Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-04
POOR OF GERMANY
Gloomy Outlook

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 BERLIN. Oct. 2.--The situation con froE'ing the laboring population and all persons living on small incomes Is grave, and it is feared that there VIII be unusual suffering among the poor during the coming winter.
 The summers unparalleled drouth has not yet been relieved. except in limited sections of the northeastern ana northern provinces of Prussia and even there the rains were not of such volume as to recover the serious damage already inflicted upon the growing crops.
 The potato crop, representing the chief food of the poorer classes, is in most preearious condition. The Prussian government has just issued its frst estimate of the probable yield Of this crop, indicating total of 22,- otf.00O tons, which compares with . S,f50,000 tons actually harvested last year. Potato prices have already ad- Vanced 50 to 100 per cent. in various parts of the country. Other yege- table prices are at a phenomenally high level.
 The clover and lucerne crops were so damaged by the drouth that a sec ohd moving was not even attempted Tn most parts of the country, while even the first mowings were gener- ally very unsatisfactory.
 The damage to the crops has now proceeded to such a point that it is looked upon as iTreparable: the semi officials newspaper has just said that no substantial improvement is to be looked for. The chambers of com merce and other business organiza- uons are appealing to the government to suspend the duty on Indian corn and ordinary barley not fitted for brewing purposes. It is also recon mended that these products be car ried by the railways at half rates, as was recently decided in the case of other food products. The Prussian ministry will in a few days take up and discuss the various relief pro posals. It is some satisfaction to note that the grain crops have apparently yielded considerably more than had been believed at the time when they were harvested. Owing to the unusual ly heavy quality on the grain already threshed out the Prussian govern ment has increased its first estimate of the probable yield The wheat crop, which was at first estimated at 2,347,000 tons, is now placed at g. 425,000 tons, or only 57600 tons less than last years actual yield; while the rye crop is now placed at S,452, 900 tons, which is 262,000 tons more than the estimate of month ago, and 4l,000 tons more than last years crop.
 Excessive litigation is coming to be recognized as one of the worst habits of the German people as a whole. A statistician has recently found that during the year above 2,5O0, 900 cases at law were Of the most trivial char acter-so-calIed "bagateile cases" As a consequence of this predilection of the people to appeal to the courts about tifling matters, the number of judges is relatively much greater in Germany than in Anglo-Saxon coun- tries There are not less than 9,974 judges in Germany, or about one for every $500 of the population. In Der lin alone there are 1,15S judges.
 Just now the government is occu- pied with a bill for the reform of judicial procedure. which is in part designed to check excessive litiga- tion.
 One cause for the pressure of work in the courts is to be found in the fact that mayors of cities and police officials have no judicial functions in Germany. Litigation is also encour- aged by the reasonableness of law yers' charges, as we'll as the costs col lected by the courts themselves. Law yers' fees are strictly regulated in civil cases according to a scale based upon the amount of money involved.
 The publication of the gossipy auto biography of Madame Toseli, former crown princess Of Ssxony, has been much discussed in Germany, where the book has made painful impress sion and has been generally con demned by the newspapers as a grave breach of common loyalty to old friends and relatives. Much cur iosity was felt as to what action the Saxon court would take in view or the publication, since the contract be- tween it and the former crown prin- cess, under which she receives an an- puity of nearly s10,000 from the court contains a clause restraining her from publishing anything against her former husband. IL is understood, however. from Dresden advices that the king decided at once to take no notice of the book. believing that the best course toward his former wife would be to let her choose her own way to destroy the remnants Of pop ularity that she enjoys with the Saxon people.
 The remarkable successes Of Ameri- can surgeons in transplanting organs of the human body have awakaned much interest among German sur geons who are doing similar work.