The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-06-20
wAs, vermoai Needs.


Y.ra a. all. ysrrnaSi nerd, men,
Men whom Tho lpa q. ofbes does nsa
Kills
Mcu whom he sr.oils ., enos cannea
b1yl
Tall men. san -er0us.d. sbo i've above
the io1
o. public duty and in private think
sngi"
With sach men. problems s.em ~
solve themselves. Broad. pregrrssise
lsgislsisoa. tor The permanent good Of
ibs many. laws thai guide and assist,
instead ~ hampc1ng public polic'es
,lsal regard the pubic trust - sarrsd
and she pablo parse macb desfer than
oar own. The questions Of state ieoi''
sl,gts aud plain when The common
~oAlih possesses real men who are
siiling 10 serve Der.
Ba, The greatest need 81 Vermont ~
,hi. time Is Intelligent publicity. Yer.
mon, has he'd good deal Of pahlicliy
81 certain Kind. tai ssry bj,lc OF the
~rll.calculnicd. helpful saIiay ttni
pals STATE from the common rut Of
indefinite shiftlcssness and starts u
booming along the road 70 greater
things.
First, Vermont newspapers need W
be united aud nssllsi upon the belief
that yermoni's future lies, M 10 gen:
cral aud often futile agriculture, but
IN industrial development. The myth
% our future greatness A. common
wcaltb u farmers has been 20 thor
oughly exploded thAs IL seaHls folly 70
reiterate the fact that less than N par
cent Of our population follows farming
ms a business, even now, and thai this
percentage is being steadily reduced.
Il is not that certain specialized kinds
Of farming do rot pay, bu, that, gener.
ally speaking, IL Il 10 tils lines Of IN
dus,rial effort that our future wealth
must be discovered. There are water.
powers IN every county of the state
thai are going 10 waste. There are
deposits u jpcalcnlsble wealth in our
mountains. Theirs sss opportunities
for scientific forestry on q large scale
in our denuded mountains that will pay
two hundred fold in generation or
two. And yet how little We read OF
these conditions even in our newspa-
pers,
Then, we need ssstsmatta publicity
outside the state. The beauties VI the
state as summer resort have never
been adequately set forth. There ought
10 be framed pictures Of our mstchless
mounisins and peerless lakes in every
big hotel IN Boston and New York;
yes, and in other big cities. There
ought 10 be folders setting forth these
things in every folder-raek. There
ought 10 be bold, convincing advertis-
ing in the metropolitan papers along
these lines, supplemented with news
write-ups and pictures,
The Vermont Improvement Society
ought 10 be financed by the state OF
Vermont and set 10 its useful purpose
of discovering. developing and making
known the industrial opportunities OF
the state. A thoroughly well-equipped
advertising promoter ought TO devote
his whole time TO exploiting this sort
Of thing, placing opportunities within
reach Of the right men and right men
in touch with the opportunities.
And so we come in circle TO the
first and final need Of good men. broad
men, progressive men. And it is none
loo early 10 begin thinking of the sort
IF men we desire in positions of trust
md public responsibility another year.
Problems are TO be solved, progress
must be made. Let the state newspa-
,ers do their part toward educating
he voter as TO the need Of discrimina-
ion, Of cautious selection and of hearty |
md continuous cooperation with each |
,ther upon the lines laid down here
with. i Montpelier Journal.