The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-11
On Their Usual Trip to Yer
mont Next Summer
THE BOSTON VERMONTERS
Celebrated Ticonderoga Day Last Night
With an Address BY Frank ii
Greene of St. Alhans--l2s
Were Present.

Boston, May III The Vermont asso-
citation of Boston celebrated Ticonderogts
day last evening at the Westminster,
About 1ss5 were present. and President
Nelson Fl. Shelion presided. The By
laws were amended "a as to admit "a
assaaiate membership yallnonters living
outside Massachusetts. A poem on Ner-
mont written Eli Dean Clarke WAS read
l,y Secretary /, II, Kent.
a letter fram the Nofthiield board 81
trade. inviting the association iv par
ticipate in the dedication hi the Brown
library, presented tn TN tnNn hw s'ess
vi. Brown ot tfc s@ ae i; iaf4a~
was read, an Ma alsM 4
library eonnittrr
The dedication
old-home week, and tlsa sliia
clation wiil probably aarAna fse
80 a. To stop off III Nofthfield, I'LL Niiss.
phance with tho invitation extended.
CoI Josiah ii. Benton. III, has been
invited III deliver tile dedicatory adj
dress.
The speaker of the evening was Frank
4. Greene, editor nf the NJ. Albans Mes.
senger, whas gave an rntertaining talk
ON New Vermont the Vermont that
had developed and grown 10 consider.
able consequences III ncw directions, since
many of his auditors Ind left thr state
iof their nativity He referred To the
fact that the popular idea sets Yer
mort down As an agricultural state
merely. He said it II true that THE
superficial aspect of Vermont al ii pre-.
semts itseEf To the traveller suggests ag.
ricsilture rs the chief employment oi IL
people. Ii il d distinctly rural region
without any large cities of amy manu-.
featuring crnters that wosild attract at,
tcntion because Of their size. And vet
this superficial view il found To be mis-,
leading when the facts are known.
Today the cenAus shows that ~ faa
from heing i distinctly agricultural
state, less than 81 per cent of Nrr.
lilont's people are engaged III farming
The annual gross yalne If farm prod.
ucts Ii sa.; ,510. .ses. while the manu-
faetiIfed products are valued AZ $ss.l
a2a.s15. There arr q cities and vii
lagos nllt 0f NefinuntS ai6 which have
TO their credit III nsaHufactured products
S3i .SA1 ..eS annually. of only sa .nu0,a
iess than tine total agricultural products
of thr state
The special census 0f fDa5. taking
account If firms having products Of the
value al $500 and over. shows that dur.
ing the past five years the percentage
of increase III manufacturing pfotlucts
an Vermont il greater than in any Other
New England state. with The possible
exception Of Maine. In the pai hes
years there Inns heeil nn isalra II
the amount Of capital invested b snHs,
faelusiug of over Ssn.000,0n1 eF afor
~ per cent, aud ais increase of sia.0uu,-
900 III value oil manufactured products
Vermont leads the world III The
amonnt oi capitai invested III the mar
bic quarsYing business. The state s=ass
plies 6se sixths of Tire finer marble
products of the United States. Barre
is the largest granite center ii Thu
world and il tApidiy growing and quar-,
ries are being c'sened ri ilssrt fist
granite belt Vermont i. eyeerrIrd Js
Pennsylvania only III the amount u
slate w0dltecds