Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-26

Attacking a Great Industry

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The Democratic Campaign Committee puhlishsd On
advertisement in all Of the daily papers Of Maine 90
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ALLIED SUMNER INTERESTS.
The story of this is as follows and we wish every
citizen of Maine could read 1t:
In his tour of Androscoggin County Senator Brew
ster said 1.-TWO of the greatest crops in Maine are
potatoes and summer tourists. Each brings annually
$50,O00,000 to the State"
This is harmless and reasonably true statement.
It has been made hundreds of times before It would
to be safe There nothing in it that ought to
keep him from being governor of Maine-other things
being equal
It means that agriculture and scenic beauties
profitable for Maine-two of our greatest crops II
does not intimate that mills, shoefactores, etc. ara
not equally desirable. 1t suggests far tourists"
being good CROP that scenic beauties our sport.
ing camps our summer hotels our transportation lines
our steamboats,, our automobile and garage business,
gasflling stations, camps for boys and girls
with about 5000 boys and girls in them this summer,
our great income from nonresident taxes for summer
property registered guides, various industries
depending on this business such as the making OF nah.
ing tackle Canoes boats and other craft the trade
coming from building summer resorts and camps, car
penters, plumbers, furniture and supply stores, the
sale of produce, etc.-a these are Of importance.
There is nothing in the statement that the tourist
is great Crop that calls for any such abuse Of the
Summer Tourist business and all Of its allied and de-
pendent business, Mr. Pattanga and his State Com.
mttee have published il
READ WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COM.
MITTEE SAYS:
1t says: eve do not want to become state Of hotel
keepers and garage men. We do not want to bring up
boys and girls in the belief that the only careers
open to them are those Of bel-boys and Mattresses
This is an insult to the profession of hotelkeepsr,
hiatt IF no in thN md
respectable any other. This insult is aduterated
by patronzing and snobbish comment to the ef-
feet that the Democratic State committee would IKE
to more summer hotels and year-round hotels etc.
but the impression is conveyed that being bell boy
or waitress is degrading and indecent business.
No one wants to bring up his boy or girl Tor It,
In Maine hotels today are bell boys who students
in colleges and academies. There are mattresses who
have their college degrees and working for their
postgraduate degrees Among hotel employees are de-
baters the Champion College debating team Of the
world. The president of the greatest advertising
agency in America was bell boy in Maine summer
hotel-got his college money there The mattresses
at Maine hotels would shame the Democratic state
Committee in education and culture
Mr.. Pattangal Mr. Davis and his former employers,
Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. Morgan, may look down on
the bell boy, the waitress, and the hotel and summer
camp and the garage and the captains Of steam.
boats and railroad conductors and few others but
they are as rule good people.
monwealth devoted to catering to the needs OF the
travelling tourist would not represent the ideal Of
Maine
May it please the Court who has said it would? Mr..
Brewster said that two of Names great crops are
potatoes and tourists commonwealth devoted to
potatoes or Democrats or watermeons or any otAeI
single industry would not be ideal Every one VIII
agree with this which nobody else but the Democratic
committee has ever suggested.
Every candidate for the Republican party In this
campaign stands on the whole Republican platform.
1t is explicit in support of agriculture and pledges IT.
self to encourage by all proper means the early and
full development of the waterpowers OF Maine by
PRIVATE CAPITAL. At the same time II proposes
to protect such interests az the State Of MsiAs nay
have in the localities susceptible Of development"
Mr. Brewster and every candidate for the Legislature
stands this. And there was no need to insult thee
sands of honest men and women and boys and Mvis
earning honest dollar v industry that AonsFea
by the other great states of California Florida NesA
Carolina South Carolina and by Canada with the sup
port of the State itself
It appears that the Summer resort business will have
no friends In the Democratic party in Maine Else thsy
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