Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-01


which sweeping the whole country We cannot shut
to the calamity howers who would like to proong
business uncertainty for in the next national campaign
but who in the past have been bung their
heads against the stone wall steady and ncreas
ing prosperity
The people of this nation whole prefer prosperity to
politics They want to do business They know that the lve
hood of aspiring individuals depends upon keeping poll
tics to the front but that the livelihood of the great of
the American people depends upon their chance to keep busy
That selling we'll producing You cannot sell
unless the purchaser has faith in the future immediate
otherwise.
The political pessims would destroy the public faith to
help him get into Office to stay in Office to strengthen
his political machine. The optimist would strengthen the
public faith and thereby promote production, which
the employment of labor well as of capital.
The people of Vermont whole know there is every
prospect of expanding prosperity What true of Vermont
is true of other States still greater degree where indus
tries employing thousands Of for the production of
various kinds of supplies for Europe Vermont is getting
big prices for its products It's markets good The
pie have money automobiles and in the material
good things of life than before.
The lesson which Theodore n. Vail has been teaching
Vermont and which has been preached in these columns is
bearing fruit Ten years Mr. Vail began presenting to
the people of Vermont the doctrine of self support He said
the time would when the Green Mountain State would
have to produce greater proportion of the oodstu
sumed by population
Vermont has begun to appreciate the wisdom Of that
lesson More and people realizing that they
by producing their land much of the
oodstufs formerly purchased in other States Vermont
has been buying all kinds Of canned fruit and canned
tables for her table when her neglected garden
could feed all New England let alone her people Our
farmers have been buying in the West for their diaries
instead of blowing few Of half starved meadows
and putting it in We have been buying practically all
flour in the West, although Vermont soil is spenddy
adapted to the growing of wheat We have said that
better and have that theory into the ground by
moving thousands of at the rate of ton of hay less
to the which should have been doubling it's income in
more frequent tilng. We have learned all this and
farmers incomes increasing accordingly.
We not only to provide what Vermont needs, but
also assured constantly improving markets in the nearby
large cities for everything produce in the of
usbeef and mutton and poultry and butter and cheese and
and potatoes and through the whole of food
supplies The county population is increasing by bounds
while the land of the nation practically all occupied
The of low prices for food products past The farmers
of Vermont and other State assured constantly
While we depore the war in Europe we cannot shut our
to the fact that Vermont will profit Immediately in var
from the shutting out of foreign travel of Amer
cans to say nothing of the production of war supplies Some
put the saved to the United States all the from
$10OO0O00O to S2OO000000 There of estimating
the sum correctly but we know must be tremendous sum
from the number of wealthy people who to Europe
every in times of and spend small fortunes seeing
the sights of the Old World
Part of that money which ordinarily would have
in the pockets of tourists small part it is seeking
summer places and Vermont lakes and mountain resorts
already beginning to feel the influence of that factor in the
increasing demand for homes. In short barring in
dusres affected by the prolonged strike there an improved
ton of affairs bound to continue increasing degree
People who come to Vermont for the summer
rule to come again and to bring others with them.
According to the Philadelphia Public Ledger the West
is more optimistic than the East The Chicago correspondent
of that journal that of the experienced manufac
tuers putting their works in order and
atng goods the expectation Of great demand in the
future
Advces from New York are also encouraging. 1t is
felt that the possibility Of the United States being drawn
into the conflict has passed and that business will
in leaps and bounds Gold pouring in upon this nation
from every direction New York is in effect the nan-
Of hoy ho
under conditions likely to rob the metropolis of that distnc
ton the nation of the advantages involved that dstnc
ton
Another marked influence to be felt in the future
the purchase millions in railroad and other securities held
abroad previous to the but sold back this country
under financial stress abroad The millions of from
these securities will stay in the United States to
be debtor nation; and this annual semannua releasing
of capital will additional investment and increased
production.
In the meantime orders of all kinds for supplies
ing to this nation from all the belgerent countries Even
Germany is found to have secured supplies from this
country in addition to the large number of horses has been
able myserousy to ship from the United States Even
of the which have been used in revolt against Brit
ish rule said to have gone from this country