The Globe-republican., 1903-02-12

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AsKs GOVERNMENT lI8uqlDE lAgsRAFgRY,,1Ts,S S.

census, show that the number Of In
sane per million in the North Atlantic
was 2SS5, and in tile South Atlantic
1922, The number Of suicides per mil
lion in the North Atlantic was TOO,
and In the South Atlantic is,
The deaths per million from nervous
diseases In the North Atlantic were
21S1, andsin the South Atlantic 11Gs.
The number Of juvenile criminals in
the North Atlantic per million popula-
ton was 425 and in the South Atlantic
l26. The number Of almshouse pau
pers per million In the North Atlantic
was 100 and in the South Atlantic 914.
The report contains a table which
shows that while wages have increased
prices have decreased, indicating bet
ter opportunities Of living, more gen.
eml comfort, hygienic improvements,
etc. While the consumption pel capita
Of wheat, coffee and other grains has
Increased, the consumption Of malt
liquors and sugar has increased much
more. .a H.
This might be Interpreted asia tend
ency toward less solid, less stable or
more artificial food, since, also, the.
consumption Of meat and potatoes has
decreased, While potatoes are not es-
peclally nutritious, yet with-meat they
are regarded by Psychologists as n very
desirable combination. fd-
SUGAR NOT HELD TO BLAME,
Dr. Macdonald says that II we were
to argue from mere concordance we
might say that since the consumption
OF sugar and the number Of divorces,
suicides and juvenile crimes have also
increased, this increased consumption
of sugar is one Of the causes of these
evils. Doubtless all such factors may
be related in some way, but the in
yestigation has not reached the stage
at which such relations can be deter.
mined.
But there are matters which seem to
have special relevancy to the increase
in crime. For instance, the rapid de.
velopment of society. Fifty years ago
the enterprise Of the press did not ell.
able every one to have the news Of
the world, good and bad, at breakfast.
An abnormal strain is put upon tile
nervous system as compared with the
muscular system. The trolley car, the
automobile, the telephone-non of
these things was invented fifty years
ago, All these things tend to make
Leople exercise less ana 10 think more.
'1he business man or to-day, with the
methods OF getting about quickly, with
the stenographer at his elbow, the tele-
phone at his desk, the electric cab
waiting at MS door, the elevator whlsk-
ing MN twenty stories IN three min
utes' is enabled TO do the work in a
gay that nifty years ago would have
required a week or more.
Medical men nave already noted the
results OF tllls easy muscular and ardu-
GUS mental life. Hence reaction has
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flgures are gwen winch seem 10 sup
port the theory mat a race tnat is
most Tree from crime when IN an agrl-
cultural state can become more crlm'
lnal when concentrated in cities. This
is proven by BRUSH statlstlcs, ana IL
IS also shown that the seaport towns
SHOW the highest percentage OF crime.
tables are given to SHOW that sui
cldes are most frequent at ages De-
tween flfty-five and slxty-fve both Ill
men and women, but in general three
men commit suicide where one woman
does
1t would be hazardous to give any
general causes Of suicides due to pro-
fession or trade. In comparing the
fhrpn lp1rnn1 nrOfpsSinnp II Id found