Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-11-02
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YER
MONT? DRY ROT.
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great cooperative organization known
as the state of Vermont This corpora
| tion surpasses all other cooperative
societies. in that it has full legislative
power; that is, it can make all neces-
sary laws. even to decreeing transporta-
ton rates.
3. Now make use Of this universal CO.
operative society, whose legal title is
the commonwealth of Vermont. Let this
organization fully employ its powers
forthe welfare of all the people all the
time. and you will all be amazed and
delighted with the results.
! 4. Do these things, among many
! others sadly needed
| VERMONT PROMOTION BOARD.
(a) Enact law providing for the
Vermont Promotion board, " ITO consist
( of four men and one woman. Give 1T
! 500, 900 annually for the next two
years, to spend upon its work. Don't
! be aghast at this amount-many a
| private concern spends five or ten
times as much for pushing and adver-
Using its own business, which is small
compared to the vast size and magnifi-
cent possibilities of Vermont's 'propo.
sition" y Direct your promotion
board to do the following things, and
give it full authority so to do:
l. Find out what Vermont re-
sources offer to her own people or to
other people.
2. Determine what needs to be done
to best develop these resources.
3. Then make these resources thor
/ uughly known to your own people and
to the world. Let the public know that
Vermont is on the map Get folks COM
ing your way. Say, you have no idea
of the number of people out west VINO
would like to get back to old Vermont.
Make 'em feel that this is God S
country
STATE LOANS TO FARMERS.
(b) Provide state aid for farmers
and settlers. Let the state lend mon
ey at reasonable rates on farm mort
cages, the state to issue its bonds
against the security of these mortgag-
es. Make such bonds the preferable
investments for Vermont savings
banks. These Vermont bonds will also
be attractive to conservative invest
ors in other states, notably insurance
companies and other fiduciary instItu-
tions. The people Of the state will in
vest in their own bonds.
REFORM MARKETING.
(c) Properly organize the collection
and distribution of Vermont products.
Arrange for all marketable produce
to be delivered to the vermont Prod
uce DESPATCH transportation
company to be fostered by the state,
even if owned and operated by private
Il company
The animals and produce thus con.
centrated should be properly graded.
and solid trainloads run through tC
? Boston and to New York, with suit
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markets.
Make the brand vermont" stand
for quality in all our domestic mar
kets, and slet it be the insignia Of
perfection for such Vermont produce
as is sent to foreign countries.
The state Of Victoria contracts
with refrigerator steamships to de-
liver its farmers produce into the
London market for only one cent a
pound. It. costs more than this tC
carry produce the sh0rt distance from
Ireland into the London market
Likewise, it is the high rate on petty
shipments that places the Vermont
farmer at such a disadvantage, Blu
aid the farmers to so cooperate tina
their stuff can be shipped in bulk, anc
there will be better times for produ
GERS, carriers and consumers. Den
mark has solved this problem through
state aided cooperative effort.
BOOM WHAT YOU HAVE.
(d) Plan comprehensive campaign
of advertising of Vermont products
as well as her resources. This cam
paign should be conducted by the de
velopment hoard, in co-operat1ol
with private interests wherever pos
sible
Let every creamery and cheese fac
tory contribute a fraction of a cent O
each pound Of their product to thu
fund for advertising, the state, per
haps to give one dollar to thls fun
for each dollar put up by the dair
interests. Use the money to educat
consumers TO realize that the Yer
mont brand Of butter or cheese is tn
S tand ard Of excellence in CIV
cry eastern market. Of course
the quality must be safe
guarded by inspection and grading
and by right methods of production
Here is lots of work for state dair
association, the creameries and chees
factories.
Work along the same line with tn
breeders of horses, sheep, cattle
swine and poultry. Why, you ca
create demand all over the worl
- for Vermont-bred Morgan horses-on
- of the best equine types the worl
ever saw. Yet who knows that sue
horses exist. except the comparative
( ly few lovers thereof, and thew thin
Z everybody knows simply because the
do!
Your Merino breeders years ago i'm
Z proved the sheep of the world. Blu
: there is still magnificent market t
be developed for the best strains O
6 Vermont bred Merinos. The same
: true of the different breeds of cattle
swine and poultry. which can be bre
Z to perfection in the Green Mountai
state. Nowadays selling is telling
( you've got to have the goods right
z then you must tell the world VIVA
( you have to sell.
( Have all this publicity so conducte
Z that every dollar spent shall carry wit
: it the fame of Vermont and of tn
product or stock advertised. and thu
Z also benefit the advertising or push
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