Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31
Judge Key On New England.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL $ TRIP THROUGH
THE EAST SURPRISE AND PLEASURE
AT WHAT HE WITNESSED.

| THE POSTMASTER GENERAL 5 TRIP THROUGH
THE EAsr-HIs SURPRISE AND PLEASURE
AT WHAT HE WITNESSED.
Washington Cor. Cincinnati Commercial
Recently Postmaster General Key re-
turned from tour of inspection among
the stamp, postal card and envelope fac
tories of New England Previous to that
he visited the New England States with
his family, and spent several weeks visit
ing each of the six States Which make up
that corner Of the country.
Judge Key had never been there before
for any length Of time. | asked him
what most impressed him on his trip.
Well" he replied, "a number Of
things impressed me. 1 had never been
in New England until recent years, and
never spent much time there until this
summer | confess | had no conception
of the natural beauty of the country, the
wealth of the population, taken rs II
whole, and the exter< and perfection of
the machinery which drives her vast
manufacturing interests. In fact, all the
machinery ever saw III my life seems
ridiculous when compared with whni
saw i'll New England. II WAS II rrtcla-
ton. These people are of the same gen
cral stock of the rest Of us, but they are
immensely ahead. They have made 1t
themselves. \ large majority Of the men
with whom | was thrown in contract-thc
originators, projectors, owners and di
rcctors of lh,s vast manufacturing system
are Americans They have begun at
the ground and built up, and | can not
see that they had one particle of advantage
4 AfgN~
begin with
They attended Ia busincss?'
Yes if results are criterion OF ut
trntion, they have attended TO their bust
ness with tlcmost nssiduous care.
at is SAID, Judge, that IT is New Eng
hand trait to attend to other peoples bust
ness.
well. if they attend Ia other peoples
business as well as they attend t" their
own, those with whom they mcddlc will
he the palncrs'
in your early days. Judge, you follow
cd the pillow with success. What dn yuu
think of New England rs II farming
country -
''On the whole. | think there is more ma
turally fertile land IN Tennessee or North
Carolina than in all New England. \
great dead of the country looked to me To
he of the same strength aud fertility AZ
the Cumberland mountain country IN
our own State But the sy stem al turn |
my Is in that stage of perfection that the |
lund continually grnws hattrr Nothing |
Is wasted that c,ln add to the fertility OF
the soil Everything about the stables /
and h;slls that can improve and enrich .
the ground is carefully saved and return |
cat to the hmd. Straw md corn stalk are I
plowcd under Nothing is wasted
What of the general apr"aranr" "i
the farms
The farms are small but aG III good /
The live stock looks we'll. .
-iw no poor horses 81 cattle.
lis there material IN New England Tor
''lf-support If cut off from the rt't OF
he world -
II think ~. If m impossible wall
vas built around the New England
'tates. and not anything or anybody al
owed 10 come out or 90 IN for halt
century, | think the end of the period
would find within the wall II prosperous
md well-ied people. 1t seems To me they
AVE all the elements OF self sustenance,