The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-03
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

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in the shape of cheap land of great
natural fertility, low transportation
charges to 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 and needs only the determine |
ton to take its rightful place as |
provider of food for it's people. Land |
In the middle west is no longer cheap;
it no longer will yield big crops with
out good tillage and fertilizer; trahs- |
portatiOn costs more, and there is now
a 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 it is apparent in many
ways. The rise of the cooperative
spirit in the last few years has been
notable. This contains one of the
greatest promises OF the immediate
future. 1t is not in 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 in factory running
hfty-two weeks year, full time, offer
much greater market for farm prod
uce than those in n factory operated
thirty weeks a year, three days a 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 in one community can either
save or increase their incomes SO each
| in one year. there is added to the bank
| balances or the circulating medium of
| that community 500. If 100 farmers
/ do it, it would begin to attract atten-
ton; if 1000, business would certainly
"boom." The. day is not far distant
when something of this sort will come
about here in New England.
Forward Steps In New England.
The better understanding of the in
terdependence of the country and the
city has accounted for some very
definite forward steps in some sec
tons of New England What many
believe was the greatest of these was
that in Springfield, Mass. where
group of men, quick TO comprehend the
\ trend of events, some months ago took
up 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 in the first two years Of
its existence added to the farm in
comes and values of one county ST.
100000. IF this can be done in this
county, why not in others-in all New
! LHSlduu! was tue NuS thc NlSlNi pic
scented 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 in 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.
fulness, an appreciation of each others
difficulties and pride i'll success that
will make New England more united.
Support For the Exposition.
Launched about the beginning of the
year, the Eastern States Exposition
has won the support of not only the
= business men Of New England, to
whom its program appeals as the most
workable yvt devised for the purposes
sought but of the leaders of agricul
+ tural thought in every state and OF
I hundreds of ION the ground" farmers
1t is a Massachusetts corporation, will
= n capital stock of $75O,0OO, divided int
n 10000 shares of a par value of 50;
: each.
The Exposition will coordinate. re
inforce and extend the work that i
now being done in New England b,
State boards and commissioners o
agriculture, agricultural colleges, TIL
Oranges, county leagues and farm bu
reaus, farmers unions, breeders
dairy and poultry associations and 9th
pr like organizations. In order to d
this it has provided plant consisting
!, of 10 acres of land and a group o
! exposition buildings of steel. concret
v and brick, located in the town o
, West Springfield, 20 minutes wal
s. from the Springfield postoffice Thi
e plant. which represents the entire car
t ital of the corporation, is declared b
J the best experts to have no equal /