Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-14

NrrmoUi> Bureau vt lu'H-m.i.Ha.-
under the efficient direction oi Secretary
of State, Gay " Hai'rg. is certainly aH
Indispensable adjunct ru gHe States SIS
TEN of government tar. h.siles nde.r.
tising oPportumlie, Tor business and un-
vestmeut, it i, correcting, through
widely circulated official Statement nt
the facts as to social conditions, 900 nu-
preston iuimical to the Interests of tU-
state, the inevitable result OF seraa-
tional article based upon ceusrs fgurs-,
The article, which has been officially
contradicted said: "Il hats uuv lunu
officially demonstrated tha, Vermont is
a retrograde state" Aud beside many
other eccentric couclusiou, from read
ing of census figures that wa, surely
injurious what ever the Intention might
be, there was peculiarly offensive. i.>t
telling that a young man ia Vermont
failed in every kind Of business until be
tried the undertaking business thus lu.
timating that there are many. dead
ones, as a rule, in our.stita But NOW
let us turn to the facts a to that
The capable official whose business it
is to correct the false impression as 90
the social state OF thing, iu yrrm1ut a.
once preceiyed the folly of r-a,onl.-
from census figure, Ia order TO suua
retrogression. For the steady earning
capacity OF one man may amount Go
more in the long run than will that OF
dozen ty-Hy-night promoters OF get
rich quick, trashy enterprise; aud thas.
in the densely populated cities WAC
serve no ends but the Increase Of census
figures. Mr.. Bailey shows that in 0.
last ten years there has been very
remarkable increase in tire deposits iu
saving banks, this and the phenomenal
increase i'll insurance business shows
that we have enterprise of safe aud
sane kind. The official report shows
besides that instead OF rttrogrrssiou.
properly SO called, there is to the credit
OF the people greater amount Of pro-
gressive legislation than was Written in
any two or three decades lust rpyIau,
to the last one. 1t is what is being
done to equaliz4 benefits and to insure
just dealing between man and man that
denotes progress or rrtlogrc.,iou. 4
fair minded critic finding opportunity
in census return would have counted
in the inducements to immigration tina,
no amount of effort on the part of sta,
at home Nermouters could have STAYED
and as for decrease ia the birth rat,
The most difficult point to defend in III,
whole charge against our people, yor
can only say that any increase i'm th.
population is not necessarily stationary
Such inducements as the opening up d
the great Northwest of Canada and TIL,
necessary movements of people this ,I,
of the line cannot by any process o.
reasoning be made to show chat ou
state Is in a decadeHt condition No
can there be found evidence Of d.ea
dence in the changed character of tH
business of the population. The stead
! drift from farms toward manufacturing
when not carried to extremes, is lh
f best evidence OF healthy social coudi
r ton And the drift from agricul.ur
r has not been so extensive as to hurt Tia
$ prospects of the state. There are fe,
= II any farms that are running to waste
. For most profitable Ultimately Sy,
S tenn of demonstration is taking place Oh
g lands that never should have beef
$ cleared for annual crops. Agriculture j
. to hold as important place as ever il
the business Of our people through
! systematic boom, Agricultural school
; to be established in all the principle
counties will be a powerful factor i
= affairs, stimulating interest il, , vooo
ton at once the most wholesome. yarie,
and interesting of all trades. And mo
only has true progress been shown il
, facilitating knowledge of the po,si
bilities in the land-good fertile We,
, mont land-there is besides a rema,,
able change for the better in the wboI