Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-05-07

In the press AT the present time. The
prospects of physicians have been
most discouraging by wide extern
sion of health insurance which re-
stricts private practice by the ever
increasing quack treatment. the immi-
grafton of German physicians from
abroad. and from the endangered ter
ritories in the west and east and by
the abolition of the posts of ship physi-
clans. Since the beginning of the war
1900 physicians were certified i'm an
emergency. Because of considerable
oversupply the physicians suffer ma
terially from financial stress"
The ldt of the lawyers, the writer
points out, is not a happy one. for
young lawyers are already asking for
out-of-work donations. The few for
tunates receive 800 marks per month,
and only recently gymnasium gradu-
ates were advertising in the newspa-
pers and were glad to secure secre-
tarial positions in some district court
for an annual salary of 2.400 marks.
AS for the church, many officers have
already applied for admission, 5ut the
proT' for advancement are I'M
e. n will become more so In
the future as result of the heavy
taxation and the prospective separa-
ton Of church and state.
Turned Away Daily.
Engineers" says the writer, among
whom were some with high attain
ment, were told by good authority to
whom they applied for advice to try
to find work as ditch diggers. An
American would do ii Immediately.
But can Germans show so much
pluck? Every bank director asserts
that he turns off daily dozens of APP
plicants. among them large number
of former officers. We must take into
account that in the future the now
numerous banks and bank branches
will be greatly reduced. There will be
in the future fewer banks. as there
will be fewer government positions,
fewer courts, gymnasia, real schools
factories; for each position in these
banks, courts, schools and factories
there will be, however, more appli
cants.
Nor will houses be erected as be-
fore. The cheap houses, so much in
need at present, will be built after a
certain model; there will be no money
for large state, community, or private
buildings. Everywhere the same thing
will be workingmen viii
find rooms easily, but not so the engi-
neerS; there will be need for large
number of lOcksmiths and engine-fit-
tiers, also mechanicans. but not for
men with technical education; brick
layers are desirable, but not archi-
tectS. These are the conditions that
the war did not bring about but that
Ii did accentuate. Considered closely
the outlook is not so very discourag-
ing. The watchword reads Hands
not heads {! The Germans will adiue'
themselves to these conditions with
great difficulty, as until very recent
times they were bent on developing
their minds at the expense of their
hands. With an overdeveloped organ
lAeu system we nau 100 many UNIVERSE
ties and too many schools of high
er type.
"The German people are more in
clined to have their fate rationed out
rather than to take it into their own
hands. The great number of higher in
situations simply strengthened this ia
tai inclination. Incredible things were
expected on the strength of one-year
certificate; in reality these privileges
were worth nothing more than mere
cards without the corresponding
amount of meat. Instead of letting the
young persons practice as soon as pos
sible, we heightened the courses of
study wherever we could. There was
no end to university studies"