Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-10-16
What the future will nd,l to the

VIUHcut JVpV'O'IV" w Ot"USC Nu""'
~ depends entirely upon how thor
OmghIy the water.pOwer III your
county IN utilized. 4 member Of the
Royal College of London IN u work
upon the coal question, tfllS us that
the greatness Ut the british matisI''
hangs ui,0n "a few lamps aOf dirty
coal" IL il not equally true that
we of Vermont are to draw our tu.
tnre prosperity from the thousand
streams that RIM down our noun.
tain sides and course through our
valleys!
Orange County has 2l2 manufac.
turing establishments; D steam en-.
gines lG7 water wheels; 500 labor.
ers employed IN these establish.
mpnts The capital employed IL
S402,37O, from which Sl25, 453 il an
nuaIly paid tor labor. The am Dunt
paid for material to carry them 81.
il SGGO,4l4. aud they produce g..
O54.5G6. But | forhrar further st.
listics because they are dry, yet full
of interest AS showing your materi-
al power.
The grand total of what l have
given to you is a mountain Of facts.
1t shows the harmony which does
and onaht To exist between the in.
dustriaI classes OF this county. The
two great divisions have gone ON
together, each offering il market to
the other, aud, both agriculture and
manufactures uniting to develolr
and reward human labor. We have
shown you some Of the harmonious
results. They have started tlous.
ends in this valley in the great race
of life, organized families to metllo-
die the enierprising impulses OF
the heart of man erected three
church spires in almost every vii.
lage; founded u thousand schools !;
opened accessible markets for trade
and exchange, and ditfiuSed graces,
comforts and charities at home and
transmitted to all parts of our com.
mon country influences that shall!
neither fade nor decay. Here, then,
we find in this, Que of the chief
Counties Of Vermont, manufactures
and agriculture living in equality
and advancing in fraternity. The
one has developed, built up, enrich.
ed the other. So great has been
your progress, rich in your mechan-
ic arts and man fractures and strong
IN your agriculture, was about to
say YOU could defy wars. and EN-.
bargms; anything but peslilence
and famine.
AS ii is in your county SO shall 1t
be- recorded of Vermont. Tier nau
ut,clureS have ont coinlnrnced.-
With stndiouS economy and con
tinued improvement stimulated by
her smaller communities, the pro-
gresS of our CouIIlun wealth is up
ward and onward, for II growing
market at home in New England
over the Western l'rai,ies, yet halt
mnpeopIr,l. agriculture shall catch
the impulse and obey the necessity.
Vermont cannot tularye her terrific
ry, but ertenSire cultivation should
become imteMs.re cultivation, by
which an acre a third of Il century
hence shall Weld what five or ten
acres produce now. \ quarter OF Il
century hence an eXhiDi;iOu of 81
like character will count an aggrp
gate production such as our times
have not contemplated. They viii
then look forward, ~ you do now.
to a future before them of inven-
ton and discoveries, vet to be- ap
pretended, of more machinery and
more food to he produced for Il pop
ulation ever increasing. and ever
making new demands tor new and
multiplied wants,and over the whole
field OF their Vision, to their past
and future, tley will recognize lines
OF harmony. that shall bind all the
SONS Of labor together in .e com.
mon interest and destiny.
The Government of the United
States was organized for the pur.
pose Of unfolding, projecting and
eXpmndii g the interests of Ameri.
can labor, and weaving them into
one system as broad AZ the conti
nent. II the pursuits of men, how.
ever diversified, are at the same
time identiiied-if American Socie-
~ is but an aggregation OF labor.
it ought to strengthen the
right hand of power. am not
prepared to say how that power
would be best Obtainell-W neither
~ legislation or whether h. with.
holding legislation. and leaving Ia.
)Or to take care Of itself; that per.
laps is IL discussion which does not
belong to the present occasion, al. I
hOugh cOrrelative one might; I
'ut the priv ciple. the doctrine, that I
government emanating like ours .
rom the people should have for it's
rst and highest aim the plesrrva I
ion, protection aud promotion Ot ,
he industry OF the people; that, ] {
elieve is proper at all times to d
laintain in the midst OF II cDm,nu- |
Try linked together by a common h
nd vital tie. 1t we are not, too, v
,uch wiser than the fathers, We L
hall with Il purpose nS unanimous v
) our Interests are, invoke their II
brit and appreciate their instruc. y
ons. Aud asalI Industry is har- il
oniOnS, from one end OF the Re. il
ublic to the other, 80 ought gov. b
rninent to conSpire in the social T;
MON. to h.auiiiy and. aI..rn nnr Ia