The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-07-23

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siR~nrr fof Tbs one sgs'oiniei,
In toe conssng assembly tbs repre-
sensAlsves vii. DO doabi. take q more
iuislligeni snd broad mindea interest
III booming Vermont and we hepc thai
hsIl wiil be passed which all provide
Cos some .sor Of board wi.h exter.
Give powers and mOpey enourh 10
carry oai IL provisions. II the little.
vsrmonin docsn'i knock" there 10
every probability Of such measure
becoming Law.
The people u Vermont mast not run
away with the idea that the ssale Faith
ers are going " worry themselves over
asy such bah unless they see thai the
voters arr right behind them With the
big STICK. Ia al reforms lie great
mistake " choose political representa-.
iiyes before they have been educated
10 know the needs Of the common
wealth. Reformers and boomers begin
q, the wrong end; at the top instead
81 the bottom. Unity Of effort must
find ils common basis IN the experience
Of The individual communities aud work
out and up through them; and IN the
presen, uncertain condition Of thought
ON public questions little may be ca.
pecied Of the Vermont Legislature un
less there exists behind Il the compel.
ing influence Of public opinion, There
mast be common coereiye under
standing among the people OF any
state or else its lawmakers are likely |
10 waste 100 much time over personal,
sectional and non-constructive legisla
ton.
Booming Nermontis not a new thing. |
Many individual towns have their inn
provemeni clubs and they are doing
excellent work. This is good sign OF
the times. These societies are educa
tional aud are specially adapted TO
teach the next generation the full sig |
niheance Of beauty in home aud village |
life. They also develop local patriot
ism. which IL theoretically carried to
the utmost will cause the state TO be
swept by "a strong patriotic wave for a
better and newer Vermont. In order
10 obtain these advantages the getting
together" of the people for the express
purpose of advertising the resources
and summer advantages of the Green
Mountain state is necessary.
About a dozen years ago the rail
roads OF the state started booming the
scenery along their respective lines in
order 10 attract visitors from abroad.
1t was purely business proposition.
Look ii succeeded. The state is be-
coming known and each year sees an
increase of summer visitors, but we are
positive that only very small portion
of our real attractions have been ex-
plotted. The call for the country is
strong in the city in summer. The re-
serve force of the people, thoroughly
drained by the long winters work, de
monds renewing in the quiet of the
hills. There is no state which can
boast of better and greater health re-
storing resorts than our own.
The railroads would welcome an en-
ergetic advertising campaign fathered
by the state. These corporations would
no doubt be eager to furnish material
and money for active work along these
lines. II means money for them and
it means money for thousands OF 9th
ers. It must not be forgotten that the
summer guest leaves money within our
borders.
Years ago everyone was Fastening
toward the city; nowadays the tide has
turned and back TO the country is the
thought which permeates city life.
Vermont is reapiug only small share
of the benefits from this rehux and it
surely behooves us TO endeavor to put
before these city cousins the states
supreme attractions.
Curiously enough there are several
instances where working people from
Boston and elsewhere have come to
Vermont and have bought farms not
only to live upon but in the belief that
it is good investment. This has oc-
CURED since the panic and it goes to
show that the laborer, whose salary is
small, Of his own volition, has invested
his hard-earned money in Vermont.
rather than in the city investments. Its
a good sign for us and it shows how
easy il will be TO bring many more
here TO buy our good farms and TO in
crease the populations Of our towns.
We believe that the problem effect
ing bigger Vermont is no theoretical
proposition where the dreamer with
his utopian ideas are prominent fac
tors, but purely and simply business
proposition where the solution is in
the hands Of business men, and as uni
formity OF action is prerequisite of
progress there should be neither sec
tional nor partizan feeling; it should
be pull and long pull together to
bring about remedial legislation for our
own native state. Burlington Clipper.