Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-19
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and he was told that Los Angeles
had the largest pipe organ in the
world and that Los Angeles had the
largest park in the word, that Los
Angeles had the largest City Hall in
the world. But" he says, New
York has a larger harbor and If
anyone can tell us how to make Los
Angeles seaport we will give him
a hundred thousand dollars" That's
easy" said the New Yorker. How"
said the Los Anglican. How far are
you from the sea?" asked the New
Yorker. Twenty miles," was the re-
ply. WELL" said the New Yorker,
''Just lay pipe line and II you can
suck as hard as you can blow, you
can make Los Angeles the greatest
seaport. in the world"
1t has been said by the gentleman
from Portland that this bill has the
unanimous support of the Committee
on Publicity to which it was referred.
Would this Legislature expect a diff
ferent report from that Committee?
Would you expect an adverse report
to any temperance measure from
the Committee on Temperance? The
members of both of those Commit
tees are as honorable and sincere
men as ever stood in the Halls of
this Legislature, but from their par
ttcular training adaptability they
are appointed to those Committees.
They are advertising men, many OF
them, and advertising is their bust
ness, business which no state
should go into. 1t has been
said in a little pamphlet
that has been passed ;round
that, "Maine can seriously consider
the lessons taught. Her by California
and Florida, 70. For years these two
States have extensively advertised
their attractions as Resort States
That statemen has been misleading.
The Safe of California and the State
of Florida have appropriated not one
cent Of the taxpayers money: l
looked it up and it Is the counties IN
these states which do the advertls-
ing, just as we in this State, nave
statute authorizing the towns to do
the advertising. Chapter 81 of'the
Public Laws of 1917 reads that,
"(Sec. 59) Appropriation may be
made by any town or city. Any city
or town may appropriate any sum,
not exceeding one mill on dollar,
based on the valuations of the Lreced-
ing year, to be expended and used
for advertising the natural resources.
and attractions of such
city or town" The State does no
AS State and l hold in
my hand the little book froal Florida
which is referred to so often. 1t is
not published for the State but pub
lished by a private corporation to- adj
vertise Florida, and every city or
town which places an ad in there
pays for it. 81. 81 -
1t has been my privilege. to spend
the greater part of one, winter in
Florida and another winter in Cali
fornia, and have heard much about
the climate" the climate" and "the
climate" in both States. And one
day was talking to a Floridian and
telling him about the tall buildings in
New York; the Woolworth Building
and the Singer. Building and the
Tower, and I said to
him that those buildings were SO
large that the elevators did not even
run up TO the tops of them. And he
asked me, How do you get up
there?" And said Climate! my
boy, climate!" -
1t has been said-and said 1t my
seif-that this State never appro-
priated any money for such q pur-
pose as this. / was in error. In 1886
the State of Maine appropriated, at
q time when our total debt limit was
forty thousand dollars, the Stats of
Maine appropriated the sum Of four
thousand dollars to survey the State
for gold. Some enthusiastic legis-
they had them too years
ago-came before that Legislature
with a resolve that the sum of four
thousand dollars be appropriated to
be expended in locating gold and Sill
yer in this State. The resolve had q
passage. I will read from the So
called statement of facts which ac-
that resolve in 1886: 'sWe
are not aware that Gold has as yet
been found in Maine as one Of its
native minerals, and in an economi-
cal point of view, 1t is not Of much
that 1t should. But il
tho position assumed be correct, viz.
that Talcose Slate, the rock in which
1t occurs IN other parts Of the globe,
be also found in Maine, It may not
be impossible. though not certain,
that this metal should be found in
it.
Now, are we, eighty-nine years
afterward, going to appropriate rfty
thousand dollars Tor another Rainbow
Chaser? AS has been said by the
gentleman from Perham (Mr. Brag-
DOM our roads are in need OF re-
pair. our tax burden is heavy, but
this whole thing resolves itself down
70 one small epigram, mot boost
Maine but boost me-" That is the
OBJECT of this resolve, and sincerely
nope that-the motion of the gentle
man from Lewiston (Mr Holmes)
That we reconsider this vote will not
prevail. .
n. Mr.. HALE of Portland: Mr..
speaker, [ move the previous cues
ton on the motion of the gentleman
from Lewiston (Mr. Holmes) that
We reconsider. -:
doubted. e.
The, SPEAKER: AS many as-are
IN FAVOR OF the previous question will
rise and stand in their places and
the monitors will return tire count.
Mr.. SPEAR of Portland: Will the
Chair please re-state the question I?
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
state that this question is on the
motion of the gentleman from Port
land, Mr.. Hale. that the previous
question be put, which question is
the motion of the gentleman from
Lewiston, (Mr. Holmes.) that we re-
consider the vote just had upon this
main proposition. 1t requires for
the previous question the affirmative
vote of one-third of the members
present. If such a number votes IN
the affirmative, we will then proceed,
without further debate, to vote upon
the question. put by the gentleman
from Lewiston. (Nr. Holmes.) Is the
House informed as to the situation
at the present time.
Mr.. ROBERTS of Bar Harbor: Mr..
Speaker. I move that the motion of
the gentleman from Lewiston. Mr..
Holmes, lie on the table.
The SPEAKER. That potinn