lO AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



ing to higher ideals with each year of effort and achievement. 

 We join with you in hearty approval of the efforts you are 

 making in this advancement in your line of fruit growing. You 

 are achieving splendid results, and we congratulate you on 

 them. 



The Chamber of Commerce of Portland is not confining its 

 thought and effort solely to our own community here in this 

 city. We are interested in the welfare and progress of the 

 whole state. It is our aim and ambition through our connection 

 with the allied Boards of Trade or Chambers of Commerce in 

 our sister cities in the state, to do everything in our power to 

 advance the welfare of the whole state. It is in this spirit that 

 we welcome you tonight. 



We believe in holding high our standards of doing business. 

 Integrity should be our watchword all along the line. We 

 should all realize that each man has an influence and in one 

 way or another represents Maine. Let no man say he is with- 

 out influence. We each have an influence that may be wider 

 than we realize. 



When Maine products go out from our state into other states, 

 the name of the individual or the firm who ships them is not 

 so much thought of as the fact that they come from Maine. 

 Therefore, every shipper of products out of the state should 

 realize that he is upholding or throwing down Maine standards 

 and Maine ideals. Maine should everywhere be a synonym 

 for honesty and quality. Every barrel of apples that leaves the 

 state should be exactly as represented. It should not be A-i 

 on the top and poor on the bottom, but should be uniform in 

 quality right through. 



We are glad that this is a fundamental principle for which 

 the Maine Pomological Society is working and hope it will be 

 eminently successful in its efforts in this direction. 



It has been intimated here that for some reason home con- 

 sumption of Maine apples is not as great as it should be. I 

 believe one reason for this is that we do not appreciate what is 

 at hand and near our own door as much as we do those things 

 that come from a distance. For this reason, I believe people 

 in other parts of the country and other parts of the world really 

 appreciate Maine apples more than we do here at home. This 

 is not as it should be. I have seen apples grown in other parts 



