JENKS, Jeremiah Whipple, American po litical economist: b. Saint Clair, Mich., 2 Sept. 1856. He was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1878, and subsequently studied in Germany, at the University of Halle. He then studied law and was admitted to the Michigan bar. In 1879-83 he was professor of Greek, Latin and German in Mount Morris Col lege, Illinois; in 1886-89 was professor of politi cal science and English literature at Knox Col lege, Galesburg, Ill.; in 1889-91 professor of political economy and social science at Indiana University; and 1891-1912 professor of political economy and politics at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; in 1912 he became professor of government and director of the division of public affairs at New York University. In 1899-1901 he was expert agent for the United States Industrial Commission on investigation of trusts and industrial combinations in United States and Europe, and consulting expert for the Department of Labor on the same subject, In 1902 he was special commissioner of the United States War Department to investigate questions of currency, labor, internal taxation and police in the Orient. In 1903 he went to Mexico to consult with the Minister of Finance in regard to a change of the financial system. In 1903-04 he was a member of the United States Commission on International Exchange in special charge of reform of the currency in China. In 1907-10 he was a member of the United States Immigration Commission, and in 1906-07 was president of the American Economic Association. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Alexander Hamilton Institute. He has written 'Henry C. Carey als
Nationalokonom) (Jena 1885): 'The Trust Problem' (1900; 6th ed., 1912); 'Report Indus trial Commission Industrial Combinations in Europe> (Vol. XVIII, 1901) ; 'Report on Cer tain Economic Questions in the English and Dutch Colonies in the Orient' (1902). He is editor and part author of 'Reports of the United States Industrial Commission on Trusts and Industrial Combination' (Vol. I, 1900; Vol. XIII, 1901). He compiled 'Statutes and gested Decisions of Federal, State and Terri torial Law Relating to Trusts and Industrial Combinations' (2 vols., 1900), and is part author and compiler of 'Reports of Commis sion on International Exchange' (1904, 1905) ; 'Citizenship and the Schools (1906) ; 'Great Fortunes, the Winning, the Using' (1906) ; 'The Political and Social Significance of the Life and Teachings of Jesus' (1906); 'Life Questions of High School Boys> (1908) ; 'Principles of Politics' (1909) ; 'Governmental Action for Social Welfare> (1910) ; 'The Im migration Problem,' with W. Jett Lauck (1913; 4th ed. 1917) ; 'The Making of a Nation' ; 'The Testing of a Nation's Ideals,' with Prof. Charles F. Kent (1915) ; 'Personal Problems of Boys Who Work' (1913) ; 'Business and the Government> (1917). He is a frequent con tributor to periodical literature on economic and political questions. He is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the trust question, and his writings are marked by scholarly and accurate investigation, combined with unusual simplicity and clearness of statement.