02
COSTS LESS TO SHIP
PAPER FROM EUROPE.
Americas Newsprint Industry
Faces Serious Competition,
Says r. s. Kellogg.
FOREIGN LABOR IS CHEAP
Better to Have Dependable
Supply at Home and Aid
Production, He Advises.

CHICAGO, Nov. lit costs So less
to ship a ton of newsprint paper from
Germany to New York city than TO ship
ton of the same paper from Niagara
Falls across the State OF New York.
Americas paper industry faces serl-
GUS competition from foreign lands not
alone because OF the fact that foreign
paper is made by cheap labor. under de-
preoiated exchange conditions. but also
because of the cost OF freight ship
nients."
These were two notable statements in
9 discussion of paper importations by
X. s. Kellogg, secretary of the News
t'r1nt Service Bureau. before the Sales
mems Association of the Paper Industry,
at the convention of that association,
this morning. He then went on to give
figures showing comparative freights
between foreign shipping points and
american points. as evidence of the con-
oitions confronting the paper industry
in general.
The rate from Hamburg to New York
and other Eastern ports is 81 per 1000
kilos. or 1884 per ton of 1900 pounds,
and IS per long ton, or $3.50 per 1000
pounds. from Scandinavia. Compared
with this are rates from various I'M
portant American mills. The rate from
WATERFOWL and Glens Falls to New York
Is $3.50, and from Niagara Falls. $50.
The WATERFOWL rate to Philadelphia and
Baltimore is $3.50. Typical rates from
important Canadian shipping points to
New York are:
Espanola, Ont, $1,000, Grand Mere
Que, s7.60; Iroquois Falls. Ont, $3.50 !:
Jonquiere. Que, $500; Ottawa, Ont.
$3.50; Sault Ste Marie. Ont. s10.50 ;
Three Rivers. Que. $3.50. Maine-New
ork city rates are not much better than
the Canadian. the Livermore Falls rate
being s6.40 and the Millinocket rate
s7.70. From Port Edwards, Wis. to
New York city is s11.30, to Philadelphia
5000 and to Baltimore 5000.
America, even with the best. fastest
and most modern paper mills in the
world" said Mr.. Kellogg. cannot sue
cessfully compete with the prices of
European paper made and shipped un-
der these conditions. 1t is the publishers
who will suffer in the long run. for
American mills cannot make paper to
meet present European prices, and
Europe cannot supply Americas perna-
wide ranges in prices which are always
d,sadvantageous to producer and pur-
chaser alike in any commodity where
rrice extremes are found.
''It Is better for the American user OF
newsprint to have a dependable source
Of supply at home at price which af-
fords reasonable profit to the manu-
facturer. and thus encourage greater
production. than to have a temporary
supply from abroad at prices fixed by
runious. unfair competition. which will
vanish when world conditions again
approach normal"
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PRODUCE.

BEANS AND PEAS--Beans marrow. 1921,
100 lbs. $Bd6.i5: 1920. choice. Sj1o; pea.
Michigan. 1920 choice, 1898: State. 1920,
choice, $3.50. medium. choice, $685.; koten.
Rshi. Japanese or Korean, Si.J0I4.1J: red
kidney, State, 1921, ss.501s.IJ, imperial. 80;
white kidney, 1921, sed9.j0: 1920. so; Cania-
lima. italian. SS4S.50; yellow eye. 1921
s1.75ds black turtle soup, IS: lima, Calf
forna, sd.s5aD7; peas. Scotch. 1920, s5.5odG
green, choice, domestic, $3.50: black eye,
California, 1927. sJ15.2J; splits, yellow.
choice, 49, green. choice. $3.50.
BUTTER-Creamery higher than extras,
n, i7D extras, 90 score. lie frstH.
3sGd8c.. seconds. 34G3Tc.; lower grades ~
a5Shc. unsalted, higher than extras,
S9aJ0c.; extras. 4sm4Stsc.: firsts, 3sii
4Tc. seconds. 34n3IMc. State dairy
tubs. finest, 4JT46c. good TO prime. 399ifc.
common TO fair, 32d3sc. ladies, current
make, extras, 3Jg36c fIrsts. 32a33c. sec
onds. 30itQ3fc. lower grades. 2SQ3oc.
packing stock, current make. No. ]. 31c.; No.
?. 2eiLn3oc. lower grades. 20d20c.
tHEEsE--New York state riats. held rpe-
cinls. 22ikd23i5c. freac fpcciais. 22ihT@3i &C.,;
atyusss run. ciii42r. State fgips. spe.
calls, @2.4g.. asssss run, 2l,s4s2c.; Wis
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STEEL STOCKS.

coisin. double daisies, fancy. 2fhc.; single
daisies. fancy, 2ihd22ho.; Young Americas,
2lq22c.; State skins. SVfJc.
EGGS-Fresh gathered. extras. dozen. $50
Coo; extra firsts. Jsa62c. firsts. 52a56c. ;
seconds, asa Soc: trade eggs, 300 Zoe. dir
ties, regular packed, No. I. 35@36c.; No. and
poorer, 52a3ic. checks. fair to choice, dry.32
m3lc.' sterilized, held. whites, f5c; refriger-
ator eggs, charges paid to expiring dates,
special marks, fancy, 3s139c.: firsts, $50
BE; seconds, 31hd3ic.; refrigerator white
eggs, 3sn41c.; refrigerator sterilized Whites.
fancy, 62n54c.: average prime, 1sW1c. ;
brown and mixed coors. d0Di2c.: fresh. New
Jersey. hennery whites. extra fancy, candled
selections, 05c nearby and nearby Western
hennefy whites, average extras, Ssmooc. !;
extra firsts, s21S6c.: flrsts, T5nS0c.: gath
cred whites, firsts 10 extra firsts. I5ISGc. !;
under grades, 55i72c; pullets eggs, 5Od6oc. !;
Pacific coast white, extras. ssIo0c.; extra
firsts. soqs5c. firsts. 75ms0c. under
grades sOIT2c.; pullets, 56c; other Western
and Southern. gathered whites. 55fpI5c. !;
nearby and nearby Western hcnnery browns.
extra. 6SdT2c. brown and mixed colors,
gathered extras, 63@G5c.: flrsts to extra
flrsts 52dG2c
FRUITS FREsH--Appics. green. basket,
ia. 032j rcd ,5c.T".Tl: king, M $3.50
~; Wolf River. s5g1.50, wealthy. yjuss,
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This is No. II of q series Of talks
on Bonds in general and special
groups Of Investment Bonds.
Copies of these talks may be had
on request by writing Financial De-
partment, New York Herald, 2S0
Broadway.
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DIRECTORY OF DIRECTORS OUT.

The Directory of Directors In the
City OF New York" 1921-1922 edition,
has just been issued. The book contains
the names Of some $4,000 New York
city directors in various corporations,
with an appendix comprising selected
lists of corporations In banking, insur-
ance. transportation, manufacturing and
other lines of business. showing their
executive officers and all directors. The
book forms a comprehensive directory
of the corporate interests in New York
city. The publishers are the Directory
OF Directors Company, 1879 Madison
avenue.
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Alex. ss.@7.5o: snow. soas; greenIng. $50
10: Baldwin. $550gI.J0; Ben Davis $3.50
$50: ordinary ungraded, $3.1JGJ; Newtown
pippln, Western, box. s2.5oN3.25: winter
banana, s2T3 or: Mcintosh, So. 75m$3; iona
than. si.75a2 co. WAGNER. s29e.jo; Spleen
berg. s2q3.25: Rome beauty, sl1593.25.
delicious. s2a4.25; pears, Beurre Bose. Dbl,
s6Gi0; d'Anjou, S5.bo9G.50: Bartlett. $50
ITO: Sheldon, $4,000: Seckel. S6@l2: Kief-
fer Dbl. ss3Ge.5o crnnbcrries, Jersey and
Cape Cod early black, u Dbl. boz. $TdJs %;
bbi., Si4Gt6; Now York, crit, S3.75GDi.5 !.
lato varieties, Dbl, sl4.50Iis; u bbi. box.
81 $500; grapes, gift crit. s2.3S; return CRIT.
sE@'523 Casaba melons, California. CIT
s.75; Florida, s2.25a5.5o; grapefruit. Flori-
da, box, t2m5.IJ. Isle of Pines, $2d3.50;
lemons. California, box, sf1bd0; satsumas.
Florida. strap, $4.5oa6, Avocado pears
Florida. box. s597.5o; citron. nearby, Dbl.
$fdf.25.
POTATOEs--Maine. $50 lbs. s3.5oT4; 1876
lbs, 81. 25: state, 1870 lbs. s3.5o5s f65 lbs.
s3.c5. $50 lbs. $3q312: Long Island. bill.
s3.7ba5.50: Jersey long. $50 lbs. 81. 50dD2.i5.
sweets r.. s.. bbi, s2.25ac.s7; Jersey, has
ket, stGi.50: Delaware and Maryland, Sip
l.i5: ysms. S. c.. Dbl, s175n2.
POULTRY. Drrssrp- rSrLLpp-a
chichena. western. small bro!iers. boxes.
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NEW YORK STATE BONDS.

PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Closing.
saley. High. Low. hid. AJAX
4O0 Cities pf. E. 90 05s 5JH 5tia
-. G S pref b. .
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TOBACCO STOCKS.
U. s. LAND RANK FARM LOAN BONDS.

s51$sc; large. 27@32c.; flyers. 27@sic.
sinal roasters, 21n3Oc.: lbs. 3Od32c.
o. lbs. 3oT33c. lbs, 26asoc.: SIX lbs.
as3g5Sc; lbs. 20a25c. mixed weights,
55ddpzoc: hbls.. Iced. 20n26c Virginia, 25.'
3 sp nearby, 22g35c. fowls, boxes. 2013sc.
p ,,, dry, 2oW37c.; iced. 20d34c.; old cocks.
i,aaWz5c turkeys. spring. 35d45c.; old. 3oi
~ !. ducks, Long Island. fresh 33c frozer.
S!nd1c. SQUADS. white. dozen. $4,000 so
golneas. pair. s1dt.75.
POULTRY, LIvE-Fowls. freight. 20@26c.
express, 2on2sc: chickens, express. 24QoS2c.
o onu ROSTERS. freight. &c.,: turkeys. freight.
&c, express. 35d3sc.; ducks, freight, 2s1
geese, freight. 26n2sc swan, 14c. pigeons,
PAIR. 3oc; guineas, pair, &c.; rabbits, cx-
press, 10, 2i@23c; sucking pigs. 1.-Two. pair,
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1--WE STOCK Ann MEAT PRICES

common TO prime steors. 100 10. $4,000 500
Common TO choice bulls. 100 b.. 1000 40
common to choice COWS, 100 b.. 1.f5n 4.Gj
common to primo voals, 100 H.. S.JoGf45O
-s>nnon 10 prime sheep (ewes).
100 ...,................ 2.hOa 4sn
ommon 20 prime lambs, 100 h.. G.0oT $50
Live hogs, 1OO 49,. $3.50 02J
Pressed beef, steer sides. b.. aHfso
,ity drcssed vcalg, lb.4.......... f2023c
lJrcssc,l mutton. 10. ......s.s..... 30 Zoe
Drcaeed wctners, -. ...t........ ifnfec
Dlsssed lambs, city, lb,.,..... l3g2lC
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SUGAR.

Refined sugar was unchanged at $50
20 $50 cents, regular terms, what busi-
ness was being accepted carrying ship
ment as soon as possible terms.
The range of prices in yesterdays
sugar futures market was as follows:
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EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

Exports from Now Fork yesterday
Wheat 155,t41 bushels; flour, 1880
sacks; pork. IS barrels; beef. $40 bar
rels bacons. 660,5O0 pounds; lard,
l.S31 1916 pounds; c9ttonseed oil. 10000
pounds lhricating oil, e51,25o gallons;
grass seed, 100 bags.
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BONDS.
OUT OF TOWN MARKE

Sales. Open. High. Low Last
5000 keystone IS 6sEs 6s!s 6sM 6sM
1000 Phia Con Js.. S3A S3A S3l4 s31@
10000 Am G. d Il 5s. &c 16 16 -
1000 Bald Loco 5s. 81 o. 81 "a
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by Railroad Companies

by Railroad Companies
Among the several kinds of Railroad Bonds
which carry the guarantee railroad railroads other
the which issued the Bondsand Bonds which have
been assumed by railroad other than the company which
originally issued the Bonds is interesting examine such
Bonds since number of the issues unusual qualities
Oke
Guaranteed Railroad sos)
closely held in this country by institutions
way
security
holdings brought number Of them While there is
plentiful supply available limited may
be bought by investors seeking this class of security
Assumed Railroad Bonds will
show the difference between types securities:
Guaranteed Railroad Bonds a leases
another majority of Or
sometimes when railroad company through subsidiary
enters arrangements
such the
leased subsidiary similarly of many
guaranteed airoadt
Railroad Usually result railroad
merged railroad through consolidation with an
corporate identit-then
panys obligation of purchasing
by the existing corporation resulting
from the merger.
Sound Guaranteed Assumed Railroad Bonds be
chased to-day yield as high s6 Twenty these
Bonds sold from 20 to 30 above present market No
what the has whether ownership
fact many Railroad Bonds economically
strong selling much below their average oalucs
period Of years.
readily obligation
individual possibilities
features not be set down that all Bonds
AS has continually sensible
Of
repuube dealing in
table Bank should be
such firms inquire
interesting instructive
while reading them Select firm from among
vertnens appeal check the reputation
YOUR Bank; Them
Read the Bond News and Advertise
ments on the Financial pages of
The New York Herald every day.
Full Page devoted to Bonds every Wsdnesd.
.rr- HrDxxr xzOnu rrEnArD
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
CHRISTMAS SEALS.
Money to Be used to Fight Tuberculo'
sis In State and Nation.

This is the cut of the Christmas
Seal to be used this fall to raise
money to fight tuberculosis. The plan
of raising money for anti tuberculosis
work by means of selling one cent
Christmas Seal was first tried four
teen years ago by the American Red
Cross. At that time about 100000
seals were sold which meant a contri-
button of three thousand dollars. From
this small beginning the sale of seals
have increased each year until in
1920 over 1854 million seals were sold
which meant over $3640, 900 for tn.
berculosis work.
Two years ago the American Red
Cross relinquished the sale Of the
Christmas Seals to the National Tu-
berculosis Association and its affili.
ated associations in every state in the
union. A sa result the seals are not
designated as formerly Red Cross
Seals but merely Christmas Seals, the
proceeds however are used for the
same purpose as formerly.
In Vermont the seal sale is in
charge of the Vermont Tuberculosis
Association and all but five percent
Of the net receipts, which is sent To
the National tuberculosis Association
is used in Vermont.
The sale has been conducted largely
by school children under the super
vision of teachers, women's clubs and
other Interested persons. Last year
little over eight thousand dollars
was raised in Vermont by the sale OF
the Christmas Seals. This year the
association will endeayor to raise ten
: thousand dollars. The proceeds will
be used for the children at the Pre-
ventorium, the expenses of the Mod
ern Health Crusade, the district TIL
berculosis nurses and clinics and the
! health educational work, all under the
I supervision of the Vermont Tubercu
! losis Association.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
BEST THINGS ABOUT LOVE

You never believe that anyone ever
loved just as you do.
You want to tell him everything You
have ever thought or said or done.
You are sure that every other wom-
an is anxious to take him from you.
You cannot imagine life without
him.
You resent any criticism Of him
from other people.
You are jealous Of his mother, be-
cause she knew him first.
You count day blank in which you
do not see him.
You are sure that II you marry him
earth VIII be better than any poets
paradise.
You would rather live In one room
with him than in palace with any
one else.
If YOU fail to feel like eight Of
these nine things, including the last
don't marry him.-Tit-Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
No More Gas In
Stomach & Bowels

If you wish to be permanently re-
lieyed Of gas in the stomach and
bowels, take Baalmanns Gas Tablets.
Daalmann's Gas-Tablets are prepar-
ed distinctly and especially for stom-
ach gas, and particularly for all the
bad effects coming from gas pressure.
That empty, gone and gnawing feel
ing at the pit of your stomach will dis
appear; that anxious and nervous
feeling with heart palpitation will
vanish, and you will once more be
able to take deep breath, so often
prevented by gas pressing against
your heart and lungs.
Your limbs, arms and fingers won't
feel cold and so to sleep, because
Baalmann Gas Tablets prevent gas in
terfering with the circulation, intense
drowsiness and sleepy feeling after
dinner will soon be replaced by a de-
sire for some form of entertainment.
Your distended stomach will reduce
by inches because gas will not form
after using Baalmann's Gas-Tablets.
Get the Genuine In the Yellow Pack
age from all reliable druggists and
VIM. l.. Gokay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
IMPROVED
ROADS
PATROL SYSTEM IS FAVORED
Pointed Out by Department Of Agri-
culture az illustration Of Eco
nomicaI Maintenance.

prepared by the United states Department
OF Agricuture)
The road patrol system used in
Grant county, Wash. is pointed out
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture as an illustration Of how
highways can be maintained most sue
cessfully and economically. Other
counties in the state use the gang
system. assigning TO each gang a long
section, upon which they make repairs
at intervals seldom reaching all the
necessary points. In Grant county the
plan IS to prevent road from getting
into bad condition rather than to make
repairs.
There are 10 patrol sections, each
from six to len miles long, In the .S3
miles of county highways. Each Sec
ton is in charge of patrolman, who
works constantly on bis piece Of road,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
Alphabet TRACED to Phoenioians.

Utterly different as appear the vari'
Gus alphabets of the world-the an.
Client Greek, the square Hebrew Of the
Jews, the elaborate Sanscrit, the Mesh
XII alphabet OF the Arabic speaking
peoples-they may be all traced back
to single germ-the A. B. 9. of the
Phoenician traders, who for facilitat'
Ing their far-hung commerce.; erlrr,
prlses created what was q sol Of mi
versal shorthand by system of selec-
ton of symbols from Egyptian and
other forms Of picture writing and
gradually developed the broad general.
izasion of an alphabet.--Chicago Jour
nal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
TONNAGE ON COUNTRY ROADS
Report of Bureau Of Markets Shows
Extent to Which Highways
Are Being Used.

The necessity of keeping country
roads in good condition Is shown by
a report recently compiled by the
bureau of markets and crop esti-
mates, United States Department OF
Agriculture, showing the extent TO
which they are used in hauling farm
products TO market According to the
report, which shows the tonnage OF
II products hauled on country roads,
giving the yearly average for the pc
Rod from 1915 TO 1919, there were II
tons of these II crops hauled for ev-
cry 100 acres of land. The average
tonnage of the II crops hauled on
country roads each year for the pc
rod mentioned amounted to 0OOO
tons. The II crops referred TO IN the
report are corn, wheat oats, barley.
rye, rice, ilaxseed, cotton (lncludlng
seed tobacco, potatoes, and cult
yated hay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village and
Advertisements.


Halloween dance at Hawks hall to-
night.
Strictly fresh oysters, large and
small, Checkerline.
Mrs. Peter ]. Mcclure and daugh-
ter. Gertrude, spent the weekend
with relatives In Troy.
A fountain pen was found Saturday
evening. Owner may have same by
bsoving property and paying for this
Nd at The Banner Office,
THE regular meeting of Miriam Re-
bekali Lodge will be held Tuesday
evening at 5 O'Clock All members are
requested to be present.
The Woman's Relief Corps will hold
a Halloween party at their rooms to-
night, to which the public is cordially
invited. Each member is requested
To bring at least one friend.
T. A. Davenport this morning an
nounced reduction Of one cent in
the price Of the regulation loaf OF
bread. from IA to 13 cents. Dealers
stated that other bakers had not yet
announced a similar reduction but
said that it was expected.
A combination shower and luncheon
was given Miss Helen l.. Perkins Of
North street last evening at the home
VI Mrs. Frederick L. Brigham Of
North Main street in honor Of her
approaching marriage to Edmund p.
Howe Of this city. The house was at
tractively decorated with Halloween
colors of black and yellow. The gifts
of.linen and silver were drawn by the
bride-to-be from huge jack-o lantern
in the center Of the dining table. Each
guest was presentd favor OF dainty
confectionery. Miss Perkins is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert C.
Perkins OF North street. She is well
known as music teacher and was for
mcfly organist at Trinity church
Rutland Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31

The United States paid France $751;
100000 for the Louisiana territory.
The United States lost far more SOL
diers In the Civil war than in the
World war.
In 20 years $4,000 homes have
been broken up in the United States
by divorce courts.
The total American casualties in
the World war were 302,612, with
deaths numbering THIS.
The production of copper in the
United States has increased more
than twenty-five fold since 1880.
There are 1904 lighted aids to navi-
CATION in the United States. OF these
800 are either lighthouses or major
lights.
The United States is now making
for its laboratories 800 rare chemicals
which were formerly imported entire
ly from Germany.
Spencer, Ind, is the town nearest
the center OF population Of the United
States. The exact point is S.3 miles
southeast OF Spencer, Ind, in the EEK
treme southeast corner Of Owen
county"
The racial composition Of the pop
ulation of the United States in 1920
shows the country to contain 1882, 43l
white persons, 10,463,013 negroes, 242,-
$50 Indians, 111,625 Japanese, 61,698
Chinese and 9,4S5 others.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31


feeling that he alone is responsible
for its condition While these men
work under the direction Of the coun-
ty engineer, the details are left large
~ to their judgment.
A specially constructed light road
machine, called locally "road fixer,
is used. 1t has long wheel base and
two cutting blades rigidly connected
with the carrying frame OF the ma
chine, The rear wheels are on sep
arate axles, controlled by separate
levers The patrolman carries the
necessary small tools for clearing
weeds, trimming shoulders, cleaning
bitches, and for handling surfacing
material. He makes his own repairs
in the county repair shop under the
direction OF skilled mechanic.
The annual cost of this system,
states the bureau of public roads, av-
erages sob a mile, which is less than
other counties pay where roads receive
attention "only when they need IT,"
Grant county has graveled roads sec
oud 70 none in the state, and its peo-
Pile are enthusiastic supporters Of the
patrol system.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-31

The Story of
Our States
BY JONATHAN BRACE
XxIrI.--MAINE
NIxEs SB IN haze or an
4 jMS ~ tiquity the old
sMS% TYSH ID IceIandic sa-
MrE SlSV gas record a
NASSTS W voyage in
- 1000 by Left,
son of Eric the Red, who sailed
from Greenland to Labrador and
down the coast of Maine. The
next probable voyage TO this
coast was by John Cabot in 1897
and later by his son Sebastian.
1t was, however, Capt. John
Smith, the leading spirit Of the
settlement at jamestown, who
sailed MS far north as the Penob-
scot and first drew rough chart
OF Ii.
In the grant by James ! to
the Plymouth Colony Maine was
included in their territory. OPP
position to the Plymouth Colony
arose among the kings courtiers
and Sir Ferdinando Gorges and
Captain Mason succeeded In OBJ
tanning for themselves rights TO
the country between the Merrl-
mae and Kennebec rivers. This
they divided, Gorges taking the
northern section. Meanwhile
Gorges had sent over a small col
Ony to the mouth OF the Kenne-
bee, but this settlement was soon
abandoned. The first permanent
settlement was made in 1925 at
what Is now York. Massachu-
sets objected to Gorges' claim
and finally annexed all the terri
tory up to Casco Bay and called
this northern section the District
of Maine. Maine was dissatisfied
with the rrle of the mother state
and by 1920 succeeded in being
admitted to the Union as the
twenty-third state.
Maine was the first state to
adopt prohibition. In the begin
ming Maine was strongly Demo
cratic. 1t was largely for this
reason that she objected to be.
Ing ruled by Massachusetts,
which was Federalist. Since
1856, however, Maine has been
decidedly Republican. 1t has six
electoral votes for president.
The name Maine was so desig-
. mated in the charter of 1855 in
which Charles | granted this
land to Gorges. 1t had already
been commonly used by the sail
. ors as distinguishing the main
+: land from the many islands
/. along the shore. The nickname
!: for the state is the Pine Tree
4. State. Its area Is 5000 square
. miles, which is practically as
: large as the combined area Of
! the other five New England
{. States.
I % BY Mcclure Newspaper synsicate)