The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05


 the relief rolls and relieving the towns of their tremendous relief eX- penses.
 5000 Industries
 One could not turn from the in- dustrial situation in Connecticut without pointing with pride to the fact that in the more than 5000 industries in the State of Connecti- cut, there is labor trouble in only one - and that is allegedly slight It would seem that Governor Bald wins determination to make Gov- ernment friendly toward business ad to maintain an amicable rela- tionship between Capital and Labor is definitely bearing fruit.
 May I say, too, in passing, that in such sections as the eastern part of the state, where the industrial situation because of industrial mi grafton, liquidation, etc., had be- come acute, the situation is infi- nitely better than few months ago and promises constant improve ment. Some of the formerly afflicted towns, which we feared might soon look like and be like abandoned vest ern mining towns, are again thriving and, in fact, have better and more stabilized payrolls than prior to the transitory period to which I have referred.
 In the matter of agriculture, prog ress has been made first over a period of years because of the CO., operative efforts of the New Eng land Council and the Connecticut Agricultural Department, and more recently, a continuance of that CO., operation by the Development Com mission and the Agricultural Depart ment. Too much credit cannot be given to Agricultural Commissioner King for his desire to cooperate in every way.
 would like to impress upon you the importance in any industrial state of keeping the development of agriculture apace with the indus trial development. In other words, the development of agriculture in any state has direct bearing upon the cost of living ad therefore, is vitally related to industry. Some of the states formerly boasted that the cost of living in Connecticut was higher because of the necessity of importing food-stuffs, and while it will always be necessary to import foods from other states, great progress has been and is being made in the development of agriculture in Connecticut.
 Recreation
 Recreation has become big busi- ness to Connecticut and to every state in the Union. For example Pennsylvania has more than $700,- 900 with which to develop recrea- tion, agriculture and industry this year, while New Jersey, for the same purpose, is spending more than $30O00O. Connecticut is trying tC do this job with an appropriation oi $30,000 year. The word "recrea- tion" as applied to this big business
 is a misnomer. Richard Walsh
 publicist of the Development Com mission, has coined the word "visi-
 tourist. To be even a little more explicit, when speak of recreation I do not mean golfing, bathing, ten his, horseback riding, etc., although
 these are all part of Connecticut'S
 attractions, but rather the summer
 home of the nonresident. The sum.
 mer home might be at one of oul
 more than one thousand Connection
 lakes, migh be along Long Islane
 Sound, might be on one of oul rivers and streams, or might be {
 rehabilitated abandoned farm. The taxes on these summer resi- dences are so important that sur |; vey made some years ago unde
 former Tax Commissioner William , H. Blodgett revealed that of the 16 ; towns in the state, there are 6 , towns which, without the tax reve nue from the nonresident or sum , mer resident, would be unable t pay their current expenses. Ina would mean that the state woul' , have to step into the breach wit ' the result that other sources c
 state revenue would be necessary. r Summer Visitors
 . Now as to whether it pays t 5 encourage foreign, or out of stat 3 travel in Connecticut, let We remin ] you that in the four and one-hal ] years of the existence of the Con g necticut Publicity Commission an ], it's outgrowth, the Connecticut De :, velopment Commission, the gaso g line tax has jumped from a littl S over five million to more than te g million dollars year. That is fiv = million dollars in addition to tn ,, forty millions dollars which the non ] resident or summer visitor bring . into the state annually in 101 type = of expenditure.
 r Expeditions as this warning frol : me may appear, I want to empha e size again that the State of Cor e necticut should enact no new taxe e First, Governor Baldwin has bee = able to balance his budget, bI e even if the budget were out of bal ,, ance I would stand four-square fe S a reduction of operating cosi