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The James G. Blaine Society is an unofficial organization dedicated to protecting the U.S. state of Oregon from overpopulation. It was founded in the early 1960s by writer Stewart Holbrook. The goal of the society is to discourage people from immigrating to Oregon. The society is named after James G. Blaine, a United States senator from Maine, because he never visited Oregon. The society has no organization, leaders, membership roster, meetings, or dues. However, the society was often mentioned in media articles about population growth in Oregon during the 1970s and 1980s. == Founding == The James G. Blaine Society was founded in the early 1960s by Stewart Holbrook, an author and journalist who wrote a regular column for ''The Oregonian''. Holbrook wrote in a humorous blue-collar style that was very popular with readers. As a result, his career as a feature writer for ''The Oregonian'' lasted thirty-six years. Holbrook was also a well-known conservationist and advocate of sustained yield forestry. He was particularly concerned about Oregon's rapid population growth in the 1960s and the impact of unplanned development on the state's environment.〔Engeman, Richard H., "Holbrook, Stewart Hall", ''The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane'', Timber Press', Portland, Oregon, 2009, p. 177.〕〔Bishoff, Don, ("Only Sounds Like Tom McCall" ), ''Eugene Register Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 7 July 1986.〕〔Booth, Brian, ("Stewart Holbrook" ), Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, ''www.ochcom.org'', Portland, Oregon, 2000.〕〔Mauldin, Gene, ("Don't Come Here to Live says Oregon Governor" ), Associated Press, ''Florence Morning News'', Florence, Oregon, 11 October 1971.〕 To highlight his concerns about Oregon's population growth and related issues, Holbrook created the fictional James G. Blaine Society. He highlighted its purpose in a humorous article in the 27 March 1962 edition of ''Look'' magazine, originally calling the organization the ''James G. Blaine Association''.〔Holbrook, Stewart, ("Yankee go home, this humorist would like you to stay away" ), ''Look'', New York, New York, 27 March 1962.〕〔Hamilton, Don, "Oregon's go home society lies dormant", ''The Oregonian'', Portland, Oregon, 20 August 1986, pp. C1, C5.〕〔("The JGBS" ), ''Eugene Register Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 5 December 1970.〕 The organization was named after James G. Blaine, a U.S. representative and senator from Maine and perennial presidential candidate, because the senator never visited Oregon. In fact, during his 1884 presidential campaign, Blaine visited every state in the union except Oregon. The society was named in Blaine's honor to encourage others to follow his example of avoiding Oregon.〔〔〔 Sharing Holbrook's concern that Oregon's rapidly growing population would have a negative impact on the state's environment, a significant number of Oregonians came to identify themselves as members of the James G. Blaine Society.〔Frederman, Stan, "The whimsically named James G. Blaine society discourages tourism to keep Oregon for Oregonians", ''Smithsonian'', September 1970, pp. 36-38.〕〔 Bricklemyer, Eugene C., Shelby Smith, Cuauhtemoc Leon, Boris Graizbord and Richard Kyle Paisley, ("Preservation of Coastal Spaces, A Dialogue on Oregon's Experience with Integrated Land Use Management" ), ''Ocean and Coastal Law Journal'' (Vol. 9, Number 2), University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine, 2004, p. 249.〕 Over time, the society took on a life of its own despite the fact that it had no formal organization, no leaders, no membership roster, held no meetings, and collected no dues. The society's members were self-identified and generally good natured about their isolationist views. However, the success of this tongue-in-cheek group underscored real concerns within the state for issues arising from rapid and uncontrolled population growth.〔〔〔Benner, Susan, ("Life In The Silicon Rain Forest" ), ''Inc.'', New York, New York, 1 June 1984.〕〔Kane, Martin, ("Good Deed, Naughty World" ), Scorecard section, ''Sports Illustrated'' (Volume 34, Issue 3), New York, New York, 18 January 1971.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James G. Blaine Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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