Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-20
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namely, "for the purpose Of COM
patng ana publishing data regard.
Jar the agricultural. industrial ana
raerost!onGl resources OF the state
Of Maine for general Distribution"
take It that this House Document
No. 8 Is a statement, in the form OF
legislation, Of the policy of the Gov
ernor with regard to publicity Tor
the State. and the test comes rignt
here now-whether this Legislature,
this House. Is to follow their Gov
ernor in his evidently sincere
effort to do something progressive
and enterprising for the State OF
Maine, or whether we are to leave
him and not support him. That is
the issue right here. It Is whether
this Republican Legislature - to
support their Republican Governor
in this Republican principle OF pub
licity. II we are not, that Is one
thing. II we are, we should support
this resolve. Now that. to my mind,
The distinguished gentleman from
Lewiston (Mr. Holmes) inds fault
that the sum spoken Of in the re-
solve is not payable out OF any par.
ticular fund. was not aware that
= that was necessary. and II 1t be
necessary to say that it should be
paid out Of a certain fund. this re-
solve can be very easily amended to
that effect, but ] don't believe that is
necessary. It should be paid out OF
the funds Of the State raised by the
State tax, and this fund will be In
cluded in the money raised by the
State tax. He finds fault that there
will be no method Of accounting, but
that Is not quite true because the
purposes for the expenditure Of the
money are specifically and clearly
stated in the resolve. They are for
the purpose Of compiling and publish
Ing data. 1t is not to buy advert1s-
ing in the Boston Herald. 1t is for
the purpose Of compiling and pub
fishing data.
Now then, II we are to support our
Governor, If we believe that he Is
correct, that he is right In spending
his time in visiting different sections
Of the State and urging our citizens
in their various town meetings to
appropriate money for this purpose,
It seems to me that we should pro-
vide this sum Of money to meet the
requirements Of that action. and
hope that, in support OF the Govern
or, the motion Of the gentleman from
Lewiston. Mr.. Holmes. to re-consid-
er. will prevail and that we then can
be permitted to pass this resolve.
(Applause.) .,-
MIR. BECKETT Of Calais: Mr..
Speaker, and members Of the House:
When we hear one Of our members
make a motion and he tells us that
hs hopes that 1t will not prevail,
VIXEN he tells US that he stands for
the advancement of Maine, and at
the same time speaks against ra-
solve which the most Of US perhaps
feel will cause that advancement, 1t
is no wonder that our minds may be
somewhat clouded as to the situn-
tor In different ways and when he
t(lls us that by advertising Maine we
are entering into gamble, do we be-
lieve It? We do not II we have any
faith in Maine, II we have any faith
in our land. in our waters, in our real
estate dealers who will not induce
people to come here and sell them
waste land such as has been de-
scribed, but land upon which they
;, can make a living, q land on which
they can enjoy themselves.s I be-
lieve that everyone of US here wishes
the State Of Maine to have the same
high position that many Of those
: who went out Of Maine have helped
t. put other states in. Maine has al
ways occupied q wonderful position
; In Washington by reason Of the men
. we have sent there, the men that We
have kept there. and the influence
that they were thus able to exert.
Look at the men and women who
= have gone from our State to other
states! Wherever they are. you Will
find them occupying positions Of In
fiuence. positions that have helped
ITO raise those states. Where would
Maine have been could we have kept
those men and those women here?
And Is 1t not true that many times
we look afar for the pot Of gold and
then return to find it at the place
where we started? So we who be-
lieve In Maine believe that the pot
Of gold Is here-the pot Of financial
gold, Of recreational gold; and when
we are referred to as a possible State
OF boarding house keepers, and so
on. what disgrace is there In being
q boarding house keeper?S
We have been told that our Agri-
cultural people are in hard circum-
stances. What would benefit those
agricultural people more than to have
the people of other states come in
here in greater numbers and posi-
bly,, board with them or possibly buy
products from them? Would It not
help us all? Our land 10 90 diversi-
ned, our territory IL so great. that
there is no immediate danger that we
will be overcrowded.
I come from the st. Croix River.
We have there three bridges across
that river into New Brunswick, and
II you could have gone up there any
dey last summer and have seen the
line OF cars with license numbers
from states all the way from CALI
1ornia east. you would have thought
we had considerable business, but
we still have more room and can ac-
commodate more people. / believe,
as does the gentleman from Auburn
(Mr. Wing), that this is only doing
what we as individuals, what we as
organizations, are attempting to do.
We have been told that Just at
present the State may possibly be in
nara circumstances: but what does
business man do when he finds out
that his business is not going just the
way 1t should? Does he retrench?
Does he stop spending anything? He
does not. He looks around for op-
portunities to increase his business.
and the first thing he does is to adj
v,ertise and keep advertising. I, be-
heve that the State of Maine should
advertise and that she should back
up her business men and her other
men, and Mr.. Speaker. and gentle
men l sincerely hope that this mo-
plause.)