The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-15
MONTPELIER URGED ONWARD
By Speakers at Board Of Trade Banquet
Last Evening.

together with a score or more OF prom
nent Nermonters residing outside th
city as guests, including Gov. c. "
Gates, Lieut.. Gov, Hale X. Darling, J. |
Taylor vi Burlington, Highway Commits
sioner Stoddard Bates of Derby an
Others gathered at the Pavilion hotel las
evening for the annual banqAet of th
Montpelier Board of Trade.
After-dinner exercises commenced a
about 10 o'clock following the serving o
an excellent dinner by Landlord 7. j
Heaphy. with President James n. Este
of the Board of Trade acting as chair
man.
Lucius +. Wilson, formerly western
er, and a resident OF East Dorset for tn
past 20 months, and fast becoming, ac
cording to his admission, a Vermonte
and farmer, shared the speaking honor'
Of the evening with President Guy Pot
ter Benton of the University of Vermont
II. j. NJ. Jones and Rev. Stanley +. Blom
field were the local speechmakers ant
II. d. Hopkins entertained with several
recitations given in his inimitable man
ner.
Mr.. Wilson had as his subject, the
ideals of the Modern Board of Trade,
and proved to be most interesting talk
er on a subject which he evidently holds
near to his heart. In his introductory
remarks he paid Governor Gates, who
sat beside of him, pretty compliment
when he said that in some instances
offices honor the man and in Others the
tIa ,NNtu nd ha bot ~ fna L.
ly placed Vermont's chief executive in
the latter class.
Mr.. Wilson spoke of the purpose of a
board Of trade decade ago, TO grab fac
tories for their particlar town or city
and to fight the railroads. Similar or
carnations in existence at the present
time are paying little attention to those
matters.
The speaker named the three functions
for which board of trade now exists
as follows: To create an atmosphere of
to teach the habit of giving,
to establish the custom of appreciation
for patriotism and public service. Those
three ideals, said Mr.. Wilson, are the
basis of all values to community.
Mr.. Wilson is staunch believer in a
own being able to "do things" without
.he aid of natural resources and he even
vent so far last evening as to assert
hat natural resources are not necessary
o any town. If the atmosphere of en-
erprise is created the town viii grow
lespite its bandicaps.
To bear &ut his contention he cited
many of the larger cities of the country, |
uch as Chicago, Oklahoma City and !
Kansas City and Cleveland, where in
very instance an adjoining city had the
atural advantages but failed to profit |
hereby. A live town, said the speaker, |
! where the citizens are looking forward /
nth anticipation and the dead town has
fithin its confines persons who are for
yer looking regretfully backward.
He urged communities to keep the
ouths at home. fill them with ambition
nd they win build for the future TAX
lg up his second important function, the
abit of giving, he pointed out that pros
Gritty reigns where money has been Civ
a freely for public purposes and i'm
rovements. The tightwad, he said, re-
retted giving away five dollars as much
Il .
lousand. He averred that city, which
oes not appreciate, stiles patriotism
I'd never advances and he cautioned his
steners that the board of trade is to /.
rye the town and not the individual, ,
no owes the town as we'll.
DIR. Benton spoke on the ''New Loyal
= and taking Montpelier as an ex !
nple said that it should recognize its
,ighborly obligations to Barre; one ,
should do its part toward :
ding neighbor. Every man must be
val to his community and to his state !
ID country and have an unshakable =
it'll in his city, etc. The faith of per-
nal sacrifice must be instilled and it
SITS largely in men, if they have the
ith, visions and dreams win be real Il
d.
He predicted the day of municipal W
nerships and he said he had visions of \
e possibility of service of the Univer- p
v of Vermont in cooperation with Il
ards of trade to hold young men in the "
tie. The speaker said that if we can I
press young men of the service they v,
! do and the success they can make in H
} state there will be no difficulty in bi
ding them inside the borders. fiji
1. J. NJ. Jones spoke on "Montpelier's n;
ty to Her New Citizens and Indus ps
es" and incidentally in his brief re- I'll
rks touched upon the fact that cheap pt
yer is an essential needed in develop m
new industries. th
Rev. Stanley F. Bloomfield spoke of
Opportunities" outlining w
work which may be done this year hi
the organization. co
he following is the list of guests: HI
:. C. W. Gates, Lieut.. Gov. II. X. Oar oy
:, II. f. Shaw, F. G. Rowland, Jason ga
ley. w. II. Vaughn. A. c. Mason, J. P. gi
rlor, VI. J. Corliss, George II. Rum hi
, J. A. Stacey r. s. Currier. ]. P. an
,idou, S B. Bates, Edward Hanbridge th
$. l.. Platka. he
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