Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-31
LINCOLN's HOMELY TARIFF LESSON AND HOME BUYING.

and the foreign country got the money the other hand
if we bought necessaries in the home market had the
goods and the money, too.
The philosophy of this is apparent to all. If follow
the line Of thought further discover that only have
the money and the goods when buy home but
also have the industries and employment the labor
which produces the goods.
The people of the entire United States might well study
in detail the immortal Lncons tariff lesson At this par
tcuar time, however, desire to apply Vermont the
tariff argument advanced by the martyred president well
the reply usually made that buy goods of other
tries they likely to increase their purchases
turn to which the answer u.s. nobody buys maple
sugar of us because buy necessres elsewhere and
Let us take the simplest practical illustration and study
it with reference to Vermont If you go into any grocery
store in the Green Mountain State at the time and
ask for canned you will call Vermont produc
ton, known branded such In all human probability
you will get Maine product canned in other
State.
If you call for pickles. the chances are you will find the
product was put in WISCONSIN in other section
outside of Vermont whereas ought to produce
pickles and supply them also If you evapoated apples
the commodity handed you will be found have pre-
pared for market in State which way behind Vermont
in the production Of apples both quantity and flavor
If you go into the meat market and call for
various meat products, rule get western beef and
western pork and western mutton In few cities you
will get western poultry well.
if inquire at the average farm house. you will find
the farmer is eating bread made western flour and
feeding his cattle western ground grain and buying
fertilizer to repenish the fertility of his soil
Yet wonder why Vermont farming does not paw bet
ter.
Let us begin with again and apply the lesson
to the situation in Vermont One of best farmers has
discovered he get better sowing sweet corn
than from the use of other kind and he cuvates with
twood purpose. He picks off the for the canning
factory and he the stalks green possible in
stead of converting them into ensiage
If enough Vermont farmers followed his example this
State would be large exporter corn instead of
importing the greater part of the canned
State To use Lncons illustration again we would have
the goods and the money too.
But that is not all. The farmer in question in add-
ton to gaining large revenue from his sale of
to the factory realizes another sum from his cured
sweet corn stalks which, by the his stock up
so that he has an income of about $40 per acre
Realizing that 500 out Of every 1000 farmers in Yer
mont permit fully half of their natural fertilizer go to
waste this farmer has adopted of saving both liquids
and Solids and result he is constantly making his farm
productive He raises his grain for feed instead
OF buying western grain and in fact he produces practically
all Of his farm necessares instead buying them from
other source
1t would be interesting to know how many Of our So
called thrifty Vermont farmers oaning money pos
sb outside of the State instead investing part of their
surplus money largely increase their income from
their soil anany fold
If of the money loan for the upbuiding of other
sections Of the country invested industries at home
would not only help communities to grow but also
help provide markets for farm products
Many farmer needs learn the truth of the Lincoln
philosophy but the farmer is not tie only needs
to give heed to this principle If u.s. who COMPLAIN
of opportunity for investment in Vermont and send our
money TO help build up other communities give more
thought to discovering of investing money at home
would be the greatest thing for Vermont that could be
brought about for would learn help ourselves instead
or forming the habit Of depending upon capital for
every really big development in the Green State
If we studied the Lincoln philosophy of us would
trade with our Burlington and Montpelier Rutland mer
chants and help develop community instead of send
ing to the larger cities for goods secure as well at
home
All OF us need to stop oener think we are not living
by bread alone" when invest or when we fail to make
the most of our home opportunities.
Every home purchase and every home investment pro-
notes the development Of the community which helping to
support and enrich and you something in re-
turn especially when you can at the same time promote vour
interests.