Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-28

of having his fortune and his business
wiped out by the competition Of capital
lied millions And the position Of the sal
AIRED servant OF n great corporation Is
not in all respects an enviable one How
ever high his salary, unless he controls
the stock he is still hut servant. He
holds his position subject to the one test
Of results. If he can't pay dividends he
must give way TO the man who can. Re-
cults not methods. count. The strenuous
life may be all right but too often 1t ia
followed at the pace that kills. dwarfs
and kills mentally. morally and phvsi-
cally. And so 7 say that the farmer has
not only the single occupation In which
the man Of modest means may be ind
pendent, but also the one in which he runs
no risk of meeting n situation where he
may he compelled to choose between the
sacrifice Of all he has spent his life to
gain and the doing of some act inconsist-
cnt with the maintenance of the highest
sclf-rcspect. 1t is true We have in the last
few months seen something of moral
awakening. It is worth remembering.
however. that human nature has not
changed. Much of the Indignation has
teen merely pcrfunctory, ipuch Of it has
had no deeper source than the natural
wrath of the human animal at having
been robbed. Tho waters have been
stirred. We have yet to see the actual
accomplishment Of moral revolution.
And lastly, and perhaps best of all
| / want to say that to the intelligent
| educated man tho farm offers field
| for intellectual activity uncqualled by
| any other commercial pursuit None
other SO broad, none other so close in
1,i1i iCG n no
great mother of us all. Time forbids
details but the story of the new agri-
culture would to our fathers read like
a fairy tale After all the farmer
must be born before he can be made
To the man with the Unborn love of
tho soil. of animals and of plants the
| life IS not ono of drudgery; nowhere
| outside this realm can man approx
mate more closely to the exercise OF
| the divine power Of creation. II he
cannot actually create he can guide
| and direct the operations Of nature to
his own ends and thereby experience
| satisfaction mere millionaire can
never know.
We are here to-day to lay the cor
| ner stone of Morrill, hall which Will
| soon become and long remain the home
of the Agricultural College of the state
! of Vermort Under any circumstances
such an occasion would be interesting
and impressive. Especially 50 Is TINS
! o,..,. L.c,,,so II Is rendered possible
-, .h az. Of +hc state its first i'm
.. .,.,r, 20 This institution. al
- 49,, c,. ,ocognition by the state
of it's obligation to this university
~ tee one hundredth
ca ~, ,,,,., i,,,nortaut question
'''''' ,,, our noonle than the
N''' =" ,.,I.. ,o,,,.ao,, tho state and its
pt"iV' ,,s io,r,iry Vo should
49,, ,o,., and no where else
.'.-,..o.,t., rhoro should be
- '"' ..,,,,o -. cordial interest
'ot orS .,,,,or,.t.tor nm the mart of the
I!'' " ..,,,,,,;,io., of the obliga
,,a,,,rior,. aid hearing proper
''N'' :" 49, ,,oods Of tho institution
~, a,,Ii.,. ., tho state Is II too
,, ~. ,o,a ,tot T., the golden future 10
,,.,tai, ,ra ON ,oolsine tho interests OF
800, CT, u,,o do NOT be-
ai,to. ,bo r.u,or or criminal
-. .... ,,,.,i,.o so,,,, sbora of the n f.
,..ta. it'll, h,, hoo, rec.rt1v 1avishod
49, .,,,o,,.i,.ol,, ,er,,rs nocossarilv on
our tails our prisons and our asylims
IT should he horne in mind that the
grant winch has made Morrill, hall possible
is not il, any sense class legislation. Its
purpose, and effect are not to benefit the
farmer but the entire population through
the Improvement of agricultural methods
These improved methods mean simply
cheaper production and cheaper produc-
ton means reduced cost Of foods. Inevit-
ably in the absence Of monopoly. cheap