News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-12-13

ties on these boats great deal; good
business, profitable work for every
one, good schools, churches, amuse-
ments, health, wealth and general
prosperity. Every one takes hand
at the oars Though some pull the
wrong way. Farmers are largest in
numbers. There is no compass or
sailing chart, but some on each craft
have visited the Promised Land and
know the general direction. Every
one has partial ownership.
All aboard! The good ship Belvi-
dere is big, has lots of timber in her,
but is short of crew and equipment
and few aboard have travelled the
route. There is little organization of
any kind aboard and every one is
pulling in whatever way he likes.
The Eden is also large craft with
great facilities for the entertainment
of passengers, huge swimming and
boating pool and beautiful walks and
scenery, but the company that own
her are weak in advertising her
capabilities so that she has never re-
turned profitable dividends to the
owners, but is short on crew and
equipment. The Eden has one or two
small organizations that are doing
their best, but do not always sense
the direction of the Land of Promise
and it is not travelling but little
faster than the Belvidere. The bot
tom of this ship is composed of
asbestos.
The Cambridge is one huge boat,
fairly well equipped and has a good
crew. The crew is divided into two
factions, however, that do not work
tremendously with results in lack of
speed ahead. There are good leaders
aboard her, and some good organiza-
tions, but there is lack of co-ordina-
ton. This craft should beat the
other eleven to the goal. 1t is high
masted beautiful ship and would
handle a lot more passengers on its
wonderful upper deck. The educa-
tional equipment of this boat is
unusually fine.
The Hyde Park is poorly con-
structed craft and not built for speed.
The crew is widely distributed
through it and cannot seem to find
common meeting place. This boat
has some able leaders, but they inf1u-
ence only small part of the crew
and as a result the boat is making
rather slow progress.
The Johnson is average in size, but
is of rough build that makes it diff
cult to manage. 1t has an average
crew and good leader and organiza-
lions that work together well. This
craft is making fair progress, but
could do much better if the men in
charge of its supplies and internal
affairs would give more encourage
ment to the other members of the
crew. In the hold of this ship is
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The Morristown is the biggest craft
of all and has the equipment of a
modern liner, swimming pool and all.
The chief difficulty of this boat is
that on account of it's great size, the
crew have divided into many organi-
cations. Each of these believes itself
the most important and the natural
result is that much work aboard is
being duplicated and much that would
help is being left undone. A good
number aboard have been to the
Promised Land and know the route,
but these are doing little to help the
others to get there. AS a result this
ship is making slow progress.
The Elmore, Wolcott and Water
vile are smaller crafts than the
others and none of them are well
provided with leaders that are get
ting results. About everyone aboard
these is padding his own way. The
Gilmore has nice swimming pool and
high mast, but the crew are too
busy to get pleasure or profit from
either of them. Unless the members
aboard these boats get together and
do something soon, they will either
swamp or be the last to port.
The Stowe is a big craft, capable
of great speed, beautiful of line and
wonderful equipment. She has good
leaders and a number who are
acquainted with the course. How
ever, there are four good organiza-
tons aboard that are each pulling t
their own way and refuse to pull any
other and until these can work to-
gether she will not get ahead much
faster than some of the others. The
Stowe should reach port first.
Which craft are you on and are you
pulling to get it ahead?