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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
3
A public hearing on proposed food legislation prompts George W. Perkins to defend cooperation over individualism. He declares, Individualism is as dead as a smell, quoting his view that reform requires collective effort. The article outlines his reasons for the belief.
By GEORGE W. PERKINS, Chairman of Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Committee. One of the greatest stumbling blocks to progress is the human declination to ToHew precedent and old methods too.
The text discusses how rapid advances in science, communication, and education have transformed society since the Revolutionary era. It contrasts Jefferson's age with modern times, notes vast shifts in technology from telegraphs to electric life, and argues that future changes will mostly affect human relations and the balance between individual liberty and social responsibility.
A lecture argues that intercommunication and centralized markets force a shift from raw individualism to social responsibility. It predicts profit sharing, open books, and universal military training to cultivate public service, with a new nationalism and global cooperation as keys to progress.
George W. Perkins argues that pure individualism cannot endure as people seek broader cooperation and organized freedom through collective action. He warns that social and economic pressures demand shared responsibility and mutual aid to sustain progress and liberty.
The speaker notes social changes over twenty five years require everyone to adjust. Educators scientists and inventors leave no choice but to rethink beliefs and methods to meet new conditions.
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