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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
George W. Perkins, chairman of a New That Science and Invention group, argues for revolutionary changes in world industry and says individualism is dead as a smell, defending proposed food legislation he supports at a recent public hearing.
George W. Perkins, chairman of Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Committee, laments clinging to precedents. He cites Jefferson and warns that modern progress requires embracing new ideas beyond old lines and outdated practices.
A reflective essay contrasts Thomas A. Edison with Washington and traces how rapid advances in science, intercommunication, and education have transformed society. It notes the erosion of old precedents, the shift toward an instantaneous, technologically driven culture, and the evolving balance between individual freedom and communal responsibility.
George W. Perkins argues that centralized intercommunication and rapid social change erode individual freedom. He urges public service, open books in business, universal military training, and a shift from dollar worship to communal welfare, warning that state rights yield to national coordination in a growing global economy.
A quotation from George W. Perkins argues that large intercommunication links enable the individual to influence many, making pure individualism and license to act freely no longer viable in modern society.
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