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

nal when compared with the changes that
have taken place in the world the Inst
quarter Of q century and the tremendous
changes taking place now.
George Washington was 4 representa-.
tive Of the best type Of American a cen.
fury and a half ago. He was q scholar, .
soldier and a statesman. yet he did not
know a. much about science as . young
school boy Of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the scien-
dist Of our time, but the gap between the
man Of the Edison type and Washington
e probably greater than the gap between
Washington and the man whose bones
were recently discovered near Trenton,
N. j., said 10 have Lived 125,0OO years
ago.
The advances IN science. intercon-
nunication and In universal education
-thcse three great factors account
fer the stupendous progress this coun-
yeats.
They<havs swept away old %precedents,
old customs, and they will eventually
sweep away many Of the laws now on
our statute books. Ut
The man Of to-day who does not fully
comprehend al this 10 doomed to DO
somewhat Of a failure; while the man
who does comprehend It will have taken
q long stride toward success
1t Is not m,lny years since / was q Lad,
and yet at that time there was no such
thing a. a telephone. The telegraph was
In very meag = use; fast express trains
did not exist. It took several weeks to
cross the ocean, and the only flying ma.
chine We knew about was the much de-
sidsd one possessed by Darius Green.
Entering . New World.
When Abraham Lincoln wal President
II took four days or more>for q letter to
ira vel from his hcms in Illinois to New
York. 1t took him several days to 90
FRI q his home to Warrington to be in.
II gurated. And yet only a few weeks
a,p q young womb y. unaided and alone,
l. Svslled in q flyilg machine from Chi
csgo 70 New York In eight hours and
fifty minutes.
W. ase just enl ring Z new electrical
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28

away much of what has hitherto been
called freedom Of the individual" In
my judgment this process Il only in its
infancy. Il.
Relation of Capital and Labor.
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 D. Rockefeller. Jr..
said recently at Cornell University to
the effect that one of the chief quail.
fications for q manager Of . large bust.
ness concern u rapidly coming to be
the human quality and ability to adjust
differences between capitalist and
laborer and to understand their rela.
tionship.
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 rapidly
changing and we are entering . period
Of new industrial relationships.
In the long ago the relationship be-
tween capital and labor was that Of
ownsr and slave, then came the period
Of master and man, then the period Of
employer and employe. each period be-
ing q decided step forward.
In NJ judgment We are just new .
teriss . period 81 esDa.tnsrsAiDs
where the tosl tssR VIII ~ part tsel
owner anA where capital ana labss
will share more ssuftahly In the Dref-
its Of the business n whAsA they are
jeiatiy engaged.
This advance Il inevitably because Of
our educational system, v1'ch teaches
the working man to thinh - himself.
1t h Inevitable because t.@rcommuni-
cation has told the ~weekias{msn in n
community what the wssAiGg men In
other communities are s41yaas Tor and
achieving. -
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28

Some men ascribe to the men Of tho
preceding age q wisdom more than
human. and suppose what they did
to be beyond amendment I knew
thai age tof the Revolutionl WELL I
belonged to It and labored with II.
1t deserved well Of its country. It
wa very like the present, but with
out the experience Of the present;
and forty years Of experience 10
worth a century 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 tn.
close Of the Revolutionary wal to Jeffer
sons old age made a deep impression on
his mind yet as we look back at them
from this distance they seem infinitesi.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28
The World Is Drawing Together.

We must therefore take on q new ma
tionalism. The world has been drawn
very closely together by the cable and
the transatlantic liner, but It Il on the
verge Of being drawn infinitely more
closely together by tho wireless, the air
ship and the submarine telephone.
When these are practical, everyday
instruments of intercommunicat ton and
transportation the social practices and
the industrial methods Of one nation
will quickly and seriously affect al
other nations This win require the
yielding by nations Of certain Of their
hdvtdualistic rights and p~rerogatives
In order to safeguard and benefit the
world as a whole.
This opens up q great new vista-it
presents problems that are intensely In
teresting and Of far reachins impor-
lance.
: The period that = upon u offers
large opportunities for individual
thought. initiative and action. for CON
structive work and fer constructive
craftsmanship.
The mighty changes taking place In
Europe tell US with u~nmistakabls
voice that the reconstruction period ID
at hand. The man Of the future must
realize It He must b ready to adjust
himself to the new conditions. He must
have sufficient vision, intelligence and
courage to cast aside the methods and
presidents Of a bysone age. He must
let the dead past bury ito dead. He
must not look back to the setting but
forward to the rising sun.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28
George W, = :kins, Chairman oftheNew
York City committee on Food Supply,
Finds That Science and Invention Are
Forcing Revolutionary Changes in the
Worlds Industrial Relations, Whether
We Like 1t or Not. -

A ia RECENT public l airing on certain proposed food legislation
. > which Mr.. Perkins favored and which recognized the necessity
Of cooperation some one remarked that the legislation was a viola.
ton OF the principle of individualism.
Mr. Perkins retorted, "1ndividuansn is as dead as a smelt"I
MI. Perkins reasons for his belief are outlined in the following
artcle:-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28
By GEORGE w. PERKINS

Chairman Of Mayor Mtehsls Food Supply COMMITTEES.
One Of the greatest stumbling blocks to progress is the human inclination
70 toho precedent and old methods 100 closely. We find it difficult to strike
out along entirely new lines.
Thomas Jefferson, in bis old age, wrote q letter IN which 10 ,s,d-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28

point Of view as did our fathers, who
lived in a strictly individuaiistic age?
Can We approach them from the knowl-
edge We have gained from law books
which were written in the individualistic
age? If we do, we will be combating
the mighty onward rush of new thought
and new conditions provided In large
measure by the scientist, the educator,
the inventor.
What the Future Holds Forth.
What Is the outlook? Is it a sad, pes
simistic future that unfolds? Does life
hardly seem worth living under the new
conditions or does It hold out an Opt.
mistic future, with finer opportunities
and more worth while goals?
Let me see If I can picture 1t as 1
see it. First, just a glance into the past.
About the only goal we have had has
been the almighty dollar. The first
question asked when a nan dies is,
How much was he worthT' with
scarcely a thought as to how much he
did for his community or his country.
But = what has it all amounted to?
Have the men who have lived and worked
simply to acquire great fortunes OBJ
tanned peace of mind, happiness and
honor. Haw many of them could answer
yes?
Has the country been benefited by
the course they have takenf A very
large majority Of our countrymsn would
answer mo-"
On the whole. the i~ndividualistto age
has a0t been 4 success, either for tho
Individual. OF the community In which
he has lived or the nation.
We are, beyond question, entering on
q period where the welfare Of the com-
munity takes precedence over the inter.
ests Of the individual and where the lib.
erty of the individual will Be more and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28

develops In the youth q sense Of al
around responsibility to his country not
'hy In time Of war, but in time Of
peace. He L. much more apt to be .
faithful, conscientious servant than II
he had not had military training. He
enters public service in time Of peace
In more nearly the same spirit that hs
would enter military service in time Of
war-namely. from a sense of patriotic
duty and a desire to serve his country
and his fellow men.
Government Ownership Of Railroads.
In recent years we have been hearing
a 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 is most successful. This Ii true.
but in Germany conditions are vastly
different
The military training Of the youth.
in fact, the entire trend Of education in
Germany is to impress upon the young
men of that land that they owe service
to their country. When q man enters
the governments employ In the railroad
business he is as conscientious a. he
would be were he entering the govern
ment's service in time of war.
If our railroads were to be taken
over and operated by our government
at this time how many of you think We
would duplicate Germany's success?
Government ownership of railroads
may be as desirable in this country Al
it is in Germany. but We must first
have public servants who will at least
come somewhere neal the standard OF
Germany's public s~ervants in efficiency
and honesty.
Look at the spectacle we are present.
ing to the world at this very IN
cur pork barrel legislation! Gould ws
afford to have our railroads operated ~
the same type Of public servants?
II our government IL to endure. II
we are to take our proper place among
the nations of the world in the new civil
cation. the man Of the future must I'VE
not for himself alone but'{9T others
consideration for one another Il
.peedily becoming . social. industfiaA
and economic necessity.
Capitalization Is the order of the day.
The telegraph. the telephone, the auto
mobile and the airship are the causes.
Thev have wiped out not Saly old prec-
edents and customs but State and ma
tional lines as we'll
A man living in Boston who wishes
IN talk to a man living in San Fran
cisco simply rings = bell, puts . little
instrument to his ear and proceeds 10
talk. There is hardly . miracle in the
Bible more wonderful than this.
The doctrine of state rights" Is BE-
ing rapidly demolished. The nation II
being obliged to assume many Of the
functions Of government heretofore per
formed by the State. and this tendency
Is growing.
The State, viewed as an individual
with the right to do as it pleases within
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
%portation developed to their present
stage a considerable percentage of .
States activities are interstate in their
effects and consequences.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-06-28

Why New Era, Cooperation, Must Succeed Pure lndivduahsna
nVI1ITH mecmmniatn drawing hew world together, thea to an individual can Affect Large nuba or
w people; Hmoet form of dum which is simply another @prsonfm for omet odo sne please" can
no hnmr emh-GEORGEW PERKINS
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
.I Hear You Calling"

(Reprinted by request from Herald Of
 December 23, 1916). Ole Cap Kidd was a slick old soul, Before he died he amassed d role; But he never knew what he could do On the stock exchange with 8 branch
 or two. Tn Cap kidd's day when the world was If they broke the law they'd all be e hung: But now they call 'em right and left If they deal in stocks and are neat and delft.
 man named Glove just the other day Decided to take some change away To give to his relatives far and near So they'd be protected when days
 came drear.
 He bought a seat on the stock ex-
 change. Went out gunning on the markets range, He shot so fast and he shot so fine He slew all the sheep in the gam boiling line. When the sheep were slain and his blood was stirred He waded in for another herd. Then he got the lambs and the bulls and bears And when he quit he had all of theirs. With the money he got he formed a ring Which he called a company,-it's the same old thing And Glove x Go. then cleaned the gang l While business was rushing with a l Diff and bang. V i Yes, ole Cap Kidd was a slick old be ] But a piker compared with Glove X Co.,, | When they get the boys running. they give one shove! I Oh, you might kid Kidd, but you cant kid Glove. NOT BY JOHN MCCORMACK.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
AUSTRIAN SOLDIER SUED.
Action Is Brought to Clear Local
 Property Title.


 Because the whereabouts of Joseph Gerent, formerly of this city, now be- lieved to be fighting in the armies of Austria, are unknown. notice of his being made defendant in a civil suit, brought by Attorney M.E D. Saxe for Andy Gerent, also of this city. to clear the title of real estate on High street will be made by publi- cation. Gerent is notified, to appear before the superior court in Hartford the first Tuesday in June. .@s>
 The plaintiff, prays that it be or dered by the court that mortgag ge on the property be declared invalid as lien against the real estate in question and that it be cancelled and discharged of record. The plaintiff contends that he paid the loan con- nected with the mortgage but that the defendant did not execute a release with result that the mortgage is still on record aHd serves as cloud on .thes title of the property. The de- fendant left this country about .Au- gust, 1911, and his whereabouts are claimed to be unknown.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24

in this war are at the disposal of the United states. Volunteering in Eng land was failure. 1t has already proven failure in this country. Since the declaration By Congress that a state of war exists between this coun- try and Germany there has been call for volunteers to fill the ranks of the Army. and the Navy. and the National Guard. Some six hundred thousand men were called for. They have not come forth. Not having volunteered there is no other choice but the meth cd dsproposed by the President and en- tional and other walks of life.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24

men employed on New RCitain lines. In,-fact, lack of intelligence seems to be the prime requisite for candidates who enter the employ of the Con- necticut company.
 To make matters worse. the con- ductor in topight's case offered no apology to the lady and so faEforEot his manners--if he ever had anyAas to neglect to assist her to the street but contented himself by, lounging<in the doorway, half in the. car~and half on the platform, with a vacuous expres- sion on his countenance that can best be described by that inelegant but forceful phrase. Nobody home" Two tugs on the bell cord and the'incident was closed for him but not for
 ONE WHO SAW IT.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24

Becadse District Attorney Marshall of New York saw fit to criticise certain members of Congress for questionable actions he was peremptoria1ly har- rassed with contempt prpceedings. Yesterday the United States Supreme Court vindicated him. In the decision the court points out that Congress hes no power. expressed. to punish anybody for contempt. In Hagrant cases. when the. attack on Congress is sufficient to warrant such proceedings they must he conducted under implied powers not yet proven. The Chief Justice contends that to allow Con- sress to punish those who criticise its actions would be to strike deep lat the very root of representative govern ment". Thus has free speech won an-- other victory.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
|CURATE GOES TO PROVIDENCE
Rev. Carlos E.. Jones of St.. Marks

Rev. Carlos E. Jones of St.. Marks
 Church Accepts Invitation to Be-i
 come Associated With Rev. Fiske.
 Rev. dalA,aos Aa E. Jones, curate at st. Marks church will nat return to hi4 home in the middle west when he sewers his connection with the local church soon after May T. Instead, 1t was announced today, he will become senior curate at St. Stephens church, at Providence, R. I. having received a call a few days ago. St. Stephens is the second largest parish in the city and the invitation to become associat- ed with it is considered no little com- pliment The rector of the church is Rev. George Mcclellan Fiske. D. D., who has occupied his office for the. past thirty-three years. In addition to Rector Fiske and MT. Jones, the church has a junior curate. &
 The successor to MT. Jones at St.. Marks church will be Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, at present rector of Holy Trinity. .church, San. Juan. Porto Rico. MT. Sutcliffe is a graduate of the Unf-s versity of the South, at Sewannee, Tenn, and has been in San Juan about two years. He is reported to be very popular with his parishioners
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
DIES AT HOSPITAL DOORS
August F. FOth Was Being Taken
 There for Treatment.


 Seized with an attack of heart trouble brought on, it is believed. by the excitement and exertion attend ing his transfer, August F. Foth, aged 5s years, one month and eighteen days. of 139 Cherry street. a pneu- monia patient. died suddenly as he was being admitted to New Britain General hospital from the police am- bulance shortly before 9 o'clock last night He had been seriously i'll with the disease and his transfer to the hospital was considered advisa ble He was seized with the fatal attack while in the ambulance and despite a rush trip and emergency treatment :by the policemen in charge was breathing his last when the hospital was reached.
 Born in Germany, he had been a resident of this city for many years. having been employed as a. lockmaker at the Russell & Erwin plant. Be- sides his wjfe, he is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Kittie Yorgenson of Hartford, Mrs. Augusta Hemingway. Mrs. Florence McHa1ey, Misses Lillian and Elsie Foth, and one son, Freder- ick F'oth. The funeral will he held from his home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. Warren F: Cook. pastor of Trinity Methodist church, of1iciting. The burial will be in Fair view cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
PLANT TO-DAY.

*Any contribution to the conserva- lon of foodstuffs that New Britain n make will in turn effect an jHbnorny in the state of Connecticut. tst as any effoft of Connecticut in t&is enterprise will make itself ma Aeially felt by the nation. George M. j&nders. appointed by the Governor
 member of the State Food 3pply Committee. has pointed out TT in this city alone there are one
 6asand acres of registered farm m. Further, he calls attention 10 ,esf fact that only half of t6isssvaii- bl1 farm land Is worked durinS the
 tnary year. As this is ae extra (jIary year. one frauEht ,vitN all lS potential possibilities ofs5psr. 1t
 tie duty of every fathef of a nhily to ponder well the benefits to
 gained by planting .. garden. 6e land to which attention, ts called
 ss for the most part been laid open b those who desire to till 1t. The |sctories and the other. owner4 of |krW siand have generously offered it Ik those who manifest a desire to lend Ihelping hand in laying low the high |pst Of living. Now is the time for etion. Spring is here. Plant today
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
NO OTHER WAY.

EFrom the University of Virginia, knnded by Thomas Jefferson. comes he subjoined petition to Congress xned by the president of the insti- ktion and all the members of the bhrious faculties:
 fNAsBeing firmly of the opinion that kA American soldiers to be enlisted br tfle war against Prussianism should kh chosen, as President Wilson advises, Phpon the principle of universal lia- (aity to service and being convinced That the vast majority of the young Then enrolled as students at this insti- bfion believe in this principle, we do Hereby respectfully but strongly urge kae Congress of the United States to pte promptly for the same as em- iOdied in the army bill indorsed by he Administration. We emphatically klieye that the choice of soldiers by Elective draft is not only the most fHacticable method, but also the most Empcratic and the most just"
 lEDr Edward A. Alderman. president the University of Virginia, and his m0ciates in arts, letters. and the | Eaences, may be counted on to ad- hnce the consensus of opinion among Ehe students. Those who have delved l h history will readily admit that the Volunteering system is not the ideal kethod of raising an army in demo- Etatic country. The principle of se- bsctive draft as advanced and advo-
 Ated by President Wilson approaches
 ne ideal more nearly than any other |pxeested in this day. The selective Ys1ft is not conscription in the true ' xn4e. of the word It differs from I Int has taken place in Germany. Nor
 it be likened to the draft as ex-
 lpllned in our own Civil War
 BY raising an army under. the selec-
 pse draft this nation will place in the
 &J6 only those men who are best
 teds to go into the field. Aside from
 af: 1t will hold at home an industrial
 I1fIy sufficient to take care of the ma
 priat needs of the men who have gone
 way. Experience shows that for Every man who goes to the front there !ro five men hooded at home to turn |ut the necessaries of war. The, les
 pns lea arned by England and France
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
SELF HELPS FOR NEW SOLDIERS SOON TO BE CALLED INTO FIELD
 
 Eligible Flo Service n Amerc New

AS soon as a soldier begins to think
 he will understand his place in
 group formation. He will learn that
 the handling of large bodies of men
 pivots upon the handling of squad.
 He will famillarize himself with his
 work in a squad, and in that way dis
 cover his importance to the command
 as whole.
 The squad consists of eight men.
 in two rows of four. It Is under the
 command of corporal. Two squads
 form section, under the command
 of a sergeant Three sections Cat peace strength) form a platoon and
 two platoons a company. Four com panies make a battalion. three bat talions, plus a headquarters company, a machine gun company and supply company. regiment.
 The young soldier learns that, as the squad moves, so the company or the regiment. moves. He learns that if he individually executes the orders inc receives in the appointed space and at the appointed moment, 8 whole regiment may wheel from squad tc company front and back again, for example, without the loss of step. Each part of the machine will fit per- fectly into place. On the other hand, ii he as an nd1VldCal falls down Tn his part, the squad evolution is spoiled. the symmetry of the com- pany Is broken and the whole regi- ment suffers in consequence. The re- sponsibility rests upon each nlan-- this the young soldier must learn. And he must also learn that discipline
 is the quickest means yet devised to give any body of soldiers that per feet team work, that automatic. unr conscious co-ordinsticn without which battles and campaigns cannot be sue cessfully planned and fought. 
 The next article will explain the Fundamental position of tho soldier and it's importance.
 Copyright. 1917. by the Wheeler) Syndicate. Inc.)