The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-01
BETTER TIMES FOR
INSURED BY RISE
Success In New England States
Indicated by Eastern States
Agricultural and Indus
trial Exposition.
NEW era has dawned for the


In the shape Of cheap land Of great
natural fertility, low transportation
charges 10 the markets Of the east and
few large cities Of their own to feed
conditions have so changed that New
England is today more nearly on an
agricultural parity with the newer
country.
New England has the land and the
markets ana needs only the determina-
ton To take its rightful place as a
prOyidcr Of food for its people. Land
in the middle west Is no longer cheap:
it no longer will yield big crops with
out good tillage and fertilizer; trans
portation costs more and there Is now
n great number OF large and growing
cities demanding an ever increasing
AMOUNT Of food.
These facts constitute New Eng.
lands opportunity. That she is dis
posed to grasp il is apparent i'm many
ways. The rise Of the cooperative
spirit g. the last few years has been
notable. This contains one OF the
greatest promises Of the immediate
future. II is not i'm vain that men ar
que now for closer relations between
the rural and urban sections.
Each Dependent on the other.
The farmers are coming to see that
times are vastly better with them
when the business men are prosperous
that the workers I'm factory running
fifty-two weeks n year full time, offer
much greater market for farm prod
ucc than those i'm factory operated
thirty weeks n year, three days n week.
And the other side of this idea is that
the business man is learning that a
prosperous rural community Is better
for his bank account than one where
the farmers can purchase only the bare
necessities.
The mathematics OF the idea has
been recently put this way: If ten
farmers i'm one community can either
save or increase their incomes $40 each
In one, year, there is added to the bank
balances or the circulating medium Of
tL.t community 500 If 100 farmers
do Il, II would begin to attract atten-
tiOn: if 1000. business would certainly
"boom." The day is not far distant
when something Of this sort will come
about here i'm New England.
Forward Steps In New England.
The better understanding Of the In
terdcpcndCncc Of the country and the
city has accounted for some very
definite forward steps in some sec
tlons Of New England. What many
believe was the greatest Of these was
that In Springfield, Mass, where a
group OF men. quick TO comprehend the
trend Of events, some months ago took
M the subject and saw that what was
needed was a movement big enough to
comprise every community in the six
New England states-an all-New Eng
land movement. Their big view of the
matter followed the extraordinary sue
cess OF the first county league in south.
ern New England, that Of Hampden
County. which I'm the first two years OF
its existence added to the farm In
comes ana values of one county ST.
100000. IF this can be done in this
county. why not In othcrs-in all New
Englande" was the way the vision pre-.
sented itself
The outcome was the organization OF
the Eastern states Agricultural and
Industrial Exposition. Though its title
contains the word Exposition the
emphasis is ON the words agricultural
and Industrial
The keynote i'm this organization Is
cooperation The organizers and di-
rectors believe firmly that If the agri-
cultural and industrial interests OF
every part of New england can be
brought into close relations both will
benefit hugely Each interest will learn
from the other and there will be
brought about a spirit of mutual help
fumess an appreciation OF each others
difficulties and pride in success that
will make New England more united.
Support For the Exposition.
Tauncl cd about the beginning Of the
year. the Eastern States Exposition
has won the support of not only the
business men Of New England. ia
whom It's program appeals as he most
workable yet dev'Scd for the purposes
sought. hut Of the leaders of agricul-
tural thought I'm every state and OF
hundreds Of con the ground farmers.
! Ii is a Massachusetts corporation. with
n capital stock of ST5O.O00. divided into
| 10000 shares of n par value Of $50
each.
The Exposition will coordinate. re-
! lnforce and extend the work that Is
now being done I'm New England by
State boards and commissioners Of
agriculture. agricultural colleges. the
Oranges. county leagues aud farm bu.
reaus. farmers unions. breeders
dairy and poultry associations and 9th.
er like organizations. In order to do
this Il h1s provided a plant consisting
OF 1T0 fcres Of land and n group OF
exposition buildings OF steel. concrete
and bri k located In the town OF
West : ringGeld 90 minutes walk
from thu Springfield postoflice. This
plant. W iich represents the entire cap
ital c. the corporation. is declared by
the best experts to have no equal b
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