Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-24

Its Fourth Annual Meeting Will BE Held in
This City, Commencing on Friday.

Its Fourth Annual Meeting Will BE Held in
This City, Commencing on Friday.
The fourth annual meeting of the American
Economic Association is to be held in this city,
commencing on Friday morning and ending
next Tuesday evening. The sessions will be
held i'll the hall of Columbian University. ex-
cept the joint session with the American For
estry Association, which will be held in the
National Museum. Following is the program:
Friday December 26-Afternoon session, 3
p.m.-From the committee on economic the
ory Prof. j. b. Clark. chairman: 1. Paper on
The Concepts of Utility. Value and Cost" by
Prof. f. II. Giddings; 2. Paper on The Term
Wealth in Economic Science; a Study in Eco
nomic Theory by DIR. Charles A. Tuttle: g.
Paper on The Ethical Principle in Industrial
Relations" by Miss Marietta kies: a. Report
of the committee. by Prof. j. b. Clark.
Evening scssion-Address by President Fran
els \. Walker.
Saturday. December 27-NIorning session. 10
a. m.-from the committee on Transportation
Prof Edmund J. James. chairman: /. Paper
on "A Contribution to the Theory on Railroad
Rates" by Prof. +. W. Taussig; 9 Paper on
The Relative Cost of Water and Rail Trans
portation.' by Hon. George II. Ely; 3. Paper
on The Relation of Railroad Passenger Traffic
to Freight Traffic, part Of the report of the
committee, by Prof. Edmund J. James. Even
ing session, p. m.-From the committee on
statistics. Hon. Carroll d. Wright. chairman.
l. report OF the committee. by Hon. Carroll ID.
Wright; 2. Paper on Street Railway Statistics"
by tharles IL. Cooley, esq; 3. Paper on Sta
tis.ics as Means of Correcting Corporate
Abuses" by Prof Henry c. Adams.
Monday. December 29.-Morning session. 10
am: l. Paper on The Incidence of Local
Taxation by Prof Edwin Il. A. Seligman
z. Paper on Direct Taxation as a Source of
Early Federal Revenue" by DIR. Roland Z.
Falkner; 3. Paper on Crooked Taxation" bv
Hon. L. q. Sherman. Afternoon session. B
pm: /. Paper on The Educational Value of
Political Economy a part of the report of the
committee on teaching political economy. by
Irof. Simon n. Pattcn. chairman: 9 Paper on
"A Syllabus of Public Economy" by Prof.. VIM.
W. Folwell; 3. Land Transfer Reform: the
Prof. j. W. jerks: 4. 1.-The Third. l. e.. The
Social Revolution, by Prof. Z. Z. Chevnev
Tuesday. December 30-MOrning session. 10
am: /. From the committee on technical edu-
cation, President F. A. Walker. chairman; dis
cussion on industrial and technical education.
opened by President Francis A. Walker: 2.
Paper on Limits of Publicity" by Prof. David
Il. Dewey: ). Paper on The Municipal Owner
ship OF Gas Works in the United States" by
Prof. Edward W. Bonis. Afternoon session. 3
pm: ]. Paper OIL The growth and Economic
Naluc of Building and Loan Associa lions" by
Hon. Seymour Dexter: 2. Paper on The Tail
Orirg Trade and the Sweating SYSTEM" by Hiss
katherine Conan: 3. Paper on Girls Board
ing Homes, by Robert Stein: 4. Secretarv's
report. Evening session, pm: Held jointly
By the American Economic Associations and the
american Forestry ASsJcia ion at the National
Mu>cuni. l. Paper on - lie duty of Governul.n mt
la Regard to Forests. by Prof. EdrHu,ld J.
James; 2. Paper on "'The Pres, M Condition Of
Foreats on TIE Public Lands" by Edward d.
Bowers; 3. Paper on "Goyelnmemt Forestry
Abroad by Clifford PincEot: !. PAPER Oh ''lh
fen ibi.itv Of american Forest Administration,
by b. l.. Icrnov.
The officers Of the association are: Francis
\. Walker Ii. d., president: Henry c. ADAMS.
Phi. D.. Edmund J. James. Pin. D.. John L.
Cl"ri:. An. vice presidents; III, hard f. Elv.
IN. d.. secretary; Edwin Il. A. ScliSman. PA
d., treasurer.