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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



C. Hart Merriam, 

 Chief of the U. S. Biological Survey, Vice-President for Zoology. 



Dr. L. Howard, of Washington, 

 D. C, was reelected for a term of five 

 years, as permanent secretary; Pro- 

 feessor C. A. Waldo, of Lafayette, Ind., 

 as general secretary and Professor John 

 F. Hayford, of Washington, D. C, as 

 secretary of the council. 



THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 



The address of the retiring president, 

 Dr. Carroll D. Wright, formerly U. S. 

 Commissioner of Labor, now president 

 of Clark College, was an event of un- 

 usual significance. Dr. Wright, as is 

 well known, is an economist, and he 

 chose for his subject ' Science and Eco- 



nomics.' After referring to the revolu- 

 tionizing influence of science in the 

 realm of theology and religion, Presi- 

 dent Wright pointed out a similar in- 

 fluence, not as yet generally appreci- 

 ated, in the sphere of political economy. 

 The subject was, properly, presented in 

 broad, general outlines, touching as it 

 does a wide range of topics, such as the 

 Malthusian theory of population, the 

 law of diminishing returns, the iron 

 law of wages, and the like, and even 

 the tariff, together with such matters 

 as the relation of chemistry and engi- 

 neering science to problems of national 

 and international politics, and the 



