The New England magazine . ions, both exten-sive and persistent, but it is doubtfulif more than a comparatively smallpercentage of those who may readthese words have hitherto known much,if anything, about the New Eng-land Lines Industrial Bureau, whileyet fewer appreciate its purposesand the magnitude of its possibil-ities in promoting New England wel-fare. It takes time, of course, forknowledge of this sort to percolate themass of a great community, and littlemore than a year has passed since theBureau was established. In prosecuting these activities repre-sentatives of the Bureau have hadmor


The New England magazine . ions, both exten-sive and persistent, but it is doubtfulif more than a comparatively smallpercentage of those who may readthese words have hitherto known much,if anything, about the New Eng-land Lines Industrial Bureau, whileyet fewer appreciate its purposesand the magnitude of its possibil-ities in promoting New England wel-fare. It takes time, of course, forknowledge of this sort to percolate themass of a great community, and littlemore than a year has passed since theBureau was established. In prosecuting these activities repre-sentatives of the Bureau have hadmore than two thousand personal in-terviews in all parts of New England;one hundred and fifty calls have beenmade upon boards of trade, chambersof commerce, and business mens asso-ciations; twenty-five addresses havebeen given before such bodies, touchingupon various phases of New Englandwelfare and the means to advance it. Advertising matter to the extent of185,000 copies of documents embody-ing valuable information has been. AN AROOSTOOK COUNTY POTATO FIELD !94 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE


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