The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-27


 of the Event-sociaI Side of the Af- fair.
 The eleventh annual meeting of the American Economic association will be held at Yale university, commencing this evening and continuing tomorrow and Thursday. The address of well come will be delivered by President dent of the association, will deliver the annual address. This meeting takes place at Colonial hall this evening at o'clock. There will be many addresses and discussions by distinguished econo- mists.
 The officers of the association are: President, A. T. Hadley; vice-presi- dents, John H. Gray, Henry B. Gard ner, Winthrop M. Daniels; secretary, Walter F. Wilcox, Ithaca, N. Y.; treas urer, Charles H. Hull, Ithaca, N. Y.; publication committee, F. W. Taussig, chairman, Cambridge, Mass; Davis R. Dewey, w. A. Scott, Willard c. Fisher, Sidney Sherwood, F. M. Taylor. The local committee of arrangements are Prof. H. w. Farnam and Prof. John c. Schwab.
 The association announces as follows regarding the meeting of the associa- tion and of the American Historical as- sociation which meets here also at the same time:
 Members of both associations. as well as all persons interested in the sub jects treated, are cordially invited to the sessions of both associations. The evening meetings of both associations will be held in Colonial hall, on Grove street, at the foot of Hillhouse avenue. The day sessions will be held in Osborn Hall, on the corner of Chapel and Col. lege streets opposite the New Haven House.
 The business headquarters of both as- sociations will be in the faculty room of the Divinity school, as the faculty of this department has kindly placed it's apartment at the disposal of the asso- citations. Here the register of members in attendance at the session will be found and information regarding hotels, boarding houses and matters of local interest may be obtained. Notices re- garding the programme will be posted in this place, and adjoining rooms may be used for meetings of committees. The collections and libraries of Yale university will be freely opened to mem- bers during the session. The Gradu- ates' club, No. 954 Chapel street, offers the hospitality of it's house to gentle men who may be attending the sessions of the associations from abroad. Prof. and Mrs. HI. w. Farnam will welcome the members of both associations, with the ladies accompanying them, to an informal reception at their house, No. 43 Hillhouse avenue, to be held after the opening meeting of the American Eco- homie association, on Tuesday evening. Prof. George P. Fisher invites the mem- bers of both associations and ladies to his house, No. 27 Hillhouse avenue, Thursday afternoon, from 400 to 6:00." The official programme is as follows:
 Tuesday, December 27.
 Evening Session, p. m. I. Address of welcome-President Tim othy Dwight, Yale university. IT. Annual address of the president of the association: "The Relation be- tween Economies and Politics."- Prof. Arthur T. Hadley, Yale unlver- sity.
 Wednesday, December 2S.
 Morning Session, 10 a. m. I. Report of the special committee on the Twelfth Census. Prof. R. Mayo Smith, chairman; Prof. W. F. Will cox, R. r. Falkner, D. R. Dewey and Hon. c. D. Wright.
 al Report of the committee.
 (b) Discussion: "Is it possible to get statistics of Capital and Indus try?" Led by Hon. s. N. D. North, Hon. Horace Wadlin and Prof H. c. Adams.
 (c) Discussion: What may and should the statistics of municipal finance be made to show? Led be Professors H. B. Gardner and l.. S.
 Rowe and Dr. M R. Maltbie. (d) Volunteer discussion of the points of the committees report in the or der there followed.
 Afternoon Session, o'clock. l. Some Aspects of the United States Treasury Situation in the Years 1893 lO lo6i TrOI. r. w. IduSSlg, Harvard university.
 II. Early Canal, Railway and Banking Enterprises of the States in Relation to the Growth of Corporations in the United States. Dr. G. S. Callender Harvard university.
 III. Prices and Price Movements in the Confederate States during the Civil War. Prof. J. C. Schwab, Yale uni. versity.
 ". Recent Economic Changes in the State of Massachusetts. Prof. c. S Walker, Massachusetts Agricultural college.
 Evening Session, O'Clock. I. Address of the American Historical Association, by its president, Prof George P. Fisher, Yale university.
 Thursday, December 29.
 Morning Session, 10 O'Clock I. Report of the Special Committee on Banking and Currency Prof. F. M Taylor, Chairman; Profs. F. W. Taus- sig, J. W. Jenks, Columbia university II. Dynamic Standards of Wages and Interest Prof. J. B. Clark, Columbia university.