Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-13

teal suggestion and recommendation,
based upon my travel and observation as
son Of Vermont, 1t Is that the State gov
ernments and tho actual residents of
New Endland. backed up by the moral
and material support OF the sons Of this
section who have gone beyond it's borders,
! should leave no effort neglected to i'm
prove to tho highest point of attractive
ness and efficiency the physical advan-
tages which nature has given this State
and section. Good roads should be built
everywhere. They should be not only
built, but kept continually in the best con-
dition. Especially should the mountain
sections he parked and boulevarded like
similar sections of Europe A greater ma
! tive population, n greater influx OF out
siders and a greater number Of visitors,
would result. Tho forests should be
carefully conserved and worked under
wise direction, and forever made a source
-of both beauty and revenue as has been
done and is being done, in many Euro
pean lands
Towns and villages and in turn the
homes of the farmers should be char.
acterlzed by a tidiness and thrift and
a combining of the practical and beau
lIiul WnlCn IN the end brings both
population and prosperity. The noun
tain streams and the creeks and rivers
or the valleys should be safeguarded
against pollution, flood and drouth.
The condition of industries and the
employment of labor therein as well as
upon the farms should be the subject
OF constant attention and Importance.
Pubic spirit already greatly ad
vanced over what It was years ago.
should become such a dominant char
Iacteristic that there will be "team
play everywhere for newer and
greater and more attractive and a
more prosperous Vermont and New
England. Every son Of Vermont and
New England, who lives beyond their
borders and has the necessary means.
should make sure that his old home
stead and his old home town are the
benefciaries of his interest, his income
ana his ancestral pride, while every
resident Of Vermont and New Eng
land. should not only welcome such
cooperation of the outside sons. but
should do his part in extending the
right kind Of welcome and reciprocal
ton for this attitude. Let not only
Nermonts active population of nearly
four hundred thousand but its entire
output of men and women at home and
beyond its confines. numbering prob
aply eight hundred thousand, work
for the good of the state along these
ines and we will win the admiration
OF the nation, and the world, and set
an example that other States and sec
tions VIII inevitably follow"
} ADMIRAL PEARY TALKS DEFENSE
Admiral Robert T. Peary after re-
ierfihg to the Monroe doctrine and the
part IL mas played in the nations his
tory discussed defense plans for the
country. He advocated having n fleet OF
- dreadnouGhts eventually. constructing
N Immediately for service in the Atlantic
ana racine which with the smaller
shlps would place the country in second
place among the world powers. We
should have an aerial service superior
/, TO all others, an aerial school TO in.
struct young men much the same as
chaufers school and a military sys-
tenn modelled after that Of Switzerland
or Australia, not compulsory but of such
nature that ten million men might
be put In the field in 4s hours Three
days expense OF the European war would
place the United States In the front
, place as fighting power; two days
expense would provide an aerial fleet
In advance of that OF any other coun
try, and one days expense would estab
lish a model military system. He urge,
a strong coast defense with heroplane
patrols at regular intervals.
/ LARGE ATTENDANCE AT BANQUET
The speakers this evening at tn,
banquet held in the auditorium Of tn,
: city hall. at which plates were laiC
l for 700 the balcony being filled will
at least thousand more, mostl,
} ladies, were as follows: George Har
= vey. editor of the North American Re
1 view. toastmaster; Edward A. Ellen,
of the Boston Chamber of Commerce
James II. Hustis. president of th'
Boston & Maine system; Theodore n
Vail Of LyndonVille; Gov. Samuel w
Mccall of Massachusetts; Wendell
Phillips Stafford, Judge of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
e Those in charge of the banquet were
forced to reject all applications 70
\ tickets received last evening. beinl
1 unable to accommodate over n hun
dred more who expressed desire 70
t tickets.
>, POSTMASTER HARVEY.
Col. George Harvey presided a
toastmaster. He spoke in part as fol
: lows
"Wo frequently hear this land o
D ours referred to as Gods country II
0 me from boyhood the term has seem
\ ed very real and as I grow older |
. takes to itself n deeper meaning. Re
\ Gently in particular 1t has acquired