Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-13
International Harvester Company Of America
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.

.orn, hay and vegetables. We would thus
discourage him in his efforts to raise lar
er and better crops. Exactly SO with
he lumberman.
We are all responsible and the sooner
ve take steps to improve the existing con-
| litions the better .. will he for Vermont
and the whole country Each year the
problem becomes more and more serious.
and yet you are working your farm and
your woodot. YOU are making money with
YOUR stores and shops, your mines and
quarrles and from the people who come
within our borders for the summer
months. and you're giving only a passing
thought to the questions: Why does the
spring go dry in the summer? Why IL
the brook so much smaller than It used to
| be? To protect the local water supply
We have got to protect our forests.
| Vermont the "Cnspoiled Land il des-
/ tined to become great playground for
! eastern America, to compete favorably
} with the Adirondack regions of New York
and with the White Mountains Of New
/ Hampshire, if the people of Vermont take
| advantage of their oppori unities. Our
| mountains and lakes, oar rivers and for
osts, are declared by many people. who
know whereof they speak. to he as beau
tiful as any of those in the popular re-
sorts of the country Every year sum
MGR visitors to New Hampshire leave
sl2.0O0.opD in the state. With onc-half that
sum what couldn't the people Of Vermont
do"
WEALTH COMES WITH SUMMER
VISITORS.
{ Better roads better schools. more and
better hotels, and Weather citizens would
inevitably result. summer hotels mean
summer homes; summer homes mean per-
manent homes. and Vermont is decidedly
the gamer. The embarrassing tide of
summer travel to Vermont must We cared
for. New hotels of the comfortable tav-
ern tyne are essential The food Is pro-
vided by our Vermont farmers the hotels
and summer homes are constructed by
/ our Vermont contractors and carpenters.
and wnen treated with genuine Vermont
hospitality and courtesy these people from
other states become SO attached to our
green hills and valleys that many of
them come to make their summer homes
serve for winter too. The people who 1.-Two
in them are taking an interest in our
towns and helping in our social, civic and
political life.
WHAT ATTRACTS THE SUMMER
TRADE.
Why do the summer people leave mill
lions of dollars in New Hampshire an
nually? why are fortunes made in the
Adirondack resorts? Is II because people
go there TO gaze upon wasted, treeess
hllsides to walk by dreary empty brook
beds. to sit in brown and Withered fields
No, of course not. 1t is because uf the
forests. the brooks, the cool green noun
tain trails. the contact with Wild life In
the open, because they want to rest aWhile
and because they believe in the wonder
Of the out -ofdoOrs, the inspiration of the
stars. in the allurements of life in the
open and in the strength OF the hills
That's why they come and that's Why
they will continue to come They will
stop though. Just as soon as the forests
begin to be cut, for with the cutting o.
the trees the birds and the forest animals.
The trout and the shady hooks will dis
appear, and there is nothing attractive
left.
STATE FORESTS a PUBLIC HERTZ
AGE.
The State forests are your forests; they
belong to you. You may wander through
them as you will; they are the great
Fairgrounds of the people OF Vermont
and their guests from other States. At
your express wish their size and num-
her will be increased. Use and enjoy
them AS You will; the State desires them
to he of the greatest possible service tn
the largest number of persons
State forests are desirable from an eco
nomic and from a scenic viewpoint
Every man. woman and child is directly
or indirectly corrected with this forest
movement, This connection should find
expression not only in words but in &C
tual deeds 1t is n patriotic duty which
all citizens owe the state to advance the
conservation movement in Vermont,