Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-27
What OUR NIIGHDORS SAY
Vow Democrats ONen Secure Rep
rescntntives In Republican
Vermont.
LESSON FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE.

NJ.
(From the st. Adams Mcssengcr)
Again and again The Messenger has
urged that greater attention be paid In
Vermont to the development Of the sum-
mer tourist business as one Of the lines
Of least resistance along which the pros
perry Of tho state might naturally ex-
pand This idea Is vigorously set forth
In a recent issue of The Rutland Hcrs ID.
which calls attention to what New
Hampshire has worked for and what
that State has to show for its labors,
The Herald we'll says:
1T is because these resources Of the
Granite state have received attention.
and have been pushed persistently for
years that New Hampshire leads In this
matter. and Vermont is still yawning
And dreaming over tho problem OF pub
iicity. while the great tide of summer
travel sweeps on TO the better advertised
but not more attractive scenes in her
sister State. Such language az tho fol-
lowing ought TO have a stimulating effect
upon our letharey II anything can. and
arouse local and state organizations to
take active measures to reproduce these
conditions here"
ne itorHld t1Pn quotes from I''tHt
address Of ex-Gov Nahum J. Bachclder.
recretary of the New Hampshire State
board of agriculture. and master Of the
National Grange, at a Farmers day
gathering at Hampton Beach, n. H., in
which he said:
ALREADY moro than hfty million dol
Vars have been invested IN the state.
nearly all OF which came from outside
Me state. In summer homes and summer
aotels. Ten million dollars are annually
eft here by summer tourists, reaching
,vcry town In the State. When we APP
precatc the fact that towns can he nam
ed where the valuation has doubled in
ten years by reason of the summer bus'-
ness, one town having within It's borders
ten summer homes costing one hundred
thousand dollars each; that instances can
he named where the purchase of a small
farm has been followed by the expendi-
tur~ of hundred thousand dollars in
improving It: that building sites of one
acre each upon hlltops have been sold
Cor more than one hundred acres of some
farms would bring for any other pur-
pose; that a Thousand elegant boats now
traverse the water of a single lake de-
pendent upon the surrounding land for
supplies. where a few years ago there
were only a score, and that there are
about three thousand summer hotels and
boarding houses that for three months in
the year become the distributing center
for millions Of dollars brought into the
State. We get a faint idea of the finan-
cial benefit to the State from this great
business.
THE three thousand summer hotels
and boarding houses and the five thou
sand summer homes open eight thousand
markets in tho state for the products of
the farms for two or three months in
the year at better prices than the Boston
market. Tho demand Is not confined to
field and garden crops, but includes other
things for which good money Is spent.
For instance. a little girl received $500
in a single season from the guests at
hotels for sweet peas that she grew in
her mothers garden. and little boy re-
ceived $500 in a single season for balsam
gathered In his fathers forest. These are
instances that could be duplicated in
many directions
There is a concrete illustration Of what
can be done in New England State. and
It might be distributed broadcast in Yer
mont as an industrial tract. IT Is doubt
full II the sum OF 1900. ono a year is left
IN Vermont by summer visitors. and the
total Is probably considerably below that
amount. Vermont ought to lead New
Hampshire in this matter OF the summer
tourist business instead Of trailing 80 far
IN the rear. Why not take advantage OF
the Lake Champlain terccntenary cele-
bration next year. when the attention of
the country will be directed to Vermont,
to make a vigorous and determined ef-
fort to get our fair share Of this lucra-
tive business. We have never had a bet
Ter opportunity.