The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-08
.EX-PRES!DENT WAS
VERMONT GUEST
YESTERDAY
Col. Roosevelt Made Address at
White River Junction
AT GET TOGETHER BANQUET
Former President Was Greeted by
Large and Representative Body
Of Vermont Citizens

White River Junction, June s.
The need OF turning attention to the
welfare of the farmers, the people OF
the open country" was the subject OF
an address by former President The
odore Roosevelt before get togeth-
er" dinner party of 600 Vermont peo-
pie and guests here last night. The
dinner was held under the auspices
of the Windsor county Young Mems
Christian association, and the sub
ject OF politics was avoided carefully.
Col. Roosevelt arrived just after 6 p.
m. and after speaking at the banquet
retired to his special car. He will
start on his return to New York early
this morning
IL was the sole purpose OF the
Young Mems Christian association
committee in arranging this gather
ing TO provide an opportunity for
special addresses with a view OF as
sistng men to catch vision at least
of the possibilities OF the future for
Vermont That politics might be en-
tirely eliminated from the occasion,
Dr. Frederic s. Lee of Columbia uni
versity was selected as POSTMASTER
instead of q state official. Each
guest seated at the tables was pre-
scented with a gun-metal bas-relleI oil
the former president, made from a
special die which was copyrighted by
the committee. Col. Roosevelt was
presented by the committee with one
of the badges made of solid gold.
w Do Of
mittee, was a member of Roosevelt's
Rough Rider troop in the Spanish
American war and later a lieutenant
in the Philippines, and the former
presidents visit to Vermont at this
time is largely due TO promise made
Lieut. Batchelder some time since.
Col. Roosevelt said in part Yer
mont is both an agricultural and in
dustrial state and it has shared the
general tendency which is of better
growth in industrial than agricultur-
al matters. In common with our
whole country, 1t needs to turn It's
, attention from now on especially to
securing the welfare of the people
who dwell in the open country, men
who till the soil and live on the farms
| do not mean that there can be any
let up in our steady efforts toward
better social and industrial condi-
tions in towns On the contrary
hold that not only our legislative
bodies, but every philanthropic body
such as the Young Mems Christian
association, should act in such fash
ion as to show their realization that
from now on we must individually
and collectively work for the human
betterment.
"As a people we have made much
greater progress in the amassing OF
wealth than in its proper distribu
ton. We cannot afford to lose the
power of individual initiative which
is so distinctly American but with il
we must combine a far more efficient
power of collective action for col
lective betterment than has been the
case in the past Our ideal must be
the attainment of economic condit
ions in which man shall have a living
wage and in which each child shall
lie so trained that he or she can STAR
in life on equal terms unhelped by
special privileges himself and un
hampered by special privileges IL
others.
I'VE need everywhere in this coun
try thoroughly efficient factory in