Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-04-14

discourage him in his efforts to raise
larger and better crops. Exactly so
with the lumberman.
We are all responsible and the soon
er we take steps to improve the exist
ing conditions the better it will be for
Vermont and the whole country. Each
year the problem becomes more and
more serious, and yet you are working
your farm and your woodlot, you are
making money with your stores and
shops, your mines and quarries, 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
90 dry in the SUMMER Why is 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 "Unspoiled Land Is
destined to become a great playground
for Eastern America, to compete ia
vorably with the Adirondack regions
of New York and with the White
Mountains of New Hampshire, if the
people of Vermont take advantage OF
their opportunities. Our mountains
and lakes, our rivers and forests, are
declared by many people, who know
whereof they speak, to be as beautl-
full as any of those in the popular re-
sorts of the country. Every year sum
mer visitors to New Hampshire leave
ST., 100000 in the state. With one-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 citl-
zens. would inevitably result. Summer
hotels mean summer homes; summer
homes mean permanent homes, and
Vermont is decidedly the gamer. The
cver-increasing tide of summer travel
to Vermont must be cared for. New
hotels of the comfortable tavern type
are essential. The food is provided by
our Vermont farmers, the hotels and
summer homes are constructed by ouT
Vermont contractors and carpenters
and when treated with genuine Yer
mont hospitality and courtesy these
people from other states become so at
tached to our Green Hills and valleys
that many of them come to make thei1
summer homes serve for winter too
The people who live in them are TAX
ing an interest in our towns and help
ing in our social, civic and politica
life.
What Attracts the Summer Trade.
Why do the summer people leav'
millions of dollars in New Hampshire
annually? Why are fortunes made II
the Adirondack resorts? Is it becaus
people 90 there to gaze upon wasted
treeless hillsides, to walk by dreary
empty brook-beds, to sit in brown AM
withered fields? No, of course not
1t is because of the forests, the brooks
the cool green mountain trails, the con
tact with wild life in the open, be
cause they want to rest awhile and be
cause they believe in the "wonder o
the out -of-doors, the inspiration of tn
stars. in the alurcments of life in tn
open and in the strength of the hills.
That s why they come and that S VIII
they will continue to come. They vii
stop, though, just as soon as the fol
ests begin to be cut, for with the cut
ting of the trees the birds and tn
forest animals, the trout and the .shad
hooks will disappear, and there is moth
ing attractive left.
State Forests Public Heritage.
The state forests are your forests
they belong to you. You may wande
| through them as you will, they are tn
, great Fairgrounds of the people o
| Vermont and their guests from othe
: states At your express wish their siz
and number will be increased. Use an
enjoy them as you will; the state dc
| sircs them to be the greatest poss
; BILE service to the largest number 0
S persons.
State forests are desirable from a
S economic and from a scenic Viewpoin
e. Every man, woman and child is direc
Y ~ or indirectly connected with tn
0 forest movement This connectic
G should find expression not only
words but in actual deeds. 1t is
patriotic duty which all citizens ov
the state to advance the conservatiC
5 movement in Vermont, - Roderic
0 Olzcndam, Secretary of the Vernon
Il Forestry association in the Elm TT
i Monthly.