Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-14

he believed 1t to be essential to do
much preliminary work before this
proposition is put up to the towns.
! In order to get immediate resources.
he thought that a substantial ap-
! preparation should be made by the
/ Legislature. This would not be en-.
tirely an expenditure by the State
for the returns from this promotion
would bring back into the State
treasury quite portion Of the
amount appropriated. First. by the
| gasoline tax on the increased number
of visitors: and second, by the in
vestment in real estate which a GER
| tain percentage Of our visitors were
constantly making. The gasoline tax
will undoubtedly be increased by the
/ incoming Legislature to two or three
cents per gallon.
| DIR. Frank H. Gordon OF Bangor
said that this was a wonderful OPP
portunity to find out whether the
principal industry in Maine. the pulp
industry. shall die on our hands.
| scandinavian pulp is being ship
! ped here and sold for less money than
. we can manufacture it," said DR..
Gordon. THE newspapers have never
advocated i protective tariff on pulp.
. The numbering business is dying.
We can all see that. We get q little
money from the gasoline tax but pay
u back TO the Standard OH Company.
We can build roads to get tourists
but the numbering business should
not disappear. We should insist on
a protective tariff on pulp.
! Il would like to know why no con-
certed effort was ever made to get a
protective tariff on pulp. II the
newspapers would get together and
demand protection on pulp, Congress
{ would recognize them"
Speeches in favor Of the general
idea of advertising the State were
also made by Philip j. Deerinr. of
Portland. Col. Albert ]. Stearns of
Norway, Phineas II. Gay OF Damaris-
Gotta. Charles H. Fogg of Houlton
and Ex-senator Roscoe c. Emery
and William NJ. Beal of PASSPORT.
Chairman Kicker then appointed
a committee. that committee report.
ing in short time. and it's recon.
mendations adopted by the confer
ence.
Frank D. Marshall of Portland
said that the state of Vermont an
nually appropriates SIC, 900 for pub
Lefty and its valuation is smaller
IMAM tiidl Oh MdlHe.
MIR. brewster emphasized the spir-
1t in which the conference was call
ed in his closing remarks: maine
has suffered from personal contro-
versies that have divided the endeav.
ors and nullified the efforts of our
State to progress. I trust that in
the years ahead we may submerge
personal ambitions in concerted ac-
ton for the common good.
Without pride of opinion or an
tagonisms of any sort we may all
pledge our united effort to advance
the common veal. Maine has ev-
cry reason not only for a proper
pride in its past but for q well war
ranted confidence in it's future"
Those present at the conference
were Gov.-elect Ralph o. Brewster,
Daniel w. Hoegg. NJ. L. Harris, A.
T. Aaughlin, Col. Harry NJ. Bigelow.
Philip J. Deering. George F. West.
Frank ID. Marshall, A. l.. T.. Cum
mings. Harry b. Coe and Henry A.
Brinkerhoff of Portland. Mayor
Charles d. Crosby, DIR. Frank H. Cor
con and w. N. Hardy of Bangor,
Phineas H. Gay of Newcastle, Hiram
w. Kicker of Poland Springs. Chas.
+. Flynt, John v. Lane. Guy p. GAN
AiStI uhu ANulpii ". "CpUCE VI Au-
gusta; Mayor Orlando Z. Frost OF
Belfast, Col. Albert J. Stearns of Nor
way, Col. r.. A. Robbins OF Camden,
Daniel +. Field of Phillips, Arthur
G. Staples of Lewiston. Charles H.
Fogg of Houlton. William M. Beal
and Roscoe G. Emery of Eastport,
Perley +. Ripley of South Paris, Dom
aid Foster of Waterville, Mayor
Charles S. Cummings and A. Q. Mil
Ter of Auburn and Mayor Alien M.
Irish of Bath.