Putnam patriot., 1916-10-06
BETTER TIMES
Insured To Farmers by Rise Of Co.
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 due 10 various causes among them Il competition in the middle west ii tl3e tbaPe of heap land If great natural fertility, low transportation charges te tlIe markets Of the eat and fe8 iafEe cites of their own to feed conditions have so changed that New EueIaHd k today more nearly OH hn a2aaniturai parity with the newer country
 New England has the land and thc maelets apd needs only the determina. ton ta take its righiful place as I pFaKider ef Eead for its people Land u fhe middle vest f. no longer cheap. f. uo longer 0Il yield big -fops with. oar good t5iiaee and fertilizer trans. purtnti.1 casts mNre. aud there is now great number ef large aaa growing cities demanding an ever increasing amount of food
 These fncfs constitute New Eng lands opportunity Shot -be tx dis posed to grasp 1T Is apparent in many ways. The gise of the cooperative spirit in the Inst few years has been notable. This contains one of the greatest promises of the immediate future. II is not in vain that men ar. gue 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 nre prosperous -that the wor' o@s il a factory running fifty-two wec'f ear. full time offer much greater market for farm prod uce than those in factory operated thirty weeks reur. three days week And the other side of this idea K that the business man K learning that prosperous rural community Is better for his bank account than one where the farmers can purchase only the bare necessities
 The mathematics nf the idea has heen recently put this way: If ten farmers in one community can either save or increase their incomes Slo each hi one year. there K added 10 the bank talanees or the circulating medium Of that community Si00 If ie0 farmers dn if. it would begin to attract atten- ton. If 1.Ooo. business would certainly loom" The day k not far distant uaen something of this sort will come about here fin New fnglaud
 Forward Stops In New England,
 The better understanding of the in torGependence of the country and the cits has accounted for some very definite forward steps in some sec tions of New England What many believe was the greatest of these was that in Springfield, Mass. where a group of men quick Co comprehend the trend af events. some months ago took sp fha subject and saw that what was needed was q movement big enough to comprise every community in the six New England states Hn all-New Eng land movement Their big view of the matter followed the extraordinary sue cess of the hrst county league iii south ern New England that of Hampden County. which ln the first two years of lts existence added to the farm in comes and vahles of one county Sl. aM000 elf this cau he done in this county. why nor in others m ati New Tngianaf was the way the vision pre- sentcd Itself
 The outcome was the organization oi the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, Though its title contains the word Exposition" the elsphas s is on the words "Asrienltural and Industrial"
 The keynote in this organization k cooperation. The organizers and di rectors believe firmly that if the alsl- cultural and industrial interests ef every part of New England can be brought Into close relations both will benaat hugely. Each interest will learn from the other and there will be brought about spirit of mutual help fulness. an appreciation of each others difficulties and pride in success that aill make New England more united.
 Supper. For the Exposition.
 Launched about the beginning of the year. the Eastern States Exposition mas won the support of not only the business men of New England. to whom its program appeals KS the most workable yet devised for the purposes