The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-30
GOV. COOLIDGE SETS
FARM As STANDARD
For the Other Industries of the Coun-
try to Pattern After-Points A Out
Uninterrupted Production.

| Great Barrington Mass, Sept 30
Governor Coolidge, himself the scion
Of New England farming family, to-
day set the farm before the country
as a shining example of the way in
6ustry, transportation and mining
should follow to best work out the ma :
tion's economic future. Contrasting the
uninterrupted production of the farm
with conditions in other lines, the gov
ernor said grave responsibility rested
alike on arrangements and employees to
bring their activities up to the farm
standard of continuous operation.
There is before us, he said" pros
pect the most promising that ever lay
before nation in all history. We can
put forth our honest efforts and reap a
great reward We can act the part of
economic slackers, of eonscienceless pro
fiteers, and reap corresponding harvest
OF destruction. The farm of the ma
ton is setting a shining example. Let
the rest of the country look at it, APP
preciate it and initiate il. And let
everybody remember that so long as
the farm prospers the nation can pros
per and that when TIE farm fails the
nation fails with it,"
Goveslor Coclidge's address was pre-
pared for delivery to county fair
crowd at the Housatonic Agricultural
Society's fair grounds.
agriculture is the basic activity of
all mankind" the governor said. In
the nation the yearly value of its prod
ucts reaches the stupendous sum of
S25,0O0 100000, sufficient to pay the ma
tionsl debt But il is not in its mag.
nitude that it is most important The
importance Of agriculture lies in the
fact that it is the source of all human |
activity and the sustainer of all hu
man effort. 1t replenshes the nation. |
Without it our country woud perish in |
a day
Massachusetts. an industrial rather |
than agriculture state, the governor |
continued. depends on three great in
dustries, leather, wooden and cotton, /
the staples of each OF which are sup
piled by tillers Of the soil
"On them we depend not only for /
our food but for the raw materials that /
are wrought into the finished products |
as the result Of the industrial life of /
the commonwealth. These products Of /
the loom and the bench. these shoes
and clothing, find their way back to
the plantation and the ranch, illustrat
ing the interdependence Of one class Of /
industry on another
Into this manufacturing process
there 90. of course. the products of the
mines of coal, of steel, of copper, all
and exemplifying the de-
pendent relationship Of one class on the
activity Of another
Modern civilization has been de-
Seloped by this dependent relationship.
1t has been brought about BY the in
dependence OF industry. II is known to
as the division Of labor.
BY il and by machinery, production has
been greatly increased This is a great
blessing but il imposes corresponding
duties.
"The production Of the farm is never
interrupted. II never closes down In.
this is not the case in in
iustry. There is grave responsibility
On those who manage and those who
are employed in industry. in trans
Dortation, in mining, 10 bring their
activities up to the farm standard of
continuous operation
There is nothing our industrial life
10 needs At present a. paciication We
'annOt prosper without. With IL
se cannot fail Our whole future j.
dependent on it-our place in the world
broad. our comfortable circumstances
It homes This can be secured BY the
Of economic justice 50
ar a. possible snd by timely and mu
usl concessions by al parties in inter
st when necessary We need
roader public recognition II these
.uties