Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28

waterpower Vermont mineral deposits, Vermont manufac
sort, Vermont as an educational field
the s 6 thu that Gsr s the n S s
outlook for Vermont is full of promise The soil of our fer
s @ ose
eapng their reward whether the be regarded
farms coming into their From this time the de-
mand for summer homes by people of means from the pen
population will still higher prices than the handsome
figures commanded by Vermont land
Vermont waterpower also being sought with avidity
on every hand and only question Of short time when
a b ss that c2n be made % al p9
ton and insist upon true conservation of our waterpower
commonwealth shall profit from white coal just
Pennsylvania has benefited immeasuraby from it's immense
anthracite and bitumnous deposits.
the Legislature shall look to the conservation of water
power in way that will upbud Vermont The State uni
versy has an engineering department. and is right as
ze o to o the State Hnyer o a to
planning of great system of waerpower development Both
want Lake Lamoies where now exist.
We want wate1power once developed to help draw in
other States for the upbudng Of other We
have given other States of life blood both boys and girls
made to helm counterac some Of tho other disadvanaqes
which encounter and to aid in the upbuldng of indus
In the not distant future when the coal deposits of the
Keystone and other States begin give signs of exhaustion
and electricity furnishes heat well and light then
never before shall future generations rise to call US blessed
if white coal and promote hydroeectrc de-
veopment for the benefit of our own commonwealth.
itaby in Vermont has thoroughly exploded of
the finest business talent in the country has turned to Yer
mont new land of promise When we see the great D
pon powder interests and the vast American Wooden company
and the American Screen interests turning to the Green Noun
future of industrial Vermont.
When the Green Mountain State furnishes both Europe
and America with special Harness athes and two of the
greatest scale works in the United States find their habitat
against efforts establish still further industries in Yer
mont should hide his cowardy head in shame Vermont IS
industries of the metals remaining unexpected in
the heights sentneling Lake Champaign
the fore front of States producing stone of infinite va
ey The manufactures engaged in the developing of these
mons wealth We becoming alive to the fact that
Vermont is also of the leading producers of tale and is
only question of time when shall find ourselves boastng
of still other mineral riches
The European has turned the tide of summer travel
in the direction of Vermont and the fame Of hills
and cooling and nvigorang breezes in the heated term has
spread into fields Summer homes are being sought by
residents of larger cities before. The attractive trav
e service afforded by the well equipped trains of the Central
Vermont and Rutland railroads and the elegant steamers Of
the Champaign Transportation company has been supplement-
ed by the omncsen au SO that beauty spots all oyer
Vermont are being made accessible to the tourist Puhbc'
Tourists and summer visitors are carrying the fame OF Ne-
monts picturesque and delightful climate to all parts
Annual autumn leaf excursions instituted by the pro
gresSVe departments OF the Central Vermont an
Rutland and Delaware & Hudson opening new vsas of
beauty to the travelling public October tourists view the
most enhancing sights IN the Green Mountain nara park
The living green Of hills is then inerspersed with
tunna tnts of russell and brown scarlet and gold forng
nvgoratng to the lungs and furnishes tonic for
the and the exhausted Tourists realizing they
must come in mellow October green
hills in their fullest glory.
Tourists and ambassadors of commerce increasing
demands accommodations. This leads another
evidence of the development Of greater Vermont Bur
lngton and and ST. Adams and ST Johnsbuy have al
ready evidences of the marked impetus impaired to
the hotel in Vermont New hosteies provide
commodaons for present travel Big hotels that home
like we'll thoughtfuy conducted with reference to the
comfort and the convenience of guests asset for
the State as a whole Attractive hotels make business. A
region famous its hotels visitors.
The Green Mountain region will never come into its
fully until have splendid hotels erected with reference to
and lake attractions precisely is the in the
Catskls and the White Mountains Here is inviting field
for Vermont capital combined with Vermont brains and
Vermont pluck.
If we are to keep our young men and young women
Vermont upbuid home interests and open up
possibilities for their benefit in every possible Roger
w. Huburd has sounded splendid slogan this direction
We should rally under the standard of Greater Vermont
greater youth We hope the State republican
convention tomorrow will give voice to this appeal in clarion
that will be heard by every loyal and daughter of
Vermont everywhere and add fresh impetus to the movement
for the upbuiding of our beloved commonwealth