Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-01

who can become divorced, a more 81
nificaut divorce rate is that which
based, not upon toral population, p'
upon the total married populatio
The rate per 100000 married popula
ton was 81 in the year 1870 and y
in the wear 1900. This comparison il
6icates that divorce is at present Nv
and ope-half times az common, CON
pared with married population, as
was forty years ago A divorce rat
of 2O9 per 100000 married population
is equivalent to 2 per 1000 marie
nomination. Assuming that 1000 mar
ried people represent 500 marrlei
COUPLES. it follows that in each year 4
married couples out OF every lOOO Sc
cure a divorce.
This does not mean that only mar
riages out of 1000 are terminated by
divorce, The rate, it win be noted
is an annual rate, continuously opera
tive. and comes far short of measuT'
inc the probability of ultimate ii
yorce The available data indicate
however, that not less than l mar
riage in r12 is ultimately terminated
by divorce.
Divorce rates appear TO be much
higher in the United States than IN
any Of the foreign countries for when
statistics relating 10 this subject have
been obtained.
Wives Obtain Twice as Many Divorces
as Husbands.
Two-thirds Of the total number ol
| divorces granted in the twenty-yeal
period covered by this investigator
were granted to the wife.
Without any reference to the Ques
ton Of which party is the more ire
quentIy responsible for the marta
unhappiness that leads to divorce, i
may be said that the wife has lega
ground for divorce more frequenLE
than the husband; that is to say
there are certain well recognized ant
comparatively common grounds ina
are more readily applicable as agalns
the husband than as against the Wlte
Notably there is neglect to provide
or non-support, which, for the hu;
band seeking divorce, is hardly a
available ground, although the pres
ent investigation found 6 cases in tn
state of Utah, in which the husban
, obtained a divorce on that grount
, Cruelty. although not infrequently tn
, ground for divorces granted to hu
' bands, is more generally existent
, a cause for the wife's seeking a Il
yorce. Five divorces for cruelty al
| granted to the wife for every l gran
ed to the husband.
Causes of Divorce.
The most common single ground II
divorce is desertiOn. This accoun
for 3S.9 per cent If all divorces (pe
Iod 1887 to 1906; 49.4 per cent,
alomts one-half of those granted
the husband, and 3&.5 per cent,
tone-third of these granted to the Wit
The next important ground Of
vorce is, for husbands, adultery, az
for wives, cruelty. OF the divorc
granted to husbands (1SS7 to 1870
less per cent were for adultery; al
of those granted TO wives 27.5 p
cent were for cruelty. Only 10 p
cent of the divorces granted to wiy
were for adultery of the husband, 81
i10.5 per cent of divorces granted
Husbands were for cruelty on the pa
OF the wife. r s..
Drunkenness was the ground for
yorce in SO per cent of the cases
(which the wife brought suit, and
Ill per cent of the cases in VIII
the suit was brought by the husbar
The above percentages represe
those cases in which the specif1
cause was the sole ground on whi
the divorce was granted. Very Fl
mently, however, divorces are graz
ed. not upon one ground only, but I
on two or moe in combination.