The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-14
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Special 10 the Globe
Meeting Of the Brandon Farmers and
Mcchanics' Grub.
BRANDON, Feb. 10.

McchhUlcs tlUD.
BRANDON, Feb. 10.
The rcguarmccting If the Fornrrs and
Mechanics Club 'ot this village was held
this evening Mr. Horace Ellis presided.
The question discussed WAS ns fullowa, viz.
"What cau bc done to increase and en-.
courage the manufacturing interests Of our
s,aici"
DR. G l. Case was The first speaker lie
announced his intention To treat the qdcs.
ton in the interest of no organization or
Association. but 10 am ut the truth ire
spcctiye Of any bias he thought the me-
chanir- and manufactures, did not receive
their dur altcnion here, and ono glcat fact
was, that every cla., was in too much con-
ilicl with The olhrr Wrdhi moi regard our
selves u, working for a common interest as
much a- we shall Al Glasses needed each
o'hcr md the city needed the country, the
village the rual district. the capitalist the
aliorcr, the men tho women, and vice
verss. The f'rmar. we're perhaps a little
too cgo,is'icl, in the iIca ,het they were
not awarded thciy just amount of praise.
The iarmor depended from the first, upon
the mechanic.
In regard 10 SHAT could be done to in.
crease and encourage our manufactures he
thought two efforts must be pat TO work
first, by legislation, AMI second, by indi
viduals The first could do a great deal
but not II, much as the latter. our egis-
hturc could 50 adjust the system of taxa
ton, regulate our revenue laws and tariffs
as 10 aid manufactures in many ways.
They could make laws for our railroad cor
poralioni and restrain thereby the rates OF
tariff in the interest Of manufactures
individual effort could he made by men
of capital. Great enterprises must be in
ausuraled by them. There were two
classes of the rich those who wouldn't
risk dollar and those who look for the
benefit Of the community men of public
spirit, whom the speaker dcnominatcd
business heroes He then gave an interest
Ing account OF the first start made in Bran
don by John Conant in developing the iron
ore and in starting his furnace, reviewing
at length the history of the same as bearing
directly upon the question
Mr. II c Copeland stated the mauncr In
which the encouragement had no, been
held out in Vermont, and also the way
which, in his opinion. il should be done.
The farmer WAS too much disposed 10 on
pose any move which they consider to he
stopping 10 fltiG o1"mG nthcr person not
selves would derive from it in the future
Mr.. Josiah l'"s,itcr spoke of the cstab-
lishmcnt of the paint works In Brandon,
inauguratcl hy u man of no capital who
was discouraged by nearly every one in the
attempt anl the result which finally fol-
lowed
Mr.. c. ". Wnslow thought the most
important WY for the advancement desired
was by legislation
Judge June spoke in mn interesting man
ncr upon the starting Of Conant's furnace
in Brandon and of the great advantages
which the enterprises had opened up in
town
Further speeches were made by Messrs.
Z. II. Griswold, II, H. Merritt acd Judge
June, and The debate was closed
The question tor next Friday evening is.
"Do We properally appreciate home tai
cnt?" Mc.srs. George Briggs and d. y.
Peck were appointed to lead in the discus
sion.
Tie question for three weeks was de.
cidcd upon as follows: " Do the signs of
the times indicate the pcrpciuity of this
g0yernmcnt?' Sol.