The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-07-08


e We are not only to provide wha
i Vermont needs, but we are also assul
o ed constantly improving markets i
the nearby large cities for everything
: we can produce in the way Of surplu
4 beef and mutton and poultry an
I butter and cheese and corn and pota
, toes and so on thrugh the whole ga
5 NUT of food supplies. The country
population is increasing by bounds
while the land of the nation is nov
practically all occupied The era o
low prices for food products is past
The farmers of Vermont and every
other State are assured constantly in
creasing revenue.
While we deplore the war in Europe
we cannot shut our eyes to the fact
that Vermont will profit Immediately
in various ways from the shutting out
of foreign travel of Americans to say
nothing of the production Of war sup
plies. Some put the sum saved to the
United States all the way from $780,
100000 to $200,000000. There is no
way of estimating the sum correctly,
but we know it must be a tremendous
sum from the mere number of wealthy
people who go to Europe every year
| in times of peace and spend small for
lures seeing the sights of the Old
| World.
Part of that money which ordinarily
would have gone abroad will come to
Vermont this year. Part of it will
come in the pockets of tourists. No
small part of it is seeking summer
places and Vermont lakes and noun
tain resorts are already beginning to
feel the influence of that factor in the
increasing demand for summer homes.
In short barring industries affected by
the prolonged strike there is an i'm
proved market for everything Ver-
mont has to sell; and this condition of
affairs is bound to continue in ever in
creasing degree. People who come to
Vermont for the summer are sure as
a rule to come again and to bring
others with them.
According to the Philadelphia Ledger
the West is more optimistic than the
East. The Chicago correspondent of
that Journal says that some of the ex-
perienced manufacturers are putting
their works in order and are even ac-
goods in the expectation of
a great demand in the near future.
Advices from New York are also en-
couraging. 1t is felt that the posi-
bility of the United States being
drawn into the conflict has passed; and
that business will now go on from
every direction. New York is now in
effect the financial center Of the world;
and the return of peace will not be
under conditions likely to rob the me-
-ropolis of that distinction or the ma
ion of the advantages involved in that
distinction.
Another marked influence sure to be
'elt in the future is the purchase of
Millions in railroad and other securi-
les held abroad previous to the war,
,ut now sold back to this country un-
Ter financial stress abroad. The mil
ions of revenue from these securities
will stay in the United States as we ;
ease to be debtor nation; and this >
Innual or semi-annual releasing of
lew capital will mean additional in
'estment and increased production. .
In the meantime orders of all kinds {
or supplies are coming to this nation
rom all the belligerent countries u
1ven Germany is found to have secur- II
d war supplies from this country in
ddition to the large number of hors-
S it has been able mysteriously to y
hip from the United States. Even u
ONE of the weapons which have been G
sed in revolt against British rule are
aid to have gone from this country. y
The list of American products going
broad to meet the war demands in
udes not only weapons and ammuni-
on of various kinds but also harness 81
nd wagons and automobiles and
-ucks and clothing and boots and g
noes as well as machinery to help the .
elligerents to make part of their own "
ipplies. {.
The conditions growing directly out III
the war will continue in all human
reliability for at least a year. The
,mestic conditions we have cited will
IT only continue indefinitely, but they %,
i'll tend to strengthen prices general
and therefore TO promote general
not only in Vermont but :.
so through the United States.-Bur- !.
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/ VI. ]. Good Of Barre, crashed into on
girder Of the Granite street bridge pc
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