Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
PORK and SWEETS FATAL
william Rossiter Says Vermont
Needs Re-Education Idea.
.onsuaaOtion Of Pig and sugar Leads
to weakness and Disease-Wn!s
IN which state May Awake
to prOGrcsa.

MO sweets IN vermont ..iuSl ieau
Inevitably to weakness and disease and
that tho natural results Of such a diet
can mean nothing but increase In the
number of siokly. weak, anaemic women.
incapable of child bearing, ia the starting
statement made by william S. Rossitcr
formerly expert special agent and chile:
clerk Of the United states census Office,
in a letter &c c. p. Cowies OF this city.
NJ. Cowles recently had some COR
rsspondencc with !ir Rossiter relating 20
-ae grcatar Vermont development move
nocnt and the statement comes in con-
nccuon with the furthc- statement that
what Vermont needs more than all else
Is c-cducation and acknowledgment of the
homo community idea The need for this
re-cducatfon. nays Mr.. Rossiter. is made
more prominent in Vermont than else
where. because TIE communities are suf-
f4rlns more than elsewhere from de-
partures, Mr. Hoscter says in part:
AS l have moved about Vernon: |
hnve been impressed with whet seems to
we tho necessity for what one might call
re-education. The fnthers were strong.
alert ana resourceful, Their wives and
daughters we're fun of skilled activities.
They were doubtless famous cooks and
certainly we're physically fruitful the
drain OF 10 years resulted in the with
d:awal always of tho virile. leaving al
,Yays the weak do not mean all VINO
remained were weak, hut that in the
home staying eiemen, the weak were al
ways included. Hence the inevitable slow
deterioration leaves communities ana
households In numberess cases less
effective.
ON many Vermont farms the food
consumed daily is not fit for human
Leings II in utterly unsuited to nourish
strong men and women. Pig products and
sweets as a steady diet lead inevitably
In the end to weakness and disease. It
has seemed to me sometimes as though
hos pitality could produce nothing but
cake. ! have seen eleven kinds of cake
on the table at once-and nothing to eat,
1t matters not how simple the fare is II
only nourishng. In my locality-Greens-
horo in Orleans county-the number OF
.Aicl1y, weak, anaemiawomen in surprising.
often they are physically incapable of
collaborating. Common sense suggests
that steady uIet of pig and sugar could
produce no other result
My point is this: the average household
should be educated--over again-for the
fathers knew the value of nourishng
food, that strength and health are the
first detectives. Then again. on the farm.
] imagine that the Vermonters of 1900
ranked high as farmers. To-day taken
rs a whole there Is vast room for i'm
provement In fact. have gained the
impression that the farmers of Vermont
are letting pass marvellous opportunities.
There are certain products which can
not be surpassed by any other State in
tho union. Take two as examples. apples
and butter. Apples scientifically raised in
Vermont surpass in flavor and perfection
those Of Oregon and Washington. YER
mont lies at the gateway OF markets.
yet so far as / have learned there Is
only one model apple farm in the State,
and Washington apples are dragged In
freight cars 1900 miles and sold under
Nermonters' noses.
LAS to the butter-the finest butter In
the world. can. believe. be made in Yer
mont. Taken as a whole the average
product Of the Fox River region Is l am
told much better. This is purely the re-
suit Of enterprise and effort 1t Is USE
less to talk about natural advantages, IL
We don't make use OF those nature
endows us with. Apples and butter OF
maximum excellence with channels
opened by combination from producer TO
consumer could make Vermont rich. As
II Is, how in the name of heaven can a
Vermont farmer expect to prosper when
ne seeks q market from his secluded hill
side for few BUSHELS of apples no longer
competing with scientific product or for
butter that the great diaries OF Illinois
and Wisconsin are surprising? 1t is not
natures fault She waits to help
Mr.. ROssiter concludes his letter by
suggesting that the following pressing
needs are hut preliminary to the real
progress of Nermont:
l"l:ducation of Vermont population
especially in the rural parts in progress
sveness: in better living in thu art OF
getting the best possible product
In starting All organized movement
10 keep young Nerir onters IT home by
conferences, and by finding Things for
them TO do. II a strong manly ambitious
boy can find favor IL Omaha or Denver.
ca;;'t the leading citizen Of the home
iowa. which needs him so badly, hustle a
i.t'le to keep the young fellow at home ?
3-~Vermont needs soma ney native
stock population Let her try pro.
poganda such as Washington and Ore
oon have under way and handle it right.
and believe the results would be sur.
lrisinR But. tho newcomers must be
followed w. watched and encouraged.
t--'Verrron. needs marketing sssoo4a-