The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-08
VERMONT WITHOUT A PEER.
So Stated One Speaker at Greater Yer
mont Association Meeting.

The Greater Vermont association met
in Representatives hall in the State
House last evening. with large attend
ance. Governor Fletcher presided
George b. Gallup, of the Boston Cham.
ber of Commerce, was the first speaker
He spoke concerning the work of the
Boston organization and said il was for
the benefit of all New England. lie as
serted il had reduced the cost of trans
portation on every load OF freight enter
ing New England, and has saved millions
of dollars to coal users by discouragng
wasteful methods. He suggested that a
picture exhibited of Vermont's resources
might well be sent around the state and
spoke of the value Of good roads. He
commended the Vermont week PROPOSE
tion and spoke of the Chamber of Com
merce's trip through Vermont in the
SINNER.
Mr.. Gallup thought there could be
secured from the Vermont forests a rev.
enue equal to the entire state tax bud
get, and that the mineral resources of
the state should be developed by Ner-
mont people and Vermont capital.
The next speaker was Percy Walton
of the Pilgrim Publicity association of
Boston. He gave cooperation as the
Keynote of the whole world and men
toned four great business assets OF to-
day imagination, TO see the possibil-
tiles of the future; courage, to seek the
realization of the vision; persistence.
keeping everlastingly at IL; common
sense to guide all the rest.
Among other products which he be-
lieved should be pushed to the front are
apples, and he asserted that money is
being sent to the Hood river region of
Oregon for apples, when better ones are
raised within twenty miles of Boston.
The secret of success for the Greater
Vermont association or any other like
organization is to apply the same meth
DDS to it which successful business
man would apply to his business.
The last speaker of the evening was
Clarke G. Fits of Bratleboro. II the
purpose of the association is merely to
build up Vermont industrially for the
money there is in it. the proposition had
better be dropped, but If it is to keep
the young people in the state instead !
Of letting them leave for other parts Of |
the country; if the idea is to check the |
ieeadence of our small towns and to !
BRING new industries into these commu- |
mites, then ii is movement that will |
work for the moral and intellectual up |
lit of the state. One great question is
he proper conservation and develop
nent of our water power resources. The
water power development in Windsor
ounty alone last year takes the place
# 100000 tons of coal a year, while
me plant at Vernon displaced in 1911,
25.000 tons. The problem is to con-
erve the flood waters by means of stor-
ge reservoirs and forest reserves in such
way that the water powers viii be
most benefited. If this years legisla
ure should appropriate $l0o00o0 for
his purpose, it would insure the return
0 the state annually Of enough to pay
lie interest on the Investment and all
perating charges. This benefit would ,
ccrue to the industries at present es-
ablishcd along the streams and would (
luse an enormous increase to the vahie
+ present water powers. In closing, he ,
aid: Vermont is without peer in the ,
pportunities she possesses to build for J
he future along lines which will attract !,
ne strongest. the richest and the high /
IT industrial and intellectual life =