The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-12
The HARNESS Program.
burlington Free Press

If Governor James Hartness did things
IN the same way as other people he would
not to-day be Nermont's chief executive,
neither would he be at the head of great
Industries in an interior town like
Springfield. He would be in some great
industrial center like Pittsburgh, near the
deposits of coal and iron, as is held nee
essary to success by most masters of iron
and steel industry
Governor Hartness has told the people
of Vermont over and over againg what
he proposed to do TO make Vermont
land OF greater opportunity Tor the boys
and girls of the Green Mountain region.
He evidently did not deem it necessary to
repeat many things well known to our
people III the opening chapter of his mes
sage, which he read to the legislature. He
distinctly stated that he proposed TO re-
serve different subjects for special mes
sages, combining himself TO the several
subjects in hand.
Yet we hear a few people discussing his
inauguration address as though what he
said in his inaugural covered his whole
program. In that utterance he devoted
attention largely to what he regards as
the very foundation OF successful tu-
ture for an industrial Vermont, the es-
tablishing of relations OF real cooperation
between labor and capital, between en-
plOye and employer. Unless Vermont can
solve the problem of sympathetic rela-
lions between these two classes, il can
taken industries continually i'll other
states
Governor Hartness is beginning his adj
mnistration precisely as he began his
great industries. He did not try to build
everything at once. lie began by estah-
fishing solid foundations, not in stone
and cement alone, but in the creating OF
4 permanent understanding between him
and his co-workers, based upon the knowi-
edge That he wanted TO be one with them.
He is doing this with members Of the leg
slature.
Governor Hartness oYer aud over again
emphasizes the necessity of making sure
Of the -WalfaEe of the workers OF Vermont,
including tillers Of the soft, III their homes
as well az in their labor. He speaks not
as A member Of Il labor organization, but
as an employer of labor and ne speaks
from ripe and successful experience i'll the
application OF the very policies lie Is now
cXemplItyIng.
Governor Hartness also emphasized III
his opening remarks the necessity of wise
economy in the expenditure of the funds
in the state treasury that represent the
hard earned money OF the people exacted
from them through taxation. That Is the
sure foundation Of u satisfactory session
of the legislature as well as a successful
administration. This does not mean mig
gardliness, but the same care III the APP
nropriatiug of funds that sound business
men would exercise if they were spending
their own money.
The success of Governor Hartness's add
ministration viii depend, not upon the
money he spends or leaves in the. treas
ury unspent, after it has been raised by
unnecessary taxation. but upon the meas
ure Of progress the people of Vermont
have made as n result of adopting his
program. That viii depend upon ideas
and not mere, money.
He has repeatedly emphasized the fact
That hi7 program involves sound high
way system, Improved schools, water
! power development, better marketing ia
cilities for Vermont farms and Industries,
more aid for the development to agrieul-
ture, greater. safety and precaution for
'>the, welfare Of labor, and numerous other
problems. No one need worry that he
will not think of enough things to do.
The real problem will be how TO keep up
with the Hartness program. Sympathetic
cooperation, teamwork, and economy are
the essentials Governor Hartness now en-
phasizes as the chief needs Of the state
just as they are the corner stones OF
growth OF every community, and You
know it,. -,