Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-07


their inability to be present. These
messages were also interpreted be-
tween the various addresses and were
from men such as Clifford Pinchot,
Senators Fernald, Hale and others.
|. James Q. Gulnac. of Bangor, presi-
dent of the State Chamber of Com
merce was the first four minute
speaker. He said that the need of
Maine as in other states was fair
amount of clear thinking. When he
thought Of the talk which is being
made here of the value of the for
ests and then sees that the people of
this State have not provided enough
money to prevent disastrous forest
fires, such as the ones which occurred
last summer. it made him think
about the problem; his idea was that
measures to protect the forests, such
a measure whereby a person entering
the forests should have to register.
Another matter tina. he touched upon
was the fact that while in previous
times the best men of the community
had worked in the woods, it was now
the opinion that a man who went in
to the woods to work had something
wrong about him. He said that this
should not be. that the work of the
woods required real live full blooded
men as much an any industry IN this
State.
Mrs. Frederick r. Abbott of Saco,
representing the Women's Federation
Of Labor was the next speaker. She
confessed that she had been a free
lance ranger" for many years and
that she took great delight in the
woods. She had been accustomed to
conducting parties through the woods
around Ocean Park in the summer
and had noticed that whatever pleas
ed person could usually be found in
the forests, whether birds. trees.
MOSES, lichens. or simply beautiful
color. She quoted a very beautiful
poem about the forest which was
greatly liked by the assemblage.
Frank +. Mace. former Forest
Commissioners. then gave a fine talk
on the things necessary to awakening
the people to sense of their duties
toward preserving ol9 forests and
what should be done to achieve that
end He said that we must teach it
in the schools. talk it on the streets.
Especially did Re think that the men,
ace of fires should be impressed up
on everyone. He said that one tree
would make a million matches and
one match would destroy a million
trees. One law that is needed. ac-
cOrding to the speaker is a law that
all tops shall be Topped or trimmed.
By doing this the wood soon becomes
unfit for fuel where if left as cut from
the tree, it soon dries and even years
later is the best kind Of food for a
forest fire.
H. B.. Drawn, secretary of the
Maine Federation Of Labor spoke of
the unemployment situation which
has been troubling US. According to
his figures there are $4,000 workers
idle in this State. There are also
other grave problems such az the
transportation problem and the for
est problem. That the State had been
consuming their wood and must now
~ SuuCC SOIIiC, do IL WdS at ttlS llIlc
simply a question of how long our
present supply will last.
Col. Rol l.. Marston, of SkoWhegan,
timberland owner. then gave one Of
his humorous talks. 1t is not posi- lie
to tell what he said as people were
laughing so much that it was i'm
possible to hear him. but the gist of
biC o,,1ys 90
the various talks. he had begun to
think that the world was detoriorat-
in, as a few years back, rcIber lum-
Der barons would not have dared to
sit at table in public and dine with
ladies as he had seen some do that
evening.
G. II. Prince of Fredericton n. B..
Provincial Forester of New Bruins
wick. stated that he had learned
much at this meeting. and that he
was taking many thoughts home with
him that would prove of value to him
in his work He said that the pro-
blems in \. B. were much the same
as those of Maine and that a thing
which would help much would be
better cooperation between the fire
wardens of New Brunswick and
those of Maine. He was very glad
that he was able to bet at this meet
ing and hoped to be able TO be there
again.
W. G. Hastings. State Forester of
Vermont, delivered two messages to
! the assembly. First that the State
of Vermont wished the State Of
Maine Gpd-speed. and second that
they hope that the association ran
do for Maine what the forcsters have
right to expect.
c. S. Steton of Greene chairman
of the board Of assessors. asked what
the result Of the meeting would be.
whether the people would - home
and forget what had been said or of
they would remember it and try to
help the good work. He told of the
saying which he had heard that
/ Main was good for three things, to
be born in. to live i'll and to get out
of. He thought that if any one
thought this was so. that the State
would be better off when they were
gone.
The las four of the four minute
speakers Blaine S. Viles. said that
| this had been one Of the most sue
| cessful meetings of the association
and that this as due largely to
Commissioner Dana. He outlined two
, ways in which the association could
help very largely in the work which
they desire to accomplish. One is for
the officers to act as an advisory