The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-25
Hoover and schwab in Vermont.

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been called in to make survey. we
have found them discovering first of
all lamentable, destructive and to
large extent unwarranted form Of
pes imisn existing among our people
a state OF mind thai must somehow
be overturned and started the other
way before Vermont can make any
real progress An invalid Is gener
1ny as mel; as he thinks he Is. Some
people in ordinary health ia victims
to error and it takes something to
shake it cut Of them One Of the
things Vermonters need is fairer
chance to estimate the value Of the
splendid LIT e q chunk of heaven
in which, sthes lives gsadA which
needs only the touch of enterprise
and the great awaken ng that would
surely come i they had this lair est
mate and could preach the gospel
from faith and conviction to others.
The best possible method OF ap
pra sing Vermont is to get out tide
and see other sections Of the country.
then make mental comparison.
rrayel gives the opportunity Inyari.
ably ii strengthens Vermont in the re
gard OF the traveller. He finds much
that is interesting. much that / at
tractiye, much that is promising, in
any and every locality he visits.
But it genera ~ ges bac kto this
Vermont. as place OF residence for
comfort and enjoyment has them al
beaten a mi'eif only slie had the
snhp and so, the energy aud ambition
thst appeal 50 Strongly Especially TO
th# YOUNG, and VII Oh areibuill.ng up
o9Ier ssctiouslof tho Amatry whose
NATURAL resources do not surpass or
\ Ven equal Guns Tie 8iteYage person
ssattractAG by growing he is repealed
Aysstagnation on daeay
TDlne sat thd current rhining strong
N Vermont ana II would take care
If Itself &But 1t H,st5 be started
Jules Verae, in his Imaginative work.
Journey % the Moon. found Il neces
sary 20 do someth ng to his projectile
which hung midway between the
earth and the moon held by their
'cunteractng forces of grayitation, to
jar out Of it orbit SO he tied some
rockets beneath it and exploded them.
The TO rec was sufficient to start the
eanaon ball on It's long flight back to
earth Something must be found to
ar Vermont out Of IT'S rut and head
t the right way
Mr. Hoover and Mr. Schwab. after
exporting the present situation, won d
probably sum i up this way:-There
are certain things that Vermont can.
net do well enough to warrant the
effort. ard effort directed these ways
largely wasted g'Qn account of her
( hahceg feoht tts metal producing
sections: her longitIdal divis' on by a
high, naeyntain range; her lack OF
Iaehtralized aburdent water power (;
ne co ref fuel; and particularly by
reason OF the long start ahead Of her
hat other states have made IL IS un
| likely that Vermont can ever hope u
e a wilderness Of smoking chimn ~
rom huge Notwithstanding ENTERPRISES.
ortaia lines ofenm1udaotura.l @ pee
al y those using WOOD and lumber or
other raw mater9s prQdyced here
lean always Sc prohtab y t6Ftutted an
to extensions of'hese effjfG In manu-
acture should ME Nceat4red Wa
hculd be thandAll for ,lgch ether
manufacturing enterprises as have
taken rot and grown here under pc
n''ary favorable local or other con
dit ons, hue we can hardly expect tc
lroaden them cut very much
Destitute Of resources in metals
Vermont S rich IN minerals marble
granite. slate, tale etc. To their
.eyelopment especially 10 the widen
ne OF the market demand for them
effort Of an intensive nature shou d be
directed State agencies should co
operate he pfu ly with private initial
We TO tea the world about these che,
If Vermont Ills Their extent their
! quality their w0.tA The compeu
tion Of western building stone and oI
concrete Is becoming keen. It must be
net by eneetNe. dawes fjr the Yer
mont products. g....f
Agriculturally, Vermont makes
GOOD how ng in some respects Her
crop are large per acre and constant
nd reliable from year to year. Her
ElEirXing Industry is thriving But
7 WmehoT tafmmga IN Vermont fail.
TO take the rank Il Should. The pro
goEi OF titled land Is small and tht
toia' outp0t shrinks accord ng y The
ndasery Is carried ON under con1i
lions very discouragng Probably n,
3ther business carries the hazards OF
farming. and yet the retGras do mol
match those Of other lines, with tn,
nev table result If Herbert Hoovc,
control ed Vermont nuNng dinaren
method would be introduced. Tht
hei loss seems 10 be through laol
OF capital of the indy dual farme
TO produce economically and especi
| ally to market to advantage. An ex
pert investigation ought to sugges
certain aeenc.e worthy OF trial il
hope of securms imp oyemont5. Thcr,
Us no good reason why every acre O
fertile Vermont soil shouid not d.
ii led II would Be { It could be don,
ut profit
Our expert wouM proity surely al
wise after tharaugh tour Of the state
that for summer re Adeuce at leas
vermont has MT equal among thl
states Of the Union Words need no
be wasted upon this indisputable fact
Yet how little this noundless source
of income has been developed. Yer
lmout should've thickly srewn Will
HEummer resorts and summer home