The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-03-13

I,,,no has been suffering from
/, suppose the psychologists
Ia term an 'inferiority complex
senator Ralph o. Brewster, Re-
Li.on candidate for governor
y M addressing the Skowhegan Ro.
a.s Tuesday noon. $50 many OF
.doorous youths have gone out
~ ~ the past half century to carve
sn;res in the west that we have
M ,o mink of ourselves as lacking
Innortunities for progress here in
% r,o,e of Maine, Whatever may
Noon the situation in the past,
sve Maine now has very definite
.,,unities for healthy expansion
srowth during the decade immed-
Is ahead. 49,,
@Naine and It's Future" and he
narticularly upon Maine and
,ourist, Maine and the west,
bs's favorable location, changing
(oms tourists as investors. Flori-
iritating Los Angeles. Maine
I,icity Bureau, State Cooperation
Names possibilities. Under the
tonic he backed the statement
Naine is a summer tourist state
Mont rival by concrete facts on its
n line, harbors, hills and noun
Z together with its great river
sm and It's 25,000 miles of high
connected by the spinal column
NOW practically completed state
kways. Senator Brewster COM
IA the attractions of our own state
[ompared with those of the west,
|ng that Minnesota and Wisconsin,
i they had lakes, lacked the hills
streams and coast line. That
ways lacked the vistss of water,
and hill which give constant
nm to our own highways and added
Katahdin compared very favor
IR with the Rocky Mountains.
spOke of the location of Maine as
{ most advantageous as we are
in days journey by rail of over
,he population of the United
es Senator Brewster continued
the topic of tourists as investors
n has been quite in order in Flor
and California. and then said III
ly interesting and very important
bserye that southern California
florida are very much handicapp-
their location in the southwest
and southeastern corners of our
btry than is Maine with its north
em location. within a few hum
miles of the metropolitan centers
be east" The speaker then under
head of the Maine Publicity Bu-
topic, suggested that Maine must
what southern California and
fda had done, that Is sell itself
he summer tourists state par
llent to the whole eastern half
he United States. He referred to
opening Of this publicity campaign
years ago and stated that 100000
tiOnal tourists came to Maine last
and left millions Of dollars of
Itional money in the state. With
Prd to bows and girls camps, Sen
Brewster said, "The possibilities
(hlS are just scratched" He
ewes that the state should cooper
In proper ways to stimulate this
enterprise by protecting natural
hery and proper regulations and
liable routes. Under Names
bibilities, he spoke of the increased
fonage of Maine resorts. that over
100000 had been invested In the
e in the past twenty-five years by
Presidents. More and more of
visitors, said the senator, ARE
pming permanent residents with
|manent Investments of a volume
We little realize. Let us seize
opportunity and make the most
Let the State cooperate in pro-
ways and | predict that in the
ten years Maine will see a devel-
lent without parallel in this great
profitable business, and that we
II have laid the foundation for
mereial, industrial, and agricul-
expansion in the decade from
to 1910, which may well parallel
development of Southern Califor-
and Florida"
aller II. Hight repOrted that the