Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-23

because they must respond to the call
of machinery.
KEEP VERMONTERS IN VERMONT.
The young men Of Vermont to-day have
the same progressive spirit that has
taken so many to other States in
search of opportunities to use their
natural talents. This spirit should not
take them beyond the borders of the
State, but it is one that will not be
satisfied without finding opportunities
to become a part of the world as it
is to-day, to have a share in contribut-
ing to the mighty advances of this en-
sinccring age.
Many Vermonters are best fitted to
enter into the industrial world; for the
Industrial world perhaps might better
be called the world of mechanism. 1t Is
the mechanism that has produced the
conditions that we now know as indus
trialism. Not that all engaged in indus
tries are mechanicians. for there is
place for the financier, the merchant,
and the natural executive; but the me-
chanical side particularly appeals to the
greatest number Of our people. To any
one who has had the pleasure of follow
ing cOngenial work it seems a great
misfortune to have been a misfit, and a
crime to hinder others in their desire
to get into a work that is congenial-a
crime to preach a false doctrine OF
back to the soil" to any one who by
nature should enter the engineering pro-
fosson.
One of the most lamentable conditions
In the world comes about when mans
energies are instructed, for the results
mean something more than the mere
lowering of his usefulness. II he has
followed an Improbable pursuit. if he
has worked hard but in vain, it has
given him an uncomfortable existence.
Instead if his having the joy of work,
h. has drudged. In fact, the world has
been changed from a place OF desir-
able existence to one of the other ex-
treme.
An Industrial growth will bring to each
NermOnter the best chance for develop
ment of both mind and body. And last
but not least, as a result of the favor
able use and development of the mind
and body. there viii be happier home
than ever coulo exist under conditions
where people were using their energies
to a great disadvantage.
Success comes easily to those Interested
| in their work. Interest increases the skill
with which a man works. 1t increases his
ability to understand the ntricacies of
mechanism, OF the commercial and
economic sides Of industries The crav-
ing for the opportunity to work with the
IN &c hot
be ignored. Welfare workers should have
it uppermost in their minds. In fact
all people desiring the betterment of the
human race should aim to give each
mortal a conseniAl employment If they
wish to make the most OF each life
In the industries there is chance for
progress for those who crave the more
strenuous life There Is also a chance
to get the best living for the mortal
whose real desire is not for strenuous
existence but the comfortable existence
and a reliable income.
There are many lines in which Vermont
can now become established without great
effort, and these lines are of the whole
some character and OF the character in
which a variety OF kinds or work may
ne provided Tor the various types OF
men. Many of these men are now either
stifled in the State or are driven to
other States to get into their natural
element.
The range of opportunities in indus
trial work includes not only those suit
ed to the man who by nature gets the
greatest comfort out of life as skilled
worker. but also the various other types
of men, 1t provides opportunities for
those who take great pleasure in the
construction and operation of machines
In addition to this, there is the eXecu-
tive side which gives opportunity for the
co-ordinator, the natural business man.
There are the commercial and financial
problems equally pleasurable to the ma
tive Vormonter. Hence all our residents
may find employment in the industrial
world.
1t is best perhaps to make 1t clear
that Vermont is not held up as a State
in which industrial advantages are due
to laws unfavorable to the workers. We
have heard it said that certain indus