Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-22
WHAT OUR NEIGHBoRs SAY.
n HOstnn View OF the situation in
Nermont-rhe Outward Flow of Money,

(From Z . Boston Transcript)
\ NATIVE of Vermont. who left the
state when small boy. In se0rch Of
ENLARGED opportunities md who is now
prominent citizen OF PHILADELPHIA.
has written the Burlintton Free Press.
explaining and to some extent deploring
his depar urc. lie decided he SAYS.
hat since Vermont morev was going to
states at the " stward since II apDear-
ed TO men of means that Vermont
was not good to invest in" IL was
OF ~" hest p, zee for poor, ambl-
tious .dd to grow up in: but lie now
feels that IL he had his life to I've
over again, he would stay and make a
success at home II believe" he adds.
that the opportunities Of Vermont cen
10 made as inviting and profitable as
those Of any other state And he par
ticularizes its mineral wealth and the
disabilities the state offers to the
farmers, tho da!ryman and the horti-
culturist-"to say nothing of industl Il
possibilities opening vistas WI! n
$ boy he could I Ut perceive. but
which. as man who has fought and
Won elsewhere. now lie clearly opan
oefore lill
lis Of course Is not an isolated ty-
perience. In every relation Of life wo
frequently fail to see the forest because
OF the trees. The familiar things that
are near at hand seem to forbid a
broad view. and 1t is only distance that
| lends enchantment. Probably no man
who has returned to the own in which
ne was brought UP has failed 70 see
there chances of economic DEVELOPMENT
which the people who stayed on tho
VrounA have overlooked Il IS how
ever, guest. enable whether. II that
man also had remained and had not
lroadcncd his outlook by surveying
Their places, MS eyes could have be-
Id the vision, That much at Les -
ne gains because of the associations
he has given NJ. and it is possiu.a
that the benefit matches the loss No
| wise man will try to dol Matte on this
| point. lie knows what his life Is ut
! he does not know what In different sur
rouudings 1t might have been; and, IL
he can look back without shame AMI
forward without fear. he has no o.
casion to indulge in vain regrets.
on one point. however. we are heart
! lily in accord with the correspondent
that being his confidence in the natural
wealth and resources OF his natural
state II is an amazing and almost
an unbelievable thing, that region
so attractive and so rich in the posses
slons that lend comfort ana charm to
life should have been so backward OF
growth; and tho same wonderment
arises though ~ lesser degree whoa
ne studies Name and New Hampshire
rot We do not believe that the expan-
sion Of this northern tier Ct States is
anything but helated. Sons and
daughters returning to spend their last
ears In familiar places. as the man
We have quoted designs TO do. will pro-
mote their unbuilding, and various
movements OF conservation and de-
Nelopment that are now proceeding in
the three states will tempt bright
youth to seek their life work at home.
eanwhile Maine and New Hampshire
and Vermont lie under no suspicion Of
| inefficiency. even though they may not
have done all they might have done
for themselves They have served as
nurseries for the nation.