Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-02-14
Coz. mEAI)LAJDS VERMONT
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nothing else from Lnelr IatLoIo.
Public speakers and the press may
occasionally criticize the acts and
sayings of the people. but the state
itself is. as they feel. above crltl
cism. The sons and daughters of
Vermont also realize they have DO
copyright emitting them to monop-
oily of this spirit of loyalty. Massa-
chusetts has her Pilgrims, her Ply
mouth Rock, her Bunker Hill and her
Paul Revere her commodious harbors
and her greater Boston. She also has
her sacred Goldfish and in short many,
many places of historic interest. But
the sons and daughters of the green
hills feel that the patriotism of Loyal
Vermonters springs from an early his
tory without parallel, from wealth
Of natural products without an equal,
from a location geographically not
excelled. Our sons and daughters
claim parentage noble and heroic;
with obstacles overcome; suffering
endured independence fought for and
won. They are proud of the simple
life their fathers lived, and all these
tempered with deeply religious
faith, have built race of men and
which tend to the highest develop
ment of human kind
The governor then referred to the
early history of the settlement of
Vermont, and to the early contests
for their rights which developed char
acteristics which for more than 100
years have marked the Vermnnters.
He referred to the two great prob
lens which confront the Vermont
people and which are engaging their
attention in a thoroughly industrial
manner. namely, conservation of all
natural products of Vermont" and
1.-The betterment of the people,"
These two great problems forever
go hand and hand. The first subject
under conservation he considered
was the agricultural life of Vermont.
He regarded agriculture as the basis
of the states development and
growth and he felt this subject should
have special attention. He next
considered the conservation of Ver-
nont's natural products" partcu
larIy marble. slate, granite and asbes-
tos, which he stated, considering her
size, exceeded in wealth those of any
other state in our Union. Third. he
referred to ''the development of wa
| ter power which is being rapidly &C
quired and converted into electric
| force. He referred to one corpora
ton with capitalization of Sl4, O00,-
900 whose power was displacing an
nually the use of 525. 900 tons of coal.
/ He said in Chittenden county alone
there is being developed today over
10000 horsepower, all of which is
used in that county. In Rutland
county one corporation is developing
and using over 5000 horse power. He
| n b.
Vermont of many millions of tons of
coal annually, and he made special
mention Of the fact that this water
for from 40 to so per cent of the cost
of the same power obtained from
other sources.
Fourth, he referred to the "deeper
inland waterway" movement which is
to utilize Lake Champlain the whole
length of Vermont's western bound
arv. This will afford cheaper freight
and bring her in close touch with the
markets of the eastern and middle
states Also to the possibilities OF
the Connecticut river sometime beine
converted into ga deep waterway
affording another waterway on the
eastern boundary which would inure
greatly to the benefit of Vermont.
Fifth. he referred to "the conser
walton of her forests" and what was
being done bv Vermont and by tn,
government of the state to preserv,
the forests, realizing fully the rela
ton of the forest to the pure water
to her springs and to the beauty o
, her hills and in fact to her climate.
Referring to the ''educational lif
of the state.' the governor spoke o
, the tremendous advance which ha
been made during the last two years
not only by the Legislature itself, bu
, in the great work which is being don
by the individual throughout tn
J state. Under this head he also dwell
: fully on the religious development
of the people of Vermont, feelin,
that this was really condi ito
: which could not be neglected.
/ Admitting that Vermont is not wei
: known by the inhabitants of othe
] states, the governor said the stat
: has no large cities, no sea coast, n
{ deep waterways and 48 per cent o
f her sons and daughters have lef
: their homes among the green hill
and have become residents of othe
states. He referred to the grea
f possibilities which Vermont affords il
her agricultural life, in the develop
} ment of water power All these h
said should stimulate the love of he
f absent sons and daughters toward tn
: old homes Of tn ,ir fathers. He sail
n that Vermont and her people needle
e and hoped for the help of absent one
t for their good and for the specis
e benefit of posterity; for bettermen
d along all vocations of life He stat
d ed the sons and daughters of Vernon
S were rapidly returning: that they ar
y building their beautiful homes upo
J. her hillsides and in her valleys: tia
l. they are beautifying nature all owe
the state: that their good influence
d being felt more and more and b
Y wish was that this "home coming
r would be increased more rapidly. II
y assured the Massachusetts, sons an
c daughters of Vermont that the
1T would ever find the latch strings (
'. the old homes dangling from the out,
e. doors and the fatted calves we
ID ready for the sacrifice.