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court of the United States and by emil
nent English judges, but that whore
muuiciDal law gives a tribunal juris-
diction which the sovereign by the law
NJ uations cannot confer its degrees
must be d;sregardcd in all other do
minionS.
The speaker thought that the prin-
chile of this regulation if generally APP
plied, would make all indentureS in the
coast, however wide and open, capable
OF local appropriation and declared that
the present three-mile limit to littOrial
control would then apply only at the
extreme headlandS The fishing grounds
of the world would substantially all
pass under the local control. a result
which Wo3l1 tend greatly TO limit the
freedom OF The Seas. which, ever since
the voice Of GrOtius WAS raised in its
dcfelcy. has Grown and ought to grow.
if IT, resent measure s are acqui"Sccd
in a. Il l'..lt ...-i:tI =, stri";ion they are
qlit" tire TO bcrnm" the future basis;
OF absolute Ioiainion over the waters
in question and all in like place.
1.-THE Third Pan-American Confer
cnce," was the subject of Il paper by
=
OF Wisconsin.
At the gathering Of the American
Sociological Society number Of
speakers took part in the discussion
of Il paper by G. L. El1w""d on "H""
Should Sociology Be Taught as n Col
lege and University Subject?' Among
the speakers We're l. 6. Weatherly OF
Indiana; VIM. G. Sumner. Yale Cniver-
sity; +. NJ. Davenport. Hamilton COT
legc; Jeffrey II. Bracket, Boston
School for Social Workers; Frankiyn
II. Gliddings, Columbia University:
Robert c. Chaplin. Beloit College AMI
j. Ebert Cutler, University of Michi-
gan.
Librarians and book lovers tlockel
to the John Carter Brown library.
where an address was delivert: |
by President William Coolidge Lane.
librarian of Harvard University.
Following the presentation of
,ero. IS. a parer was read by DR.. Reu-
ben CioltithwaiteS. secretary Of the
| Wisconsin Historical Society on ''The
| Biblioeraphical Work of Historical So
cietieS.'
The discussion which then took place
was opened by F. II. Severance of the
| Buffalo Historical Society. and among
other speakers We're Clarence :. Brig
ham, librarian If the Rhode Island
Historical Society; William Nelson of
the New Jersey Historical Society;
William Nelson of the New Jersey
| Historical Society; Theodore Lee Cnie
of Washington, d. c., and Professor
James Westfan Thompson of the Uni
verSity of Chicago.
The parer read by Professor Clark
of Columbia University before the
members of the Economic Association
was devoted to a discussion of the re-
lationS between the price of labor and
the cost Of producing goods. the m
tluence of competition and of monoDo-
" as we'll as Of unOrganiZed and or
Sanized labor upon the rate OF wages
Professor Clark said:
IN a progressive society the prices
of goods tend toward the cost of pro-
lucing them in the most efficient eS-
tablishment AS improvements III
method and in organization are contir-
ually making the standards of price
are continually falling ana the actua
prices pursue the standards but lag
btllfltl III tli'lt wv INV IL u ne
Wages under any mode of ADJUST
ment are governed by the product OF
marginal social labor. When employ
ers deal with individual laborers the
| workman is forced to sell something
which the employer is not forced Il
buy since he can dispense with any in
dividual's labor with little or no los'
when an employer deals with an or
ganiZcd body of workmcn the men Of
fer what they must sell and what Tho
| employer is forced to buy if he con
tinueS producing. He cannot diSpcnS'
with an entire body of workmen.
THE workmen's position is stronge
and their pay is higher when they are
permitted to guard their positions
against other claimants. If they car
strike and still maintain a quasi own
crship Of their positions and forcibl!
rcpel other men who wish to OCcup!
them, they can sometimes secure pa.
which is in excess of the standard Sc
by the social productivity of labor.
with the laws fully enforced TIL
workmcn who should strike would los,
control of their positions. The tOlera
. ton of violence by the local cOmmunit,
is due to a fear Of wages that would
be below the normal standard. Ger
tain organizations of laborerS woul,
lose some of their present Stratcg
power if they We're forced to obey tn
law.
Without system Of arbitration tn
community has to chose between al
. lowing the presence of some uncm
ployed men unduly to depress wage
, and allowing organized laborers t
monopolze their positions and defen,
, them by force. This latter ALTERNATIVE
, means quasi anarchy and frequentl
, requires an appeal to the militar
power.
/ Wages are highest where employers
r monopolios secure extortionate price
for goods and trade unions secure 70
their members a part of the profit
thus realized. Both thrive at the cos
of III" purchasing public while in othe
occupations labor is somewhat con
, geSted and wages are pressed
Force would PLAY a smaller mart
the adjustment Of wages by tribunal