Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28

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world, where everything Is done. - II
were, On the instant.
Our fathers had none of tho modern
machinery with which social and busi.
ness intercourse 10 now carried on. Their
Sons are wrestling with the problem Of
how to use these new methods Of inter.
communication and still adhere to the
laws. the precedents and the book learn.
ing Of their fathers.
This is u great problem. 1t Is q diff.
ficult, complicated problem and is caus-
ing a struggle Of titanic PROPORTIONS
struggle to throw off in q night, a. II
were, the presidents of an old world for
the realities of a new.
Precedent makes towards Of us all.
But the educator, the scientist and th.
inventor have left US no choice. We must
ADJUST our thought and action to new
conditions
Inc changes of the last twenty-five
years socially, industrially and econom,.
cally have been great yet 1 believe they
are tnfinitesimal compared to tb.
changes that are coming.
believe these changes are soin, n
deal most largely with the r~elationsh,,
Of man to man.
The Day Of IndividuaIi,m Gone.
In this country We have been Twin.
In an age OF the utmost freedom to the
individual. 1t has been the individuals.
tic period. when the order of the ds7
has seemed to be every fellow for him
self and the devil take the hindmost,"
We have gloried in the freedom Of the
individual and have practised this free
dom to a point where. in many phases of
our life. 1t has amounted to license to
do almost anything that We pleased or
that brought profit or fancied renown, r.
gardless Of its effect on ones fellowmen.
In the early days, when instantaneous
REORGANIZATION did not exist, when
education was meagre and science un.
developed. what the individual did was Of
comparatively small consequence, for his
deeds did not reach very far and did not
affect many people.
with intesconnunicatio, drawing
the world together In one centralized
ssmmunity, the act Of the Individual
= affect . large aumber Of people,
therefore. that form Of freedom which
10 simply mother expression for u.
sense to do q one pleases can n
longer exist.
When Manhattan was sparsely settled
and most Of the people lived on its
southern end 1t would not have mat.
tered much had there been q case of
smallpox at the north end. The patient
could have done pretty much as he
pleased without e%ndangerins any one
else.
But q case Of smallpox In the north.
ern end Of Manhattan to-day must bs
~quarantined Immediately to protect
other people.
When I was . boy there was no 30
ciety for the Prevention of CruelH to
Animals. and had any one suggested
that a man could not whip his horse a.
much as be pleased he would have been
ridltuled. Indeed, In those days the idea
that q man had not the right to beat
his OWE child as he pleased was given
little attention.
When we were all driving horses and
buggies there was no speed limit and \
man did not have to procure q license
to drive a horse. With the advent of
the automobile a license has become .
necessity. The public must know that
the man who operates an automobile
knows first how to operate It and, sec
ond, to control Il.
Society is finding It necessary to take