Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-09

tional resources and the building UP
OF the institutions of the State.
/ Address by General Hersey
The next speaker was General
Mark L. Jersey Of Portland, execu-
tive director Of the State Of Maine
Associates, who spoke as follows:
/ The year 1926 has been a year Of
obounding prosperity for the United
states at large, perhaps the greatest
| in its history. The vision of His Elk
cellency our Governor of Maine has
had its part therein and the State Of
4 Maine its share.
i In assembling with himself and
4 Council the State of Maine Publicity
! bureau, Maine Development Associa-
Il tion, State Chamber of Commerce, in
one Organization known as the State
4 OF Maine Associates there was pur-
Z posed a. unity of thought and action.
! This has been coincident at least
with the general prosperity.
! More freight was moyed in the first
] nine months OF the year 1926 than in
any other corresponding period in U.
s. history; bank clearings exceeded
I, previous records; more automobiles
:, were made and sold than ever before.
i The President of the Bangor &
above average price carried by them
into Aroostook County in one month
last Spring. We can thank the po-
tatoes grown in 1925 for that as well
as payment Of $21,000,000 accumulat-
ed debts in that County. This year
the bounteous potato crop continues
and our growers are holding good
I hands all along the line.
! The President of our Hardwood
I Association has in process of COM
| pletion survey showing the location
I of all the stands of hardwood in the
State of Maine. A preliminary cir
cular was PIT forth for distribution
at the New England Exposition at
Springfield which was well received.
Many inquiries follow.
! A survey of 1000 Maine apple Or
chards is being analysed and a book
let describing the same is forthcom-
ing this month. This is being put
i forth under the direction of Profess
1 sor Warning of the University of
Maine. The earnestness to help on
the part of the University of Maine
in all that pertains to the State Is
gratefully acknowledged. q
/ Crossing the State from the Mar
Z. shall House, York Harbor, through
Poland Springs to Squa Mountain
York Camps at the foot of Mt. Ka-
tahdin, all tell the same story that
this is the best season for summer
tourists in Maine that they have yet
(, had.
II we adopt as a measure Of this
/ increase the receipts from the auto
mobile tax of August 1926 over Au-
gust 1925, the first complete month
4 we have to make the comparison on
the basis of the Sc gasoline tax we
4 show an increase on tourist business
this year over last year of IL percent.
! Our estimate for 1925 based on many
!, careful ..countings of automobiles,
railroads and steamship statistics
! gave us million summer visitors en-
! tering the State, last year.
One of the things we have to con-
graduate ourselves upon Is the
progress we are making in the first
class roads.
The big vision we had in mind Of
assembling the residents of the State
of Maine in our association as mem
bers through dollar membership.
purposing thereby to raise the mo-
| rale of the State in a united effort,
to make knownits manifold attrac-
Z tions. and material advantages is
4 slowly bearing fruit, with emphasis,
X however. on the slowly. We are far
& short of our goal to have every
adult in the State realize that lit
! pays to advertise" Much as our
y Bureau of Publicity and State
Chamber Of Commerce has accom-
!. plished in the last four years by vol
untary contributions with an aver
I age expenditure of $4,000 a year
for both, this could be multiplied
several times if this membership
source of income and universal in
terest could be visualized by our
4 people. It is not simply the dollar
received that marks the progress,
but the interest evolved by those
who send in their dollars. those let
tiers they write of appreciation and
their courteous criticism. These
suggestions show the aptness of the
old adage that lone values little
what costs nothing"
To arouse the people of the State
to the assurance of accomplishment
in all our lines of endeavors through
a State wide intimate knowledge and
interest in what we are doing is o
contamination not only devoutly to
be wished but by steady and per-
sistent effort, one to be reasonably
hoped for, Much as we appreciate
IHG value Oh the
that comes from some large enter
prise or generous summer visitor,
the single dollar memberships show
ing faith and courage that comes
from the man with the hoe. or the
housewife with her egg money to-
gether with the kindly word of ap-
probation is what touches the heart,
exalts the faith and holds the cour-
age in what we are trying to do Tor
this land that gave us birth, the
State of Maine
Certain surveys are contemplated
in the original organization of the
State of Maine Associates which is
set forth on the folders we have
distributed to over 100000 through
out the State Research work con-
pected Herewith will occupy the
time of the executive very largely
during the winter months. There is
i nothing that can take the place of
exact knowledge and that we pur-
pose to have by comparing our en-
7 deavors with those of our sister
states in the problems Of publicity.
of creation. production and distribu-
ton.
+ Presents Resolution for Adoption
In presenting the resolution for the
approval of the plan for the co-ordi-
nation of effort through the pooling
off the buget of the component or
CARNATIONS of the State of Maine As
sociates, Arthur G. Staples, editor Of
the Lewiston Journal declared that
there is great deal Of confusion re-
garding the Associates and that 1t
should be reiterated that people only
give as private individuals in COM
munities to the Maine Development
Association. The resolution offered