The times., 1901-04-17
JURISPRUDENCE THE Topic
Papers Read Before the Social
Science Association.
The Subject of Prehistoric Law Ably
Treated by w. {. R0biuSon-osc"r
straus Discusses naturalization;
It's Abuse and the Remedy

Its Abuse and the Remedy"
The work Of the American Social
Science Association. now holding its
meetings in Columbian University, was
Yesterday under the Department of Juris-
pr,Idence. Two papers Of special inter
est were read in the evening, one by ".
c. Robinson on "Glimpses of PrehistoIlc
Law" and one by oscar Straus on
Naturalization: The Abuse and the
Remedy"
Mr.. Robinson treated in an interesting
manner the social systems Of the Amerl-
can aborigines. comparing them with the
present social system. He said:
Every glimpse of the condition OF pre-
historic man that We obtain serves TO
strengthen the conviction that in chafac-
ter. achievement, and possessions mere
was no essential difference between him
and ourselves. The economic welfare OF
the nations compared is the test. and ma
teriaI progress in mechanics is not of in
trinsic Importance
The speaker then took UP the currency
system of American aborigines. showing
that il represented a certain natural mon
etary method, based in greater degree
than ours upon the labor involved in max
ing the medium of exchange. He declar-
ed that the comparison between the
--wampum system and our present cur
rency system did not reflect much credit
upon the latter, and that in the thing
most essential to social welfare the AZ
tees and kindred tribes were in advance
of the nations of today.
He then turned to ancient Peru, and
explained the constitution of the Govern
ment and the social system then in
vogue, with its high development along
agricultural lines He stated that pauper-
ism n he
tramp an impossibility because there was
work for every hand to do, and, in fact
an almost ideal condition Of things exist
ed, as the result of mode OF NE Wnich
gave no chance for aVariCe, lust, or iaZ-
mess. He advocated a greater appIlca-
tion Of the principle of paternallsIn OF
those days drawing his arguments from
the success achieved through the appIl-
cation of the principle by the prehistoric
..Tst1TaIization: It's Abuse. and the
Remedy" was the title Of the paper read
by Oscar Straus, LII. D., of New YORK
City. Mr. Straus prefaced his remarks
by some amusing incidents OF diplomacy
at the Porte
Taking up his subject he said that the
United States was the first nation to al
low freely the right Of expatriation to al
citizens. thus antagonizing the generally
accepted principle Of perpetual citizenship.
The stand taken by our nation on TINS
subject he said had frequently been the
cause of trouble and international com
plications. He cited a number of cases
attempted TO gain the protection OF the
United States by naturalization. and had
precipitated trouble. The result of these
difficulties he said, was the passage of
law, July p. 1865 giving to naturalized
citizens the same protection as home-born
citizens.
When the foreign-born citizens return
10 their own country the matter became
Involved. 3" he said. and finally il was nee
essary TO restrict the protection o1tered
by the law in these cases to period eN-
piring after two years Of residence
abroad
The programme today is under the de-
I,artment of health. w. II. Daily NJ D,
Chairman. and Elmer Lee, Secretary. At
the morning session there will be an ad-
dress by the chairman at $50, at $50,
'.Experirnents in Nutrition. Horace
Fletcher. of Venice, Italy; 1910. Factory
Hygiene" J. II. Patterson. Dayton, Ohio;
1890 Health Fad of Today, Grace
Peckham Murray, New York; Hoo.
Social Evils Resulting from Unsaritary
Dwellings," c. W. Chancellor. Washing
ton. D. c.; address, Irving g Rosse,
Washington. u. G.
Evening session-S:3O, Transmission of
Yellow Fever by the Mosquito. John NJ.
Sternberg, Washington. d. C; 900, Food
as the Principal Factor in the Cause of
Disease" Elmer Lee, New York.