The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-09
Success In New England States
Indicated by Eastern States
Agricultural and Indus
trial Exposition.

| N agriculture or New EnglaHu
~ After period of depression
due to various causes, anon;
them a competition In the middle ives
In the shape of cheap land of grea
charges to the markets of the east ant
few large cities of their own to feed
conditions have so changed that New
England is today more nearly on al
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 a
provider of food for its people. Land
In the middle west Is no longer cheap
il no longer will yield big crops with
out good tillage and fertilizer; trans
| porta tion 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.
1 lands opportunity. That she is dis
| posed to grasp 1t 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. II 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
that the workers In factory running
fifty-two weeks year. full time, offer
a much greater market for farm prod
nee than those in a factory operated
thirty weeks 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: II ten
farmers In one community can either
save or increase their incomes $40 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
lions OF New England. What many
believe was the greatest of these was
that In Springfield. Mass. where a
group OF men, quick TO comprehend the
trend of events. some months ago took
IN the subject and saw that what was
needed was 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 81 |
200 900 eff this can be done In this |
county, why not in others-in ali New
was the way the vision pre-
scented itself.
The outcome was the organization or
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
ro-operation. The organizers and d.
rectors believe firmly that IL the agri-
cultural and industrial interests or
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 spirit OF mutual help
fulness. an appreciation Of each others
and a pride in success that
will make New England more united.
Support For the Exposition.
Launched about the beginning OF the
ear the Eastern States Exposition
las won the support of not only the ,
business men Of New England. to ,
whom its program appeals as the most
workable yet devised for the purposes
fought, but OF the leaders Of agricul- |
ural thought in every state and of
hundreds of ION the ground" farmers.
{ is a Massachusetts corporation. with ,
capital stock of $4,000, divided into a
10 600 shares Of par value of $50
ach.
The Exposition will coordinate. re-
nforce and extend the work that Is
ow being done In New England by .
tate boards and commissioners of !.
griculture. agricultural colleges. the
ranges, county leagues and farm bu-
eaus, farmers unions. breeders.
airy and poultry associations and 9th
T like organizations. In order to dc
his 1t has provided plant consisting
T 40 acres of land and a group OF
EXPOSITION buildings of steel. concrete
nd brick. located in the town of