Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-04
VERMONT is LEARNING THAT TT CAN DO BIG THINGS.

JERMONT is LEARNING THAT 1T CAN DO BIG THINGS
Vermont associations scattered throughout the United
States and including and distinguished In various
walks of fe eloquent testimonial of the fact that the
Green Mountain State still breeds big and noble
The disclosure of Vermont money in every failure of loan
and trust companies throughout the West aid the South
generation and the reports that have continued to come
from all parts the country and from financial in
stuton and from individual capitalists from that time to the
present have combined show that the people of Vermont
have money than they know what to do with them
selves.
If we breed big who do things and thrifty that
literally have money to burn, with which things be
done here is reasonable ask how do you explain
shameful and inecusabc failure develop the natural
Of our State.
One fundamental difficulty is that through prolonged
force of habit have to think it is impossible to do
things in Vermont We have acquired what is almost born
nthebone feeling of impotence whenever be-
gin to think of undertaking project for develop
ment.
Now let analyze this feeling and diagnose me sua-
tion Perchonce may discover remedy for the Vermont
complaint Let try to discover what the prevailing
and distinguishing symptoms.
One bad feeling is that Vermont small and popu-
ation is insignificant compared with that of other
States and off far to side and transportation
costs muck that must always remain State of little
things Some there opportunities In this region
You can never do anything here
Indeed Open your eyes and look up and about you and
under feet Stop squirting through the
of the telescope at hills and their products and
ing things far smaller than they really You may
tonshed to discover in how many Vermont the big
gest State the map of the Union.
Vermont is the biggest State in it's Marble Industry
Vermont is the biggest State in it's Granite Quarries
Vermont is the biggest State in its Slate Production
Vermont is the biggest State in it's Asbestos Deposits
Vermont is the biggest State in it's Morgan Horses.
Vermont is the biggest State in it's Maple Sugar Prestige
Vermont is the biggest State in it's pro rata Dairy In
terests.
Vermont is the biggest State it's average per of
Corn Production.
Vermont because of it's peculiar SOIL Innate and location
is the biggest State in it's possibilities of profitable Apple
Culture.
This summary shows how many things have been done
and be done here already large and successful SCALE
it is idle to offer small size location
anything except our own faults.
The pessimist persists EYES, but that does not
that manufacturing be done in Vermont Well most of
the industries have enumerated involve manufacturing
of them including the highest priced skilled labor.
Possibly you mean iron working Well there you appar
emily have but here again will learn that appearances
are deceptive We take to the village Of Springfield
located branch railroad and interior region place
which some might call out of the world but which putting
most of the larger communities in Vermont to shame.
Springfield is demonstrating that the manufacture of
various products of iron and steel be on
large scale and s shipping its machinery and other prod
ucts to all parts of the world and getting rich at it.
You have chased down the explanations usually given
OF the failure OF Vermont to materially it should
few of learning that things be done here in
Vermont in almost any line of industrial activity Then why
really whole backward in establishing indus
tries and doing other things Why is there only Spring
field and why are there only few big orchards?
Well say, the real is it is difficult to induce
people having money to invest capital these
Well why should the people of Vermont be any different
the people OF other States in their readiness profit
able industrial development in their immediate vicntes?
Why Vermont capital letting outside investors come
here and develop our water big investment We
want the power developed fol- will be big thing for the
State but what s the matter with Vermont money that it is
not going into this work itself?
Why have reached point where rather cut cou-
pons than to cut power channels 1t is money
ard let somebody else hustle and driving the means
Of hustlng well the huses to other States but that
is not the fundamental why negectng our
State
Now that have learned is possible to do things in
Vermont the problem is how persuade people things
here and that is worth considering itself later on as
to Greater Vermont
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