Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-12
VARSITY ECONOMIST AT THE
PARIS EXPOSITION.
WILL PREPARE A DISPLAY
Made Special Agent With Salary and
Expenses Paid and Gets a Years
Leave of Absence Economic Con-
ditions and Resources of the United
States to be Illustrated.
Madison, June 8.

Madison, June s.
Dr. Edward D. Jones, who has
charge Of the work in statistics and
charities and corrections of the eco
nomic department Of the Wisconsin
university, has been appointed a spec
ial agent with the social economic sec
ton of the Paris exposition commits
sion of the United States, and, in or
der to fill the mission, has been grant
ed years leave of absence from his
university duties. A commensurate
salary goes with the position and eX-
penses of all kinds are paid. At the
same time DR.. Jones will have stem
ographer and an expert draughtsman
for assistants The appointment comes
about wholly through merit. No ia
voritism figured in the selection.
Some four weeks ago, Richard Water
man, assistant director of the social
economic section Of the American
commission, visited Madison and
called upon DR.. Richard T. Ely, direct
or of the school Of economics. He was
seeking specialists for his department,
and was greatly struck with the graph
ic illustrations of the industrial pro-
gress of the United States which Dr..
Jones employed in his class work He
had a place, he said directly, which he
wanted DR.. Jones to fill. He knew of
no other man so peculiarly fitted for
it, and he left Madison to lay the mat
ter before his chief, Director Roberts
of the social economic department of
the commission. DR.. Jones has but
just received notification Of his ap
pointment which, because Of the rare
opportunities for study, observation,
experience, travel and acquaintance
ship involved, he of course accepts
with celebrity.
DR.. Jones' particular mission will be
to prepare an exhibit, all graphic, Of
economic conditions in and resources
of the United States-more particular
ly on (a), the United States as a coun-
try fitted for economic society, (b), the
people considered in their distribu
ton, occupations, etc.; (c), industrial
institutions connected with the pro-
duction Of wealth in the United States,
including statistics. In short,
graphic display of the extractive, man
ufacturing and transporting industries
Of the United States.
The entire exhibit of the social eco
nomic department Of the United
States commission falls under the fol-
lowing heads: 1, the country; 2, the
people; 8, industrial institutions; 4,
commercial institutions; 5, economic
institutions; 6, social institutions; Z,
movements for improving social and
industrial conditions. The first three
of these are assigned to DR.. Jones.
He will have distinguished associates.
DR.. Wilson, director Of the Phlladel-
phia commercial museum, will have
charge of the work coming under the
4th head, DR.. w. E. Willoughby of the
United States department OF labor,
that of the 9Th, Drs. Josiah Strong and
W. H. Tolman of New York of the
18th and c. F. Wingate, also of New
York, of the sanitary engineering and
economic reform phases of the work
under the 18th head.
Dr. Jones will before June Is be in
Albany, N. Y, headquarters OF the
commission, where he will spend the
next four or five months in the pre-
paration of the display, of which he
will also no doubt be in charge at
Paris. He has made arrangements
with Harper & Bros. for the publica-
ton in book form of the results OF his
Investigations. The volume will be
issued after the exposition and be en-
titled The Industrial Organism of the
United States.