The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
CARRIES AGE WELL
Ninety-three Sits Lightly OH
DR.. Edward Young.
HAS HAD AN EVENTFUL LIFE
Former Chief of Bureau of Statistics,
Once "a United states Consul, Tells
Reporter of Incidents in His Ca
FeeF-PFeserves Ring Given Him
by Car Alexander IL Years Ago.

Edward Young. Pm. D.. formerly chief
OF tie Bureau Of Statistics. and for eleven
years United States consul al Nova
Scotia, although in his ninety-fourth year,
/ carries his age as lightly as many men
who have reached seventy.
When interviewed by a reporter for
The Washington Herald. recently. ne was
reminiscent in looking back over a life
/ spent largely In tie interests Of his
adopted country
At present Dr. Young is living with
his daughter Miss Annie Young, at 40l
A street southeast, and though almost a
|centenarian is active. and carries him
self with firm and alert bearing that
4 ichsracterizes him as a much younger
man.
DIT Young attributes the Iightness with
which he carries his age TO his abstinence
/ from tobacco and alcoholic drinks. He
/ said this was a rule that he has never
broken. and related an incident which
/ happened TO him while he was at a ban
quet in St Petersburg. given when he
I was delegate TO the International sta
( tistical Congress.
/ While the dinner was in progress the
health Of the Gar was proposed. but he
! left his champagne untouched. thus scan
/ dalizing German who sat next to him.
Emperor Not HorriRed.
/ Evidently the Emperor was not horri-
fed by the episode. for not long after Mr..
/ Young had returned 70 this country he re-
/ ceived magnificent diamond ring from
the Car, He has the ring to-day. and
! took IL from the safe-dep0sit vault to
show it 10 the reporter. The center is a
! blue enameled disc. about the size of q
/ Decent piece. surrounded by eight dia-
mOnds Of unusual size On the enamel is
the letter "A" set with diamonds. under
meath which are the Roman characters
/ IL. for Alexander the Second. who freed
/ the serfs.
+ Or, Young was born in a settlement of
/ New Eugianders, on the coast OF Nova
Scotia, December II. 1914 His education
/ was received at Acadia College. now
/ Acadia University. at Wolfule. y. 5
This institution later conferred upon him
Z ilit dtEFte or master OF arts.
! He came 10 the United states in l05
and lived in Ohio for a year. going 20 In
diana at the end of the time. where he
cast his first vote for David Wallace. for
governor.
After long journey from indiana
on horseback. he arrived In Washington
In February, 1879. While here, ne heard
addresses by many famous men, among
Z
I Senate. and listened % John Quincy
Adams, tnen a member Of the House.
To-day DR. Young tells familiar stories
Of these statesmen. In the next few
years he visited his old home in Nova
Scotia. made voyage 20 the West Indies.
lived In Boston, and finally went to Phila-
delphia, where he stayed for a number
of years While in Philadelphia, he com
piled and published a number of books
dealing with the statistics Of commerce
and manufacture. visiting the leading
manufacturers from Portland, Me, 10
Richmond, Va. The books were 'PbiIa-
delphia and its Manufactures. Leading
Pursuits and Leading Men," and "A Com
plete History of American Manufactures.
from 160S to 1850"
Comes to This City.
In 1851, at the urgent request Of Mr.
Kennedy. superintendent OF the census
of 1866, Dr. Young came to Washington
He was made chief Of a division with
large number OF clerks under him and
by new method secured accurate re-
turns from the manufacturers of the
country which up 10 that time, had been
wOefully incomplete This was compiled
by DR.. Young and published in a sep
arate volume
In July. 1870, he was made chief of a
bureau of statistics, authorized by Con-
gress, where he served until 1878. when he
resigned. While chief of the bureau. he
compiled several books. among which was
Information for Immigrants" which he
had translated into French and German.
Thirty thousand copies of this book were
bought by large steamship companies and
distributed in Europe. resulting in a large
increase of desirable immigrants
DR. Young thinks that such a book
would be of great advantage 10 this
country now. His next work was
history of the tariff legislation from the
days of Alexander Hamilton until 1871
Labor in Europe and America" a vol
ume of S3i pages. tracing the cost of
labor from the time of the Roman re-
public until the book was written, is
considered his most important work
Goes to Russia.
In 1872 he was appointed American dele
gate to the eighth session Of the inter-
national statistical congress. held in St.
Petersburg in August of that year The
Grand Duke Constantine, brother of Alex /
ander II, was president Of the congress.
and DR.. Young was an honorary vice /
president. From 1885 until 1897 he was
consul at Windsor. Nova Scotia. near
the place Of his birth.
DIR. Young is the father of three chill |
dren-Charles A. Young. in the office of /
the supervising architect in the Treasury |
Department; Rev. ". H. Young. Of De- |
catur, Ga, and Miss Annie Young. who |
lives with her father