Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-02

trates Industry.
Vermont is not alone a small State. IL
has an unkindly soil, where the share often
meets a rocky distraction and which yiei1~
to the tiller grudging increase. Its val,
leys and levels are too limited to admit OIL
those extensive agricultural operations
which have made other sections comforta-
bly, rich. Its bleak hills and slopes oher
when the timber is stripoedaway no attrac-
tons save sweet. scant heritage which
adapts them mainly for purposes OF graz
ing Until quite a recent date the Green
Mountain State owed what precedence anu
fame it had, aside from the glory OF Its poll,
teal history, to its unriyalled butter ana
cheese. This was not much to recommend /
it Indus:rially and though, here and there:
there have been water powers utilized, ana
various sorts of factories erected that are |
doing finely, these are not indigenous 10
the State which might still seem naturally
poor. But now the quarryman and the
miner share the empire with the farmer
and the operative, and the hidden depths
are found to TEEN with riches of which the
barren surface gives no trace. In Western
Vermont especially the mineral develop
ments have changed the character OF the
country entirely. and the marble and slate
industries have grown beyond the hopes OF
their originators Rutland county Is con-
ceded to produce blocks of marble riyalllng
in purity and texture any exhumed In ltaiy
and shows no signs of exhaustion In the Ola
beds, while new excavations OF varying
quality are being discovered IN number oi
places. The slate district, comprising the
same county and also Washington county
of this State, has likewise attained proml-
nence for the fine color, the unequalled
grain, as well as for the abundance OF the
Danr -xfl T a
MARYLAND, Georgia and other States, and
profitable veins occur undeveloped in GER
tain parts of the West, but nowhere are the
desirable characteristics so many and 50
well blended as in the region IN question,
whose future ought to be one OF eonsidera-
HE prosperity Within the last two de-
cades the impetus given by the manniac-
ture of slate Is apparent In the hvellness
and increased population OF district once
sparsely peopled, stagnant as backwoOds
settlement and impecunlous In the extreme
Tn little hamlets with their few dwellings,
rick, 'ty and weather stained have gwen way
to thr, wing villages, which show now supe-
rior to agriculture are the results OF any
mechanic,I enterprise. Persons VINO re-
member the early days of Granville. POult-
nev. and Fa rhaven can attest the wonder
fni prnwth of these towns since the hills IN
their yicinage hive been explored and their
rocky treasures eA humed. The slate inter
est is now become paramount IN that quar-
ter. and only needs fostering influences to
attain immense importance. lhere - ho"
ever. one great drawback to II. In com
mon with all other businesses mere Is AT
present some dulness In the slate lnNAet'
and to this general prUstration there Is
graceful resignation but there Is also
special reason Tor the temporary decline
which this branch Of industry suffers oil
which the parties concerned make otter
complaint Ii We ask the proprletors Oh
the several quarrles which are lying iu4e OF
employing II reduced force why IL l. thus
with them, they OF course reply that there
Is no demand for their products On fur
Their inquiry we learn that wages have been
reduced 10 a minimum, the prices OF slate
pusbed down to the lowest figure, and that
.tlu consumers object to the cOstlneSs OF
tn. artcle. Why Is this? Slate cannot be
mace cheaper. 1t Is because the transpor-
tatiun charges are - high that many VINO
would buy are deferred from 1t. A small
percentage amounts 10 large sum IN an
order Of any sIZe, Tor slate Il heavy, ana
thus sales are impossible because oil the ex-
tortion OF the lines of transport. In tins
case 1t Is the Delaware and Hudson lanai
Company which l. most to blame ior TINS
4. frHHs =
e al LAY ~ "a oa,nns,,'s rnads are
iieis ~ an -, h,,,ber Than on
.o, - 49, 49,. - IN tho cnrntrv which
-. ~ ',Sscs.s,ta,eJ nv snv real noyerty or
: ~ - .',,,o,,I;reres. anneais bv
o"uit.o" - - -, .tr..,ad nofbing
- ~ han,,btv cornnration which would
~Itu 'n;s 'i'S a. nd ,bo ondeavnr ar
the coming session of the Vermont iegisla-
ture will be to 50 amend the charter "a T.
reg uiat , t"e 90 y III -
aIG' M A. a nGpeu' W. 49, I'm,
t ual IeineuS anu ieIiI' NJ ~ ,pnSo-s,snd tbat
tue pIisn' my d. ~ - -, ,bs I,,e
nut'O'I VI '"o io5,,.s :. ~ -
$1,000 t ~ -, 81, -, r,orn,oI,
nc ~ " ",,,,.s.s 70 "a
'''N
u-,.,
CHANCE FOR lS'ANIoHs;-" nc nc" ~
Is reason TO DOUBT the po>sloitl's % ue '9'HT
an electric motor capao4e OIL uolnt HeA'S
Work a. economically aS 'he steam eusiuc'
there can be no question that ior lish' SeI
wee. satisfactory eiectrlc engine l. one
the most "lde-ielt heeIs ol Tue age m
that Is lacking 10 meet TINS want i suitH-
Die battery IN o'neI "O'u' i'"P'0' I'm
pact, pOrtaole. anu II possio4e' ny HPpHiH
tus, capable OF generating a steauY current
-
out renewal, capaole oil staining unu seu
without material WASTE 4e' ag'e " 81
out Its iulI power "hen rVquiIeu' oaPaole
VI ~" - IeUf5i r., EabI. .,
order, Tree from lumes' anu not Haoie 70
leak or spiI It's contents uhuer oruinarS
circumstances
Inc Applications winch await SIcH pAt'
terry are pracucallS lunu h'en
with '"e iuinins' 0'oP'"s' i
teries ALREADY IN use, enough has ogeh AZ
com piiIneu Win eI.o'rte .,, 80 ueI I1h,
suate nc ~ -, ~ a. !,
WORK '"ei t"-nt "". 80 w 80
suoh cas'' ~ o"H W "a .ta-,s -,
occasions, u'nnes'I' a. ha ra,;a,,i,' ~
steam pow u SAnuo 1i, ~
pioSeu' ""ei 49, -seti,, - -,
10 tue requIleu VIZ w "a -,
out neat or rlsK Oh eApiosion, anu Hi MI
Gaining ior Special nslnIei ins A-.i %
knowledge the common iaoA Vi T' H'
must ever ac' "a oar 70 tne gJ"e l Gun
Payment Oh steam Ior nouSeuoid set''oe
anu thougn .ne pom N.e ootain -n' -, ou' -
tse!i' many t'NIo' M 1,.1.l 49, -
equivalent amount y, s''ain PO"e. .io aI
'ah'agts at'eluius 'lo " u or
So pronounced Tue po>s'oIe sa,i"s u 'inIo
ana trouble 80 gtea'; 'nat' VII - senei Ii
to- sue ~ We nave t ~
be hesitation III s-',us ~ ~ III
IN tho usau1S VI - ',rt 49,
Is want,u 'oi oout i',I .u
there Is o. cas'on'i "''u VI ''''Aii Jul III
slant elect :,
lake, ior "a 'nipl0' ,La 49,. ,a,Si,a
nOusenoiu hecess ~ ,sar,,7oaas La =,
How immensely w,'uiL i' nT r,nu;
creased by an aecep' SO.T "a % iu,,';.n
It motor Which ~o uiu iel uiie 10 NM
ing up, when wouid no. s't Luz u
order, when wouil DC siN1s 'n+r'ii A nv nv
ready ana perfectly unueI " 49,, -, M
VINO should devise pat'ery " L.1s' c 'u,S
mand alone, would De sure " 'oltu hor
But TINS Is only one OF COUNTESS nun,"Sl
oil uses TO whlch such patte'y mig ~ 20