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Show NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING TO HUSTLE Notwithstanding the fact that the material development of New England has been so great that Massachusetts has about as many cotton spindles as tho fourteen southern states and that the value of Its hoot and shoo output Is greater than tho value of Its cotton goods and that Its wealth Is so great that the deposits In the savings banks nearly equal tho aggregate national banking capital of the United States, that section Is constantly moving for broader development with an energy that would do credit to the most virile, actlvo. growing section of the Pacific coast or any other region in tho world. The Massachusetts legislature, recognizing rec-ognizing this sltuadon, proposes to spend out of the stato funds $9,000,-000 $9,000,-000 for cxtensivo development work ot Boston harbor with a view to Increasing Increas-ing the dock facilities of that porL Massachusetts Is doing this on the ground that the progress of Boston will Inure to tho prosperity ot tho whole state and that an undertaking so broad as that which is now planned, plan-ned, and of which this $9,000,000 Is only the Initial outlay, ought to bo undertaken un-dertaken by the state instead ot by the city Itself. Another Illustration of the activity of New England Is seen in the campaign cam-paign which has been undertaken by the rallronds In the organization of the Now England Lines Industrial bureau. bu-reau. This bureau has been organized organiz-ed for the purpose of aiding In tho development of towns and cities and country districts. It has prepared fourteen separate circular forms for gathering data about all the towns and country places of New England This elaborate Information to be gathered gath-ered about ovcry point tributary to these railroads will make It possible for the bureau to become a great factor fac-tor In the upbuilding of all parts of New England. Manufacturer's Record. Rec-ord. oo |