Bisbee daily review., 1912-07-10

With all OF the cost OF maintaining
large standing army of maintaining
her place in the 'dreadnaught" race
and Of meeting many calls on the ma
tional exchequer incident to the par
entail government Of Germany. the
tax rate in that country is less than
iJ Is In the state of Arizona, according
TO EX-may0r Newman. who has just
returned from a stay OF several
months in the Fatherland.
Mr.. Newman is a deep student OF
government and is also a close OBJ
server Having this in mind the Re
view asked him TO give some OF his
observations on conditions OF living
IN Germany as compared with con
ditions ia the United States.
III is popularity believed that the
people OF Germany are tax-ridden and
having this in mind had my brother
in-laW show me his tax sheet and to
my surprise il was only l-2 pes
cent, where's our rate IN Arizona is
over six per cent. In that 10 per
ccH' Is the German citizens pre- rata
for the care OF the poor, for the main
tenance Of the public school system
one Of the finest in the world, ami
the cost of the up keep of Germany's
standing army"
According TO Mr.. Newman's views,
Germany is a vast and complicated
structure founded on the TeutOn's
phlegmatic common sense: the coun-
Try Is oyer-crnwded and opportunities
for advancement are limited; this
condition is realized by the paternal
istiC government % Germany. by the
lnng-headed kaiser and an attempt is
made to render il tolerable by main.
tanning numerous and splendid public
parks for the enjoyment of Hans at
play: the condition is realized by the
people themselves and they, instead
of encouraging chaos that something
might come from nothing they hus-
hand what they have cautiously
Chance plays absolutely no part in
the Germans scheme OF life. There
is none OF the sentiment. so dear
TO the Latin. drink and be merry for
tomorrow you may die" about the
German. He parodies the Latin
phrase by saying in effect. Live
moderately today and what's left may
be had tomorrow"
The most that anyone can receive
in the way OF returns. on an invest
ment is six per cent That is the
legal limit, said Mr. Newman When
a man breaks in Germany, he IS
through. Ii is not possible there for
one to 90 broke three or four times
and then make a fortune. as is done
In tbs country This fnakes the
people cautious and they move care.
fully in financial transactions"
The problem in Germany, on which
all other problems are based and in
which they are rooted. is over-popula-
ton, according TO Mr.. Newman. Not
Withstanding the pressure of these
conditions on the people they are not
restless and they are loyal to Ger,
many. Referring to the controver-
Sizes in the German reichstag the
kaiser recently said. Let them fight
IL out; in war they are all my child
rem" The government strives to
make conditions tOlerable. the peo-
PIE realize these conditions and meet
the government half way. On this
German characteristic, realizing and
accepting conditions over which they
have little control, rests the solidity
Of the German empire.
There would seem TO be a crisis
IN store for Germany, and IL remains
TO be seen II Teutonic common sense
viii meet II as 1t has met crises IN
the past. Germany has the finest
common school system in the world.
according To Mr. Newman and the