Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-26

Not for yee-rS Ia, BuiI;raton seer such
q representative gathering q Vermont
buf:pese me- as assembled TU.rl2S iui
the ecconS sn,.unl mcetirg Of the Greater
Vernon. association. II wes generally
remarked that Vermont seefncd &c 5e
waking up and taking rGore interest " IT.
self than ever before. Enthusiasm was
the slogan Gn.: ali prasen: were bnbhins
over with It, II the present stimulant con-
tinues in effect. the future % Vermont is
assured beyond doubt.
The members OF The association began
pouring in early in the day and the Hotel
Vermont, the headquarters, was soon filed
to the top. a conservative estimate Of
the number Of visitors places the figures
at between 500 and Coo people. All sorts of
commercial and social ORGANIZATIONS were
represented. and representatives of the big
Industries of the State met face to face.
The exhibits in the city hall brought the
granite, marble. maple sugar and scale
industries together. as well as many Of
the other prominent manufactures. The
work done by the five county oTg1niZa-
tons the work done by the Greater YER
mont association. the work done by the
people who have mapped out the long
trail over the Green mountains and the
products of the manufactures We're all
presented for inspection in maps, charts
and advertising literature.
The business meeting was held i'm the
afternoon at the city hall. with addresses
by prominent speakers, following the cleo
tion of officers, and the day eliminated
with a great banquet at the Hotel Yer
mont in the evening with speakers of ma
tional prominence including Howard Eli
OFT, head of the New York. New Taver
& Hartford railroad, Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Charles A. Prouty, Theo
dore N. Vail, president of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company, and
Colonel George Harvey editor Of th'
North American Review.
BUSINESS MEETING.
The city hall was well filled when tn,
annual business meeting OF the associa
ton was called to order at two o'clock by
Secretary of State Guy w. Bailey. Tn,
first business in order was the reading
of the report of Secretary James p. Tay
Tor, who gave an account of the worl
done in organizing the State along tn,
lines of a development society and boarc
mont association really stands for II,
concluded by stating that the work Sc
far had been largely experimental and
the future depended on the efforts Of the
Vermonters themselves, who should strive
towards membership Of 1000
The following nominating committee
was chosen to select officers for the com
ing year: DR. E r. Campbell Of Bellows
y ale I g IA
II. Crockett of Montpelier. Fred l.. Davis
of White River Junction and ex-Gov G
il. Prouty of Newport The committed
reported as follows: President, Guy w
Bailey of Essex Junction; vice. presidents
Timothy Bronson of East Hardwick, Red
field Proctor of Proctor; treasurer. c. II
Forbusb Of Springfield; directors, Fred II
Rabbit of Bellows Falls, G. II. Bickfort
of Hardwck, c. p. Cowles of Burlington
W. Fl. Crockett Of Montpelier. The re
port waa accepted and adopted.
The first speaker OF the afternoon wa!
Emmett Hay Naylor of Springfield. Mass.
secretary OF the National Association o
Commercial Executives. who spoke o
''The New Vocation" He said, in part:
THE NEW VOCATION.
Organization has been an integral par
Of mans existence from earliest history
A. civilization has advanced this has as
Euned two marked divisions One, so
Geological, the other, commercial. IT il
Of the commercial division with which W,
Are concerned. Ancient history gives III
an accurate account o. the carly organ
ICED efforts on the part of the Egyptian
and the Assyrians in carrying on tnc
trade; we know of the Venetian assoCia
tons ana the early Italian trade organi
cations The HanseatiC League which ap
peared In Germany was the grouping to
gether of merchants for the purpose 0
stimulating and protecting trade tn
commercial guilds of Belgium ana Hol
land are OF the same sort These, how
ever. were not the precursors OF trade or
CARNATIONS such as we now have bu
were rather civic and commercial asso
Citations. In Europe boards of trade AM
chambers of commerce now exist as
direct result of these and are suppor;e
by the government In the United State
such organizations have existed in
quasi-commercial capacity for a numbe
of years. Recently, however, Commercial
bodies of the country at large have req
lized the necessity of the organization 4
IN the nation OF effective and cfflcieu
commercial organizations for the pur
pose of promoting and projecting bust
ness
Labor is we'll organized throughout IN
United States, agriculture likewise. an
yet the greatest of all-commerce-is onl
now coming into a full realization of tn
necessity of cooperative effort for tn
promotion OF prosperity. An example c
mn efficient local organization may b
found IN any of our largest cities Stat
organizations are much In evidence. an
Territorial organizations such as the West
ern New England Chamber of Commerce
which includes the representative trad
orelnizat ions 'hYo"shnGt New Hampshire
Nn--n0Irt t'S' Massachusetts an
- ,n.', .~ ~ excellent example
y '".,a- a n :iua'.! organization such q
tn Chsmpr of Commorce OF the Unite
StatsT OF AnartrA vAEb is made IN Q
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