Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-10-04
BETTER TIMES FOR
INSURED BY RISE
Success In New England States
Indicated by Eastern States
Agricultural and Indus
trial Exposition.

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| due 10 various causes. among
| them competition In the middle west
| in the shape II cheap land of great
| natural fertility. low transportation
| charges tn the markets OF the east and
! few large ifies of their own TO feed.
| condt IONS have :. changed that New
| England j. today more nearly on an
! agricultural parity with the newer
| ountry.
| New England has the land and the
| markets aud needs only the determine
| ton TO take its rightful place ms
| prOvider of food for its people. Land
| In the middle west Is no longer cheap:
/ no longer will yield big CROP with
ont good tillage and fertilizer; trans
| 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
| nosed 10 grasp I; IL apparent In many
WAYS, The rise OF the cooperative
| spirit In the last few years has been
tf'Aa3fe. Ills foNtalUs one VI tue
greatest promises OF the immediate
Future. II is not In vain that men ar.
gnc now for closer relations between
me 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
ffty-two weeks year. full time offer
a much greater market for farm prod
zee than those In a factory operated
thirty weeks a wear. three days a week
And the other side Of this idea Is that
the business man Is learning that
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 SO each
In one year there is added TO the bank
balances or the circulating medium OF
that community 500. II 100 farmers
do It. II would begin to attract atten
ton: II 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
-erdependence of the country and the
-ity has accounted for some very
leiinite 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
up 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 ST.
100000 III this can be done In this
county. why not In others-in al New
Ergland?- was the way the vision pre-
scented itself
The outcome was the organization OF
the Eastern States Agricultural ard
Industrial Exposition. Though its title
contains the word Exposition" the
emphasis is on the words Agricultural
and Industrial"
The keynote tn this organization +
.o-operation. The organizers and al
rectors believe nrmly that II 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 VIII BE-
brought about spirit Of mutual help
fitness. an appreciation OF each Others
difficulties and pride In success that
win make New England more united.
Support For the Exposition.
Launched about the beginning Of the
| year. the Easter States Exposition
has won the support Of not only the
| business men II New England, %
| whom its program appeals as the most
| workable yet devised for the purposes
| sought. but of the leaders OF agricui
| tural thought in every state and OF
hundreds Of ION the ground" farmers
| 1t is a Massachusetts corporation, with
capital stock Of s750.O0O. divided into
10000 shares Of par value Of $25
| each.
| The Exposition will coordinate. re
inforce and extend the work that h
| r,xxy t,atpu iona In Nou ErOJa<nN hr
State boards and commissioners OF
/ agriculture. agricultural colleges. the
Oranges, county leagues and farm bu
-eaus. farmers unions. breeders
fairy and poultry associations and 9th
er like organizations. In order to do
/ This 1t has provided plant consisting
of 10 acres of land and a group Of
4 exposition huildinga Of steel concrete