The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-16
HARTNEss CLUB
! OPENS CAMPAIGN
IN sPR|NCF| |ELD
Much Enthusiasm at Largely Att
tended Meeting
INDUSTRY HIS KEYNOTE
Candidate Declares Prosperity Of
State Depends Upon Future Ex-
pansion Of Business

| Springfield, VT, March 16-The
first public appearance of Hon. James
Hartness in his candidacy for the
governorship of Vermont was made
under most impressive auspices at q
great mass meeting of citizens last
leyening when the "Hartness for Gov
erhor" club of nearly one thousand
members was formed.
The meeting was held in the town
hall which was packed to its capacity,
hundreds standing throughout the
meeting while many were unable to
gain adinittance The atmosphere
was vibrant with enthusiasm for the
man who has done much to make
Springfield and who has made her
name famousa household word
throughout the industrial world.
The entrance of the candidate was
the signal for great and extended ap-
plause which again swept through
the hall when he arose to speak. The
presiding officer was W. L. Bryant,
president of the Bryant Chucking
Grinder Co., and Mr.. Hartness was in
troduced by Judge H. H. Blanchard
in a happily worded speech.
Mr.. Hartness' speech was brief, for
ceful and made distinct appeal to
his audience. He told of his humble
beginning in industrial life, that ofsa
sweeper in a factory, the succeeding
evolution of the apprentice, then ma
chinist and on 10 the invention
and manufacture of the children of
the product of his beinga product
which supplies thousands of men with
their daily bread and has enabled
the. indnstgsal world to take marvel
Gus steps Forward in its -. Industrial
achievements. sA>' 3. ST.
Mr.. Hartness' main points were:
To make drive for the prosperity of
Vermont we must increase the income
of Vermonters and the state; we must
make greater home market for our
agricultural products; we must pro-
vide winter occupation for part of
our farming community; these must
be correlation of the industrial activi-
ties OF the mechanic and the agricul-
turalist
The money for good roads to serve
our farms and for many other urgent
state needs can be obtained by in
creasing the revenues of the state
from the money brought in by indus
tries. The royal road to success and
prosperity is one that has been
amply demonstrated in Springfield
and Windsor.
The slogan boost your industries"
is slogan of progress in practical
and easily workable plan "of the peo-
pie, for the people and by the people.
1T fits Vermonters it fits Vermont, il
fits natural law, it fits agriculture, it,
greatly increases the income of Yer
mont. Hence more good roads, and
good everything are possible.
1T is plain that what boosts the in
come increases opportunities. 1t is
the peoples plan that makes it profit
able for Vermont boys to stay in
Vermont, for others to come to Yer
mont, for Vermont money to stay in
Vermont, for other money to come to
Vermont. Springfield is now on the
prosperity map. 1t got there by
boosting industry. The whole state
can be made as great in prosperity
as Springfield has become as
town.
The interest in the meeting was
maintained throughout, there being
some twenty-five brief speeches by H.
ID. Casey, Hon. ]. W. Walker, ]. E.
Stetson, Hon. F. d. Hill, Rev. H. A.
Parkhurst, Capt O. Dowd, Rev. r. A.
Beardslee, Mrs. H. w Lawrence,
Miss Katherine Flavin. Harry Finn
and others. Music by .Perry's or
chestra and singing were featured
Throughout the program.
Springfield spells success with the
slogan. and Springfield, highly pros
porous and successful in the indus
trial field, points the way to Hartness
and a great progressive and prosper
Gus Vermont.