Some may ask why should we consider other industries when we can find many good opportunities in our present enterprises. The answer is that our people drift away to other states to get into these industries for there they have discovered that the best chance to produce a large value for a day's work is where best implements are used and where there is the best organization of workers.
They have found that in some respects we are lagging behind in the use of best methods and best implements.
OUR PROBLEM.
Without going further into the analysis of the conditions that confront us, it is obvious that an increase in the size and number of desirable industries is an object worthy of our attention and efforts.
We have clearly in mind that more money flowing into the state will improve our entire economic situation. Taxes, markets, population, schools, opportunities for Vermonters and general improvement in all values and interests.
The next thing to do is to get an industrial policy that will guide us in our course as individuals, managers, engineers, manufacturers, investors, progressive workers and as citizens. The idea must precede action and the action must precede results. The true idea will bring results of like character, hence the need of the fullest knowledge on which to form the idea.
A simple outline of a desirable industry may be drawn through the following points:
First: An ideal industry is an organization in which the energies of mind and body are most effectively employed.
Second: Since man is something more than a physical body, his work must be one in which he feels an interest and satisfaction.
Third: Since there are various kinds of implements to aid man in his work, a successful organization should use the most effective type.