Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-12

that cannot be excelled. This has
been demonstrated to the satisfac-
ton OF critical consumers wherever
It has been tried. There q eonsid-
srabie reason to believe that In Ger.
tain other vegetables the same viz.
tue may exist, born, we know not of
what blending OF cloud and sun.
shine, hills and ocean, woods and
! lakes. rocks and riils. These prod
ucts are now establishing their su-
premacy In the great metropolitan
. markets OF the east. The market
for quality In unlimited. II cultivated.
Aroostook farmers this year, with
the spirit OF the pioneers. at the end
OF two bad seasons. again increased
their acreage and produced forty
. million bushels Of potatoes of the
highest grade ever known. At nor.
NAL prices this should have meant
prosperity for all. Their production,
however, exceeded the market they
had developed and they are now
seeking an outlet in foreign lands
with some success.
Meanwhile. Maine people every
where and citizens of other states as
well, IL they shall consult their ad.
vantage. may help tremendously by
stipulating Maine potatoes In the
| orders that they place.
Maine sweet corn has long since
established its supremacy as the
premier brand ali over the United
States. The United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture was obliged to
prohibit the use of the word Maine
in corn packed elsewhere in order
to prevent that imitation which is
the sincerest fiattery.
First quality Maine apples now
command q market of their own.
Their production for years to come
seems not likely to equal the demand
as discriminating public awakes to
the attractions that they offer.
Meanwhile baby beef raising is a
growing industry in Maine.
In Maine a renaissance seems at
hand. There are ample evidences of
the dawning of new spirit in our
State that speaks cooperation Of every
interest on every hand We are learn
ing hrst to appreciate for ourselves
our State and its products of every
sort; and second, to realize the neces-
sity In these days of speaking our
virtues to the world. Our light is no
longer to be hid under a bushel nor
under false modesty that prevents a
ognition in that friendly rivalry. OF
service to all the citizens of our COM
mon land.
Very powerful social and economic
factors in our national life today are
working to bring development to the
state OF Maine because of the agricul-
tural. industrial and recreational op.
portunities which 1T Affords There
are not wanting indications that the
same qualities that have carried Maine
people to the front in every section
OF our land are not operating to slim
ulate the development of tho State
whose parentage we love to claim. In
the words of your stock market, We
are quietly advising New York not 70
so short on the State of Maine.
We are stressing our agricultural.
commercial and recreatiopal develop
ments because these factors have suf-
fered from neglect. Maine is under
no Misrepresentation. however, that her
greatness in the final analysis rests in
other things-in that rich heritags-of
devotion to the truth that has made
,, America great. Woven into the warp
and wool of our being by fhs sacrifices
of three centuries OF hardy pioneers,
We realize as never before that only
things not Of the flesh but Of the spir-
1t shall we achieve those things that
endure
Great empires have been built upon
the love of home and they have tot
tered when it ceased. 1t Is not provin-
cial to care for the place where you
are born.
The secretary to our last war Cow
ernor phrased in simple English the
affection that We feel. bring II to
you tonight as the simple Offering Of
the folks at home to the State that IL
our proud and common heritage.
You're just n rugged. homespun State
Perchod on the nations edge.
stretch of woods. of fields and lakes,
OF ocean-pounded ledge.
But rugged deeds and rugged men
You've nurtured for your own:
Much good the world has harvested
From broadcast seeds you've sown--
And so, we love you. rugged state,
We love your smiling skies.
We love you for your deep-piled
SHOWS,
Your jagged coast we prize.
We love you for the lofty seat
You've reared meath hAaven's dome:
But best of all. we love you. Maine,
Because you're Maine--and Home!
At the close Of Governor
Brewster's address. President Ralph
A. Sturges assured him of the hearty