Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-06
BETTER TIMES FOR THE FARMER
INSURED BY RISE Of Co. OPERATION
Success In NewEngIand States
Indicated by Eastern States
Agricultural and Indus
trial Exposition.

a NEW era mas daWneQ Tor TN
~ agriculture Of New Englan(
A After period Of depression
due 10 various causes, anon
them a competition In the middle ives
In the shape OF cheap land Of grea
natural fertility, low transportation
charges 10 the markets Of the east nm,
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 newe
country.
New England has the land and tn,
markets and needs only the determine
tion to take Its rightfu place as
provldcr Of food for It's people. Lane
In the middle west Is no longer cheap
1t no longer will yield big crops with
out good tlllagc and fertilizer: trans
portation costs more, and there Is now
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 to 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
when the business men are prosperous
that the workers In factory running
iifty-two weeks year fun time, offer
n much greater market for farm prod.
uce than those In factory operated
thirty weeks year, three days n week.
And the other side Of this idea Is that
the business man is learning that n
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, IL would begin to attract atten-
tion; 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
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 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
every community in the six
New England states-an all-New Eng
land movement. Their big view Of the |
natter 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
is existence added to the farm In
comes and values of one county ST.
100000 "If this can be done in this
why not in others-in all New
Ingland?" was the way the vision pre-
'ented 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
cooperation. The organizers and d.
ectors believe firmly that if the agrl-
ultural and industrial interests of
very part of New England can be
,rought into close relations both will
'eneft hugely Each interest will learn
rom the other and there will be
'rOught about a spirit Of mutual help
illness, an appreciation Of each others
itficulties 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
usiness men of New England, to
1hOm its program appeals as he most
yet devised for the purposes
ought, but Of the leaders of agricul-
ural thought in every state and of
undreds of "on the ground" farmers.
t is Massachusetts corporation, with
capital stock of $750O00, divided into
5000 shares Of par value of $25
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 {