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ATt-Tm xv. J V N 1 j, u n i. FAI-t-S fîT Y N®W® î'AOK 4 r IInv■- tin, men who b s i e live«! • I,d w orked sim ply to acq u ire .r e n t f,,r tim es oliliilued 11 * 111 » of Blind, hupl'l liras nnd liopor? Ilow muMV <>f them freedom t« » point w here, Is many ptitmes o f our life. It ha- am ounted t«> license to do alm ost anything th a t we pleased or th a t b ro u g h t p ro fit or j fancied renow n, reg ard less of Its effect on one's fellow men In th e early days, when Instantaneous j could an«w *r "Y ea” ? Ifaa (he cou n try been benefited bv the coursi they b a te tak en ? A »cry large m ajority of our eeu n lry m eu In tercom m unication Old uot exist, when education w as m eagre mid science un developed, w hat th e Individual did w as o f com ps r a i l' ely sm all consequence, for hla deeds did no; reach very far sn d did not a ffe c t m any people. DUD AS A •re d and — T hey h a r e sw e p t aw ay old prece- wU1 eTeD‘ rem arked th a t the le g i s l a ti o n w a? T he man o f to-day who does not violation of t h e p r i n c i p l e o l , fu lly com p reh en d all th is is doomed to • ualism is as dead a s a s m e l t .” be so m e w h a t o f a failure, w hile th e m an w ho does com p reh en d It w ill have ta k e n a long strid e to w a rd success. It Is n o t m an y y e a rs since l w as a M r. P e r k i n s ' r e a s o n s f o r h is be , ,a<b an<* >'e t a t th a t tim e th e re w as t o li e f a r e o u t l i n e d in t h e f o llo w in g I “ ch tbln ,i 38 a u le p h o n e T b c ,e l°- g ra p h w as in v ery m eagre use; fast ex- E rtlc le . pros» tra in s did n o t e x is t It took ; sev e ra l w eeks to cro ss th e ocean, an d th e only fly in g m achine we knew a b o u t By G E O R G E W. PERKINS, w a s th e milch d erid ed one possessed C k tir n a n of M ayor M itehel’s Feoi! by D ariu s G reen Supply Com m ittee. O ne of th e g reatest stu m b lin g block! to progress Is the hum an In lin aticn t, fellow precedent and old m ethods tot E ntering a New W orld. W hen A braham LL-coin w as P resi d e n t It took fo u r d ay s or m ore for a le tte r to tra v e l from his hom e In Illi nois to New York It took him sev e ra l d a y s to go from bis hom e to W ash in g to n to be In au g u rated . A nd y e t only a ^ few w eeks ago a young w om an, un ( a id e d and alone, trav elled I d a T ying m ach in e from C hicago to New York In 1 e ig h t h o u rs and fifty m inutes. W e a re Ju st e n te rin g a new- elec trical ; w orld, w here e v e ry th in g Is »done, as It w ere, on th e In s ta n t | O ur fa th e rs h ad none>of th e m odern m a c h in e ry w ith w h ic h ■Social a n d b u si n ess In terco u rse Is now c arried on. T h e ir sons a re w re stlin g w ith th e p ro b lem o f bow to u se th e s e new m ethods G E O R G E W . PERKINS. o f In terco m m u n icatio n a n d still ad h ere tewely. We find It d iffic u lt to strtk t to th e law s, th e -precedents and the book le a rn in g o f tlie lr fa th e ;s Dt along en tirely new- lines T his Is OUR g re a t problem I t Is a T hom as Je ffe rso n , in his old age d if f ic u lt c o m p licated problem an d Is trote a le tte r In w hich he sa id :— c a u sin g a s tru g g le o f tita n ic propor Some men ascribe to the men of the tio n s—a stru g g le fr> th ro w 'o f f In a preceding age a wiadom more than n ig h t, as it w ere, th e p reced en ts of * d human, and auppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew th at old w orld fo r th e re alities o f a new. age [of the Revolution J well. 1 be P re c e d e n t m ak e* co w ard s of us all. j longed to it and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It waa , B u t th e ed u cate» . th e scientist and th e very like the present, but w ithout the In v e n to r have le f t us no choice We experience of the p resen t; and forty fears of experience la worth a cen ! m u s t a d ju s t o u r th o u g h t and action to ngw condition«. tury of book reading; and this they would say themaelves were they to •rise from the dead T h e Day of H ndividualitm Gone G reat C hangas Taking Place Rapidly, j achieving. It la inev liable, because s trik e s and lockouts can never lie se ttled sulisfac- “ I 1>C> A S I L. I K E ,s . , « ' tu a liy sw eep aw ay m any of th e law s necessity of c o - o p e r a tio n s o m e on? now oJJ o u r , u t u t e book9 Mr. P erkins retorted. “ Individ lu w hich they a re Jointly —- which recognized th? d,'ntJ'- old cuato*“ - and Individualism. S ; engaged. T his advance Is Inevitable because of j our educatiouul system , w hich teaches the w orkingm an to think for him self. i t la Inevitable liecause Intercom muul- entiou has told the w orklugtuan In one com m unity w hat th e n o rk lu g m a n In o th er com m unities ere striv in g fo r and T he ad v an ces In science. Intercom m nnlcation and In u n iv e rsa l cduca tlo n —th ese th re e g re a t fa c to rs account ; fo r th e stu p en d o u s p ro g ress th is coun A T A R EC EN T public hearing try h as m ade In th e la st tw en ty -fiv e * * on certain proposed foo<l year*. legislation which Mr. Pei kins lav- the buabn- be did not know a s m uch ab o u t actencv a s a young schoolboy o f to-day. T hom as A E dison ty p ifie s th e sc leu flat o f o u r tim e, b u t th e gap betw een th e m an o f th e Edison ty p e and W ash ln g to n Is probably g re a te r th a n th e gap b e tw een W ash in g to n and th e m at' w boee bones w ere receutly discovered n e a r T ren to u . N J.. said to h a v e lived 115,000 y e a rs ago. George W. P e r k i n s Chairman of the New York City Committee on Food Supply, Finds That Science and In vention Are Forcing Revolutionary C h a n g e s in t he World's Industrial Re lations, Whether We Like It or N ot would answer “N o ” Oil the whole, th e Indlvldusllsllc age tins not been « eucoeoe. eith er ior tbe Individual, or th e com m unity lu w hich he hue lived, or the nation We are, beyond question, entering on a period w here the w elfare o f tbe T h e c h a n g e s-o f th e la s t tw e n ty -fiv e T he chan g es th a t occurred from t h . ' y*ara »«-i ' ~ 'iu d u strta lly and econom- elose of th e R evolutionary W ar to J e f ,c* 1Iy b i ' ° *'f‘r n • et 1 belU‘T* te rso u s old age m ade a deep im pres theT " r e ' ' n tlllit*',txnal con* ’arvd to srion on h is m ind; yet as we look hack c h a n *e s ’ ilro com ing ■ t th em from th is d istan ce th ey seem 1 in fin ite sim a l w hen com pared w ith tb# 1 dt' al " 1* ,e * * * * * * * a re K°,n * t0 U r<frl.v . " » h th e relation- ch an g es th a t h a v e tak en place In th< s b ,p *',f m ,,n tt> m n " w orld th e la s t q u a rte r . f a cen tu ry a n t I n ‘ tb U COnntry h a , e '» * “ living th e trem en d o u s c h an g e- ta k in g p!ac» “ ■*“ ? f ,b e u ,r a r * ' freedom *° «»« I In d iv id u a l It h as be. S’ th e IndlvliJual- G eorge W ash in g to n w as a re p r e s e n t. * * r *>rV,d n b **” ' " e i7rAeT ° f ,h e dav ti r o o f th e b e st M X. c f .American «1 b* a b “ e' ery io r bim V e n tu ry an d . h a lf .g o . H e w as . ai»d »*“ ■ hlndm sw t.” .. . .... . _ .. " o have gloried I d th e fre id u m of •C iic L i, a soldier a lia a fclutesinuu yei * , th e in^lh IduaI ami b a t J* p n c iix e d ibi* Individualism . .With Intercom m unication draw ing th e w orld to g eth er In oue centralised com m unity, th e a c t o f th e Individual can a ffe c t a large n um ber o f people; th erefo re, th a t form o f freedom w hich Is sim ply an o th e r expression for li cense to do as one pleases* can no to ri y or perm an en tly by merely ra is ing a m a n 's w ages It la Inevitable because It gives *ta blllty to business and because It 1» a* ad v a n ta g e o u s to cap ital as to labor As a m a tte r of fact, w hen a w orking m an s trik e s It Is uot m erely to obtain longer exist. an Increase In his w age: th e t l* w h et W hen M an h attan w as sparsely set- i th e pap ers tell us th# tTonble Is sll tied and m ost o f th e people lived on sh o u t aud th a t Is w bat he ask s for: but Its so u th ern end It w ould not have w ay dow u u n d ern eath w hat be Is really m a tte re d touch had th ere been a case strik in g for Is a larg er p ercen tag e e f o f sm allpox a t th e n o rth end. T he p a th e p ro fits o f the business tie n t could have done p re tty m uch as He may not rsallx* this. but. sub he pleased w ith o u t e n d an g erin g auy consciously. th is is precisely w h at he o n e else 1» doing B ut a case of sm ullpax tn th e n o rth No m ere in crease fn w ages can ever e rn end of M an h a tta n to-day m u st be sa tisfa c to rily solve Ibl» problem . It q u a ra n tin e d Im m ediately to p ro tect can be solved only on tb e basis o f o th e r people. p ro fit sh arin g W hen 1 w as a boy th e re w as no So By profit sh a rin g 1 do not mean cie ty fo r th e P rev e n tio n o f C ruelty to ! bonus giving I .nean a ctu a l profit A nim als, an d had any one suggested sh a rin g plaus based on the earnings th a t a m an could uot w hip his horse as o f th e business, w ith a fa ir percentage m uch a s lie pleased be w ould have been to cap ital and a fa ir percentage to ridiculed Indeed. In th o se d ay s the lab o r a fte r o rd in ary w ages and Inter Id ea th a t a m an bad not th e rig h t to e s t have been earned. b e a t his ow n child a« be plefi««d w as P ro fit sh a rin g can be done s a tis given little atten tio n . factorily only w hen the business con W hen we w ere all d riving horses and cert) m akes public its tran sactio n s, so buggies th e re w as no speed lim it sn d th a t th e lab o rer and th e stockholder a m an did no t have te procure a can know- a s m uch about th e business license to d riv e a horse W ith the a d ns does th e m anager him self. v e n t of th e autom obile a license has id the a d ju s tm e n t of d ifficu lties be becom e a necessity. T h e public m ust tw een capital and labor I am confi know th a t th e m an w ho operates an d en t th a t open books will accom plish au to m o b ile know s firs t bow to operate m uch m ore th a n open shops. it and, second, to control I t T h ese changes a re far-reach in g and Society Is fin d in g It n ecessary to take fu n d am en tal. W h a t a re w e going to a w a y m uch of w h a t has h ith erto been do a b o u t it? W h a t is to be our m an called “freedom of th e Individual.” In tal a ttitu d e ? H ow a re we going to m y Judgm ent this p rocess Is only In 1U h an d le th ese problem s? in fan cy C an we approach them from the sam e point of view as did o u r fath ers, Relation of C apital and Laker. w ho lived in a strictly Individualistic T he freedom o f th e business m an to ago? Can we ap p ro ach th em from the do as he pleases Is now being seriously know ledge we hav e gained from law challenged, and I m ost heartily agree books w hich w ere w ritte n in th e in w ith w h at Mr Jo h n D R ockefeller. Jr., div id u alistic ag e? I f w e do w e will «aid recen tly a t Cornel) U niversity to be co m b attin g tb e m ighty onw ard th e e ffe c t th a t one o f th e chief quail ru sh o f new th o u g h t and new condi flcatlone for a m a n a g e r of a large bust tions, provided in large m easu re by n e s s concern Is ra p id ly com ing to be th e scien tist, th e educator, th e in v en th e bumaD q u ality aud ability to ad tor. Ju s t d ifferen ces b etw een cap ita list and la b o re r id to u n d e rstan d th eir rela W hat th e F u tu re H olds Forth. tionahlp W b at is tb e outlook? Is It a sad, U ntil recen t y ears little broad th in k pessim istic fu tu re th a t u n fo ld s? Does ln g w as given to th is problem and d lf life hardly seem w o rth living under feren ces w ere settled on th e basts of th e new c o n d itio n s-o r does it bold out “ m ight m akes r i g h t ” All this Is ra p an optim istic futlfre, wrlth fin e r op idly ch an g in g and we a re en terin g a p o rtu n ities an d 'm o re w ortt) w hile period of new In d u strial relationships. goals? In tb e long ago th e relatio n sh ip be- L et me see If I 'c a n p ictu re l t t a s I tw eeen cap ital aDd labor w as th a t of see i t F irst, J u s tu s glance In to « th e o w n er and slave, th e n cam e the period p a s t o f m a ste r and m an. then th e period of A bout th e onlyyfgoal w e have had em ployer and em ploye, each period h as been tb e uftmlgbty dollar. T be b e in g a decided step forw ard. firs t question ;«sked w hen a m an dies In my Judgm ent w e a re Just now en Is, “H ow mu>J) w as be w o rth ? ” w ith te rin g n period of copartnership, scarcely a th o u g h t as to how m uch w here th e tool u ser will be p a rt tool I he did for his co m m u n ity or h is coun- o w ner and w here c a p ital and labor will I try. » bare m ore equitably in the profit* ol B ut wh a t Uaa^U a h r^ n o u n te d to? th# fnverninrnt** ewploy lu ** rond business ha le M conecle*‘<',,u* “* lie would b* wer# b# enterlng th* *u* •■ruinent s service In tlm # of war. If our rallruada wer# t» !>• '" h * " over and » p aratrd by our governm enl al thla tlm», bnw ruany of you thlnk w# wonlrt d u plicata G arm any'a sucer#*? O overnm ent ow nerehlp of rallm aiU mr.> b# a* désirable In Ihla -•osai»* * y *• lt le In O erm any. but wa m uet fi" 1* bave public ss rv a o ta wbo wllt •• lea»1 conte aoniew ber# near Ui# sta n d a rd «I O erm any'a public se rv a n ts lo efficlency and honesty. Look a t th* apertacl* w* are prw eoram nnHy take« precedence over the Interest» of the Individual und w here the liberty of the Individual will be m ore aud m ore circum scribed for th# » ♦ * * * * * # * * ♦ * * ♦ * * ••♦ ••♦ •*^{ benefit of ttie com m unity as a w hole M ane a c tiv ities will h e re a fte r 1» ^ req u ired to be not only for him self but for hta fellow-men To my inlnd th ere I* nothing tn th# sign* uf the tim es so certain ae this How th s Rewards Will Come m ore than o rd in ary talen t, will her# a fte r look for bis rew ard*, for hie horrors, not In ons direction but In tw o:— F irst and foreuioet—In eom* public w ork accom plished, and. t#c- ondurlly. lit w ealth acquired In place of having It said of him at hit .death th a t Ire left ao m any hundred Ihouaaud dollars It will be said th a t h# rendered a certain «m ount o f public service and. In, idcutally. left a certain am ount of money. Such a goal w ill prove a fa r g reater aatlsfnctlon to him. he will IK# a more rational, w orth w hile life and be will be doing his sh a re to provide a b e tte r country In w hich to live. I have tw o reasons fo r believing th-rt fu tu re conditions will be aa I have briefly sketched them F irst, because ths world is being drawn together In ons centralised »immunity through the wonderful de- vaiopnrsnt in sclenes and the marvel burs work of the inventor Second, becauae in our country especially we are entering upon e r.ew stage of development, which calls loudly for men who will render dis interested public service service. O ne reason w hy I am atrongly for u n iv e r s a l m llllarv tra in in g is th a t It develops In th e yonth n s*n»* of nil around responsibility to his country, not only tn tim e of w ar but In tim e o f e e • e e I Why a Ntw Era Co opera- I hon Mmt Sneered Pare t Individualität. ITH : “W ratio n intercouiuiuni draw ing the w o r ld together, the act of an iuriivid tal can affect a large n u m b e r of people; therefore that fo r m of freetiom which is s im p ly ano th er c x p re » a io n for license to do a* tw e n tj flvB reuni aoclallj, A'* diialrlnlly and Bcoiimnicâlly hâve lieen very great, ,T*t I compare«! to fh# change# thaï are Corning Precedent nrukeg c o u a rd s of us ali. But the educator, the arientiat nnd the inren to r hav# left ua no c h o ic e . th o u g h t W e m u st a d ju s t o u r and a c tio n to no c o n d it io n s . ; G EO R G K W PERK1NB ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ s - » » » * » •» ♦ ♦ ♦ # m ent in our pork barrel legislation! C ould we a ffo rd to have our railroad* o p erated by th e sam e type of publlh se rv a n ts? If o u r governm ent ie to endure. If we are to ta k r our projw r plac# am ong the nations of the w orld In th# new c iv ilization. !he m an o f the fu tu re m u st live not for hlm*«!f alone but for others. Uontld» »Hon fo r on# an o th er ta speedily becom ing s social, luduwtxlal an d economic necessity O n trn llx a tlo n 1» the <>rd#r of the' . » The telegraph, th e telephone, the is'i m obile and the airsh ip are the causes. They hav# w lpad aut not ouly old p rec ed en ts and custom s b u t K t»tr and n a tional lines as well. o \Vc face new roudltluua. and In order to su rv iv e nnd succeed w* will req u ire n d iffe re n t sp irit o f public e-e * TL# change» of lh* l** belleve they are tnflnlteuluial O ur ouly d e c o ra tio n - tbe alm ighty dollar 1» receding Into the background T he man o f exceptional ability, of ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦a e aeotlng to tb s w orld a t thla very m 1# one pleaaes can no longer exist.” —G EORGE VV. PKKK1NH ¥ e peace. H e la m uch m ore a p t to ba a fa ith fu l, conscientious se rv a n t th an If be had not had m ilitary tra in in g He e n te rs public service In tim e of peace In m ore nearly th e earn# sp irit th s t be w ould e n t e r m ilitary service I d tim e of war— nam ely, from a aens# of patrio tic d u ty and a desire to serv e his country and hie fellow men. In recent years w# have been hearing a g re a t deal about governm ent o w n s# •b lp of o u r railroad». W# a re told th a t In G erm any the railroad# a re ow ned by tb e governm ent and th a t th eir opera tion la m ost successful T hla is tru e, b u t In G erm any conditions a re v a stly d iffe re n t I T h# m ilitary tra in in g o f th# yonth. In Ifact, th # e n tire tre n d o f education tn G e rm a n y la to Im press upon th e young m en o f th a t land th a t they ow e service to th e ir country. WI m b a m an en te rs A m an 11'lug In B oston w bo s l i b t f to talk to a m an living lu Fan 1 ran- ctaco sim ply rings a bell, p u ts a little In stru m en t to hi* war and proceeds to talk. T h ere Is hardly a m iracle In th# Bible more w onderful tb s o this Tho do-trln* of “B tats rights" la being rapidly dem olished. T he n a tion Is being obliged to assum e m any of the functions of g o v ern m an t h e re tofore perform ed by th e R tate. and th is tendency ta grow ing T he S late, view ed at an Individual w ith the rig h t to do aa It pl«a*ea w itb- In Itself, w ithout reg ard fo r State*, can ho longer be tolere Only the nation can arc In matJL . that affect Interstate relatione and w ith Intercom m unication nnd tr a n s p o rtation developed to th a lr p resen t stag e a considerable percen tag e o f a S t a t e s activ ities a re in te r s ta te la th e ir e ffects and consequences. T ha W orld la D rawing T ogether. * W e m ust th erefo r* tak a on a nave nationalism T ha w orld has been d ra w n vexy closely to g eth er by th a cable an d th e tra n s a tla n tic liner, b n t It is on th e verge o f being d raw n In finitely m ore closely to g eth er by t h e w ire leas, the airsh ip and th e a n b m * vine telephone W hen th ese are p ractical, e v ery d ay In stru m e n ts of Intercom m unication t nnd tra n sp o rta tio n th* aorta! p rac tices and th a tn d u atrlal m ethods hod* o V one nation w ill quickly and serlof le rto i' a ffe c t all o th er nations. Thla w tli| > quire th* yielding by n atio n s of r e r u n of th eir IndlvldnaJIstic rig h ts and prero g ativ es In o rd er to safe g u a rd an d b en efit tb s w orld aa a whole. T h is opens up a g r e a t new vlate—> It present* problem s th a t a re In ten sely In terestin g end o f fa r re a c h ing Im portance. T he period th a t la npon ns offer# larg# o p p o rtu n ities fo r in d iv id u al th o u g h t In itiative an d action, fo r con s tru c tiv e w ork and fo r constructlv# f,tate«Q '«n.hlp T h e m ighty changes ta k in g plac# to E u ro p e tell ua w ith u n m ista k a b le vole# th a t th* reco n stru ctio n period !• a t hand. T be m an o f tb s fu tu re m oat realize i t H e m ust be re a d y ta a d ju s t him self to th* new condition*. H e m o st hav# su ffic ie n t vision, in te l ligence and courage to c a s t «side th# m ethods and preew tent* o f a b y g y fc“« ag e H e m u st let th # d ead pnat . > ita dead H e m oat not look back to th # sytt^ng b u t fo rw a rd to th a risin g gun, *«*i i