The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-01
AcTUARIEs OF THE WHOLE
WORLD GET TOGETHER
Statistical Experts Won't Get Away From
New York for a Week.

New York for Week.
NEW YCSK, Aug, 31.-The fourth in
ternatlonal congress of actuaries met in
lhls city today. The delegates include
men from several foreign countries
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cor
telyou, who is an honorary member. was
delegated by the president to open the
session and delivered an address. The
session will continue all the week. The
ADDRESS or MIR. Lepreux, president of the
permanent committee, was followed by
the election of the following officers:
PRESIDENT of the permanent committee.
" l.. Lepreux; secretary general of the
permanent committee A. Begaul: hon
orary president, George B. Cortelvon.
president of the congress, Israel q
ateIson, general secretary, John Tatlock
a aSo wee presidents for Belgium, Can
ada, france, Germany, Great Britain,
Norway and Sweden, Holland. United
States, Austria and Italy.
Inc papers discussed were: ION the
Nineteenth Century" by Sam George.
warner, OF London; "Prolongation of
Me NE In the ;, Nineteenth Century in the
N HetTner ndrs by M G: Paraira and c..
on Inc Improvement in the Longevity
IN the United States During the Nine.
eeehth century" by John K. Gore actu-
airy Of the Prudential insurance com
pany.
The afternoon session began with a
discussion Of three papers on the general
S SUBJECT OF war mortality, the first by
frederick Schooling, honorary secretary
OF o. the Institute of Actuaries, London. on
war Risks with Special Reference to the
war IN South Africa, 1S99-1902;" the sec
6nd by Kotaro Schida. delegate of the
imperial japanese government, Toxic. on
The RISK Rate of the Late Chino jan
anese War" and the third by Robert G.
HAM ann assistant actuary of the Equitable
al MOI CIR fnfx
1ty in the United States
The programme also included a discus
sion OF papers on mortality in India and
other tropical countries in japan and
among other non Caucasian races.
The subject of the morning discussion.
improvements in Longevity was again
taken up in the afternoon. Charlton T.
Lewis said there were three general rea :
sons for the Improvement in longevity
the better care that children receive in the
present day. the vast Improvement in
in the last few years, and the vast i'm
proVement in medical and surgical
science.
I'VE find" said he. that the mortality
in particular diseases has decreased very
greatly in the last forty years. These in
huenceS are all alike in this respect, that
all represent, not an increase in the vital
ity of the strong, but a dimunition of NOR
tally among the weak. The number of
weaklingS today is therefore greater. and
the result Is a degradation of the mass
in the average"
#. L. Hoffman, of Newark, university
lecturer on actuarial subjects said:
When we are told by a secretary OF
war that the. mortality in Cuba is not
more than that in the city OF New York,
1t does not require much actuarial knowl-
edge to cause one to smile and to know
that it is nonsense
He declared the statement that the
death rate of the city of Havana is no
greater than that of Washington to be
untrue. For some time to come the death
rate of Havana will be from so to 100
per cent greater than any northern city
The papers on Mortality Among eau
casian Races were taken UP for discus
sion James Chatham. delegate of the
faculty of actuaries. Edinburgh, spoke on
the general topic, and Miles M. Dawson,
of New York, and George King of Lon
don, discussed Mr.. Hunters paper on the
subject.
A paper by Mr.. Egenberg on Miners
Experience was the last topic of discus
sion during the afternoon. The congress
then adjourned until tomorrow