Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-03
ADVERTISING VERMONT.

the course of the editorial the
Monitor said that. Vermont
has undeveloped granite. slate and
marble quarries and asbestos mines
enough to place her ahead of any
western state in the union in mineral
wealth. size compared. She has un-
developed water power enough to
drive more factories than stand on
any one plot of ground the size of
Vermont in the United States. She
has undeveloped agricultural interests
enough to double or triple her wealth
liz that line. She has resources for
summer business. that developed,
would place her equal to New Hamp-
shire. if not ahead of any state in the
union in this line"
Some nave thought the statements
overdrawn but in general the state
ments as made have been accepted.
To be sure figures are not available to
prove or disprove some of the asser-
lions but all are agreed that there are
undeveloped resources enough in
Vermont to place her away in advance
of her present position in population,
wealth and commercial activity.
1t is simply matter of development,
which is not always so simple after
all. But we are starting on the right
road. We begin to believe and know
that we have these resources, and the
foka e
we need to let others know that we
have these vast undeveloped sources
of wealth.
The state has made a good begin
ming by appropriating money for the
establishment of state bureau of
information in the office of the secre-
tary of state. The act reads as fol
lows "The sum of five thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated to
establish and maintain in the office of
the secretary of state a state bureau
of information, the purpose of which
shall be to promote the further
development of the natural resources
of the state by the collection, prep
aration. publication and distribution
of reliable information and statistics
touching it's natural and industrial
advantages
Secretary of State Guy v. Bailey
has undoubtedly formulated his plans
for spending this $4,000 yearly in dis
seminating publicity about Vermont
and her wonderful unknown and I'M
developed resources. but the Monitor
wishes to speak its mind regarding the
matter. We must begin this cam
paign right. We must start at the
foundation and build up. 1t must be
done thoroughly, mpartially, honest
Iy, wisely. Let US not rush into print
until we know.
IT would be our opinion that the
first years or two years appropria
tion could we'll be spent in collecting
photographs and data as to volume of
fowage and power development of the
embarrassed water powers of the
state; Investigating and collecting
data as to location, extent and quality
of undeveloped deposits of granite,
slate, asbestos and other mineral
deposits of Vermont; securing offers
of towns to capital for build ng
summer hotels, and locating sites for
the same help give publicity to our
agricultural interests, giving facts as
to the possibilities of our soil, the
nearness to the great eastern markets
etc. All this would. of course, require
time and money. Considerable guam
titles of each and possibly TIVE
years time and $4,000 would not bt
sufficient to accomplish the work laic
out in this paragraph, but when thi
work was done a book on Vernon
and her undeveloped wealth could b.
published that would be an eye opene
to capital and secure the attention o
the people Vermont wants to reach
Its wide circulation at home an
abroad would, we believe, Undue on
own people with pride and loyalty, an
create the right impression abou
Vermont among those who now sc
only her slowly increasing populatio
and mountainous topography.
Let us talk about the marveloU
possibilities of undeveloped Vernon
Let US quit sending our none
west or south or to the stock marke
and help ourselves.
Welcome home, Editor Hildreth.