St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-26

teriaI development of the state TO
greater extent than ever. This is
shown in the efforts of the Grand
Trunk to develop hotels along its
line and the recent announcement
that President Mellen of the Boston
& Maine system is to begin sys-
| tematic advertising of the advantages
and attractions of all sections reach
ed by his railroad system. The state
is being talked about more than
ever. Every citizen of the state
capable of any progress sees in all
these favorable conditions reason for
encouragement and more consistent
effort to change the record of the
| past to a more cheerful and salts
| factory one.
| Conditions That are Past-We
| quite agree with Mr.. Rossiter that
the exodus of such a large proper
ton of Vermont's young people has
been due to "a belief that because of
| climatic or other conditions oppor-
tunities for success in agriculture,
| business and the professions are
fewer in Vermont than any other
part of the Union'' The state has
suffered severely from the belief
that some where else>was easier
money than at home, that other
fields offered greater opportunities
for the young. This has been true
| to some extent in the past. The
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same rich returns that the virgin
soil Of Vermont once did and was
more profitable field for young men
than the partially exhausted soil at
home. In the organization and
building of the new towns in the
new territory the young man on the
ground had an earlier opportunity
for public recognition than at home
where his seniors had preference
because they were before him. Vir-
gin soil and new towns are not. SO
plenty or so near now and the young
people of Vermont understand it,
The time has. come when young
man will find men on the job before
he must work his way up with them.
Conditions elsewhere are more like
those in Vermont and we should be-
Iieve more in Vermont than other
states.
Opportunities For The Young
There are good opportunities for the
young in Vermont. With the excep-
ton of lumber and virgin soil the
natural resources of the state have
not been exhausted. There are still
good chances to lumber and good
soil but the Cream of these two
has been taken off. The great stone
resources and the water power have
not been exhausted, in fact they lack
much of full development. In ag-
riculture an unusually fertile soil
is to be secured and the maximum
productivity of the soil is by no
means reached. Statistics show
that Vermont stands fifth in the
Union in the yield of corn per acre,
sixth in oats and barley, seventh in
potatoes, sixteenth in hay and first
in wheat. The soil of Vermont is
far above the, average for the
country in the production of it's
staple crops. The average value of
horses in Vermont is $40 above the
average of the United States, mich
COWS are 1851 above the average,
other cattle twenty cents under the
average, sheep 81 cents above the
average and swine $1.45 above the
average. This high yield and high
price for live stock gives the young
man more than average opportunity
in agriculture.
In addition to these returns Yer
mont offers any young man who
would produce first class article the
advantage of recognized merit in
whatever he raises. To call a horse
a Vermont horse or attach the
name of Vermont to a turkey, maple
sugar, butter or apples gives the
article a sure and profitable market.
These are real advantages to a man
who wants to achieve permanent
success. They should be told the
young man as an inducement to
come and labor among US. With all
these conditions favorable to the
development of honorable and am
bilious citizenship we are not ready
to die in disgust at the record of
Vermont in the past so years but
would like to be given strength and
ability to live and achieve to a de-
gree commensurate with the oppor-
tunities the state affords for SO years
to come.
If the Boston and Maine could be |
authorized to build railway on the
Vermont side of the Connecticut in