Arizona republican., 1918-03-26
BANDAR-LOG OR BEE?

From the time monkey opens his eyes in the morning until drowsness overpowers him at nlsht' he is pretty much law unto himself. He does any thing he wants to- when he wants to- and as long as hS wants to- A whimsical individualism sums up his philosophy of life. The days end finds him just where he was in the morning. The tribe-bandar-og, Kipng calls them-respond to any leader of the mo ment and quickly quit him to follow another or 10 fetch up individually with a brand-new, suddenly caught and all-absorbing idea.
 Like any other philosophy, it is charming one if you like the results of it. The monkey does. On the contrary, the bee doesn't The bee insists on organization by functions His philosophy is self sacrificing vigorous and sterna Spartan philosophy applied to production. Proficiency" is the Taylor System raised to the nth power; and the bee doesn't get the honey.
 If the bee had sense, he'd maintain his present organization a few hours day-which would easily supply his wants-and be bit bandar-logish the balance of the time. But he cannot The reason is because he doesn't think He's machine that is a part of bigger machine. On the other hand If he did think, he'd immediately tend to become individual stic the moment that happened the organization would begin wabble. There would be argument about how the comb should be built who should build it, who should boss it. how much honey should go to each societies for the prevention of this and that would be formed. Social workers must eat; so must bosses societies for the prevention of things.
 Nature did not see fit to devise species having the merits of bandar-og and bee,-a sort of ban dar-bee
  4woud be the real super thing. It would be highly operative for few working hours and highly individ ualistic the rest of the day. It would accept the notion that working together bee-fashion is the answer to the question of maximum production in minimum time; but being super-tking, it would reject the notion that the honey gathered should all get into the hands of few crafty spectators to be sold back the specuators price, It would control distribution with the same bee-like cooperative ef ficency that it used in production
 It would accept the axiom that self expression is necessary to a thinking super thing-that monkey play monkey way is after all the best in life. It would approve the bandarlog system in which the individual in his idle hours may sit limb and phiosophze, or try way of weaving twigs, join the bunch in frolic play with the kids.
 Obviously the bandar-bee would be a clear and direct thinker He would be intense indvidualist- intense individualiAt that in order have the maximum number of hours day for ndividuasm, he would sink his indvidualism when he came to his production and distribution hours and be intense co-operator He would treat wasters those super bees who would work themselves and others without any thought of the monkey play merely to amass personal pile of honey. There would be piles of honey adequate personal piles but not huge ones.
 Individualism and self-interest about the same thing The date when the bandar- bee will appear on the earth depends the amount hammering which mankind must undergo to pound into it a realization of the fact that in the long inter est can be most permanently promoted by intense and unsefsh cooperation in production and distri- bution.-Engneerng News Record.