Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-01-07
ONE VIEW OF "GREATER YER
MONT"

In reading "Greater Vermont we
are forcibly reminded and informed OF
the giant strides that orr state is max
ing in the industrial world. We are
told that OF marble she produces more
than all the'rest OF the country; is see
ond in slate, and second II not first, in
granite. The expansion in granite
production within the past few years
amounts 10 a yeritable boom, and app
parently but has Just begun We are
/ told that there was invested in general
manufacturing industries In 1900. SIS
5H 1854, or SO, 100000 more than ten
years before.
Good for the push and energy of
NermonteTs and as we enter into the
spirit OF expansion, induced by the
enormous increase in capital invested
in manufactures, we feel an inward
pride in the little Green Mountain
state. so small in area, so great In
financial enterprise, and we develop
the wish that these, and other indus
trial and commercial ventures, NAV
continually advance and improve, so
that Vermont may be considered the
most progressive state in the union.
While painting the unparalleled
prosperity of Vermont, and showing
the wonderful advances she is making
IN industrial and manufacturing lines,
holding up for the inspection of the
people only those things that attract
and please, would il not be well to ex-
anime the true inwardness OF this vast
expansion OF our industries We will
consider the net income derived
from marble, slate and granite to be
clear gain; for the supply is considered
TO be practically inexhanstible: 50 the
state Is richer, and not poorer, through
these Industries. The ringing sound
OF axes and buzzing of saws that NAV
be heard from border TO border of our
state, tell another story and still il Is
a manufacturing enterprise. The on
pressive tax laws have driven thous-
ands OF inhabitants from the state and
the timber barons are completing the
desolatlon by purchasing tenantless
land, and other desirable woodlands
for nominal sum, and are denuding
them of their valuable timber that
century cannot replace, thereby plac-
ing the state at the mercy of floods and
ireshets in wet weather and protracted
dronths in dry. II may be a GOOD
financial investment for the lords of
the sawmill. but they are shearing the
last and greatest natural beauty in the
state, from the face Of the earth; one
result OF which may, and likely win be
that the springs will dry up. and in
certain seasons OF the year. the larger
towns will utterly tail in having a snf-
iiclent supply Of pure water and AGAIN
with the hills bare of timber. and the
water supply uncertain or gone. il
would be impossible to again repeople
them and our state that was once The |
pride of the native of the soil.as well a. |
tne incoming visitor, win have become
Old barren, and with the exception of
some favored locations, utterly aban- |
doned and forsaken.
In contrast TO the nnprecedented |
growth of Vermont. as voiced |
IN praises long and loud, would il moi
be proper to draw from its skeleton l
closet the skull and crossbones of nm
Just taxation, and exhibit its effects
upon The industries of the state. 60
that the people, acting in the capacity
OF jury, may have both sides az M
SITUATION !, larry presented; so that
lhey may clearly understand and know
''where they are at ?n
In this connection we quote some
census statistics, which are entirely
lree from sentiment and are entirely /
unbiased; lust plain reliable facts
On page "a, abstract OF the 18th cen
sus, we find that Vermont gained in
lopulation in the decade 1880 10 1sQo
ust $50 inhabitants-the least number
y any state in the union. Is This an