Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-21
AUTO TI,iyEI.. GOOD ROADS, AND
MARI<ETS

MARKETS.
The best market in tho world for
producers as rule is the homo mar
ket, provided it is properly devcloned.
Tho farmer who can retail his pro-
duce gets more for it than he can If
obliged to sell IT to some man who
ships the same 10 distant city. in
volving the payment of several pro-
fits in transit from farm to consumer
Some farmers regard the automo-
bile as an enemy because Il scares
horses at times. but teams are be-
coming accustomed TO horseless
equipaEes and the next generation Of
colts will think nothing of passing a
benzine buggy, provided the animal
is carefully trained on the other
hand the automobile will do more to
develop the home market for Yer
mont farmers than any other single
influence that can be named The
auto is tending to revive stage coach
days in sense. People are getting
away from the beaten path of the
steam cars through the use OF the
auto and the necessity of stopping
places is helping to revive the cross
roads hotel and the country board
ing-housc. The esteemed Brattleboro
Reformcr cites a case in point:
"a hotel keeper in small town
not far from Brattleboro has been
interested in ascertaining just what
the transient automobile traffic meant
to him in dollars and cents. Since
the opening Of the touring season he
has kept careful record OF this par
ticular branch of his business and
finds that Gao machines visited his
hosiery. these machines brought him
2.24o guests whose average hotel bin
was SIS. making the proprietor's
gross receipts from this resource
S2.SOo
threc-fourths Of the automobile tour
lists wAo visited him this summer
We're strangers to his house The no.
tel in question is not located on the
main line between New York and the
White mountains nor does 1t possess
all the Injuries for which auto tour
lists are willing to pay.
"rhc case however, is a good Illus
tration Of the valve Of automobile
traffic to any community and the i'm
portancc Of good roads and good no
tells IN cultivating this traffic. Every
seaSor the number of machines that
pass rough Brattleboro either to or
fro; mountains increases ana
thcr IS no reason why there should
be any decrease as long as we keep
pace with the procession in the mat
tor of highways"
IT Is safe to say that a host OF ho-
tel Keepers in different parts OF the
State have had experiences not un-
like the one discussed by the Reform
er. and the use of tho auto for tour
Ing purposes is certain to rapidly In
crease IN Vermont as well as else
where. Tho result viii be more no.
tells In all parts OF the state
But every country hotel visited by
auto parties must have eggs and milk
and poultry and veal and mutton and
potatoes and green corn and a host
OF things the farmer produces, and
If the farmers in the vicinity Of the
hotel mentioned BY the Reformer
could be interviewed, they would be
able TO tell Of largely increased in
come from the sale OF whatever they
had in this line. The chances are
that the demand was greater than
the supply because the farmers in
question had not planned for any new
market Of this sort. but next season
they will know and DO better
The most effective way to secure
this auto travel and the consequent
demand for hotel accommodations and
the consequent demand for good.
fresh meats and fresh vegetables
and fresh fruit is to make
the roads in the vicinity as
good as possible, The owners OF mo-
tor cars have wireless commune alton
with each other and when they are
mapping out tour they naturally
select the roads that hawke commend
ed themselves to other touring par
ties. A poor road will do more to
cause auto parties to shun a commun
ity than anything else. so a word to
the wise road maker in each town
ought to be sufficient.
We believe the automobile will do
moro for the summer tourist business
In Vermont than any other means at
travel. and a combination OF good