News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-10-04
! BETTER TIMES FOR
INSURED BY RISE
Success In New England States
Indicated by Eastern States
Agricultural and Indus
trial Exposition.
A NEW era has dawned for the

que TO VARIOUS cduSeS, dulOllS
them competition in the middle west
I'm the shape of cheap land of great
natural fertility, low transportation
charges to the markets Of the east and
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 it's rightful place as a
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; 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
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
fifty-two weeks a year, full time, offer
a much greater market for farm prod
uce than those in a factory operated
thirty weeks year, three days 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: If 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 1,000 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
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
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
It's existence added to the farm In
zones and values of one county ST.
100000 "If this can be done In this
county, why not in others-in all New
England?' was the way the vision pre-
sented itself.
The outcome was the organization of
he Eastern States Agricultural and
Industrial Exposition. Though its title
contains the word Exposition" the
emphasis is on the words agricultural
md Industrial"
The keynote in this organization Is
The organizers and d. |
ectors believe firmly that If the agri- |
cultural and industrial interests of |
very part of New England can be
brought into close relations both will |
,enefit hugely. Each interest will learn |
rom the other and there viii be |
about a spirit of mutual help |
illness, an appreciation of each others
difficulties and pride in success that
viii make New England more united.
Support For the Exposition.
Launched about the beginning OF the
ear. the Eastern States Exposition
as won the support of not only the
BUSINESS men Of New England, to
vhom its program appeals as the most
workable yet devised for the purposes
ought. but of the leaders of agricul-
ural thought in every state and of
of ION the ground" farmers.
t is a Massachusetts corporation. with
capital stock of $4,000. divided into
1000 shares of a par value of $50
ach.
The Exposition will coordinate. re-
lforce 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-
AUS, farmers unions, breeders.
airy and poultry associations and 9TH
: like organizations. In order to do
lis it has provided a plant consisting
10 acres of land and a group of
xposition buildings Of steel. concrete
nd brick. located in the town of
Test Springfield. 20 minutes walk
ON the Springfield postoffice. This
ant. which represents the entire cap
al Of the corporation. is declared by
le best experts to have no equal in