New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-30
SCIENTISTS MEETING.
MANY PAPERS READ
The american association Beeins
It's annual Session.

Washington. Dec. 29.-The American Association,
sor the Advancement of Science began its hftg-sec-
md annual meeting here to-day The attendance was
large Professor Asaph Hall. u. S. N. the retiring
rresident, called the meeting to order and inrto-
duced the president-elect Professor Ira Remsen
who presided. Addresses of welcome were delivered
nv DR.. Charles ID. Waloott, on behalf of the Wash
ington Academy of Sciences and other scientific
societies: Henry F. mcfarland. on behalf of the
District OF Columbia: David J. HILL Assistant Sec
Rotary of State, behalf OF the national govern
rnent and DR.. Charles w. Needharn president OF
Columbian University. behalf of the educational
institutions Of Washington. In replying Professor
Rensen returned thanks for the welcome. and said
that this winter meeting the first Of the kind
ever held. and was in the nature of experiment
The meeting then adjourned to permit the vari-
GUS sections to organize, and at o'clock the visit
ing scientists and their wives entertained at
!. luncheon given by the local committee.
The vice presidents of the several sections deliv-
ercd addresses in the afternoon variety of
technical subjects, and tonight the entire asso-
citation listened TO the annual address of the re-
firing president Professor Asaph Hail. There We're
ten separate sectional meetings.
Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor and
vice-president of the Section of Social and Eco
nomic Science spoke before that body The
Psychology of the Labor Question" He said in
part:
Of investigation Of various elements Of the labor
ouestfon have CONVINCED me that there are under
Wing features which cannot be reached by the
statistical method; that the mental attitude of
ton from whatever point OF view it is considered
mortgages. At the eleventh census an attempt was
made to classify the causes or the reasons Tor
neariy s per cent OF the MORTGAGES indicated pros
perry ririnaI hodng or to raise money for business
operations or to educate children or for the I'M
TeSe indicate something entirely different from
the prevailing impression that mortgage repre- Pre-
balance. per cent represented the lack OF busl-
coming 10 the proprietor. So in the labor problem
one can ascertain the total number OF strikes ana
tive Of the strike cannot be disclosed by the sta
tstles ene 9Ih and the anpTehensions and fears
Of the strikers considered
Madam Tendencies in the Utilization Of Power
was the topic Of Professor John Joseph tlatner'
,ice-Y-esidert Of the Section Of Mechanical Del
o,oe and Engineering. He said that the cost OF
labor in most machine shops and other WORKS Is
so much greater than the cost OF power mat any
expedent by which the cost of labor may De appie
c4ablv reduced is justified, even though the ei-
sciancv Of the agent itself be low The principal
fhnr to be kept in mind is the desired increase III
efficiency Of the plant in turning out product WIN
p reduction in time and labor items, without es-
ecjsl reference to the fuel items involved In the
mower production. Regarding the use OF COM
pressed air he said that enthusiasm for new netn-
DDS. rather than good judgment has tn When
The reouireuents are properly observed in its pro
duction and use. its economy as ohNe +peT svs
IL,
lens Compressed air and its brilliant rival e1ec,
rric+v each had its own field of usefulness; II
outlook for oil fuel in general compeuuo VII. Iva g.
or long distance electric tranSsssion: ne
not encouraEirg He considered II hardy Irops',.F
that LIQUID fuel will be a serious conpeotoi1 -t
coal V-ifhstanding its many advantages ne
gas engine he said, in both large and snall :; Sn
has reached point in its development Nhere IT I'd
fsiTlv rival the steam engine in satisfactory run
ming qualities In point Of fuel economy. 81 -
engine moderate size is on parity Wi Inot ki
largest triple expansion steam engine tae 81
with much hope for still higher deVelopineht o.
rhean f1,ei gas processes which will bring the gas
engine into general succession to the eIectlc o'oi
for many purposes ,. ~ 80 tho larr-
The American Chemical Society, one OF the iar
est Of the bodies affiliated with the American 60
;af = for the Advancement of Science, also lelq az
first session to-day. with an attendance OF apous
5vvo hundred persons. The principal tuoreSs W.,
made by DR.. z. De Seventh. chlel OF We uo
cneTnic division Of the Department OF III
In his discussion of tuberculosis he aTnounced VA
virulent tuberculosis germs obtained from d i''
being would cause the disease IN cattle