[Letter] Nov.1,1890,Smith College [to F.H. Giddings]

Nov. 1, 1890, Smith College.

Dear Friend,
       Some things have
come to hand since the
sending of this list. I send
a revised one. Kindly
insert title, make any
additions and suggestions that
may be needed and forward
to Dr. Ely to be acted on
by the Exec. Com. You and
I have no authority to
choke anybody, have we?
In any case we don't want it.
What do you suggest by way of
improving the program? Something.
 Shall the following list of
papers, now offered, be accepted?

 W. W. Folwell - A Syllabus in Political
Science.
 E. W. Bemis - Gas Supply.
 D. R. Dewey - Limits of Publicity.
 Marietta E. Kies - The Ethical Principle in
Industrial Relations.
 C. A. Little - The Term Wealth in Econ. Sci.,
A Study in Economic Theory.
 F. W. Taussig - A Contribution to the
Theory of Railroad Rates.
(Part of Report of Transportation Com.)
 Geo. H. Ely - Relative Cost of Water
and Rail Transportation
(Part of Report of Transportation Com.)
 E. R. A. Seligman - Incidence of
Local Taxation.
 Hugo Bilgram - Critique of Böhm-
Bawerk's Theory of Interest.
 Raymond Dexter - Growth and Value of
Cooperative Savings and Loan
Associations.
 F. Goodnow
 F. H. Giddings - The Conceptions of Utility,
Value and Cost (not over
15 or 20 minutes)
 Also a contingent paper by
J. B. Clark, to be read or withheld
as circumstances demand.
 S. N. Patten - Educational Value of Poi. Econ.

 Committee Reports.

 Com. on Industrial Education.
       Statistics
       Economic Theory (10 minutes at most)
perhaps others (Exchange?)

 Please supplement the list
of papers and reports if any
are omitted.

 E. J. James - The Relation of Railroad
Passenger Traffic to Freight Traffic
(Part of Report of Transportation Com.)
 Stuart Wood - uncertain
 Both solid and popular is
needed for the joint session.
What should it be?

          Yours Very Truly,
               J. B. Clark