The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-07-31
4 Few Plain Motsis About New EnE
land

II Is possible 70 understand and
appreciate New England Il one has
fact OF her history Is always kept u
mind. and We are surc TO think oI
her with more charity aud remember
her with more reverence, II We ar,
well aware OF this historic fact
lnduslrially New England has AL
ways been nuItured with the dregi
of her human product No offens'
meant to her vital men aud women
and the term "dregs" IL employed
Ia the sense of residuum, bur moi
that sort Of reslduum that is thrown
out as useless and harmful. | mean
that New England has had 10 get
along with the men and women rails
ed within her borders who could moi
go westward to grow up with the
country" and to help make a eonn-
try in which to grow up.
The Pilgrim Fathers had scarcely
cleared their first farms when they
began TO work their way westward
When there were young men and
women they went toward the west
After the Revolution was settled In
favor OF the Americans everybody
who could went west aud II was
west then, rather than westerly. The
pioneers swept over the borders OF
New England, intent upon conquer
ing the remote wilderness. This
has kept New England drained OF
much OF its young yigor during all
the years since until almost the pre-
sent. There is now tendency 10
stay In New England and even 70
return to II. Men whose grandfath-
ers lived there are coming home.
Young men are beginning life there
More plentfully and more readily.
New England shows the results of
this renaissance In her blood II IL
to-day, in many vital respects, the
most progressive section of the
country. and the section offering the
best opportunities for enterprise. II
is true, though seemingly strangely
untrue, that In New England to-day
there Is the best agricultural oppor-
tunity the country affords. 1t Is
true that in New England there are
the most striking and alluring exam
pies of agricultural successes. There
Is nothing in the reports OF rewards
for intelligent working OF the land
from any section to excel those irui1
New England, All Of the tales
from the apple sections of the mid
die and northwest, alluring as they
are made by the boomers of those
sections, can be more than match
ed from the performances of New
England. Corn and wheat, those
great staples of the west, are ac-
tually raised in New England more
profitably than in the states noted
for their culture.
A few weeks ago | wentNll about
the suburbs Of one of the most
thriving and delightful of New Eng
land cities, the city of Worcester A
few months previous to that ! mad
been through the west and south
west, notably Texas. and had seen
all of the thriving cities there Many
of them are in the same class with
Worcester. While these Texan
cities are indeed wonderful, they
have much to learn from this New
England city, and from many Other
New England cities. This city OF
Worcester has been growing at a
marvellous rate. Within the past
few years 1t has overrun much ter
rltory. Its farms of twenty years
ago are now covered with beautiful
homes. Within five years It mas
taken in many square miles OF farms
and made lovely and populous sub
urbs of them. It's factories have
doubled and quadrupled. Its banks
have become swollen with surpluses'
Il has expanded, and thickened and
gone skyward with big office build
ings.
The point Is that If there had
been such growth In any western
city as has been going on in Worces-
ter OF late there would have been
such trumpetings as would have
made the name OF that city ring IN
the ears OF every reader OF news
papers. But Worcester has gone its
swift and building way almost In sill
ence. Its growth has been one OF
the maryels and miracles OF Ameri-
can growth, but to know about II
one has to go there and ferret 1t out.
But Worcester is not the single
example OF wonderful growth among
New England cities. There are
many Others with records compare
lively as significant and extraordln-
airy. Springfield, Pittsfield, Provi-
denee, FramIngham, New Bedford
Fall River, not to mention Boston
and the metropolitan zone surround
ing II, all present excellent texts
for whoever wishes TO exalt New
England; and there are many small
e- towns that have made great
record for enterprising growth.
am minded TO mention one, and
there are many almost as deserving
The lovely town OF Littleton, Ne"
Hampshire, has record for enter
prising growth that would make
many western CITY green with
envy il IL were generally known,
Within less than twenty years-fnoe'
ly within half that time--it mas