The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-02

= "A g N Berlin nor that 1t IS az
4 together without rags and
WOW wretchedness, yet. as a
rule, they ''do not show the dust bins"
One difference between London and
Berlin is that the one is ruled by any
body who can catch votes, the other
only by men Of the highest probity and
proved ability in municipal affairs.
SO that when the stranger comes to
London-the London Of unlimited
philanthropy and well-nlgh universal
charity-he is shocked by the eternal
squalor and desttution Of our streets;
and when he visits Berlinr-th the Berlin
which is practically irreligious, and
certainly with nothing of Londons
charity-he is amazed by the cleanll.
ness and prosperity. not only of every
street, but of every citizen.
Berlin is ruled by municipal experts.
1t has its wretchedness and despair,
but these things are not permitted to
Increase. To be out of work in Berlin
is crime, even as it is in London, but
with this difference in Berlin the mu-
nlcipality legislates for labor in fash
ion which makes idleness all but in
defensible.
The laws to this end may not COM
mend themselves to English minds,
for the German Is not softhearted in
such matters; but they have this en-
gaglng recommendation they succeed.
Let ragged man make his appearance
In Frledrlchstrass or the Lindens, or
in any Of the numerous open spaces,
and In minute policeman is after
his papers. If 1t is proved that he
has slept in the asylum for the home
less more than certain number of
nights he is forthwith conducted, willy
nilly. TO the workhouse and made 10
labor for his board and lodging.
The workhouse in Germany is not
prison. but the vagrant would as lief
go to the one as TO the other. The
administration Of the workhouse is
conducted with iron severity; every
ounce of bread and every drop of thin
soup consumed by the workhouse man
is paid for thousandfold by the sweat
of his brow SO it comes about that
the man least disposed to work, the
born vagabond finds it more agreeable
to toll for his bread in the market than
to fall into the hands Of a paternal
government
Berlin takes advantage of the sys-
tenn in Germany which numbers and
tickets every child born in the Father
land. No man can roam from district
10 district, changing his name and his
life's story with every. fitting. He is
known to the police from the hour of
his birth to the hour of his death.
For few pfennigs l can read the his
tory Of every person in Berlin. There
fore the municipality has an easy task.
Every citizens life story is known to
them, and every vagrant is punished
for his crime against the community.
Moreover. every person of humble
means is insured by the State. Even
clerks, shop assistants and servants
ire compelled TO insure against sick
ness and against old age. This insur-
lnce is effected BY the pasting into a
book Of certain stamps every week.
Ind it is the duty Of each employer to |
zee Chat this contract is faithfully |
,beyed. And now the State has built |
It Beelitz an enormous sanatorium,
costing l0000,0O0 marks (S2,3s0,O00), |
where the invalided citizen is sent with
his pension, In order to expedite his
return to the ranks of the
1t pays the city of Ber-
in to nurse its sick and cherish its
nvallds The whole object of the
is to secure the physical