[Letter] Oct.30,1887,Smith College [to F.H. Giddings]

Oct. 30, 1887, Smith College.

Dear Mr. Giddings,
        It was like
the generous man that
you are to suggest
deferring your article in
favor of mine; but besides
being an arrangement
that I would not have
accepted, it would have
left the book question
subject to the same
difficulty as before.
 What they have done
seems to me to be
a very handsome line
of action under the
circumstances, and I
wrote them a note
expressing my appreciation
and saying that I was
sure you would coincide
in my view. Of course
they were reluctant to put
off Walker; and yet he
was under no such pressure
as we, and moreover
I am not conscious of
any responsibility for the
peculiar quality of Walker's
article. Ours were what
they purported to be. There is
fitness in the course finally
adopted; but it is generous
on their part all the same.
I am in fact glad not
to have my article
which in reality controverts
Walker's theory of profits,
appear in immediate
connection with an article
by him. I hope no
embarrassment will come
in consequence of the
action taken.
 I have been resting
this week, for the most part,
though I still have Prof. Gardiner's
hours at the college. I have
arranged to issue monograph in March
"or thereabouts." It seemed rather necessary
to name some appropriate date.

        Yours Very Truly,
               J. B. Clark