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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09

! have tny' Zen VINO nave lived anC
worked simply to acquire great for
tunes obtained peace OF mind. happi
| ness and iinior? How many Of them
could answer .fps"?
Has the country been benefited by
the. r"aist they have taken? A very
large majority Of our countrymen
woi!d answer No"
On the whole. the indiv idualistic
age has not been u success either Tor
tire Individual. or the community in
viii h lie has lived. Or the nation
We are. beyond question. entering
on Il period where the welfare Of the
community takes precedence over the
Interests or the Individual ana where
mnrr ara u.pra 'lrsuEiscri!Ded for the
benefit Of the community us whole.
Mans activities vii, hereafter lie
required to he not only for himself
but for his ieilnwlHen.
To ~ mind there is nothing in the
signs III The times so certain as this.
f;ow t.,:. Rewards Viii Come.
Our only decoration-tlle almighty
dollars y. cdin= into the background.
Tbs :aan of exceptional ability. Of
more than ordinary talent. will here
after look for his rewards. for his
honOrs not In one direction but in
twO:-First-and fcieaicat-in some
public work accomplished. and. Sec
Ond;rily. iii wealth acquired
In place Nf having 1t said Of him at
BIS ;:,'ati. that he left SO many hundred
'ho'.sa:id III llars it will be said that he
rendered Il certain amount Of public
service and. incidentally. left certain
amount If money.
Such .nal will prove far greater
satisfaction 10 him. he will live more
rational. worth While life and he will
he doing his share to provide 4 better
country in which ~ live
have two reasons for believing that
future conditions will be rs have
briefly Sketchetl them:
First. because tile world is being
drawn together in one centralized
cummunity throa.h the wonderful de-
, velopment in science and the marvel
lO.S work of the inventor.
Second. because in our country
especially we are entering upon u new
stage of development. which calls
loudly for mea who will render dis
interested ptibiic service.
We face new conditions. and in
order to survive and succeed we will
require different spirit Of public
service.
One reason why l an strongly for
universal military training IL that 1t
develops in the youth sense Of all
around responsibility to his country.
~ only IN tune II war but q tine Of
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09

Of intercoMuiunication and still adhere
to the laws. the presidents and the
book learning Of their fathers.
This is OEN great problem. It Is Z
difficult, c"r.p;. ..,r,' :s3!..s>n and Is
causing sira@Eie Of titanic proper.
tiOn>-a Strus yls. t.. :..rn" of in 4
night. as it were. m" ""r"pdents Of an
old world fer the re-: les OF i new.
Precedent nA;;cs ,.uw:,r..> Of us all.
But the educator. TIC Sc.Ii;t:~. aud the
Inventor have left us n" choice. We
must adjust our though, and at .!Ga to
new conditions.
The changes Of the last twenty five
years socially. industri3lly and ecOnOm-
ically have been great, vet ! believe
they are ineinitesiulal compared to the
changes that are coming.
believe these changes are going to
deal most largely with the relation
ship Of man t. man.
The Day Of Individ.al;sm 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 hinlmost."
We have glOried in the freedom Of
the individual and have practised this
freedom to q 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. regardless Of its effect
on ones feIlowmen.
In the early days. when instantaneous
ntercOmmunication 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 inttrommunicxtiOn drawing
the world together In one centralized
community. the act Of the indiv idual
can affect q large number Of people;
therefore. that form Of freedom which
is simply another expression for H.
cense to do as one peaSese can no
longer exist
When Manhattan vas sparsely set
tied and 1most Of the people lived on
its southern end 1t would not have
mattered much had there been 4 case
OF smallpox ut the north end. The IA
tient could have done pretty much %
he pleased without endangering any
one else. &s
But 4 case at smallpox in the north.
ern end Of Manhattan to-day must be
guaranteed Immediately to protect
other people.
When was q boy there was no So
ciety for the Prevention of cruelty to
AaimalA an haA ~ sns suGDsstsA
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09
peace. he Is much NOR.

lpeace. he is much NOR. ,,
faithful. conscientious servan- ,.,..
he had not had military traininr ~
enters public service in time of noa.s
In more nearly the same spirit tho.
would enter military service in timo :.
War-namcly. from a sense of natrio..
duty and desire to serve his eou,.
and his fellowmen.
IN recent years We have been hearin,
a great deal about government ovno.
ship OF our railroads. We are told th..
in Germany the railroads are owned H.
the government and that their opera.
ton is most successful This il trn.
but In Germany conditions are vast,.
different.
The military training Of the youth IN
fact, the entire trend of education N
Germany is to impress upon the youn,
men of that land that they owe serv;c.
to their country. When u man enter,
the governments employ in the rail.
road business he is as conscientious a..
he would be were he entering the gov.
ernments service In time Of war.
II our railroads were to be taken
over and operated by our government
at this time. how many If you think wal
would duplicate Germany's success?
Government ownership of railroads,
may be as desirable in this country as
it Is in Germany. but we must first
have public servants who will at least
come somewhere near the standard Of
Germany's public servants in efficiency
and honesty.
Look at the spectacle we are pre.
sentlng to the world at this very me
mcnt In our pork barrel legislation
Could we afford to have our railroads.
operated by the same type Of publio
servants?
If our government Is to endure. IL
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 IN
speedily becoming a social, industrial
and economic necessity.
Capitalization is the order Of the dlay.
The telegraph, the telephone, the auto
mobile and the airship are the causes.
They have wiped out not only old prec-
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09

AS matter uf lacl. Wien u Wurl: USs
man strikes 1t is not merely TO uhta il,
an increase in his wage: that Is villa,
the papers tell US the trouble il nj
about and that is what nc asks for: bu,
way down underneath what he Is really
striking for Is larger persn:age Of
| the profits Of the business.
He may not realize this. bu:, sub.
consciously. th~ is precisely what hc
Is doing.
No mere incrcaS" III wages can eve,
satisfactorily solve this problem. II
can be solved only ON the basis Of
profit sharing.
BY profit Sharia. do no: mean
bonus giving. .rcan actual prnfr
sharing plans based on the caraia. s
of the business. with fair pcre tn!age
to capital and a fair percentage to
labor after ordinary wages and inter-
est have been earned.
Profit sharing can be done salts
factorily only W.r,n the business con-
Germ makes public its transa" lions. so
that the laharer and the stakeholder
can know as much about the business
as does the manager him ,alf.
In the adjustment Of difficulties re-
tween capital and labor AIN coafi-
dent that open books will accomplish
v,Hopo fhOn n,.o,, rlp,.pS
These changes are far-reachlng aud
fundamental. Whit are We g"in: 10
do about it2 What is to Ike our .nen-
tai attitude3 How are We going to
handle these problems:
Can we approach them from the
same point of view as did our fathers.
who lived in strictly indiv idualistic
age? Can We appro.; ch t.issn from the
knowledge we have gained from Law
books which were written in the i'll
dividualistic age: If We DO We will
b combating the mighty onward
rush Of new thought and new rOnti;
tons. provided In large measure by
tho scientist. the educator. the inveil-
tor.
What The Future Holds Forth.
What Is the outlook? Is 1t sad,
pessimistic future that unfolds: Does
life hardly seem worth living under
the new conditions or does ii hold OFT
an optimistic future, with fincr c,e
portunities and more worth while
goals? :;
Let me see II / can picture 1t N I
see it. First, just glance into the
past.
About the only goal va have had
has been the almighty dollar. The
first question asked when 4 man dies
4, How much was he WORTH" with
scarcely q thought a. to how ,nnch
- ~ ise ~ community q his conn
hy. :
D9t what Ne E ~ announced eoe
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09

edents and customs but State and M
tiOnal lines as well.
A man living in BstOn who wishes
to talk TO a man living in San Fran,
cisco simply rings q bell. puts q nttle|
instrument to his ear and proceeds to|
talk. There is hardly q miracle in thsl
Bible more wonderful than this.
The doctrine Of Estate rights" is|
being rapidly demolished. The ma
tiOn Il being obliged to assume many
of the functions Of government here
tofore performed by the State. and
this tendency Is growing.
The State. viewed as an individual
with the right to do as it 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 INSTRUMENTATION and trans
psrtation developed to their present
stage a considerable percentage Of
States activities are interstate In
their effects and consequences.
The World Il Drawing Together.
We must therefore take on a new
nationaHsm. The world has bees
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 subnia-
rine telephone.
When these are practical everyday
Instruments of iptercommunication
and transportation the social prac-
tices and the industrial methods Of
one nation will quickly and seriously
affect all other nations. This vii! re-
Quire the yielding by nations Of Ger.
tin Of their individualistic rights ard
preroga tives in order to safeguard and
benefit the world As q whole.
This opens up a great, new vista
1t presents problems that are In
tensely interesting End Of far-reach-
Ing importance.
The period that II upon Us Offers
large opportunities for individual
thought. Initiative and action, for con-
structive work and for constructive
statesmanship.
The mighty changes taking place IN
Europe tell US with unmtstakable
voice that the reconstruction period b
at hand. The man Of the future
must realize It. He must be ready -
adjust himself to the new conditions
He must have sufficient vision, intel
ligence and courage to cast aside the
methods and pyecedents Of . bygonel
age. He must let the dead past bury
its dead. He must not hook back y
the setting but forward 70 the risint
sun.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09
Bv GEORGE w. PERKINS,

Chairman Of Mayo, Mitchsl's Food
Supply Committee.
One Of the greatest stumbling blocks
10 progress is the human inclination to
follow precedent and old methods too
closely. We find it difficult to strike
out along entirely new lines.
Thomas Jefferson, in his old age,
wrote letter In which he said
Some men ascribe to the men Of the
preceding age q wisdom more than
human, and suppose what they did to
BE- beyond amendment / knew that
age [of the Revolutionl well. ! be-
longed to 1t and labored with it. 1t
deserved well Of its country. 1t was
very like the present, but without the
experience Of the present: and forty
! years Of experience is worth q cen
| fury Of book reading: and this they
would say themselves were they to
| arise from the dead.
Great Changes Taking Placs Rapidly.
The char ges that occurred from the
eEose Of the Revolutionary War to JEFF
!erson's old age made deep impress
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09

that man could not whip his horse az
much a. he pleased he would have been
ridicuIed. Indeed, in those days the
idea that q man had not the right to
beat his own child a. he pleased wa
given little attention.
When we were all driving horses and
buggies there was no speed limit and
4 man did not have to procure 4
license to drive 4 horse. With the ad-
vent Of the automobile 4 license has
become z necessity. The public must
know that the man who operates an
automobile knows first how 70 operate
it and, second, to control it
Society Is finding it necessary to take
away much Of what has hitherto been
called freedom Of the Individual" In
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 most heartily agree
with what Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
said recently at Cornell University to
the effect that one Of the chief quail
fications for manager Of q large bust
ness concern is rapidly coming 70 be
the human quality and ability to ad-
just differences between capitalist and
laborer and to understand their rela-
uonship.
Rslatisn - Capital md Labes.
Unt1l 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 Il rap
idly changing and We are enterine q
period Of new Industrial relationships.
In the long ago the relationship -,
tween capital and labor vas that Of
owner and slave, then came the period
of master and man. then the period Of
employer and emplsys. each period
being . decided step forward.
In my Judgment No are Just now en-
s~AA8 PCKAVA VI CVP0A SAAe3 0AaSH1
where the tool user win Be part tool
owner and where capital and labor VIII
share more equitably in TIE profits of
the business In which they are Jointly
This advance u Inevitable 1ecause Of
our educational system, which teaches
the workingman to think for himself.
Il y Inevitable because inteccemmuni-
cation has told the workingman IN enc
community what the worki1gman IN
ether communities szs striving for and
aco1evMe. - ~ ss1-g S.
II b stssvitsble. hses1ss strikes snl|
lockOuts can never b settled satasfnc-
torny o. permanently By merely spls-
ing mass wages.
It = inevitable because It gives a.
bilaty to business and because It 81 eel
a1Son1Aooeua . eaQ11na . = 1ahea 1
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09

ZION on his mind; yet ~ We look back
;at them from this distance they seem
infinitesimal when compared with the
changes that have taken Mace in the
world the last quarter Of century and
the tremendous changes taking place
SOW. p. nlF
| George Washington was a representa-
i've Of the best type Of American =
ieentury and half ago. He was .
scholar. soldier and statesman. yet
lie did not know a. much about science
% q young schoOlb0y Of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the scien-
!tlst Of our time, but the gap between
the man of the Edison type ami Wash
(mgton lie probably greater than the gap
between Washington and the man
whose bones were recently discovered
scar Trenton, N. j.. said to have lived
~. 600 years ago.
The advances In science, intercOm-
0unicatiOn and in universal educa-
taon-these three great factors account
Tor the stupendous progress this cOun-
try has made In the last twenty-five
years.
They have swept away old prece-
1ents. old customs. and they will even
onally sweep away many Of the laws
Nnvy nm ns,p ~ta <s,t> DHOnb.
The man Of to-day who does not
fully comprehend all this Is doomed to
y somewhat Of . failure, while the
nan who does comprehend II will have
1aken a long stride toward success.
1t b not many years since l was q
nd. and yet at that time there was no
sach thing - telephone. The tele-
oBaph was n vesy meagre use; fast ex-
press trains "a not exist. It took
several weeks b cross the ocean, and
the only flying machine We knew about
vas the much dsrided one possessed
u Darius Green.
Eats<hs New WeEA.
When Abraham Lincoln was Pres)-
0snt + took four days Or more for 1
letter b travel from bis home in ILL.,
Dals to New Y0ek. 1t took him several
0ays b 90 from hi home to Washing
~ to Be inausurated. And yet only Q
Nv weeks ago . young woman, IN
l16ed and alenA travelled in . flying
machine from Chicago to New York IN
Dlght heaEs and fifty minutes. Il
We ore )ust entering . new electrical
World, where everything b done. q 4
were. On TIE instant
Our fatAess ha4 none Of the modeFa
machinery with which social and bsst
Dess inteRcoWse = now carried a,
IAeir sons ale wrestling with the pr0a-
- g NV % Ne these new netheAa
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09
WHY
INDIVIDUALlSM
IS AS DEAD
AS A SMELT

A T A RECENT public caring
~ ON certain proposed food
legislation which iir. Perkins fav-
cred and which recognized the
necessity of cooperation some one
remarked that the legislation was
violation of tue principle Of
individualism.
Mr.. Perkins retorted, "Individ-
,ualism is as dead as a smelt."
Mr.. Perkins reasons for his be-
lief are outlined in the following
article:-
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-09
Why a ksw Era Co-opera-
ticn Must Succeed Pure
kndipidualism.

sSVV/lTH 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.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-07-06

others to the bottom.
For purposes oF eonvenIencs. the
expedition was divided into sontin-
gents, each contingent including
troop ahipa and . naval escort De-
signed 70 keep off such 0aFman raid
era a. mlght be met.
IAN ocean rendezvous had also
boon arranged with tha American Do
atroyora now operating ln European
waters In order that the passage az
the danger Eone mlEht be attended BY
every possible protection.
The first attack took plAea az
lO;ao on tho Right of June ~. what
Eivca II peculiar and disturbing alE.
nifieaaeo is that our shlps we're nst
upon at point well this aide og the
rendezvous. ami IN that part % tha
Atlantic presumably frea from sab-
marines.
The attack vas made IN force.
although the night made impo@sible
any exact count Of tho u-hoasa gath.
cred Tor what they deemed = alamgh-
tor.
The hiGh seas convoy. eiFcilng
with their RaAFehtights. answered
with heavy Wuuflre. and iGa accuracy
stands proved ~ the gact that ths
torpedo discharge became aaerean.
inKly scattered end inaccurate. ID is
not known how many torpedoea we're
launched. but five were counted aa
they sped by bow and stern.
"a second attack waa inaneheA .
fsw days later against another con
tingent. The polat og assault WAs
beyond the rendezvous, and oaF de-
atF0yafa we're aaillna an screen h@-
tween tha transports and al harm.
The results Of the battle were Ia IA
voF Of American gunneFa.
mot alone did tho deatF0ysgs held
the u-hoatB az q safe distance. but
their speed alao resulted IN TIE aink-
inS OF one submarine at least. oFsa-
adea were used IN flFlnE. = depth
charge explosive timed 90 no afg at
certain distance under water I'm
one instance oil and wreekass Gov
eFed the surface 81 the eea after .
shot from q destroyer at = peFiscopa.
and The reports mako claim og sink
ing.
Protected by 0nr high asaa con-
voy. By our destFeyeFs and ~ Preach
war vessels. the eontinGent proceed
90 ana Joined she othaEn im : French
port
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-07-06
FISH HAVEN BOY GRADUATES
FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Francis NJ. Findlay. OF Fish Hay-
en-. was graduated with honors
Tuesday afternoon. June 20, from
the New England Conservatory OF
Music, Boston. where he has boen
carrying study to fit him for orches-
trail playing, having az his principal
instructor Louis Kloepfel. trumpeter
OF the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Mr.. FindIay has been president Of
his class In both the junior aud
septor years. He Is member OF tho
Kappa Gamma Psi fraternity and has
served as conductor OF the orches.
ira of the South End Music school.
one OF the principal social settle
ments OF Boston. The class in which
ne has been prominent was organized
in the autumn OF 1914 as the junior
class with 10s students, representing
26 American states. Ninety-nine
were graduated at the largely At.
tended exercises In Jord0n hall
which included fine address by the
Mr.. Samuel Carr. president OF the
board oE trustees. = concert pro
gram and the singing Of the na.
tional anthem BY the class and che
audience.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-07-06
TROOP SHIPS ATTACKED
BY GERMAN J-BOATS
Transports Bearing Soldiers to France Have Two
Encounters with Submarines. But Not an
American Life or Ship is Lost.

washington. July 4.--SMfe arrival
at . French port OF the last ships OF
the first American oversees expedi-
tiion was announced Tuesday night
hy Secretary Daniels In = statement
revealing that twice on the way
across German submarines attacked
In force and were fought oft by con-
voying warahipa.
The Americans AID NOT lose d
man. ship Or an animal. AT least
ono oF the nndersea enemies were
destroyed.
The work Of spies through when
tha Germans knew secrets az the ax-
peditlon 10 disclosed by tho news that
the first attack was made far at sea
before the transports and their con
voyR reached tho point At which 3
rendezvous had been arranged with
tho American destroyer el0tilla oper.
ating in European waters.
The submarine commanders AppaF.
entity knew where. and when 20 en-
pece the Americans found for the
fighting ilnes IN France and we're
assembled IN force 10 meet them.
Il was Just q week after the first
troops landed that the last vessels
put into the French port. They
were slower craft carrying supplies
and horses.
The good news came 20 the navy
department late Tuesday afternoon
from Rear Admiral 0leavoa. com.
manding the convoy squadron. and
was made public AZ once As an appro-
pirate announcement on the eve Of
tha- Fonrth ,of July. aaeretary Dan,
ieia' statement. which tells ali ot
the story deemed wise 20 publish
follows:
1T is with ne JOY Of q great re.
lief that ! announce 90 tha people ol
the United States the safe arrival In
France OF every fighting man and
every fighting ship.
Now that tho last vessel he
reached port. n IN safe 20 diacloas
the dangers that were encountered
and 70 tell tho completa story Of ths
peril and courage.
THE transports bearing onl
troops were twice attacked by Ger
man submarines ON the way ncroea
On both occasions tha U-boata wars
beaten off with every appearances o.
losa. One certainly was sunk anl
thsre - reason 90 believe thmt III
accurate fire ~ our gunnarn sen