The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-31
LOwDEN HONORED.
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table, in addition to President Iowden
and Governor Hartnpsq. were Col. Ernest
W. Gibson, who was in charge OF the
post-prandlal exercises as chairman OF
the village commissioners, Secretary
lloughton. Mr.. Koenig, Senator George
l.. Durham, Auditor II. X. DeBergh and
Carl ). Hopkins, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce
Following the excellent luncheon
served by Landlord Sherman, Colonel
Gibson welcomed President Lowden to
the town. Letters and kilograms of re-
greet were read from Senator William L.
Dillingham; Senator Carroll ;. Page and
Senator Henry w. Reyes who were un-
able to be present
Colonel Gibson then introduced Gov
ernOr HARNESS, who expressed himself as
being honored by being present at this
occasion. He said he was looking for
ward to the time when he, too, would be
an ex-governor, for while it is a great |
JOY in life to serve, yet there is better
chance to work when one Is free from the
obligations of state work. lie governor
struck a responsive note in his audience
when he said that state business cannot |
be brought to its highest efficiency when
a new governor is elected every two
years. We are gradually coming to see i
that the state and federal government
is business and must so be recognized,
he said. In referring to President Low
den, Governor Hartness referred to him
as "a real fellow as well as big man.
President LOwden. after being pre-
scented by Colonel Gibson, said he was
very happy to be in Vermont and partic
ularly in Brattleboro. He was greatly
impressed with the offices of the associa-
ton and he said he wondered if the peO
pie of Brattleboro understood the real
significance of the work accomplished by
the HOlstein- Friesian association. With
the records and archives that the associa-
1 g
| the association ratiates throughout the
country to a degree that cannot be meas
ured. As an example of this work, the
! speaker stated that the average number
| OF pounds of milk in year per cow has
| been set at 300 pounds, but on the Pa
| ctic coast the speaker saw a COW that
gave an average of 81, 900 pounds a year,
and this was a Holstein-F'riesian COW.
He paid a great compliment to Secre-
/ tary 1uught0n, saying that the great
work of expansion and influence rested
/ largely upon his shoulders and TO him
must go the credit of the work already
| accomplished. No other man in the
| country, the speaker said has had the
| Influence in holding breeders to the es-
| tablished rules of purebred breeding that
Secretary Houghton has had.
As Vermont in the past has exercised
! Il great influence over the country in
agricultural lines, so has it given to the
| country men who have proved of sterling
worth, men who have become real lead
ers. He then paid a glowing tribute 10
| stephen \. Douglass, whose birthplace
| is in this state and who was Abraham
| Lincoln's rival for eminence during the
| days of the Civil war
Reverting to the question of agricul-
! ture, President Lowden said New Eng
land sometimes feels that it is not in
| tcreSted IN agriculture; that this is Il
business suitable only for the Middle
L., Il.
| how essential it is for Vermont and New
| England as well as for other sections of
the country. We cant face the future
| with a serene countenance. he said,
unless we realize that the farmers are
the real bulwark of American existence. -
| Earning, he added. forms the leading in
/ GHstry of the United States, andewhat is
good enough for the Mississippi valley is
good enough for New England. and vice
/ versa.
Il The speaker then turned to the more
prominent and much discussed question
of American isolation from the rest OF
the world. He showed how the United
States Is the creditor nation of the
world, but it cannot continue to be the
creditor nation unless il is willing to sit
down at the table with the other nation,
Of the world and bear the responsibilities
He said in parts
Whether we want to or not We hav,
to interest ourselves in the affairs Of
Europe. | know the popular thing tC
say is, Let them alone | know how
attractive tho phrase splendid isolation
is. 1t would have been a beautiful thin.
if we could have preserved il, but Morse
when he invented the electric telegraph
Fulton, when he invented the steamship
and MarcOni. when he invented the wire
less, were buSily engaged in destroyin:
that isolation. and there isn't any isola
ton anywhere on the face of the globt
for any nation whatsoever. We NIGH
just as well admit that fact.
You ask. Is il not possible fo
America to recover this splendid isolation
she has loStT Yes, perhaps it is. Tn,
way is to let, say so percent of ou
wheat fields go back into prairie and u
percent of our cotton fields go back int
forests, and to close half of our copper
mines and to curtail our production alon;
many other lines. We can live within
ourselves better perhaps than any other
nation in the world if we are willing t,
pay the price, but we must readjust ou
whole life from one end to the other.
find no one who is willing to pay tina
price and therefore we have got to con
| Germ ourselves in the affairs of the world
Following the luncheon, Presiden
LOwden remained short while convers
ing with friends i'm the hotel lobby, an,
soon afterward he left with his secretar,
ror Boston. lie is i'm Portland, Me
today, and later in the week he vii
go to Connecticut. where he is scheduled
to speak at an agricultural meeting u
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