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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

of intercommunicatio and still adhere
to the laws, the precedents and the
book learning of their fathers
This is OUR great problem. 1t is a
difficult, complicated problem and is
causing q struggle of titanic proper
tions-a struggle to throw off in a
night. as 1t were. the presidents of an
old world for the realities of new.
Precedent makes towards of us all.
But the educator, the scientist and the
inventor have left us no choice. We
must adjust our thought and action to
new conditions.
The changes of the last twenty-five
years socially. fndustrially and econom-
ically have been great yet ! believe
they are infinitesimal compared to the
changes that are coming.
! believe these changes are going to
deal most largely With the relation
ship Of man to man.
The Day Of Individualism Gone.
In this country we have been living
in an age Of the utmost freedom to the
individual 1t has been the individual
istic period, when the order of the day
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
phases OF our life, It has amounted to
license to do almost anything that we
pleased or that brought profit oil
fancied renown, regardless OF its effect
on ones fellowmen,
In the early days. when instantaneou:
intercommunication did not exist, wheI
education was meagre and science un
developed, what the individual did wa'
of comparatively small consequence, fol
his deeds did not reach very far an(
did not affect many people.
With REORGANIZATION dra win,
the world together in one centralized
community. the act of the individual
can affect a large number OF people
therefore, that form Of freedom whicl
is simply another expression for II
cense to do as one pleasese can n
longer exist
When Manhattan was sparsely sci
: tied and most of the people lived Of
it's southern end it would not hav
: mattered much had there been a cas-
of smallpox at the north end. The pa
tient could have done pretty much a
he pleased without endangering an
j one else
I But case of smallpox In the nortf
ern end of Manhattan to-day must b
q quarantined immediately to proteC
+ other people.
/. When ! was a boy there was no S,
= ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty
5 Animals, and had any one suggeste
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

Have the men who have lived and
worked simply to acquire great for
tunes obtained peace Of mind, happi-
ness and honor? How many Of them
could answer Yes?
Has the country been benefited by
the course they have taken? A very
large majority of our countrymen
would answer mo"
ON the whole. the individualistic
age has not been success. either for
the indy idual or the community in
which he has lived. or the nation.
We are, beyond question. entering
on a period where the welfare OF the
community takes precedence over the
interests OF the individual and where
the liberty of the individual VIII be
more and more circumscribed for the
benefit of the community as whole.
Mans activities will hereafter be
required to he not only for himself
but for his fellowmen.
To my mind there is nothing In the
signs OF the times so certain as this
How the Rewards Will Come.
Our only decoration-the almighty
dollar-is receding into the background
The man OF exceptional ability, Of
more than ordinary talent, will here
after look for his rewards. for hii
honors, not in one direction but IL
First-and foremost I'm som,
public work accomplished. and, sec
ondarily, In wealth acquired
In place OF having It said OF him a
his death that he left SO many hundred
thousand dollars II will be said that h,
rendered a certain amount Of publ
service and. incidentally. left certain
amount of money.
Such a goal will prove far create
satisfaction to him, he will live NOR
rational. worth while life and he vii
be doing his share to provide bette
country In which to live.
have two reasons for believing tina
future conditions will be as l hav
briefly sketched them:
First, because the world is being
drawn together in one centralized
community through the wonderful de-
velopment in science and the marvel
lous work Of the inventor.
= Second. because in our country
e especially we are entering upon a new
stage of development which calls
l loudly for men who will render dis
e interested public service.
We face new conditions, and 1
! order to survive and succeed we wi
e require a different spirit OF publ
5 service.
One reason why l am strongly II
b universal military training is that
+ develops I'm the youth a sense Of a
around responsibility to his countr
Z? not only in time OF war but In time
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

that man could not whip his horse as
much as he pleased he would have been
ridiculed. Indeed I'm those days the
idea that man had not the right to
beat his own child as ne 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
license to drive horse. With the ad
vent of the automobile a license has
become necessity. The public must
know that the man who operates al
automobile knows first how to operate
1t and. second, to control it.
Society is finding it necessary to take
away much of what has hitherto been
my judgment this process is only in Its
infancy.
The freedom of the business man to
do as he pleases is now being seriously
challenged, and l most heartily agree
with what Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller, Jr..
said recently at Cornell University to
the effect that one of the chief quail
fications for a manager of large bust
ness concern Is rapidly coming to be
the human quality and ability TO ad-
just differences between capitalist and
laborer and to understand their rela-
tionship.
Relation of Capital and Labor.
Until recent years little broad think
ing was given to this problem and diff
ferences were settled on the basis OF
might makes right" All this is rap
idly changing and we are entering 1
period of new industrial relationships
In the long ago the relationship be
tween capital and labor was that OF
owner and slave. then came the periot
of master and man, then the period OF
employer and employe, each perioC
, being decided step forward
| In my judgment we are just now en-
; where the tool user will be part too
owner and where capital and labor will
share more equitably in the profits o
D the business In which they are joint.
engaged.
: This advance is inevitable because o
d our educational system, which teache
e the workingman to think for himself.
e 1t is inevitable because intercommun1
: cation has told the workingman in on
8 community what the workingman 4
y other communities are striving for an
achieving.
+ 1t is inevitable, because strikes an
e lockouts can never be settled satisfa'
( torily or permanently by merely raj,
ing a mans wages.
, 1t Is inevitable because It gives st,
o bility to business and because IT is q
d advantageous to capital as to labor.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

edents and customs but State and ma
tional lines as we'll
A man living In Bston who wishes
to talk to a man living in San Fran
cisco simply rings a bell. puts a little
instrument TO his ear and proceeds to
talk. There is hardly miracle In the
Bible more wonderful than this.
The doctrine of State rights" 10
being rapidly demolished. The ns-
ton is being obliged to assume many
OF the functions OF government here
tofore performed by the State, aud
this tendency is growing
The State, viewed as an individual
with the right to do as 1t pleases with
in itself, without regard for other
States, can no longer be tolerated.
Only the nation can act In matters
that affect interstate relations, and
with intercommunicatio and trans
portation developed to their present
stage a considerable percentage OF q
States activities are Interstate In
their effects and consequences.
The World IL Drawing Together.
We must therefore take on a new
nationalism. The world has been
drawn very closely together by the
cable and the transatlantic liner, but
it is on the verge OF being drawn in
finitely more closely together by the
wireless. the airship and the submAr
rine telephone.
When these are practical everyday
instruments OF intercommunicsti ton
and transportation the social prac-
tices and the industrial methods Of
one nation will quickly and seriously
affect all other nations. This win re-
quire the yielding by nations of GER
tin OF their individualistic rights and
prerogatives In order to safeguard aud
benefit the world as a whole.
This opens up a great, new vista
It presents problems that are In
tensely interesting end of fsr-resch-
ing Importance.
The period that 10 upon US Offers
large opportunities for Individual
thought, initiative and action. for con-
structive work and for constructive
craftsmanship.
The mighty changes taking place In
Europe tell Us with unmistskabls
voice that the reconstruction period u
at hand. The man OF the future
! must realize It He must be ready II
adjust himself to the new conditions
, He must have sufficient vision. intsa
ligence and courage to cast aside the
+ methods and prsceAents of a bygoas
t age. He must let the dead past burr
! it's dead He must not look back Il
i, the setting but forward to the rising
( sun.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

peace. He IL mitch more apt to b. 4
faithful. conscientious servant than n
be had not had military training. He
enters public service In time OF peace
In moro nearly the sams spirit that be
would enter military service IN time Of
war-namsly, from q sense OF patriotic
duty and 4 desire to ssrvs his country
and his fellowmen.
In recent years We have been hearing
q great deal about government owner
ship OF our railroads. We are told that
In Germany the railroads are owned By
the government and that their opera
ton IL most successful. This u true.
but In Germany conditions are vastly
different
The military training of the youth, In
fact, the entire trend Of education n
Germany Is to impress upon the yeung
men OF that land that they owe service
to their country. When q man enters
the governments employ In the rail-
road business he Is As conscientious a.
he would be were he entering the gov
ernment's service In time OF war.
II our railroads were to be taken
over and operated by our government
at this time, how many OF you think We
would duplicate Germsny's success2
Government ownership OF railroads
may be as desirable In this country a.
1t is In Germany. but we must first
have public servants who viii at least
come somewhere near the standard OF
Germany's public servants In efficiency
and honesty.
Look at the spectacle We are pre-
senting to the world Mt this very mo-
ment In our pork barrel legislat 1eni
Could we afford to have our railroads
operated by the same type Of public
servants?
If our government IL to endure, II
we are to take our proper place among
the nations OF the world in the new CIV
iliZation, the man of the future must
live not for himself alone but for
others.
Consideration for one another u
speedily becoming q social, industrial
and economic necessity.
Capitalization Is the order OF the day.
The telegraph. the telephone. the auto
mobile and the airship are the causes.
They have wiped out not only old prec-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

AS a matter of fact, when d working
man strikes II is not merely to obtain
an increase I'm his wage: that is what
the papers tell us the trouble is ali
about and that is what he asks for; but
way down underneath what he is really
striking for is a larger percentage of
the profits of the business.
He may not realize this. bnt. sub
consciously. this is precisely what he
is doing.
No mere increase In wages can ever
satisfactorily solve this problem. 1t
can be solved only on the basis of
profit sharing.
BY profit sharing I do not mean
bonus giving. ! mean actual profit
sharing plans based on the earnings
of the business, with a fair percentage
to capital and a fair percentage to
est have been earned.
Profit sharing can be done salts
factorily only when the business con.
Germ makes public its transactions. sc
that the laborer and the stakeholder
can know as much about the business
as does the manager himself.
In the adjustment Of difficulties be
tween capital and labor | am conf
dent that open books will accomplish
much more than open shops.
These changes are far-reaching anC
funda mental. What are we going t.
do about it? What is to be our men
tai attitude2 How are we going t
handle these problems?
Can we approach them from tn
/ same point of view as did our fathers
who lived in a strictly individualisti
age? Can we approach them from tn
knowledge we have gained from Law
/ books which were written In the IN
dividualistic age2 IL we do we will
be combating the mighty onwar
rush of new thought and new condi
tons, provided in large measure b
the scientist, the educator, the inven
tor
What the Future Holds Forth.
What is the outlook? Is II a sac
pessimistic future that unfoldsf Doe
life hardly seem worth living unde
the new conditions or does II hold on
an optimistic future, with finer oil
portunities and more worth Will
goals7
Let me see II l can picture it as
see it. First, just glance into th
past.
About the only goal we have ha
has been the almighty dollar. TIL
= first question asked when man die
is. How much was he WORTH" wit
scarcely a thought as TO how muc
= he did for his community or his coul
8 try.
But what has IT all amounted K
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SION on bis mind; yet as we look back
at them from this distance they seem
inf1nltssimal when compared with the
changes that have taken place In the
world the last quarter Of a century and
the tremendous changes taking place
now.
George Washington was q representa-
tive Of the best type Of American a
century and q half ago. BE was a
scholar, q soldier and q statesman, yet
he did not know as much about science
a. a young schoolboy of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the scien-
list of our time, but the gap between
the man Of the Edison type and Wash
tnston ia probably greater than the gap
between Washington and the man
whose bones were recently discovered
near Trenton, N. j., said to have lived
$4,000 years ago.
The advances In science, tntercom
munication and in universal educa
tion-these three great factors account
for the stupendous progress this coun
try has made in the last twenty-five
years.
They have swept away old prece
dents, old customs, and they win even
tuslly sweep away many OF the law
now on our statute books.
The man of to-day who does no
fully comprehend all this is doomed t.
b somewhat OF q failure, while tn
man who does comprehend 1t will hav,
taken a long stride toward successa
II is not many years since l was
ND, and yet at that time there was NJ
such thing as a telephone. The tele
graph was in very meagre use; fast ex
press trains did not exist 1t too
several weeks to cross the ocean, an
the only flying machine we knew abou
Was the much derided one possesse
b. Darius Green
Entering q New World
When Abraham Lincoln was Pres
Gent II took four days or more for
letter to travel from bis home In Ill
nois to New York. 1t took him sewers
days to 60 from his home TO Washing
ten to be inaugurated And yet only
few weeks ago a young woman, III
aided and alone, travelled in flyfn
machine from Chicago TO New York
stSht hours and fifty minutes.
We are just entering a new electrici
world. where everything is done, as
were. on the instant
Our fathers had none of the modei
machinery with which social and bus
Hess intercourse Is now carried o
Their sons are wrestling with the pro
~ Of how to use these new methot
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15
WHY
INDIVIDUALISM
is AS DEAD
AS A SMELT

A 7 A RECENT public hearing
"A on certain proposed food
Agislation which Mr.. Perkins fav-
cred and which recognized the
necessity of cooperation some one
remarked that the legislation was
. violation of TIE principle of
individualism.
Mr.. Perkins retorted, "Individ-
ualism Is as dead as smelt."
Mr.. Perkins reasons for his be
lief are outlined In the following
article
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15
By GEORGE w. PERKINS,
Chairman Of Mayor Michele Food
supply Comnittss.


One Of the greatest stumbling blocks
- progress u the human inclination to
11alsw precedent and old methods too
slsseiy. We find 1t difficult to strike
eat along entirely new lines
Thomas Jsffsrson, In his old age,
wrote letter In which he said q
Dsos men ascribs to the men of the
Srsosdins axt . wisdom more than
human, and suppose what they did to
~ bsyond amendment I knew that
sgs LEI the Revoluion1 well. / be-
loAgsd to II and laborsd with 1t. 1t
deserved well Of its country. 1t was
very Hike tho present, but without the
experience of the present; and forty
ysars Of experience II worth CEN
tury Of book reading; and this they
would say themselves were they to
arise from the dead
Great Changes Taking Place Rapidly.
The changes that occurred from tina
close Of the Revolutionary War to JEFF
fsrson's old age made a deep impress
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-15

SW/ITH intercommuni-
w cation drawing the
world together, the act Of an
individual can affect a large
number Of people; therefore
that form of freedom which
is simply another expression
for license to do as one
pleases can no longer exist"
GEORGE w. PERKINS.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-08
Believes i'm The Herald

Editors The Bamberg Herald
I herewith enclose check for $1.5O
for which please send The Herald
one year to Deacon r. C. Harter,
Varnville, S. C. By this you may
know that l remember my county S
paper and it's people. I wish that
every colored citizen in the State
would make up their minds to read
the weekly newspapers and the re-
suit would be that there would be
more saving among them and not so
much waste as exists now. This is
not a time to waste, but TO save. IT
our people have cleared themselves
of debt, I don't think they could DO
a better thing than to invest the ov-
erplus in Liberty bonds, and they
should sign the FOOD pledges, also.
This, and this alone, will show who
and what we are. We are among
good people who give good advice;
let us as a race heed it. Read your
county paper and you will find out
what YOUR place is in this great strug-
gle. One dollar and fifty cents will
educate you for IL months. Respect
fully, B. ). kEAfSE.
Olar, S. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-08
Tobacco Meeting Today

County Farm Demonstration Agent
]. J. Heard has called meeting Of
the farmers of the county to be held
at the court house today (Thursday.)
The object of the meeting will be to
arouse a general interest among our
farmers in tobacco planting. MIR.
Heard has sent out more than 200
letters asking the farmers to come to
the meeting, and it is expected that
a splendid crowd will be on hand.
The chief speech of the day will
be made by L. w. Ling, tobacco
expert of the Southern Railway. Mr..
Ling travels Is States in the interest
of this work, holding these meetings
and explaining to the farmers the
benefits to be derived from planting
tobacco. Every farmer would certain
ly do we'll to be present. A small
organization has already been formed
in the Immediate vicinity of Bamberg,
in which a few farmers have pledged
themselves to plant about 100 acres
in tobacco. 1t is proposed however,
to show the move can become
profitable throughout the county,
and a general crop of tobacco all
over the county is hoped for next
year. 1t is hoped that enough can
be planted the first year to establish
a market in the town of Bamberg
and get a warehouse here, and later
in the other towns in the county,
Denmark, Ehrhardt and Olar. The
hour of the meeting will be II
o'clock a. m.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-08
Food Pledges Coming in Slowly.

The campaign for obtaining pledg-
es in the food saving movement is
not yet over, but Bamberg county so
far has failed to make the showing
which it should. Even if one is al
ready saving all that he can it hurts
nothing to sign the pledge anyway,
and gives Bamberg county better
appearance in the roll Of what is
being done. Why not everybody sign
up then? 1t seems to be asking very
little. To date only $50 pledges have
been reported to headquarters here
as being signed throughout the coun-
ty. These are practically all whites,
however, and the negroes are also
at work this week trying to obtain
as many as possible. So it is hoped
that this number will be greatly in
creased.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-08
Two Sales Monday.

Monday of this week was the first
Monday of the month and conse'
quently salesday, but money is sc
plentiful and times so prosperous
especially with the farmers, that nc
farm lands are being sold under
mortgage now. In fact, numbers OF
mortgages are being paid up, and
there were only two public sales here
Monday, both being made by the
probate judge, and both covering
town property.
The first sale included house and
lot in the town of Ehrhardt. This
sale grew out of the case of B. T
Zeigler, administrator of the estate
of I. ]. Zeigler, against Alma Zeig-
Ter, ct al. The property brought
s2,31O, and was purchased by Mr.
w. A. Smith.
The other sale was occasioned by
the case of Mrs. Elise B. Walker
against Sim Mcmillan, and covered
a house and four acres of land in
the town of Bamberg. This was bid
in by R. P. Bellinger, attorney, for
SS25
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-08
Residence Destroyed by Fire.

Monday afternoon about four
o'clock the alarm of fire was sound
ed, and it was discovered that the
pretty home of Mr.. J. ]. Jones on
Railroad avenue was on fire. A
crowd quickly gathered on the scene
and everything possible was done to
stay the blaze, but it was some time
before the reel and hose could be
gotten to work properly and the
home is practically total loss. This
residence was one of the oldest in
town, but few years ago Mr.. Jones
had the whole dwelling remodeled
and done over entirely new, and
made it into a very commodious and
attractive home.
The fire caught from the very top
of the roof, and originated proba-
bly, from the chimney. Mrs. Jones
was at home at the time but at first
had no idea that it was. her house
and sent a servant girl out in the
ward to find out where the fire was
when she heard the alarm, A great
portion of the furniture on the low
er floor was saved, but most of that
on the second floor was burned. The
house and contents were insured for
$4,000, but Mr.. Jones sustains a
considerable loss, for the house it
self was worth more than that
amount in addition to the furniture
which was lost. Mr.. Jones and his
family are staying in the old .Bap-
tist parsonage in the rear of the
church for the present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-08
A Chance for Service.

The Herald is requested to print
the following:
The great war has clearly singled
out tuberculosis as among the worst
enemies of armies and has shown
that the control of tuberculosis is
one of the most important steps in
mobilizing the strength and conserV-
ing the resources of nation. The
10000 French soldiers invalid
ed back from the trenches and the
vastly increasing ravages of the dis
ease among the civilian population
offer our nation a timely lesson. Ev-
cry person selling Red Cross Christ
mas seals, sold this year as every
year only for fighting tuberculosis,
has a vital opportunity to make our
country profit by the dearly learned
lesson of France, Canada and other
participants in the war.
The following have been asked TO
serve as agents for Bamberg county:
Mrs. F. V. James, Miss Sadie Boyd,
Miss Inez Sandifer, Mrs. B. P. Hart
zog, principal of the EmDree school,
Mrs. julie Rhoad, Mrs. c. F. Rizer,
Mrs. Mamie Rentz, Mrs. w. D. May
field, principal of the Salem school,
Miss Sallie Neeley, Miss Ruth Bishop.