Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

ganzed Vermont State Board of Trade
decided not to locate 1t at st. Albans, the
Messenger of that place, argues at length,
that there is no need of State Board of
Trade, anyhow The Messenger goes on
to say:
In spite of all reason, the newly elected
directors of the board to be formed have
decided that the infant shall be born anew
and in Burlington. We have no unkind
word to utter against the large delegation
of Burlington s business men who appear
ed at the meeting here to influence the 10
cation of the board, but thought 1t a little
remarkable that there was not an agricul-
tural producer among the number. The
directors listened to their appeals, and
named Burlington as the hub.
1t was shown at the meeting here that
there was a considerable majority of sub
scribers and of dairymen located in this
| county, whose interests would be best
served by establishing headquarters here,
but these considerations were without in
| fluence The State fair is located at Bur
| lington and this may have been one of the
reasons for the directors action, coupled
with the fact that the State agricultural
society was well represented at the meet
ing by its officers. Rutland has its marble
pool, Addison county its sheep and wool
organizations, Burlington Its lumber
shels and yards, and Franklin county
doubt, which IN lis line will be rs well pat
rOnlZed as any of them. Burlington may
have dairy market too, but 1t can only
be OF local Importance, and this the result
Of much effort and expense. The natural
current does hot run that way, aud what
is had will he procured by expensive
( pumping"
Without doubt Burlington as a central
point in the State had its influence in de-
Gliding the question of location, but the
areato be covered will be no greater than
| is within reach of a score of other local
tiles in Vermont. A well established
market in the neart of Il productive argi-
cultural district dealing in the commodity
| IN question, and quite rs centrally located,
within reach of the marketable, will con
| troll. Dealers in lumber Will continue to
20 to Burlington Tor boards and shingles,
and to Franklin unity for the best of
butter. To establish Il board of trade in
lumber here would be folly and no sane
man would think of such thing. We
wish our Burlington friends well and hope
they may stick to what they have under
taken and make something of it, but their
doing will not make the slightest differ
ence with the farmers of Franklin county.
The St. Albans board of trade is In
splendid shape for business. With a
strong county board to cooperate with
them, the business intere SITS OF this locality
Will he pretty thoroughly looked alter,
and there will be not the slightest neces-
slly for the dairymen of this county to set
up butter and cheese counter on any of
Burlington's lumber piles
1t seems to us, with due respect for the
opinion of our st. Adams contemporary,
that some of its statements and lnsinua-
lions are uncalled for. What are TIT
facts? The dairymen and farmers of Yer
mont, of whom some are to be found out
side of Franklin county, had reached the
conclusion that State Board, located at
at some central spot, to facilitate the
marketing of their butter, cheese and
maple sugar, would be of great advantage
to them. They organized such Board
and elected directors, one of whom is Il
resident of St. Adams, and no one of
whom is Burlington man. 1t was Il
board of substantial and sensible men.
They met at Burlington and looked over
the facilities here and then went to St
Adams and looked over things there. The
st. Adams gentlemen of course presented
the claims of that location and there was
no disposition on the part of any director
to ignore them. The Burlington men
present, some of them large producers and
dealers in products of the dairy. simply
showed in lair, candid, and reasonable
way, the advantages of this city. They
made no "appeals". and asked for no
favors. They urged the directors to To-
cate the Board where it could accomplish
the NEST for the great dairy interest of
Vermont The directors gave candid con
slderatlon to the various arguments and
representations, and voted to locate the
of ri No No
was decision against all reason is, to say
the least, extremely unjust to the direc-
tors. They had very strong reasons for
their decision in the central location and
accessibility of Burlington in the ample
facilities which will be provided here for
cold storage of butter. and for the bust
ness of the Board; in the much greater
banking facilities, here, and similar con
siderationS. No local prejudice or prefer
ence, We undertake to say, affected the de-
cislon. Everybody concerned wished
well to ST. Adams and TO the
Franklin county dairymen and
the latter at least, will find that their
interests will not lie in the slightest de
gree impaired by the location of the Board
of Trade at Burlington. The idea that no
uCu DOdIu CAN amount 10 dllllHlllB Oul-
side of st. Adams, will only cause smile
About -eightbS, we believe, of the
Vermont butter is marketed outside of
Franklin county. OF course it is known
that since the establishment of the large
creameries, the St. Adams butter market
is not what it once was. If we are cor
rectiy Informed much of the butter now
nominally marketed at st. Adams, simply
passes through. that point on its way TO
market. However that! may be, the State
Board of Trade has been located where,
in the judgment of sensible and practical
men, whose opinion is worth quite AS
much as the Messengers, it can accom-
plsn most for the benefit and convenience
of the greatest number of Vermont dairy
men. And the results, we have no doubt,
will fully vudicate the wisdom of the de-
cision,
The republicans Of the New York legis-
lature are supporting both the Crosby
| high license bill aud the bill submitting
a prOhibitory constitutional amendment
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