The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-30
For a Greater Vermont

The completion of the Greater Yer
mont Association at Rutland We'd
nesday ought to mean a good deal for
the future welfare of the State.
Whether it means much or little de-
ponds entirely upon Vermonters them
selves.
The election of Hon. Guy w.
Bailey as president is a guarantee
that the work of the association will
not be permitted to overlap that Of
the Publicity Bureau, Of which Mr..
Bailey is the head. Rather 1t is a
guarantee that the two organizations
will aid and supplement each other.
There is need that all the forces
working for the development of Yer
mont's resources shall unite in har-
monious action, so that no effort be
wasted
There is room for a voluntary asso-
citation of Nermonters TO do much
good for the State The work of the
State so well begun by the Publicity
Bureau must go on to larger and bet
ter things. Probably il will not be
wise for the association TO attempt
very much except incidental assist
ance along the lines handled so eff
| fciently through Mr.. Bailey's depart
ment II is possible, however, for the
Greater Vermont Association to do a
vast deal in stirring up the people to
an appreciation of their opportunities,
and TO do much needed development
work for better agriculture, for a
| larger use of our water powers and
along other lines
The plan to celebrate in 1916 the
125th anniversary of Veermonts ad-
mission to the Union is one of the
| features suggested IL may as well be
admitted that this date is not one
that ordinarily would suggest itself
for such an occasion. hut celebrations
of this nature often are very bene-
fetal This will afford an occasion
for arousing a spirit of loyalty and
patriotism, a spirit of enterprise and
activity, that will be real benefit 10
/ Vermont. Certainly Montpelier would
welcome a visit from the President OF
the United States and a monument 10
| Ethan Allen on Cancels Hump would
compel the building of a road to the
summit of the mountain in order that
| the memorial might be seen to better
advantage Ethan Allen was a great
man. but he has been honored by a
monument surmounted by a statue
and by a memorial tower and park at
| Burlington. a statue in Statuary Hall
at Washington and a statue on the
I L.. IL.
city. to say nothing of Fort Ethan
| Allen and other memorials. II might
be better to erect the monument "a
Ira Allen. who travelled over most OF
these mountains as a surveyor, or to
Thomas Chittenden who settled few
miles below Cancels Hump. in vii
liston.
The suggestion of n Vermont week
to be devoted TO charging the knowl
| edge which Nermonters possess con.
corning Vermont. including pilgrim
ages of former residents to the old
Green Mountain State. is a good one
Few of us know Vermont A trip
around the State will increase State
pride and will give us a better idea
OF the development work needed.
u matters not so much just how We
proceed in this task as IL does that
we do something in the way OF arous-
ing our people to their needs and
their possibilities. Agitation is a ne
cessity. rightly directed. if Vermont
is to take her rightful place Tens
of thousands OF Nermonters ought to
/ join this organization Let US not
wait TO see If il is to be a success. n
everybody proceeds according to that
theory IL is bound to be a failure. II
a hearty spirit Of cooperation is shown
il is sure to succeed. Let us not be
afraid of showing our enthusiasm.
We have a good old State 10 is our
duty To make % a better state. The
Greater Vermont Association furnish
IS a channel through which our enthu-
siasm may be directed 20 helpful uses
Some further details OF the work will
be discussed at a later date Mean
while let us prepare TO cooperate
heartily in making the enterprise a
success and in ushering in a greater
Montpelier Journal