New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-17

| ures TO his demands The fierce annais ,ern,i
mated While others which are useful to him are re
| made to Increase n thousandfold. Inc an m tower
the ocean carry him from land 10 laid' an Az, on,,,a
ing mountain ranges set him bounds HIS genus
has moulded inert matters into poweinu his ma nj
which wait touch Of his hand to serve ms nIo
fold demands What wonder that he pities Peob,o
who have not succeeded In fupduhg d'cts NJ the
wilderness who hear with trembling the roar I er
wild animals. who remain r., c,,ye the neces-
saries Of life With the help of few and sliIpHd .
h MeSt Y Snsr o II than man
If it is claimed that the whi,g rae. a onaIyze this
assinutnn II viii soon be found that the sup.ri
ority Of the civilization of the whlte tac bieher
suajcient hasia for IT, As the civilization Is nlb
,n ann, that the aptitude for civilization IL so
higher and as the aptitude for civzat'o isn,
a. Sody and nina thu Inference is drawn that the
white race represents the highest ~ hp, through
comma r,son of the social status of civilized na
primitive man, the achievement , an" Further
for achievement have been conlouhut,u. o % very
more MS the white race is the civilized race, 80
dny,,tion from The white type is considered cnar
,r,st If lover type That these two errors
undcre our judgments OF races , IN ieiny
shown by c the s i nwavs descbed as lower the
more Fundamentally it differs from d .n Of many
anthropolorsts to look for anatomical h, oS
Of primitive man which would charactrl~ n,a. Of
being of lower order, and also by the 'iGiv any
recent writer's to prove that there exisi nIS rsnis
ana tonical features Of thr s"-caIi'u 49, If organ
ism. Both Of these facts show that the .hn lhGd
Iwrlls In minds Of nvestgat3rs ,hab type OF
expect find in the white race the hs"''' ~
In judging social distinction the sane gy' GT[Gr
frequently committed. As the n,hta :" si,,,,' sd
NJ the white race Is the highest. L. i a.sp supp
10 10 n.y. me is mind is supposed to have the most
subi organization. As the ultimate isyth.ca ,n
h,lemen of the M ntai status OF people Is gen
era.y guided by the difference p''"'tn uu a. =.
5cb are founi in our civ zaton 1t might be oD-
irciei that although achievement rs h'i ,
~. - on. bv The o:her Have not the races hAd me
SANE chances for development?
FROM THE DAWN or CIVILIZATION.
The sneaker then took UP in detail these questions
tracing the history Of civilization from us GAVIN !"
the far East un,E now. showing bow IDEAS ana III
yentons Were carried from one nation u ah''he',
n. r4f IRE! To the civilizations In ancient Peru ana
Contra. America. and showed that The s5n'ral al
,anc-mcat was the same - N ASA ana huIv''i;
, certain stag 300 or io0 years earlier thin the
other But this difference was lnsSnincdht com
plrcI with thc axe Of the human race. Man nld eN,
SD f,r a period 20 be measured 10y geological
standards only. He showed th1t IN ,th- pa ~
lions brought in'o contact with civilization els.y
assiin!latcI L; and now they d"inied away before
Is approach This was due to me taci tndt dor-
mery races d1 not differ % widely a. At preseh';
and now disease devastated regions new.y opened
10 white people The conditions for ass imAtI'. ~
ancieu, Europe were much more favorable man
"a countries where prmiiiye peop.e no" come , ~
contact with civilization ThIs ctncH~oh Wa g@n
ION IN Norts,rn hr.e& s ara n Gan 9,cnv o., ne
S s4s pT5p,rioa a'"" u mlylqss Of ali Other
,hcse races may not produce as largo d proportion
u crcli men our own race. there is no reason
10 suppose they are unable 10 reach the lev.
NJ civilization represented ~ the Duik Oh our own
pe,pe .. -. u.,,,or, ,,,,ors y,
Waterylle NJ addressed the section on Physics
upon Obscure Heat As an Agent in Producing tnc
Samuel Cliyn. u Iowa CRY lowL ailresaeI me
eG,n Of "eo9Sy a. 1i,orT riFsRqy upon IN yo2b
as',rn Iowa devotns especial attention to MO-
n'S hour wa, given to the Section Of Eco
u,m!c Science and Statistics. before which Henry
flrquhar Of washington read = paper upon y
Mg'irnntl,. am Astronomy. before which George
g. G.mstl,k. ~ MlIls5n. WIS. read 4 paper upon
binary S,As,." Ia his paper Nice-FTes!Icnt fAI-
quhar saiI.
WHAT l. STABILITY?
Tha, stability .n value Is the essential relnls!t"
4 the monetary standard seems incontcsiab'e. Bui
what shalt constitute stability? Since the WORD
means ability 10 resist disturbing forces. ana since
thc ability % resist depends on ~" nature OF inc
disturbing force what kind Of force does II most
concern us 90 rc.st9 Na.uc itse.f. too. Is essen
daily "a relative Qg4i.y. whl-h thing mas nos in-
I.prad,ut.y bat only with reference % something
else. AMI wnai is that something with reference To-
wnicl me sttn1lrl Of values hnoud hr sttn'"
N.itn,r OF these questions should oe neglected III u
complete combination - the hiul'''- , -,
II only remains . sum up in 'hr ihr'Srapn tl'
results Of an inquiry whose EOS" rr'tlo" 10 'lt3i
r..I.lf. Interests. hardly suill' Irit To max" t
cnIlyrniug or cni'ittulhF, anu 'i.,n ', ~ ".'"'
particular conclusion they lead y monetary stand
does ia" same WORK AS h'diIf rs '7'"'r
the same want ana comrrnaa'cs the sam" rHort
These ends should both boz attained II practl'iDic,
n mot. neither should Doe exclusively preferred lhc
election oi centuries 81 civilization having hN'd
,. fnkcn az constant. the inquiry H. which OF the
two more nearly meets these ends cog whether
combination OF the Two would b." better tna eithrr
Tho answer appears to Doe that by the ideally best
standard tho prices NJ average mcrchansise ought
''". ~ ~" ,..,,,.r, ,.nt NOR. satisfl.toril,
moi lN gold and that attempt To WORK IN" TWO
metals on .dua terms iutoa composite whole Is In ms
er, ~ ,.crrnrrs railways and ocean grey hounds
If yrrv doubfui prlcticabIlity and OF very Doubt
ALLEGED scarcity Of gold ami diminishing money
Surpiy seems Il,tlc more than II myth. The most
important conclusion suggested Is the HecdIcssneSs
Ing power Allowing entire freedom Of contracts
in money, CONSTITUTING the terms of such contracts
IL all doubtful cases according To prevalent uSHEe.
and enforcing them accordingly, granting To the
people needed faculties iGF iiHrH.e gtIson
to weight and hncness THIS being the true junction
Of cosc whrm me rho grp, power S o of p3ss
legal tender acts should ie surrendered and legal
made by the Government itself Were this course
followed men might treat as money anything they
stamp as evidence that their agreement WAS kept,
and not fearing or hoping that any psldlssorne
metal was agreed on, the agreement might he com.
petcy dlscharsed 10y paElmS It',sn and oneh ,h
policy should he that the economic forces now
Working TO bring all nations to a gold unit should
prevail I'm practical business. the standard 10 which
we should thus be- brought As amply shown above.
H. no bad one. In = total abandonment 10y the
Government OF It's power to declare a legal tender
for private debts is to be found the true practical
solution OF this problem. a stable monetary stand
ard
the addresses Of Lucicn VI. Underwood. OF Green
castle Ind. upon The Evolution OF the Hcpnuca".
before The section Of botany; Of Thomas H. Nor.
ton Of Cincinnati before the section of chemistry
upon THE Battle with Fire" and Of Mansfield
Merriman. OF South Bethlehem. Penn. before the
section OF mechanical science and engineering upon
"Paradoxcs In the Resistance Of Materials
THE BATTLE WITH FIRE"
In Professor Norton's paper upon The Battle
with Fire" he treated of the services which the
chemist has rendered In lighting the destructive
agency OF fire. In 1t he said I'm part: