The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-09-13

attempting "to buy the nomination"
lie laid his money was his own and
he lad earned it in his own plants.
He said he was proud of the fact that
a. ---,>, uUosteu vermont ny Inc uoe
y. ..s money IN inns pohtl.aI cam
p~.4t,... lIr. uartness was given very
se..~- vus applause.
"A uualreu composed Of Mcssrs.
+. v. FRENCH, "a. Atwood, James
Campbell and Harold French sang
cluVer composition by Frank y.
rench ridlcunng the administration
Oh PRESIDENT Wilson. 1t got big
laugh.
Candidate Rabbit said he was a
PLAN business man. He SAID he had
no criuclsm to make OF the other
candidates or their methods. He sad
he had never gained anything by
knocking the otner fellow. he said he
knew Oh no one nlan which would |
give the people happiness and wealth.
III said his platform contained four
essential planks-schools, highways, |
agriculture and industrial develop |
ment. He said schools should not
be too centralized. He wanted t, see |
the rural pupils get the same care
full training as the town pupils. He |
said that the State should take over
the trunk line highways thereby Civ |
ing the towns a chance TO develop |
the feeders" or country roads He
said the State needed a business adj !
miniStration so that the people |
would get 100 cents for 500. He said |
he most important problem of the
country was food production which
had decreased SO per cent. He said
industrial and agricultural develop
ment were so closely allied that they
went hand in hand. "You cannot have
class Legislation for the factories.
Any one industrial plan as a sanacea
for all evils, is out of the question.
There must be a closer relation be-
tween employer and employee. The
Great War has brought new prob
lens which must be faced carefully"
Mr.. Rabbit received a fair out
burst of applause.
Col. Emery took the stare with the
largest applause Of the evening. He
said the ease with which MI. Bah
bitt had appropriated his platform
planks had convinced him that he had
an excellent platform. He said he be-
lieved Vermont should continue right
where it started and develop its land,
timber and mineral interests. He
said there was little difference among
the candidates as to the great need
&C bot to1 ,oo1. cp1 cobOo1s
"My contention is that the Hart
ness industrial plan is unattainable.
He hasn't told you what his indus
trial plan is DURING this whole cam
paign. Whv don't he? He says it is
wonderful and idealistic but he does
Mt tell you what it i all about. l
think he is Seeing Things at Night
"He tells US the way to prosperity
and happiness is to take the boy off
the farms and put them at the lathes
in machine shops. The greatest need
of the nation and the state is to keep
the boys on the farms
81 am not antaponiStic to industry.
We should have all the industry we
can assimilate, all we can take care
of and feed. Build up your industries
through agriculture, that's my plat
form. Give the workers good farm
products and good homes and you
will find industries enough willing
and glad to come to Vermont
get the boys and girls back to
their rural schools. Don't cart them
off to the towns like so many milk
cans to be picked up before daylight
and returned home after dark. This
state ought not to miss any opportu-
nifty TO build up agriculture.
"Mr. Agan has gone about the
state capitalizing its thirst He says
he will take the oath of governor to
uphold the constitution of the State
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