The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-02-04

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this little story with moral
attached and the "they lived happy
ever after" ending concerning the
possibilities of Vermont Farming.
It's worth repeating:
"There are plenty of farms in this state
that only need the right cultivation to
prove veritable gold mines
We know of case in the town of Brain
| tree where farmer had made himself land
poor by keeping in the old ruts and add
| ing liberal number of lawsuits for spice.
When his son graduated from Dartmouth
and came home he found his father sick,
discouraged and practically bankrupt.
The boy had a good offer to go west as a
civil engineer at salary that would be
worth having. He gave it up and told
his father he would stay by the old farm
and try and save it.
He used his college education.
He used his brains as well as his hands.
He settled up the law suits as best he
could.
He applied modern methods to the old
farm.
He raised his own corn instead of buy
ing it.
1t was hard work but the old farm re-
sponded nobly to his efforts
In ten years he had not only saved the
farm; paid off all the debts; made it pay
but he had made money enough off the
farm to buy modern machinery, to pay
for an adjoining farm and had money in
the bank.
He had saved his fathers life, and made
his declining years pleasant.
He said 1 am glad l decided to stay
in Vermont He was sure that he had
made more money than he could had he
gone west in the first place. To-day he is
an honored and respected citizen of Yer
mont.
This is no isolated case. There are
hundreds like it.
Farming does pay in Vermont if you
use your brains as well as Drawn"
President Woodrow Wilson very
often puts things so pointedly that
the vagueness slips away from them
and we see old truths almost as new.
Here is what he said recently about
New York journalism and it s true
every bit
II have sometimes been led to think that
the bankers did not trust the country
and that is sufficient reason to enable
us to understand why the country does
not trust the bankers. The Icty of New
Y ork does not only not constructive ma.
ton but does not understand the nation.
The city of New York is a provincial COM
munity. Great laughter.) Like all big
cities it is so great that the newspapers
cannot take in the larger view of the
United States because they can fill their
columns with local news. So | have to
subscribe to The Springfield Republican
and the weekly edition of the London
Times just to learn of the winds that are
blowing through the world.
Country provincialism is not
likely to be so narrow as is the
city variety, for we of the country
more often realize our limitations.
The House of Governors" may
become powerful influence on the
country's legislation. This confer
ence of the governors of the differ
ent states to discuss matters of |
countrywide Importance, which the
different legislatures pass laws to
ought to result in unifying
he laws on such matters as divorce
md marriage, capital punishment,
conservation measures,
,tc., which can not be confined by
tate limits, but which react on
hboring states. The new
House" has no authority but the
governors of the states can bring
from the conference,
which may contain the best thought
# progressive thinkers upon these
matters of public veal.
We do have some frightful acct
Tents on our railroads in the United
states and on the Canadian Pacific.
Foreign countries seem to fale less
BADLY in this matter, but when we
top to think that we have more
nil, age than all the countries in
europe and that we run thousands
# miles of freight as we'll as passen
,er trains, we can see that it is
hardly fair to compare our accident
list with that of England or any
If the comparative small countries
IN the European continent. We have
90 many accidents and we take
90 many risks as a nation, but we
certainly spread it out.
The prOper way to point the toes