[Letter] Sept.14,1891,Smith College [to F.H. Giddings]

Sept. 14, 1891, Smith College.

Dear Friend,
       I am thoroughly
glad that Bryn Mawr has
made your position so
comfortable and so favorable
for progress. They showed
an enlightened self-interest
also in holding you. I
congratulate you heartily.
 Mr. Katzenstein is
now in Philadelphia and
would, perhaps, be willing
to go to Bryn Mawr to
see you about the work. If Mr. K. comes I will gladly accede to any arrangement
you may
value. He
is helping Mr. Weston, I
think, on the Ethical
Journal. The address that
he gave me is # 1602
Chestnut St., University
Extension, Phila. The only
trouble will be the money problem.
Where is the pay to come
from? Shall you and I
put hands in pockets?
Shall we pass the hat
around the committee?
Shall we try to get the
Exec. Com. of the A.E.A
to sanction a little
appropriation?
 About the latter two
plans I have misgivings.
I doubt whether others would
like them. If you and I
pay the money we could
hardly make it much over
$ 25, could we?
 How would this do. Many
young men work for honor
and future advancement
and no cash. Could we
mix a little of the honor
etc. with a little cash
for Mr. K.? Suppose the
monograph is issued
as prepared by L.
Katzenstein, under the
direction of the Committee
on Econ. Theory. I rather
think that that with
a little money - from
any source - would
secure Mr. K's services. If
we pay the money ourselves
my suggestion would be that
I make over to Mr. K. the
paper that I have, with its
citations, also that I submit
to you a plan of introduction
setting forth the nature of the
work, to be by you changed in
any way and handed over to Mr.
K., for elaboration - and
that we divide the payment
evenly between us. I think on
general principles I ought to pay
most of it; but suggest the half and
half plan only on the ground that a
fair amount of work on my paper has already been done. I think
I will suggest to K. that he call on you at Bryn Mawr.

        Yours Very Truly,
             J. B. Clark