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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
What the Future Holds Forth.

What is the outlook? Is it a sad, pes
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 / can picture it as
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 man dies is.
How much was he WORTH 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 taken? A very
large majority of our countrymen would
answer no."
On the whole, the individuaIistic age
Has not been n success, either for the
individual. or the community I'm which
he has lived or the natiea.
We are. beyond question, entering on
a period where the welfare of the com-
munity takes precedence over the inter
esks of the individual and where the lin
crty Of the individual will be more and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
Relation of Capital and Labor.

The freedom of the business man to
do as he pleases is now being seriously
challenged, and | 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 10 be
the human quality and ability to adjust
differences between capitalist aud.
laborer and to understand their reia
tionship.
Until recent years little broad think
ing was given to this problem and diff
might makes right All this is rapidly
changing and we are entering a 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 period
of master and man, then the period Of
employer and employee, each period be-
ing a decided step forward.
In nay judgment we are just now en-
terisg q period of eopsrtnership,
where the tool user will be part tOei
owner and where capital and labor
will share more eauftabfy I'm the prof-
its Of the bsst>ess In which they are
Jointly enEagea.
This advance is inevitable because of
our educational system, which teaches
the working man to think for himself.
II ID inevitable because intercommuni-
cation has told the working men in one
community what the working men in
other communities are striving for and
achieving
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
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 his
houors. not in one direction but in
two :-First-and foremost-in some
public work accomplished and, second
arily, in wealth acquired.
In place of having it said of him at
his death that he left so many hundred
thousand dollars it will be said that he
rendered certain amount of public
service and, incidentally, left certain
amount of money.
Such a goal will prove a far greater
satisfaction to him, he will live a more
rational, worth while life and he will
be doing his share to provide a better
country in which to live.
have two reasons for believing that
future conditions will be as have briefly
sketched them:
First. because the world is being
drawn together in one centralized
community through the wonderful
development In science and the
marvellous work of the inventor.
Second. because in our country
especially we are entering upon a
new stage of development. which
calls loudly for men who will rem
der disinterested public service.
We face new conditions, and in order
to survive and succeed we will require a
different spirit of public service.
One reason why ! am strongly for
universal military training is that it
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

point of view as did our fathers, who
lived in strictly individualistic 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
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
The World Is Drawing Together.

We must therefore take on a new ma
tionalism. The world has been drawn
very closely together by the cable and
the transatlantic liner, but 1t is on the
verge of being drawn infinitely more
closely together by the wireless, the air
ship and the submarine telephone.
When these are practical, everyday
instruments of INSTRUMENTATION and
transportation the social practices and
the industrial methods of one nation
will quickly and seriously affect all
other nations. This will require the
yielding by nations of certain of their
tndividualistic rights and prerogatives
in order to safeguard and benefit the
world as a whole.
This opens up a great, new vista-it
presents problems that are intensely in
teresting and of far reaching impor-
lance.
The period that is 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 unmistakable
voice that the reconstruction period il
at hand, The man of the future must
realize it. He must be ready to adjust
himself to the new conditions. He must
have sufficient vision, intelligence and
courage to cast aside the methods and
presidents of bygone age. He must
let the dead past bury its dead. He
must not look back to the setting but
forward 10 the rising sun
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

RECENT public hearing certain proposed food legislation
which recognized the necessity
of cooperation remarked that the legislation viola
ton of the principle of indvduasm.
Mr. Perkins etorted "ndividualism is dead smelt"
Mr. Perkins outlined the following
article
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

away much of what has hitherto been
called freedom of the individual In
my judgment this process is only in its
infancy,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

world, where everything is done, 40 It
were, on the instant
Our fathers had none of the modern
machinery with which social and bust
ness intercourse is 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 our great problem. 1t is a diff
hcult' complicated problem and is caus-
ing struggle of titanic proportions-a
struggle to throw off in night. M il
were, the presidents of an old world fo-
the realities of new.
Precedent makes towards of II. all,
But the educator, the scientist and the
inventor have left us no choice. We must
adjust our thought and action n nav
conditions.
The changes Of the last TWENTY-FIVE
years socially, industrially and economi.
cally have been great, yet l believe they
are infinitcsimal compared to tho
changes that are coming.
l believe these changes are going IN
deal most largely with the relationship
of man TO man.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
BY GEORGE w. PERKINS,
Chairman Of Mayor Mitchell. Food Supply Co


follow
entirely new
Thomas jefferson his oily letter which
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04


develops in the youth a sense Of all
around responsibility to his country not
only in time Of war, but in time Of
peace. He is much more apt to be
faithful, conscientious servant than IL
he had not had military training. He
enters public service in time of peace
in more nearly the same spirit that he
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 rslroads. We are told thar
in Germany the railroads are owned by
the government and that their opera
ton is most successful. This is true.
Out III GIG Neosay
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 a man enters
the governments employ in the railroad
business he is as conscientious as he
would be we're 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 Germanys 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 present.
ing to the world at this very moment IN
our pork barrel legislation! Could we
afford to have our railroads operated by
the same type of public servants!
If our government is to endure.
we are to take our proper place among
the nations of the world in the new civih-
cation. the man of the future must i've
not for himself alone but for others
Consideration for one another 10
s,,x becoming n 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.
Thev have wiped out not cnly old prec-
edents and customs but State and ma
tional lines as well.
man living in Boston who wishes
TO talk to a man living in San Fran
cisco simply rings a bell, suts little
instrument to his ear and proceeds to
talk. There il hardly a miracle in the
Bible more wonderful than this.
The doctrine of State rights" is be-
ing rapidly demolished. The nation il
being obliged to assume many Of the
functions of government heretofore per-
formed by the State. and this tendency
is growing,
The State. viewed A. an individual
with the right to do a. it pleases within
itself, without regard for other States,
E can no longer be tolerated.
Only the nation can act in matters
: that affect interstate relations, and
, with intercommunicatisn and trans.
portation developed to their present
stage a considerable percentage Of q
States activities are interstate in their
effects and consequences.
The World Is Drawing Together.
We must therefore take on a new ma
, tionalism. The world has been drawn
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

George w. Perkins, Chairman of the New
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.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

mai when compared with the changes that
have taken place in the world the last
quarter of century and the tremendous
changes taking place now.
George Washington was a representa-
tive of the best type of American a CEN
fury and a half ago. He was a scholar, a
soldier and a statesman. yet he did not
know as much about science as a young
school boy of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the scieu-
list of our time, but the gap between the
man of the Edison type and Washington
is probably greater than the gap between
Washington and the man whose bones
were recently discovered near Trenton,
\. j., said to have lived $4,000 years
ago.
The advances I'm science, intereom-
munIcatiOn and In universal education
these three great factors account
for the stupe ndOus progress this cOun-
try has made In the last twenty-five
years.
They have swept away old preccdcnts,
old customs, and they will eventually
sweep away many of the laws now on
our statute books.
The man of to-day who does not fully
comprehend all this is doomed to be
somewhat of a failure; while the man
Who does comprehend it will have taken
4 long stride toward success.
1t is not many years since l was a lad,
and yet at that time there was no such
thing as a telephone. The telegraph was
In very meagre use; fast express trains
did not exist. 1t took several weeks to
cross the ocean, and the only flying ma
chine we knew about was the much de-
rided one possessed by Darius Green.
Entering a New World.
When Abraham Lincoln was President
Il took four days or more for letter to
travel from his home in Illinois to New
York 1t took him several days to go
from his home to Washington to be in
augurated. And yet only few weeks
ago a young woman, unaided and alone,
travelled in a flying machine from Chi
caso to New York in eight hours and
fifty minutes.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

Some men ascribe TO the men of the
preceding age a wisdom more than
human, and suppose what they did
to be beyond amendment. I knew
that age [of the Rcvolutionl well.
belonged to it and labored with 1t.
1t deserved well of its country. 1t
was very like the present, but with.
out the experience Of the present;
and forty years Of experience is
worth a century OF book reading;
and this they would say themselves
were they To arise from the dead.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
Great Changes Taking Place Rapidly.

The changes that occurred from the
close of the Revolutionary war 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-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04

more circumscribed for the benefit Of the
community as a whole
Mans activities will hereafter be re-
quIred to he not only for himself hut
for hts fcIIowmen.
10 my mind there is nothing in the
signs of the times so certain as this.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-04
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 individuals
tic period, when the order of the dav
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 point where, in many phases of
our life it has amounted to license to
do almost anything that we pleased or
that brought profit or fancied renown. re-
CARELESS of its effect on ones fellowmen.
In the early days, when instantaneous
INSTRUMENTATION did not exist, when
education was meagre and science I'M
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 intcrcOmmun icatfOn drauiur
the world together In one centralized
community, the act of the Individual
can affect a large number OF pespIe;
therefore, that form of freedom which
f. simply another expression fer IL
cense to do as one pIeases ca. No
longer exist.
When Manhattan was sparsely settled
and most of the people lived on its
southern end it would not have mat
tered much had there been a case OF
smallpox at the north end. The patient
could have done pretty much as he
pleased without endsngering any one
else.
But case of smallpox in the north
ern end of Manhattan to-day must be
quarantined Immediately to protect
other people.
When l was boy there was no So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10
Animals. and had any one suggested
that a man could not whip his horse as
much as he pleased he would have been
ridiculed. Indeed, in those days the idea
that a man had not the right to beat
his own 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 \ 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 IL and, sec
ond. to control it.
Society is finding it necessary to take
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-07-20

noise "bUve did not reach them, they
did not hear the officers receiving or
ders from the captain to shoot the
first man who tried to get on deck
from the third cabin.
But bad news spreads fast. The
dread cry fell like bOmbshell among
the crowded merrymakers and trans
formed them in a second into mass
of relentless, raging furies.
And Peter, emerging from below
with the girl whose safety had sud-
denly become more precious to him
than his life, met the first onrush of
maddened immigrants, who had had
no time to look for life belts. The
law Of might was become the law of
right. Thus when one Of the unfOr-
tunates saw Peters companion
equipped with life belts he made a
wild plunge and with snarl started
to tear them from her slender body.
Peter aimed a careful blow and
caught him on the jaw; he staggered,
rolled to the side of the deck wall and
lay there.
Peter forgot everything save that
the girl might have been hurt by the
rough handling of the furious immi-
grant. He turned to support her. She
stood clinging to the iron rail, exhaust
ed and terrified.
you're not hurt?" His voice be-
trayed the solicitude he felt.
She managed to smile little. "Oh,
no. Thank you so much.'
"But he's torn your gown" He
started to take off his coat to wrap
about her, when his eyes were caught
by strange thing on the fleshy upper
part of her arm. 1t was distinct-yes,
there could be no mlstake-it was O
double cross.
The girl saw his look and realized
In a flash what he had seen. Like
lightning she clapped her hand over
the mark. She gazed at him in
anguish, shrinking away. He caught
her hand. "Who are your he asked.
"What do you know of the double
crOssT
She made no answer.
Tell me-" demanded Peter. IT have
Q right to know. What is your namei
] will know
Still she was silent.
FOtgetful OF the upfoar about him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-07-20

about one of the card tables discuss.
ing among other things the incident
through which they had just passed.
The sight of Peter started them of
on another tack.
"Where in the name of all that's
strange have you been?" asked Cruger.
"And didn't see you with an amazing
ly beautiful girl in the lately lamented
panic?"
IF everyone of our submarines can
cause panic like that" said Peter,
II should say it's good sign"
"Never mind submarines" was Cru.
gers reply. "a submarine may be a
mysterious thing but it isn't marker
to the mystery on board this boat
Now, old man, who was the beautiful
lady?"
81 wasn't aware" Peter said.
"Of course you weren't" interrupt.
ed Karl Blake.
SWELL" continued Cruger, "who was
she?"
And the chorus took up the ques.
ton, "Who was she"
Peter was perfectly sincere in his
answer, Il only wish I knew"
"Was she lady in number seven ~
asked Cruger.
"Telh me the name of the lady in
number seven and I'll be able to an
swer," said Peter.
Peter left them still discussing the
mystery of No. Z.
Daylight was streaming in through
the portfolio when Peter opened his
eyes. There was a shouting outside
and the sound of holsting engines at
work. His steward knocked and an
nounced that they were at quarantine,
that the Huron would dock In an hour.
Peter leaped from his bed and hur.
ried into his clothes. One thought
was uppermost In his mind--he must
find out the name of his mysterious
neighbor before she stepped ashore
or else lose track of her forever.
The boarding officers were already
In the dining saloon. Peter wondered
why he could not find the lady when
she made her declaration; he did not
wait to shave, but sprinted forward
obSessed by the Importance Of his
mission.
He did not take time to do more
than sSalloW q cupfui Of coffee and
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forgetful that any moment the fateful
torpedo might be launched that would
send them both to the bottom he
stepped closer to her.
Almost fiercely he put his arms
about her and crushed her to him
their lips met-then a wild cry went
up from the forward deck. The cap
tain had been speaking through meg
aphone. His shouted phrases were
borne to them as they stood there
They caught the words American
and "Stars and Stripes" and heard q
cheer.
The danger was past. A great light
shone in Peters eyes. The girl freed
herself.
"How can I thank your" He heard
the words and put out his hand, but
she slipped away, and before he could
follow had vanished.
Peter stood as one in a daZe. Ev
erywhere about him the passengers
hySterical now from joy where they
had been hysterical from fright, were
passing in twOs and threes, while ir
the fading light the submarine, with
the flag of Uncle Sam futtering in the
breeze, moved on her way to the re
newed cheers of those aboard the
Huron.
Peter went to his room, changed his
collar and slipped on another coat
and then, returning to deck, he walked
back and forth under the stars witt
the pieces of the puzzle in his mint
which refused to be placed together
in any satisfactory way.
But If the mystery of the double
cross eluded his efforts at solution, ht
was sure of one thing, and that wa:
his love for the beautiful occupant Of
No. Z.
Meanwhile he lived over the scene
on deck when one blissful moment the
girl had confessed in that raptureu'
kiss that his love for her no more thar
equaIled hers for him.
But why, he asked himself should
she have ruin away?
When he stepped into the smoking
saloon on his way to bed he fount
Cruger and his other friends gathered
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to play m important part in my life
He returned to the dining room won
derlng whether to tell his less for
tunate friends that without any effort
on his part he had met the mysterious
lady.
That matter was taken out Of his
hands, for no sooner was he seating
than frightened woman hugging a
pet poodle came stumbling down the
stairway shouting that terrible warm
ing: "a submarine! A submarine"
1t was as though she had shouted
"Fire." In a second the scene of
geniality changed to scene Of panic
Men fought like, animals to get on
deck.
Peter had been borne on with the
crush when the furious scramble be-
gan. Instantly his thoughts turned to
the girl In No. Z. Probably she would
be unaware Of the danger.
Once on deck Peter found his prog.
ress more easy for the mob was bound
for the boats and he was bound away
from them. Running to the rear OF
the ship and thence downstairs he
dashed along the passage ways, now
deserted, and arrived breathless at the
door Of No. T. He did not knock
There was no time for formalities. He
burst into the room, and trying tC
speak calmly, faced the frightened
girl.
Submarine" said Peter. "Get or
those life belts, quick" and he knelt
down and tore them out from under
the sofa at the side of the room.
Hastily fastening them while the
negro maid dashed wildly about, he
seized the terrified girls hand and al
most dragged her toward the deck.
Every moment Peter expected tC
feel the Huron buckling, but he die
his best to reassure the girl as they
pressed toward the deck.
A few minutes earlier their paths
would have been clear, but new com
plicatiOn had arisen in the Storage
The immigrants had finished dinner
they were dancing; one was playini
an accordion, others were clappins
hands in time with the music. Thu
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for the present to attend only to the
final clause. l will read it aloud:
Gall of my property, real and Der.
scnal, to my son Peter continent
upon his marriage to the woman &C.
peciaI;y trained by me to be his mat.
She is perfect In both mind and body
and will appear to him Of her own yol.
ton and show him on her right arm
just below the shoulder the brand a,
a double cross, facsimile of which i.
here given"
Peter rose to look over the lawyers
ShOulder-tO see the double cross. In.
Stantly into his minds eye there