The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-28
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
STILL BEING RECEIVED
FOR PEERLESS PROJECT
Two-Day Canvass Found to Be INSULT
cient to Cover the Field and
Few Days More Are Added
There Must Be Help.

With around $l50,000 actually sub
seribed and the final windup of the cam
paign deferred for a few days because
of the inability of the canvassing com
mittees to cover in two days all the ter
ritory assigned them, Barre's drive fc
Peerless knitting mill subscriptions \
tered its third phase to-day. As q
campaign approaches the goal, emit. -
asm is waxing keener. Even well-mean
ing citizens who were somewhat inclined
to be indifferent at the outset now share
the determination of the Board of Trade
to ascertain once and for all whether
Barre's spirit can stand the acid test
of 100 per cent.
There is another side to the story.
Optimism is the high note at this stage
of the campaign, but it is tempered with
a wholesome fear that people who can
and ought to rally to the support of the
new industrial project may fail in the
final stretch, in the most crucial period
of the entire drive. 1t is still long
way from $250,O and if that very de-
sirable figure is attained there are three
classes of investors who must respond
and respond at once.
The first class is composed of people
who have not been approached by the
| canvassers. Some of the people are va
cationing and will return in time to con-
firm previous statements that they
should like to invest. In this same class
are people temporarily absent from the
city who are known to be potential sub
seribers. Yet their subscriptions have
not been received, nor does it appear that
they are fully alive to the critical need
Of an immediate response. To them the
Macedonian cry goes out for substan-
tial subscriptions before the end of the
| week,
There is another class. 1t is made up
largely of large and small investors who
are waiting TO see if enough subscrip-
tions will not be received without their
assistance. They are in dangerous
frame of mind, for in a number of
cases undoubtedly they are willing to
subscribe--if need be. Well, they are
needed, and needed now. No doubt of it.
Here is another class, and may their
ranks grow less. They are the class Of
citizens, forming small group in every
community, who oppose ON general prin-
ciples Fortunately, in the present in
stance the limited and comparatively in
effective opposition does not take the
form of criticism of the Peerless knitting
mill, or of the terms under which this
splendid industrial enterprise can be 10.
Gated in Barre.
Needless to say subscriptions must be
Forthcoming from all three classes if sue
cess is to be attained. Barre's standing
in the community of cities and towns in
Vermont is at stake, and unless there is
sweeping accession of subscriptions on
the home stretch, the project will have
failed of achievement, and our neighbors
win be left to draw their own conclu-
sions.
The list Of men and women who sub.
scribe to the new industrial project is
the muster roll of citizens who have faith
in Barres future. Even should the pro-
ject fail, the list stands as record of
those who were willing and anxious to
have it succeed, believing as they do,
that the enterprise combines an oppor-
tunity for a safe and sane investment
and for giving a big boost to Barre.
Inasmuch as many of the people on
lists assigned to the canvassers have not
been approached owing to the limited
time, the campaign has been extended
to Saturday night. And Saturday night
will tell the story for all time.