The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-30
T.R. URGED VOTE FOR METZGER
Continued from third page.)

! tUtffl mere III ftIIUDUt, NuttIltf III thI
national election or in the state election,
| il turning his back on the future and is
setting his eyes to the past Nor can
any candidate claim to be really a pro.
gressive candidate unless he repudiates
the national platforms of both the old
parties and supports us and our plat
| form.
Speaks Coed Word for Metzger.
"Our candidate for governor in YER
mont, Mr.. Metzger, is man who is
with us and is leader among us be-
cause he possesses the vision clearly to-
see both the evils that afilict us and
the need for graphing with those evils,
and because he possesses also the high
purpose and intelligent ability neces-
sary if those evils are really to be met
! and abated. 1t you elect him and make
your state government progressive, you
will put Vermont in the lead of the
new movement. If you fail to do SO you
will not stop the movement. but you will
put Vermont in the position of being
dragged on by it instead of holding it.
We shall win in this fight. And my
plea to you is that Vermont. the Green
Mountain state, which has always stood
Alright in every great movement of the
past, shall take the lead in standing
right in this great movement of the /.
present.
An Especial Appeal to Farmers.
II make an especial appeal to the
farmers of Vermont Our platform alone
of the three platforms shows an intelli |
gent purpose to deal fundamentally with
the causes that are at work to harm
American agriculture and to diminish
the fun value of life in the open country. |
We are ready to grapple both with the i
immediate evils susceptible of remedy |
and with the deeper rooted ones which
need long and careful work in the way
both of examination and OF action on ex-
animation. The problem is of vital inn
portance. No war could damage this ma
tion to the extent that it would be dam
aged by even small degree of soil ex-
haustion; and large degree of soil ex
haustion would work ruin such as no
arts of peace could avert
Should Repeal Reciprocity.
1--WE are for the immediate repeal Of
the reciprocity treaty. Many of us orig
inally supported that treaty. ! did my
self, under the impression that it was
honestly entered into for the benefit OF
all the people and to favor the recipro-
cal good relations between Canada and
the United States. full examination
has convinced us that the treaty was
improper, that il would not do what il 4
purported to do, and that it would seri-
ously damage our farmers without bring.
ing any adequate compensation to any
other body of our fellow citizens. 1t III
remains on the statute books in such
form that if at any time Canada chose
to accept it it wolld become law The
Progressive proposal is to repeal it, and
once for all TO put an end to all possible
threat of damage which it would bring
TO our farm people, We are for the
recreation of the country life
the abandonment of which
has represented a thoroughly retrograde
step by our government. Many differ
emit forces must used for the betterment
Of economic and social conditions in the
open country. The farmer must himself
of course take the lead in this move
ment but it ia the duty Of all the rest |
Of us and of our governmental agents
to aid him in his work. The problem af |
fects all of us, for one main reason for
the high cost Of, living is the failure TO
get the most possible out of our soil I
md especially the failure to use the best
business methods in marketing the prod
tets of the soil. Altogether too much
IS absorbed by the middleman. Not only | /
an the FARMS productiveness be in
,reased. but by wise cooperation the
PRODUCTS of the farm can be brought
With much less intervention by middle.
men than at present directly to the CON
umer. The result would be that while
he farmer would get more for his prod
lets the consumer would pay less fl
IF the Democratic platform on the q
arif is sincere, the first step that the Ii
Democratic party would take il it came o
Jack to power would be to pass tariff
aw which would work the utmost pos n
ible damage to the farmer, and vet Y
which would, | firmly believe, do prac-
ically nothing whatever for the con
umer. In reality, the tariff changes
proposed by the Democratic party, while %
hey would cause utter ruin both to our =
gricultural and industrial community,
you'd have almost no effect in helping
he producer.
-"0ur proposal on the contrary is to
clip the farmer and at the same time
0 lower the prices of his products to
he men who actually consume them "
We intend to work for the betterment ~
t conditions of production on our farms n
0 that the farm shall be made both $
lore fruitful and at the same time more =
aluable in the future as well as the 70
resent. We also intend to work for -
etter business handling by the farmer NJ
( his products. Finally, through many al
ifferent agencies, through the country re
:. NJ c. AS, through the churches, a.
trough farmers Institutes, through fit y
ng the country school to the needs of N y,
,untry life, through favoring the move III
tents for good roads and helping out AZ AZ
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