New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . rHE treaty entered into 6y Massa-soit, sachem of the Wampanoags,during Plymouths first year, wasfaithfully kept for more than half acentury. Not till King Philip sonand successor of Massasoit, went on thewarpath, did the Indians of Massa-chusetts Bay commit any serious Chapter VIndustrial ^hQw England OUT of the chaos of post-revolution days, de-\ veloped a steady growth of manufadtures whichI closely paralleled New Englands expan


New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . rHE treaty entered into 6y Massa-soit, sachem of the Wampanoags,during Plymouths first year, wasfaithfully kept for more than half acentury. Not till King Philip sonand successor of Massasoit, went on thewarpath, did the Indians of Massa-chusetts Bay commit any serious Chapter VIndustrial ^hQw England OUT of the chaos of post-revolution days, de-\ veloped a steady growth of manufadtures whichI closely paralleled New Englands expansion Intrade and commerce. As her industrial centersgrew, agriculture lost its preeminence in NewEngland. Today ninety-two per cent of the people of the Old Colony live in towns. Others joined the all-conquering host which settled theWest, and joined the Atlantic and Pacific with a homo-geneous population thoroughly permeated with New Eng-land ideals — free institutions, popular education, andpersonal and public probity and integrity. A Landof Towns 54 New England — Old and New Her People Immigration has swelled the population, but the new- comers have largely absorbed the spirit of New no part of the nation is there a stronger leaven of straight-thinking, law-abiding citizens ready and willing to sacrificeall for a principle and an ideal. They still stand by thedeclarations contained in the original Mayflowe


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