Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-18
GOING AHEAD FOR
VERMONT
ORGANIZATION of Association Com
pleted at an Enthusiastic
Meeting in Rutland.
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thing that went best with the competitive
era Of our economic development. It goes
very little beyond persuading people that
what you have to offer Is better than the
next man can show. Publicity helps
man get something out of his own mind,
instead of merely injecting something Into
It. 1t has already been said that publicity
was more like education than mere ad-
vertising. 1t Is really the cultivation. for
a particular purpose, Of the public mind.
In It's peculiar field. II Is a kind Of farm
ing First you enrich the ground to make
Il fertile Then you stir It UP to make
It receptive. And last you plant your
idea to make It productive.
Here In Vermont the ground Is we'll
enriched and fertile for the growth
we wish to produce. Our news
papers have done that. Every
where In the State they have been
full of a fine confidence in a greater YER
mont. They have proved the grand old
States possibilities. They have made
faith In the coming Vermont n kind Of
epidemic. And they have spread broad
cast the conviction that the next few
years will witness Vermont coming to her
own. Whatever may be said about the
rest of us. you must admit that the
newspapers of this State have been loyal
and full Of faith. They have done great
service in the past And the gist of our
discussion to-day. imagine. will be that
we are going to ask them for still more
in the future.
FIELD as WELL PREPARED.
Our field here in Vermont is not only
already fertile, it has also been pretty well
stirred up. plouched some and narrowed
just a little. The Rossiter Report did
good deal Of that 'ri Nr. i'arss and
a number of OF ! rcrvants of the
State have carr, work. They are
benefactors of \. ont. And when we
| heaped them with abuse and talked about
| the "Rossiter Libel and about "defaming
Vermont" we ought to have been whipped
for our ingrattude. They never DETAINED
Vermont. They never showed Vermont
| of the present which is discoura ging. They
did show what we can't deny, that
we have here the germs of decadence
and that we must do something now.
Vermont has the best stock in Amer
lea. The sturdiest and brainiest colonists
| came to New England. and Of these the
| hardest and most venturesome made
their way up into the northern wilderness.
Vermonters are the descendants OF these.
I,ut the State has suffered a serious drain
| In the emigration to newer States and
larger centers And time has had its ef
feet in sitting out the more competent Of
the population and breeding them up into
the thrifty Vermont farmer. as intelligent
and excellent as there is on the face Of the
earth, and In sitting out the less At and
sending them down toward degeneraoy.
There Is no occasion for dismay; but there
j. call for action. These men have done
tho St1ic great service in stirring us
up and making us aware OF the need Of
oc!rg something.
ASSOCIATION TO PLANT SEED.
Tho ground is fertile for our work.
It has been stirred up and made re-
ocptiVe. 1t is for us by this organiza-
tion to plant the see1 The greater
Vermont association can do a great
work as a sower of ideas. This does
not imply that we are to sit down AMI
cudgel our brains for ideas for the
betterment of Vermont and then flood
tns State with them. Such course
would not be the worst thing in the
world. But the ideas produced by
such a method would In all proba bill
lty he hopelessly visionary. and the
| whole Undertaking a disbursement
: and waste of time. The most trust
worthy and effective i1ea Is the idea
which has taken the form of fact.
Every innovation. every new develop
, ment in Vermont is In Its essence an
, idea 1t Is with such ideas that we
, can best bring about results.
, 1T must be the work Of this associa-
tlon TO seize upon such ideas and plant
them where they will bring a harvest
Ire It'd, tc az Tod mai
of the State. the fact so put az to bring
:, out the idea and suggestion which It In
wolves should be given to every news
. paper in the State backed by the Request
a Of this organization that 1t be published
- or commented upon editorially. or II
. some way put before the readers. II SOM
', other town Is giving IA pageant or II
some other way making It's communit.
attractive and the life lived there NOR
!, livabe. the fact and idea should be sprea'
= by our association In the Same way. !
- the people OF one locality experiment witt
winter sports, that should be spread.
:, some new departure in agriculture ha
% the merit of suggestiveness, that Shout
y, be given to the whole State. II there ar
- features likely to promote our purposes
In the reports OF the commissioner @
:. agriculture or the work Of the Stat
-, forester or the State geolog1st. this OF
ganization can render great service b
seeing to It that such material Is brougt
to the attention OF the people of tn
State. and. where It is available for tina
purpose seeing that 1t Is spread hoyon
our borders.
OTHER WORK TO BE DONE.
N There Is other work In the nature {
az publicity that this association can do.
40 may be able TO cooperate with other IT
~ dviduals and organizations who are doin
al work Of this kind for Vermont. For theI
ne are others already, ana they are dom
,r splendid work. 1t Is needless to tell We
Il monters of the original and remarkab
Of work which has been done single-handa
,r and with almost no appropriation by o,
TO- | present secretary Of state, Guy w. Bale
70 Along certain important lines of this sui
,,s ject of publicity he has been a patti
A. finder for Vermonters. II we can In ar
ga way supplement his work, II will be
as proud thing for our association. WI
knows. but IL We have responsible al
efficient local branches. the secretary
state may be able to turn over to Of
.n representatives In the proper localiti
80, some OF the inquiries which come to hi
-, from outside the State. The Green Mou
-, tain club Is doing grand work I
the State. II II more than ike
. that we shall be able 10 co-opera
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