THE PUTARURU PRESS. Phone 28 – – P.O. Box 44 Office – – -Oxford Place THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928. NEW IDEAS WANTED.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 226, 1 March 1928, Page 4

THE PUTARURU PRESS. Phone 28 - - P.O. Box 44 Office - - -Oxford Place THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928. NEW IDEAS WANTED.

TRADITION in business or politics is generally a big handicap. It warps the brain of many of our leaders in these walks of life, in that it stultifies their vision, and narrows their outlook. It causes them to forever harp on what was done in years gone past, and prevents them viewing in a proper light the problems of today. Such men are not receptive. They do not< keep abreast of the times. Their opinions are moulded on their own past experiences and the results of these are regarded as being the only solutions to any problems. Wrapped up in the past, they shrink from modern opinion. New ideas they abhor, for innovations affect them mentally as an icy cold draught affects them physically. They hate change, and they fight all attempts to alter the existing state of things with all the forces at their command. Being popularly regarded as “ safe ” men, they manage in the political field to command a following according to their adroitness in side-stepping progressive ideas, and thus they are a drag on progress. If the unbiased mind will calmly view the great success in the business or political fields it will quickly discover one fact. This is that the greatest success is achieved by those who have the courage to step out of thp ruts of life and adopt new ideas. If the enquirer scans the list of famous men in any country this view will become very patent, as it typifies their lives It is lack of a regard for this factor which more than anything else stultifies the labour of our Dominion politicians to-day. They have failed to appreciate the inarticulate yearnings of the masses in this respect. At the last elections the present party were returned with an immense majority to “ get things done” by new methods. Instead of doing this they have tinkered with problems instead of getting down to fundamentals and adopting new ideas. If they are deposed at the coming elections it will be solely because they have failed to realise this obvious fact.