The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-06
STATE MIsREPREsENTED
Governor Might Act In Cases of
Malicious Criticism.

. t
Replying to the latest fling of Col
lier's Weekly that Vermont has one
third of one per cent of the country's
population and has only two.thirds of
one-tenth OF per cent OF enlistments
in the regular army, the st. Adams
Messenger insists that some method
should be found 10 check the malici-
Gus criticism to which the state has
been subjected. Golfers latest ar
ticle on the subject concludes with
the question. How about it Ver-
month" The Messengers comment is
as follows:
Golfers doesn't want the question
answered II it did it never would
have asked it, for in such an event it
would have first undertaken to dis
cover the facts, and the facts would
not have loaned the narne of Vermont
to the bandying to which this self:
styled national weekly wishes to sub
ject it.
Through such agencies as Golfers
Vermont Is being misjudged through
out the nation. The state press has
QoAC 40 DOot W COiiSCt lilC idioC III
preston that obtains. Private indi-
yiduals by writing to outside news
papers, have also done what they
could
But the Misrepresentation still
persists
IF there is any possible way to
stop it that way should be found.
Vermont is sovereign state; it
should not be subjected to continued
something worth safeguarding.
Private individuals and agencies
having done all within their power
to correct the evil that is being done,
and having failed, it is time some
other agency were called upon.
THE people of the state are repre-
lsented by government at the head
of which stand the governor. The
governor also forms the connecting
link between the state and the ma
tional military authorities.
"The national authorities have
facts and figures which show that Yer
mont is not Stacker state, that on
the contrary she has done exceeding
ly well in the matter of enlistments
into the military and naval service of
the United States. !.
IF one may have the temerity to
make the suggestion, it seems that
the time has come when it would not
be unwise for our governor to take
official notice OF the fact that Yer
mont is being misrepresented from
one end of the country TO the other.
would it be wrong for our COVER
nor to call upon the war and navy de-
partments for an exact statement of
yermont's position in regard TO en-
listments? We have official knowl
edge that there were only five states
with greater relative enlistment in
to the military at the time the draft
quotas we're apportioned.
But while we have such informa
ton, others will not pay attention to
this fact. An official statement from
Washington sent broadcast through
ont the country giving Vermont ex-
act position would do much to coun-
teract the evil agencies now at work.
Nothing else promises to be of any
avail
"The good name of Vermont is
worth protecting, No one should feel
any false modesty about mailing a lie
to the mast. To The Messenger it
seems highly fitting that the chief
executive of the state should take Of
fetal notice OF the fact that. the state
is being lied about and that he should
10 all within his power, even though
the course be unusual, to put an end
to falsehood and Misrepresentation.
An official announcement, such as has
been herein Indicated would go a
long way in accomplishing its pur-
pose"