The Washington times., 1902-01-27
FOR STUDY OF
SOCIAL ECONOMY
French to Found Institution
in United States.
TIE HISSI9N OF N. NABILLEAU
Ii Is His Purpose TO Arrange for
This and study Bond of
Reciprocity.
TIE MISSI9N OF n. IABILLEAU

The French Government is to establish
in the United States an institution for the
study of systems Of trade. industry
social economy. and commercial educa-
tion Of the United States Prof. Leopold
Mabllleau. one Of the most distinguished
social economists Of France. is in Amer
lea for The purpose OF directing the pre-
liminary steps OF the project.
NJ. Nabilleau. while in this country, will
deliver series Of addresses before the
various leading universities. and his
social aud Industrial investigation will
take him to most of the large cities. He
is expected to lecture in Washington
about the middle Of February.
To stndy Reciprocity Cause.
In addition to the addresses, NJ.
Mabillesu has been commissioned by the
Ministers of Public instruction and Com
merce TO study the social development of
the United States and the means for a
common accord for reciprocity between
this country and France.
N. Pierre de Ma-serie, conselor of the
French Embassy. who has charge in the
temporary absence of NJ. Jules Cambon
the Ambassador, is a personal friend of
NJ. Mabilleau. OF NJ. Mablleaus official
mission of study for the discovery of a
basis for reciprocal commercial relations
between the two Republics. the French
Embassy has not as yet been advised. Vi.
de MaTgerie stated last night that until
the arrival Of NJ. Mabilleau in Washing
ton and the presentation of his letters
at the Embassy. he could not tell his ex-
act official status.
OF the pT5joat for the establishment
Of a school for the study OF American
conditions, he said
NJ. MarEcrie's Views.
such a project has been under con-
sideration fer some time, and il has been
finally decided TO establish such an in
stitution. The details, however. have not
yet been decided On nor has the city in
which it viii be located
Properly speaking, ii will be neither
a school. college, nor university.
Young Frenchmen will come here to
study America and Americans under the
direction OF some eminent man.
The headquarters will be in some large
city. and The students Will go forth on
tours Ct investigation. For instance.
man may be sent to the West TO investi-
gate mines and your systems OF mining,
your trusts and great corpora tions will
be studied and your industrial, social
economic and commercial systems will
be Investigated.
Cnmbon Studied Subject.
IN. Msbilleau and NJ Cambon con-
1erred on the project when NJ Cambon
was last in Paris. OF course, the En-
bassy will work in harmony with NJ.
Mabilloau- and lend him every assist
ance i'll the preliminary work necessary.
NJ Mabilleau is at present in Boston.
He will address the students ot Harvard
University and members of the Alliance
FranCaise while there. Among the other
universities before which he will speak
are Yale, Princeton, the University of
Pennsylvania. Johns Hopkins. and Chi
cago University.
NJ. Mabilleau graduated from the Ecole
Normale Superieure at the age of twenty
one. and went TO Rome to study. On his
return he accepted chair in the uni
versity. and from that time his career
has been meteoric. He is the director Of
the Nusee Sociale, of Paris. officer of the
Legion CT Honor. professor at the Col
lege de France. and the associate Of
BeauIieu, Waldeck-Rousseau. Emile
LOubet. Leroy, Levasseur, Ribot, and
Deschanel an art critic and q recognized
authority on social economies