The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
is AND GIRLS
DRAWN TO SUICIDE
Ious Conditions in the Pub
|;c Schools of Germany Are
Brought to Light.
zGULAR EPIDEMIC
OF SELF-DESTRUCTI0N
sbIe TO Stand Strain Put Oh
hem Keeping Up With
Classes, Prefer Death.
gY MALCOLM CLARKE,

BY MALCObM ChAhhG-
n Cable to The Tribune.
LIN, Feb. 26.-The women Of Ger
have at last become aroused 10 the
conditions In the public schools,
movement already has been in
nicd with some OF the most infii-
Women Of the empire back OF IL
for it's object reformation of the
school system under which scores
I|b boys and girls have been drawn
|E|cide because they could not stand
rain put upon them in keeping up
their classes There has been q
Ir epidemic of suicide among the
IN school children in recent years,
hcal instance was that OF the self
.hction OF George Hardenburg, AGED
a pupil at one of the public
schools I'm RbeiDIckcndorf. n Berlin
u Little Hardenburg had failed TO
|Hthcr stin examination necessary
Xlify him for promotion into a high
rs. and bis lack Of success de-
"a him TO such 4 degree that he
life unbearabie. After writ
y number OF formal letters. which
It5 tc bear the stamp OF an intellect
U|der than that OF an elcVcu-year old
n
been many other child suicides dur
shc last twelve months. and the over
5n involved hv the existing schooling
Em Is held responsible for these Juve-
Tragedies. The opponents OF the
1an educational system allcgc that il
De too much knowledge into the heads
'he victims. instead of training them
|Qply THEN learning to practical prob
\ Of life.
Living High in Germany.
|srIin is ulv in sympathy with the
IL IN America against the Increased
4 OF fhc necessities of life. The Ger
a t4ptal is also feeling lbc pinch. All
7l Prices have been increased from 10
+" pcr cent in the last year. Hitherto
y 1'llcf from the high meat prices has
b ought in the purchase OF game and
'{ but this avenue Of escape seems
niger open 10 the prudent house wife.
ven prices here have been advanced
II To DC possible TO purchase what
tnown as 2-marll rabbit. but they
cost from - marks to / marks,
|ti+ email retail dealers in the resi-
|fections demand IL marks 10
8 Increased prices arc also asked
poultry and FOR wild fowl The
lear has Witnessed II considerable
Pc In The price Of all sea food. in
OF the fact that large catches have
feported. especially from tho fish
in the North and Baltic seas This
lsc Is no doubt due Ia the fact that
Ugh meat prices have incrcs scd the
'mption OF lish AMI other sea foods
Bread Not Advanced.
Ttnnately for the poorer classes OF
pity aud vicinity. bread prices have
INCREASED with. The cost Of other
4 FOR nearly a year the cost OF bread
'PadStufis has remained practically
<ery. This is. partly due TO the
Nat large quantities Of domestic
!rc yet 10 be had in the local mar
|Whcu this has been consumed aud
rpmcS necessary TO resort ip inn
y Hour and grain the bread prices
increase To some cX-
NO escape seems apparent in Ycgc-
nism from the higher cost OF meats.
ven vegetables show a higher price
ncv. Prices already have been
high. and while no apprcciJblc
g lins taken place lately II is high
,bable that an increase will develop
G course OF a few weeks. Butter.
lard and similar table necessities
ldvoncins. The general outlook is
ncouragiug
Gigantic Plant Enlarging.
great German firm ;hat i.s known
cry one as 'Erupp'S" and which
Ies half the civilized world with
|it wants in the way Of cannon. is
n q large tract OF land III Holland,
Tho object of erecting new works
.apd also nave made Investigations
#crica with view 10 establishing
there. If so. this gigantic busl
; mich already gives employment To
y 10000 men. and owns Il city and
~ towns and Villages I'm Germany.
Don possess no fewer than ten dif-
\ groups OF works The rise OF the
pas been remarkably swift. In 1910
"king mechanic called Frederick
n set up q forge in the village Of
q to keep four Norkmcu In his pay
pad IDEAS which. he hoped. would
'nltionize the manufacture OF steel.
tlcappod by his poverty however
py q ten wears lawsuit. Inc accom-
I'd nothing. and died. worn out by
re. in 1876. When his son. Alfred.
Fnose schooling the widowed mother
'usinnss in 1878. IL" found. Ia use his
words. three worknlcu and consid-
y more debts than cash Before
1caih fifty years later hr was one
= most powerful factors I'm the wars
urope.
krupp an Uncrowned King.
red krupp was succeeded by his
the second Frederick l<rupp. The
mead OF the firm was a peaCclov-
SCIENTIST with q passion for botany
1ooloBy. and a positive GislaStc Tor
on- making. Rumor has il, however, !
OH al least one occasion he made
2sssencc felt. On one occasion he
nsd Bismarck in his den and told him
J maj u certain war must not break
And IL did not. There arc several
22~ned Kings IN Europe. and the mead
~ rrupp frm is certainly one OF
Iherc are very few nations that
-,r.a6c a war without the assistance
,',epp. The firm is now managed by
5,- IL the second husband Of FRAU
,,-' INC late Frederick : widow Frau
u az she is still called. is thc lar
4, 4, seioIdcr. The name. by the way.
'-tsp,nnunnced "Eroop. Frau krupp and
n - - oauehters have all married Ger
~, ,,aions. friends of the kaiser, The
lrtI lttpI indeed. is said TO have done tic
a. ,r'ssmiaakine. aS he naturally wishes
n a. IN" krupp interests as firmly 10
" the state us possible
'uger Company Invades Germany.
= ~ i, Bennctt and {. 7. Groves.
seers for the Singer Manufacturing
srr sr1r'hIood. for the purpose of arrTlng-
: tnc endorsement OF its already
factory al Wiltonbcrec. small
~ INC vicinity OF Berlin. Til" TWO
,'S-'s s,r were Joined there by Philip
~. VINO came TO Berlin n few days
'ttanl MOSCOW, Russia Air. Bennett.
f's re an officer Of the company. and
y,,h"'es came direct from New York.
~ .'s Intention OF the company TO in
~ inc output OF its factory in Ger
y B a2d also that I'm Vicnna. The
4, NIL only remain few days in
''ns, alter which IL will proceed To
baa. aid thence to Glasgow, where
lse ihrHc factory will be erected. II
~. ptopable That another large plant
- constructed In France
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