The chronicle=news., 1913-06-28
GERMANY 4 MODEL.
OR 4 WARNING?

Ia Germany model for our de
mocracy? What price Is she paying
for her well advertised efficiency
How Is her paternnlism affecting hu
man nature? asks DR.. Samuel p
Orth. in the Worlds Work for July
The lure Is socialised Germany
The State owns railroads. canals
river transportation. harbors. tele
graphs. and telephones. Banks. In.
surance. pawnshIps. are conducted
by the state. Municipalities are
landlords Of vast estates: they are
capitalists owning street car lines
gas plants. clestric Nsht plants. the.
atres. luArksek warehouses. The
cities conduct hospitals for the sick
shelters for the homeless. soup
houses for the hungry. asyiums for
the weak and unfortunate. nurser.
les tor the babies. homes for the
aged. and cemeteries for the dead.
These are not exceptions: they arc
the rule. Every city engages In
these social activities, some more.
somc less: but all. In their care Of
their Inhabitants. are like . parent
rather than like = government.
The key TO the German paternal
method IN the well known system oi
industrial Insurance. providing the
workman against accident. old age,
sickness. aud invaii1ity. In 1905
there were l3.ls9.6?s people insur ID
against sickncss. :3.s7A.oQ0 against
scc,dcnts. and is.::s.o0o against In.
validity and old axe. all at an annual
outlay Of nearly 5000. .ooo. 900.
When you stop to think that this
vast sum Is collected In driblets II
pennies from the State and from "a
million individuals In weekly assess.
mcn'x: that separate accounts must
be kept for every contributor aud cv.
cry beneficiary: that every Insured
person has \ right to = hearing II he
feels himself aIkricved. and the
right Of appeal In many eases II he Is
dissatisfied with the results Of the
hearing: then you can form soms
opinion OF the machinery that this
pension plan alone demands.
Add to this the vest aud compiler
sysicm Of State esiucaiioa. . system
Of training that aims at livelihood
Nothing like the perfection. The
driii. and the earnest. unsmillnG cf.
hcicncy Of these elementary trade
schools exists anywhere else In this
world. In 1907. there were 100000
children In the elementary schooli
taught by 10000 teachers. ucari,
all masters. as the school ma'am'
does not flourish In the Kaiser,
realm. Every one Of these pupils Il
headed for . bread.aad. butter nichs
In 'his land of saper-ordcriincss And
more than 100000 pcrsons arc cm
ploycd by the State In somc form o
educational work. training the youti
into adcpsncss. In all sorts Of schools
This sociali1cd Germany IL also as
industraalifrst Germany. Everyone
knows how clcvcsiy advertised sr,
German koods. But Il IL always vel
10 remember that this race of trad
crs and manufacturers has somehow
In one generation. come from = rae,
ofsolid scholars. patient artia,ns an'
frugal peasants. The old German!
ha. disappeared: the Germany Of ,h'
spccsaciss. the shabby coat. and tn,
book: tho Germany Of Heide,bcr,
and wCimar. A ncw order has tax
on Its place. A. you ride In tho srca
express from Cologne 10 Beriin. 70,
never are out Of sisht Of clusters o
tall. smoking chimneys. Symbolic o
the new Germany arc 'hc peyssch
Bank. tn. trade Of HAMBURG. and tn
steel works Of E@~n.
Your fellow traveller docs no
allow you to forget that chcmnits I
the stocking centre Of the world
NurcmburE the toy centre. Esscn tn
aru,or-piatc centre. Leipsic the boil
ecntre. Jena the iess center: this
Berlin Is growing faster than Chi
caso lin 1871 II had 500. 900: toda
&.eo0.o .oooD: that ia these forty yeai
fifty cities have grown up to hav
more than 100000 inhabita nts each
In 1871. Imperial Twins were bor
at cvrssiiies: = German Poiitica
Umpire and German Industrial En-,
pirc. And Il rcmains = Qucstio,
whether the ancient German Empir
Of frusaiity and learning can surviv
these stalwart youngsters.
Now. how has II becn possible L
mako this tsansSor mation' To Great
out Of a slow. ploddins. pcssant-ar
tisan people an industriaiiscd popt
4 latiOn. out Of race Of scholars