The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-11
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| to be less efficient than single
| house system. Such change would
| obviate the necessity OF new state
| building that will cost the people o.
Vermont from quarter to half
| million dollars.
To increase the prosperity of the
| state and peopleI suggest a few
things that seem to me desirable:
"a Agriculture in Vermont
should support fully hundred thous-
and people more than it now sup
ports. The state has the available
farm land in the market at less than
actual value. Provide a system Of
rural credit which will enable the
purchase of this land on credit terms
as favorable as Is given TO settlers
in the West and in Canada. This
can be done in several ways, one
worthy of careful study being that Of
extending power TO banks To invest
fraction of their surplus in amorti-
zaton farm loans protected by free
dom from taxation on money so
loaned, while the best and surest
| method is probably through the
| medium of rural credit associations
chartered by the state.
60 Make credits easier and ex.
tend business by reducing the state
tax on money loaned by savings
banks and savings departments of
national banks at five per cent or
less TO borrowers in the state OF Yer
| mont II Is the borrowers of money
who make business, who furnish EN-
ployment. enlarge the market and
bring prosperity.
90 Encourage industrial enter.
prise and growth by systematic
study To keep down the burdens of
| taxation both state and local. Give
the working men of Vermont protec-
tion against dangerous and unhealth-
ml conditions of employment.
| ca Provide a workmen's compen-
lsation act for the protection of EN-
| ployes To encourage the Industrial
! growth of Vermont the state should
| bear a part of the burden brought
To manufacturers by such compensa-
| ton act, as IL done in the state of
Oregon. No part OF the burden,
however. should be placed on the emf
| ployes because they are the ones ex-
posed to injury and loss of earning
power and that is their full share OF
| the burden. would. however. en-
| courage oil those employed in the
dangerous trades to carry insurance
of their own TO reinforce the aid they
would relieve through workmens
compensation act.
| To promote intelligence and educa.
| ton, to benefit future citizenship and
to advance the moral welfare of the
state there are some changes neces.
sary:
% The state should profit by the
survey made by the Carnegie founda-
ton and by the findings of the spec
al educational commission. The elc-
mentary schools should be improved.
They should not be mere ruts lead
| ing toward some college but should
educate with view to the possibili
| ties and future OF the individual
| pupils. do not believe In cutting
| off the appropriations To the state
colleges though would not, perhaps.
continue the special appropriation
of 1912. The colleges have done TOO
much for the people of Vermont TO
be suddenly crippled. State aid
should be given intelligently and If
Withdrawn IL should be gradually as
| the colleges can become sellsnpport-
ing | believe that a special text
book on Vermont resources. business.
development, and agricultural posi-
| bility should be provided for use in
every school have caused a bill
for this purpose to be introduced at
| the last two sessions of the legisla-
ture but II has each time failed of
passage.
CD The state should provide a
home for orphan children Of the very
poor and the children whose parents
through crime or misfortune cannot
or do not properly care for their off
spring II is a state disgrace that
this matter has not been taken care
of earlier. We spend millions in re-
straining and caring for the criminal.
the insane. and the mentally and
morally deficient. but have failed to
realize that by caring fof the chl-
dren OF the unfortunate we can make
useful men and women OF many who
may otherwise become burden to
society.
To promote patriotism the state
government should be 50 conducted
that each person within the borders
of Vermont will have fun and fair op-
portunity TO develop the best thai IS
in him without oppression or injus-
ticc
During the past three sessions Of
the legislature have been SO active
in support of cleaner elections. meas
ures to prevent the corrupt use Of
money in nominations and elections.
in trying TO secure a fair and honeF