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Passing Events. William George Jordan, well known to our readers as the author of Self- Control, and a series of excellent articles now being printed in the Era, entitled The Crown of Individuality, also the author of Great Truths, and other books, was appointed secretary to the House of Gov- ernors on July 15, 1910. We heartily congratulate Mr. Jordan upon this appointment which marks an important advance in the history of that institution. Having a permanent secretary will give the House of Governors a central agency and assist in keeping alive the movements with which it is concerned, and in shaping the programs for its success- ful annual meetings. Mr. Jordan was the originator of the idea of a House of Governors, and has shown untiring energy in transforming his idea into an institution. Hence, he is the best qualified man that could possibly be obtained for this post. His office will be a clearing house for the problems and the united deliberations of the executives of forty- eight states. The New York Times declares that "with the appointment of the secretary, the conference of the Governors rises over the status of informal meetings to that of a deliberative body, that is practically in session the year round." The next meeting will be held at Frankfort, Kentucky, November 29 to December 2. The present governors of the states and the thirty-one to be elected in November are expected to at- tend. It will interest readers of the Improvement Era to know that we have secured the right from Mr. Jordan to print his latest book, Little Problems of Married Life, the chapters of which will run serially, begin- ning in Vol. 14, soon as the present articles end. John Griffin Carlisle, former Secretary of the Treasury, died in New York City, July 31. He was born in Kenton county, Kentucky, September 5, 1835. From 1877 to 1890 he was a prominent political character of this country, being a member of the National House of Representatives of which he was speaker from 1883 to 1889. He re- signed to fill the unexpired term of James B. Beck in the United States Senate, from which he resigned again, in 1893, to become Secretary of the Treasury under President Grover Cleveland. When the Democratic party retired in 1897, he withdrew from politics and took up the practice of law in New York City. The Value of the Imports of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, was $1,500,000,000, while the exports was about $1,750,000,000, showing that the foreign commerce of the United States was greater last year than in any year preceding except 1907.

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