The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-22
VERMONT IS GAINING
In INDUSTRIAL LIFE
Frank Z. Greene Of St. AIbans Pointed
Out Before vincitia Club That There
Are Great Opportunities at

AT the smoke talk given By Vincitia
club last night, Frank Il Greene, editor
Of the st. Adams Messenger, delivered
an address, taking as his subjet Indus
trial Vermont" and treating it in such
a manner that while his hearers were
entertained they weTH forcibly instructed
thereby. In fact, the large number pres
ent joined III declaring the address one
Of the best ever presented here By a
speaker who took right at home topic.
It was Of peculiar interest to Barre peo.
pie, because it dealt largely with that
phase 81 growth, III which Barre granite
is playing such prominent part.
President Reynolds Of the club intro,
duced the speaker briefly Mr. Greene
outlined tho early days Of the settlement
of Vermont, and pointed out that while
the settlers did 20 into agriculture, their
natural bent, derived from their British
ancestry, was rather toward industrial,
manufacturing and trading life They
entered into agriculture as = means OF
subsistence in the new land Then,
their bread and butter In sight, they
turned toward the inventive the manu-
featuring. the trading the bartrring ac-
tivities, and The speaker proceeded to
show where ia Vermont in the early
days was in the forefront Of progress
In 10 doing, however. he strove not to
minimize agriculture, declaring it to be
one Of the necessary as well as one OF
the finest-when intelligcntly followed
walks Of life
Rnt he refuted the statement that
Vermont is essentially an agricultural
state. or that il WIS in the early days
pointing out that the settlers had no
sooner got the trees down for their
clearing than they began 10 manufacture
potash and pearlakh, also making things
which they needed in their everyday
life and bartering their goods. As eyi.
dences that thought 81 those days was
not all directed toward agriculture, he
recalled that inc first steamboat was
invented and manufactured by Yer
monter, Morey, and placed Oh Fairlee
lakes that the first geographical globe
was turned out by NerDfonter; that r,
P. Stewart, q Vermontcr. invented The
first modern cook stoves that Thomas
Dayenport Of Wilhamstown irst made
an electric motor that would 60, ard
various other proofs that Vermont was
among tile leaders III advanced thought
Then came the period Of retrogreSsion
during the Civil wars and everything
slnmped nliserabIy while tbe ambitious
Young people laft the state because Of
tie general impression that man
couldn't get a living unless he farned It
on ran a store.
Now however. said Mr. Greene the
people of Vermont are beginning where
their ancestors loft ofl, before the Civil
war period slump and the state is
going ahead surely and steadily IN man
mining, commercial and
aairving pursuits. lie called attention
to the fact that at the present time
less than 81 per cent. Of the population
lives on the farm; that Nelmoat stands
iirst in marble production next 70 the
head IN granite. second in slate, fifteenth
n textile productions sixth IN dairving,
and 30 on. going ahead all the time.
Still. agriculture Will never be crowded
But. for scientific agriculture is wanted
and It must come. the problem before
The people now Is to reconcile the manu-
facturing and the agricultural interests
Df the state. They must realize their
and work together tor
he best good Of each other.
Mr.. Greene WAS enthusiastically ap-
1lauded for bis very intelligent exposi-
Jon of the subject
Then followed brief remarks from s.
IIollister jackson. John w. Gordon, the
Rev. +. A. Poole. another guest Of the
,yening. and readings ii French dialect
Dy A. W. Allen. with numbers by the
club intersperscd. Light re
we're served, and the time
until midnight and after was taken up
q social way The entire evening was
1ne Of great enjoyment