limn strikes It Is nut tut-rely to obtain ■ntcrests o f the Individual and where the liberty o f the Individual will lie enters public service lu time o f peace »11 iiK iviiHu In bln wage; thut Is wbst the papers tell us tbe trouble la all Hlunit »ml llmt la what be asks (or; but more and more circumscribed for the In more nearly tbe same spirit that be wav down underneath what he la really lieneflt o f the community as a whole, would enter military service in time of hi rll<lntr Man's fur la a larger percentage of No mere Increase In wages can erer aalil reeelllly at Cornell I'nlverslf» to tlie effect that one o f the chief i|uali fleatlima fur a uiaiiHger of a large Im—I- ni'ss concern Is rapidly coming to hi* the hitman i|iiallty ami ablllt.i to a.! Just differences hetween capitalist ami lalairer and to understand their relu tlonshlp. I Util recent years little hroad think iog was given to this problem ami tlif feremes were settled on the liaalo o f ‘'might makes right.“ All this is rap idly changing and we are entering a period of new Industrial relationship*. In the long ago the relationship t>e- tweecti capital and labor was that of owner and slave, then catue the period of master and Ulan, then the period of employer and employe, each being a decided atep forward |s-r|od knowledge we have gained from law hooks which were written in the In dividualistic age? I f we do we will combatting the mighty onward where the tool user^wlll he part tool r,,sK **f **« w thought and new condl- tlohs, provided In large measure by i w ncr and " Here < apltal and liilsir w ill the s. leutt-t e.iaie molt- equitably lu llie plot Us of lor. the business in which they arc Jointly engaged. This advance la Inevitable because o f Our only decoration— the almighty the government and that tlielr opera 8ecoml, because in our coiinlry especially we arw entering upon a new stage of development which calls loudly for men who will render dis interested public service diistriiilly and economically "e have been very great, yet I ♦ face new conditions and The In the educator, tbe tnven- order to survive and succeed we will 9 require a different of compared to the changes that O ik * r«»n«<»it why I hiii «iroruriy for I n it a sad, universal m ilitary triilul'ur is that It (lesslmlatlc future that unfolds? Poe- <1f>velops in the youth it sense o f all life hardly seem worth living under r,.spons|hlllty to his country, the workingmnn to think for himself the new eondltlone or doc* It hold out liot only in time of war tun in time o f It I' Inevitable because Intercommuni au optimistic future, with finer op- cation hws told tbe workingmnn In one lH>rtunltle* and more worth while community what the workingman In goals? Ltd me *«e If I can picture It aa 1 achieving it. It Is Inevitable, lusause strikes and |>asL hs-kouts ean never la* settled satlsfac- Why a New Era Co-opera PI ret, Juat a glance Into tbe arc coming. I reredent makes « cowards of us all. tion Mast Succeed Pare About the only goal w# baVS had Have tbe men who^ have lived and * “W ITH ♦ choice. We must adjust our thought and action to new : ♦ ♦ conditions. G E O R G E W . P E R K IN S . 4 4 ment In our pork barrel leglslatlool Could we afford to have our railroads operated by tbe same type o f public servants? individual can affect a large worked simply to acquire great for * tunes obtained peace o f mtnd. happl- t I f our government Is to endure, if number of people; therefore we are to take our proper place among nesa and honor? How many o f them J ♦ could answer "Y es” ? $ that form of freedom which ilization. tbe mau o f the future must the nations o f tbe world In the new civ the course they have taken? A very J « for large majority o f onr countrymen ♦ would answer “ No “ MihrintHurouR to • ai»11 m I hn to lnhor U ii MiAttnr o f r«. t. a l**u a * or*tag ♦ ♦ intercommuni 1 ( V»tllV> I«* ItiMn***»’« Mini !*♦•«-misr It la aa « ♦ 1 is simply another expression Ha* the country been benefited by J It I«» in« x luMf lii-HiiM* It »»hr« «ta the inventor have left ns no ♦ ♦ be did for bis community or bis coun 1 cation drawing the try. * i Rut »b a t baa It all amounted to ) $ world together, the m l of an 1m: ii limn > w mio » s and ♦ ts. “ How much was be worth?” with ! inuiit i.;, > !•> mrmiy rala- J educator, the scientist ♦ ♦ Individualism. scarcely a thought as to bow much « i - h But the i ♦ baa been tbe almighty do'lar. Tbe first question asked when a man dies torily ••• the laid believe they are infiuitesinial public wrvUt. What tH« Futuna Hold* Forth N\ hat I k tbe outlook? spirit changes of twenty five years socially, In- our educe Ilona) system, wbh b teaches other communities are striving for and In recent years we have been bearing a great deal about government owner ship of our railroads. We are told that , In Germany _ .. _..__ . arj> owned by tbe railroads dollar— Is receding Into tbe background tion Is most successful. This Is true, profit sharing _ „ ^ . The man o f exceptional ability, of but In Gel-many conditions are vastly Ry profit sharing 1 do not mean .. ' .... more than ordinary talent, will here- different. bonus giving I mean actual profit after look for bis rewards, for his The military training of the youth. In aha ring plans based on the earnings . honors, not In one direction but In fact- *,le entire trend o f education In o f tbe business, with s fntr percentage two:— First— and foremost—iu some Germany Is to Impress upon tbe young to capital slid a fair |>erccntage to ... . public work accomplished and sec- me,‘ o t t“ * t Kind that they owe service lalsir lifter ordinary wages and Inter- . . ... , . .... ondarlly, in wealth acquired. ll*elr country. When a man euters esl have been earned In place o f having It said of him at ,he government’s employ In the rail Profit sharing ran be done satis his death that he left so many hundred r°a*i business be Is as eouselenttoo» at factorily only when tbe business con thousand dollars It will be said that he would be were be entering the guv. cern makes public Its transactions, so rendered a certain uinouut o f public eminent's service In time o f war. that the laborer and the stockholder service and. incidentally, left a certain ^ our railroads were to be taken can know as much about the business amount of money. over and operated by our government as does the manager himself. Such a goal will prove a far greater !'^ 'KIs Gme, how muny of you think we In the adjust incut of difficulties lie- satisfaction to him. be will live a more duplicate Germany's success? tween ■ 11 it .> I and lalsir I am confi rational, worth while life and he will Government ownership of railroads dent llial open Issiks will accomplish tie doing his share to provide a better ,,u,-v *M‘ us desirable in this country as turn h mote than open shops. country In which to live. K Is In Germany, but we must first Tin m - i ll.inges are far-reaching and I have two reasons for ladle' leg that *mve pithlle servants who will at least fundamental W h it are we going to future conditions will he as I have ‘ “ ,l|e somewhere near the standard of do .iliout it? What Is to In* our men Germany's public servants In efficiency briefly sketched them tal attitude Mow are we going to »m l honesty. handle tbc-e problems? F ln t because the world is being Look at the spectacle we are pre- t'au we approach them from tbe drawn together In one centruhxed M'litlng to the world at this very m o same point of view us did our fathers, community throngb the wonderful de who lived in a strictly ludi' idualistic velopment in science a n 1 the marvel lous work of tbe inventor age? fa n we apprc.ch them from the be In m> Judgment we are Just now en- ti ring ii period of copartnership, and bis fellowmen. How the Rewards Will Como. It can lie solved only on tbe basis of challenged, and I most heartily agree with what Mr. .lohu I> Rockefeller Jr . for hlmaelf duty and a desire to serve bis country signs of the times so certain ss this. satisfactorily solve Ibis problem. V Tbe freedom o f the tniMluesa man to do as be iili'iisea Is now being seriously tie war— namely, from a sense of patriotic To my mind there Is uotblng In tbe la doing. o f Capital and Labor. hereafter but for his fellowtnen. Me m.iy not realise tbla. bat, sub consciously tbla Is precisely whet no R elation wm required to he not only tbe profit* o f tbe hualnesa G E O R G E W . PERKINS. activities On tbe whole, tbe license to tlo a* one , J pleases can no longer exist.” Individualistic J live not others for himself slone Consideration for one hut another for la *l>eedll.v liecoming a social. Industrial and economic necessity. GEORGE sge has not been a success, either lor * the Individual, or tbe community lu * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • W. P E R K I NS Centralization is tbe order o f the day. The telegraph, tbe telephone, tbe a u t» mobile and the airship are tbe cauaafe w hlcb he has lived, or the nation. 9 lie Is tutK'b more apt to be a They bare wiped out not only old prec lx e are. , beyond . questlou. entering tveaee * ■ . . where . .9 welfare o . f . tbe . faithful cons-lentloue servant than if edents and customs but State and B9 on a period the . . . takes . . He tlonal llnea as w ell •-ommuntty precedence over tlie he bad " u not had military training