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There is one thing that you can always count on the Augusta 

 citizens to d®, and that is to lend personal aid and assistance to 

 anything which has for its object the welfare and prosperity of 

 this grand old State. Too often we come to these meetings, 

 listen to what is said, and then go aw^ay without putting any 

 further thought upon it. But tonight let us make a resolve 

 that we will in the future boost this industry and carry what 

 we learn into every nook and corner of Maine. There is one 

 thing that we have got to do in this State, both young and old, 

 and that is to boost Maine. You cannot boost Maine too much. 

 She has the soil, she has the climate, she has the men and she 

 has the brains. The Southerners are continually boosting the 

 South. The people of the West will make you think that if 

 you invest a little money there you can grow almost anything 

 on the desert. I am a great believer in advertising our State. 



In closing, I wish to state again that Augusta gives you a 

 cordial welcome and that it is the earnest hope of every citizen 

 that your stay here may be so pleasant and instructive that you 

 will be glad to come and see us again. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



By Hox. E. C. Carll, President Board of Trade. 



I am glad that I have the opportunity to express the pleas- 

 ure of the Augusta Board of Trade in having this organization 

 here. And I cannot help feeling that the pleasure is mutual. 

 I believe you are glad to come because you share in a general 

 feeling that exists throughout the State of Maine that Augusta 

 is a good place to come to. — a general liking of the city of 

 Augusta which is doing much to make it the great convention 

 city of the State of Maine. 



The interests of agriculture, commerce and the industries are 

 mutual. Farm prosperity makes an ever increasing contribution 

 to commerce. Not only do the city men realize more fully than 

 ever how much of their pfosperity is based on a prosperous 

 agriculture, but there has developed a widespread ambition 

 among them to do some of the farming themselves, Farming is 

 becoming the style. As an old Granger, I found the recent 



