The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
GOV. MEAD ON VERMONT.
He Told Her Sons and Daughters Now
In Massachusetts, About Her.

In Massachusetts, About Her.
AT the annual banquet of the Massa-
clnisetts Sons and Daughters of YER
mont, held in Boston Saturday night,
Gov. John A Mead was one o. the speak
ers, and he took the oppctunity to laud
the state of Vermont, in the following
address:
Love for and kind remembrances OF
old Vermont are the influences which
are the occasion of this banquet and
of so many of the sons and daughters
of the green hills assembling here to
celebrate this anniversary. There is no
state in our Union, so far as | am adj
vised, whose children are more loyal
to their commonwealth or more devoted
to each other than are the sons and
daughters of the green hills. Distance
and time simply increase proportlonate-
| ly their appreciation OF the grandeur
and beauty of her hills and fertile val
leys, of her lakes and rivers She is
the Mecca to which they return with
religious regularity, ever rehearsing her
praises and strengthening the ties which
| bind them to the old homes among the
i Green Mountains. A citizen OF Vermont
! is surely an object of pity to his fell
! low iutU,f II ne Is HOJ HhNAhCb7
ic to his state and in short TO his ma
| ton He should never indulge in the
! slightest want of faith of the future
| greatness of Vermont or Of the United
| States. The children of Vermont are
/ taught this truth from their very in
| fancy and they hear nothing else from
their fathers Public speakers and the
press NAV occasionally criticise the acts
| ,,,1 ,.e Aly, ID hN,t In
state itself IS, as they feel above criti.
cism. The sons and daughters of YER
mont also realize they have no copy
right emitting them to a monopoly of
this spirit Of loyalty Massachusetts,
has her Pilgrims, her Plymouth Rock,
her Bunker Hill and her Paul Revere;
her commodious harbors and her great
er 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 Nermonters |
springs from an early history without |
parallel from wealth of natural prod /
uets without an equal from location I
geographically not exeelled. Our sons |
and daughters claim a parentage noble /
and heroic: with obst"o.les overcome;
suffering endured; independence fought /
for and won. They are proud of the I
simple life their fathers lived, and all I
these tempered with a deeply religious
faith have built race Of men and wom-
en- possessed of those qualities which
tend to the highest development of hui
man kind
The governor then referred to the
early history Of the settlement of Yer
mont, and to the early contests for their
rights which developed characteristics
which for more than 100 years have
marked the Vermonters.
He referred to the two great problems
which confront the Vermont people and
which are engaging their attention in
a thoroughly industrial manner. name
ly Conservation Of all natural prod.
nets Of Vermont and "the betterment
OF the people" These two great prob
lens forever 90 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
mont's natural products" particularly
marble. slate. granite and asbestos,
which he stated considering her size, .
exceeded in wealth those of any other
state in our Union. Third. he referred
to "the development OF water power"
which is being rapidly acquired and con-
verified into electric force He referred
to one corporation. with a capitalization
of Sl4000.000 whose power was dis
placing annually the use of $4,000 tons
OF coal He said in Chittenden county
alone there is being developed to-day
over 10000 horsepower, all Of which is
used in that county. In Rutland county
one corporation is developing and us
ing over 5000 horse power, He felt
that here was a great saving to YER
mont Of many millions of tons of coal
annually, and he made special mem
ton of the fact that this water power
was being developed and used for from
40 to 30 per cent. of the cost of the
same power obtained from other sources.
Fourth, he referred to the deeper in
land waterway" movement which is to
utilize Lake Champlain the whole length
of Nermont's western boundary. This
will afford cheaper freight and bring
her in close touch with the markets OF
the eastern and middle states. Also to
Inc possibilities OF Lle connecticut NV
er sometime being converted into "a
deep water way affordng another wa
ter way on the eastern boundary which
would inure greatly to the benefits of
Fifth, he referred to "the conserva-
lion of her forests" and what was be-
ng done by Vermont and by the gov
srEment of the state to preserve the
forests, realizing fully the relation of =
he forest to the pure water, to her
springs, and TO the beauty of her hills 4
md in fact TO her climate.
Referring to the educational life of
he state" the governor spoke of the
advance which has been II
made during the last two years, not
,rly by the legislature itself, but in
he great work which is being done II
" the individual throughout the state
Fnder this head he also dwelt fully
N the religious development" of the
,eople of Vermont feeling that this was
eally condition that could not be :,
neglected.
Admitting that Vermont is not well