McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
FRANCE AND GERMANY COMPARED.
Figures That Indicate the Tendencies Of the
Two Nations.

Figures That Indicate the Tendencies Of the
/ Two Nations.
M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu has recently
made an interesting comparison be-
| tween the industrial population OF
France and Germany, taking as text
the "Resultats Statistiques du Denom-
brement de 1881" for the former coun-
try, and the ..Statisches Jahrbuch, fur
das Deutsehe Reich" for the latter:
| On the 9Th of June, 1882. the date Of
the ..Jahrbuch" the population of the
German empire was As, 222, 113, while
that of the French republic, Dec. IL,
1881, was 81, 622, 04S-Germany, there
fore, being about $500, 600 to the good
and that at a faster increasing ratio
than France, seeing that the excess OF
births over deaths in 1882 was $40, GOO
| in the one country, and only 100, 900 or
so in the other. While bearing IN
mind that Germany is given to emigra-
ton and France to immigration. the
former population may be said to in
crease at the rate of $50, 900 per an
mum, and of the latter at the rate OF
! 10000. Each decade sees some 2,OO0,-
| 900 people more in the German pro-
portion than in the French, so that by
| the time we reach the year 1900 the
excess will be close upon 1880, 600.
| A comparison of the occupations OF
the two countries shows some striking
differences, owing to the habits and
temperament of the different nations,
although it is difficult to arrive at
strict classification, because in France,
more than in most countries, persons
are often found figuring in two or
three capacities. 1t often happens,
for instance, that a landowner in the
country (and returned as such) is
lawyer or doctor in the city, while in
the lower strain of society weaver is
as often as not an agricultural laborer
when textiles are slack, and many q
house domestic helps his employer in
the fields or in his Office, being by
turns a servant, farm bailiff, or
clerk. These, however, are difficult
ties incidental to all census returns,
more or less. The number OF those
who live by farming or forestry in
Germany, including women and chill
dren, is 10, 225, 455, the same great
class in France representing Is, 249,-
2O9; no very great difference when we
consider the relative similarity of sur
face, which in Germany is $4,000
| square kilometers, and in France $685.
900, though the difference becomes
considerable when we take into ae-
| count 100000 extra population.
On the other hand, the difference is
lessened by the fact that children are
much more abundant in Germany than
in France. 1t is. however, when we
consider the manual industries that
the greatest divergence appears. Min
ING, building, and handicraft trades
generally employ 16, 05S, 08O persons in
Germany, while in France all indus
tries, grandes ct petites, put together,
give occupation to only 1924, LOT, and
this undoubtedly gives the keynote to
the greater activity and development
of the life of the people in the German
empire. Commerce and the carrying
trade, including shipping, railways,
and bookkeeping, employ 1851 $50
individuals in Germany, and in this
respect it is outstripped by France,
Notwithstanding that the railway mile
age is less, and that the Germans are
VIGOROUSLY the greater travellers of the
two. The army, navy, gendarmerie,
and police comprise in France 432, ia,
the addition of the wives and families
bringing the number up to 552, In
Germany the army alone numbers
451 1856, or, with the families, $40, 282.
The number of functionaries and Offi-
Gals, together with the professions,
are, in the latter country, 579, 552, and
in this respect again France heads the
list with $4,000 Germany contains
1,O22, 223 persons without profession,
and this army is reinforced by women
and children, bringing it up TO 1,908,-
300, in addition to which a class con-
sistins of those preparing for work,
such as students and apprentices num-
Der 1897, 900, while there are also $685.
PA which include housekeepers, day
servants, ard the like. France has
only 737,0SS actually without a pro-
fession, but has 2,121,17 living on
their means, which is tantamount to
the same thing; and there is small
batch of 81, S16 of professions incon,ues,
which, if all the secrets were known,
would form a remarkable series of
revelations The number of those who
live On their means (COn etqe,sem Yer
mogen) in Germany is placed at 1885,
125, which il very considerably less
than the French contingent, and tells
in favor of the Germans, as possessing
less idle ones in a household. Domes-
tic service IN France employs 1851, 266,
of whom from 106, 404 men and 28l $50
women are returned as attendants in
hotels and restaurants. The domestic
class in Germany is only 2,324,924.
The occupations depending upon eat
ing, drinking, and lodging comprise
l, 1880 Individuals in France, as
against 756,G47 in Germany, a fact
which will be potent to those who are
acquainted with the two countries and
know the different degrees of estima-
ton in which the art and graces of iiv-
ing are held.