MAINE 



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MAINE 



THE FACTORY ( 



Paper,Wood Pulp 



Lumberjimber 



Cotton Goods 



Woolen Goods 



Shoes 



Canni ngPreserving 



Foundry,Machine- shop 



Flour,Grist 



Printing,Publishing 



Shipbuilding 



Marble, Stone 



Bread, etc. 



Railroad- car Repairs 



Leather 



Woodworking 



Sheet Metal 



Milk Products 



Lime 



Men's Clothing 



MAINE PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S.Government Reports 



Millions of Dollars Annually 

 5 10 15 20 25 30 



THE QUARRY 



Granite 

 THE FARM 



Swine sold 



Calves sold 



Swine slaughtered 



Butter Fat 



Poultry raised 



Horses sold 



Apples 



Garden Vegetables 



Milk 



Oats 



Cattle sold 



Eggs 



Cultivated Hay 



Butter 



Timothy.Clover 



Potatoes 



and shoes, the canning of fish and the milling 

 of flour and grist. Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, 

 Bangor, Portland and Waterville are the chief 

 manufacturing cities, and Bath is a great ship- 

 building center. Although the shipbuilding 

 industry of Maine, begun in 1607 when the 

 Popham colonists constructed one of the first 

 American ships, has declined, it is still impor- 

 tant. Construction of steel ships has not en- 

 tirely superseded the work of ship carpenters. 



Transportation. The swift rivers of Maine 

 are not navigable for any great distance ; in the 

 main they furnish transportation only for the 

 logs from the lumber camps of the interior, 

 but the state is traversed by many railroad 

 lines. In 1914 there were 2,290 miles of rail- 

 way in the state, the principal lines being the 

 Maine Central, which is in every county but 

 one; the Boston & Maine; the Bangor & Aroos- 

 took; the Sandy River & Rangeley Lake; the 

 Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific rail- 

 ways. In 1914 the Portland Interurban, ex- 

 tending twenty-nine miles from Lewiston to 

 Portland, was constructed. There are now over 

 490 miles of electric railway in the state. Anti- 

 pass laws are enforced, and in 1913 a public 

 service commission, consisting of three mem- 

 bers appointed by the governor, was created to 

 regulate railroad, street railway, express, gas, 



electric power, telephone and water companies, 

 and prices. 



Government. Maine has had but one state 

 constitution, which was adopted at a town 

 meeting in December, 1819, just prior to its 

 admission into the Union as a state. Amend- 

 ments to this constitution may be made by a 

 two-thirds vote of both houses and a majority 

 vote of the people at a general election. In 

 1914 fourteen amendments had been made. All 

 male citizens who can read the constitution and 

 write their names, and who have lived in the 

 state at least three months, may vote. Paupers 

 and untaxed Indians have no franchise. The 

 Australian ballot has been used since 1891. 



The legislative department consists of a sen- 

 ate of thirty-one members and a house of 

 representatives of 151 members, all of whom 

 are elected at the same time for two years. 

 The legislature meets the first Wednesday in 

 January. By a two-thirds vote it may over- 

 come the veto of the governor. Revenue bills 

 originate in the house of representatives, which 

 also has the power of impeachment. Maine 

 sends four members to the United States House 

 of Representatives. 



The executive power is vested in a governor, 

 elected for a two-year term by popular vote, 

 and an advisory council of seven, appointed by 



