The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-20
CHANCES FOR BOARD OF TRADE
Discussed By Rev. ]. B. Reardon in
Sermon Yesterday.

At the morning service of the Univer-
salist church yesterday, Rev. J. B. Rear
don, the pastor, took advantage Of the
churchs education Sunday" TO give a
talk on the opportunities of a board
of trade and particularly the Barre
Board of Trade, with which he has be-
come affiliated since coming to
Barre this spring. He also urged the
members Of his church to become identi
fed with the local organization SO that
Barre might be developed and improved.
He took as his text the Golden Rule
and wrought from it a plea for unself-
ishness and cooperation among all the
people Speaking of the possible bene-
fits of the organization he said that
the growth of new industries through
the efforts of the Board of Trade should
result in increasing the city's popula-
tion three fold within reasonable num-
Der OF years. And new industries, you
need, emphasized the speaker. He said
that Barre already has one great in
dustry which will last as long as the
hills; but if city is to thrive and pros
per it must have diversified industries,
gnd he referred specifically to the chanc-
es for factory for the manufacture
OF crackers and for the manufacture OF
shoes although there are numberless
other industries, he declared, which
might be brought to Barre.
Turning, then, TO another phase of the
possible activities OF the Board Of
Trade, the speaker asserted that it
should be the province of the organiza-
tion to prepare now for a park system
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pared with what it will be- There
should be Fairgrounds for the children,
too; and the speaker mentioned in par
tieular the Church street school, the old
est in the city. which is not provided
with a playground fer its children, while
other schools in the city have not suf-
Gcient ground.
Moral questions. in the third place,
should come before the Board OF Trade,
as such questions are likely to arise
in a city like Barre. These questions
should be threshe1 out in monthly meet
ings of the organization, and for that
there ought TO be an open forum
where public matters might be discussed
so that voters would come TO the polls
with proper understanding of the ques-
tions.
Again, Rev. Mr.. Reardon referred to
one work Of the Springfield Board Of
Trade. with which he was formerly con
nected, work which had to do with
assisting people to build home. Such
was building and loan associa-
tion, by means Of which people were
able to build homes, who otherwise
would not be able to get the money.
He said that the Springfield association
has 800 shares OF 5000 each, thus max
ing fund of 100000 to be loaned to
people not able TO build alone. He
thought Springdeld's work in this line
might be duplicated in Barre several
times over.
Finally, he declared that there is only
one reason why all Barre should not
be in the Board OF Trade; and that is
selishness. or perhaps that is too strong
a term. he added Call il, then, lack
Of understanding of the scope OF board
of trade which keeps many people out.
The real value of a board OF trade to
a community is not appreciated; that
members. In conclusion, he said that
Is why more people do not become
there should be a civic conscience, q
communal responsibility developed in
Barre 50 that not a single person should
be outside Of our local organization.