The New York herald., 1922-07-23


they have now declined rapidly. The
housing shortage and the high cost OF
living are held responsible by authort-
ties.
! Germany has had 40.162 guests from
America during the last year. Ger.
mans. too, travelled extensively, 200..
900 passports having been granted.
Many Of these went to Austria be.
cause Of the favorable rate Of ex-
change.
In spite of the fact that marriages
last year were double those OF the
year before the war. the birth rate for
1921 was below that Of 1918. The rate
was 27 per 1000 inhabitants.
The relation OF war to divorce is
shown in the fact that since the
return of soldiers to private life d.
vorce records have increased amaz-
ingly. In the year before the war there
were 1885 divorces, while in 1919
there were 22.022.i a record which has
been maintained with only slight
diminution.
The oldest Incorporated towns IN
Germany are Goslar and Quedlinburg
in the Harz Mountains. both Of which
celebrated the thousandth anniversary
of their foundation on July 1.
Capital punishment for felony is
maintained in Germany. Heads are
still chopped off by the ak. Crime
of all kinds has doubled since before
the war.
Suicide of adults have decreased
since 1914 from Al per 100000 popu-
lation to 36. During the same period.
however, the suicide' -~omen IN
creased from 20 for each 100000 in
habitants to %. Suicides among MI
nors have also increased since the
| war
Trusts and cartels, plants which
flourish in American soil, are not
treated as weeds but are fertilized In
Germany. Iron, coal, machine, build
ing and electrical goods are central
lied into two or three large groups in
each line. Cartels exist and are wide
spread in the sale Of goods In addi
ton to sales cartels OF the products
of industries mentioned above textiles
are now organized in a cartel. The
sale of grain and sugar is cartel con-
trolled throughout Germany.
Germany is the land Of coopera-
tives. There are cooperative buying
and selling organizations. most Of
which are connected with political
parties. The trade unions and Social
lists have the largest. There were in
1921 2,417 cooperatives functioning
with 100000 members.
against airplane building in Germany
was further lifted, renewed activities
in air travel have begun. There are
now seven companies operating twelve
lines. Last year the air lines carried
6.1s3 passengers and covered 1885, ,15s
miles of travel.
Germany has recently bought back
from England n number of merchant
ships which were turned over at the
end of the war. Since deliveries to
the Allies were completed in May, at
least half a dozen large freight and
passenger boats have been launched
The German merchant marine was
cut from 5,o9s.00o to $4,000 tons by
the war.
The League Of Families With Many
Children. Berlin organization born
| OF the high prices after the war, has
succeeded in securing for large FAM
| lies in the suburb of Charlottenburg
cheaper meat than is sold to families
with few or no children. The first
sales under the new ruling of the
suburb were made when members Of
the "Bund der Kinderreichen" pre-
/ QGnfad rradantfa1c ~
Der Of children in their homes and
special rates were granted according
to the number. The increase in tho
price OF meat has been more than 800
per cent. in the last few months.
Because Of the demands resulting
| from the vast increase in tobacco con-
sumption in Germany the Berlin
street railways will permit smoking in
trailer" cars on all street railway
lines. After being tried out during
the summer the railway officials ex-
pect to make the custom permanent n
there are no public objections.
Emigrations from Germany through
the port OF Hamburg have doubled
since last year. according to a report
issued by emigration authorities for
the month of May. The total for the
month was 2,se4 and only twenty.
four in April. In May. 1921, 1o7 Ger.
mans left their homeland through
Hamburg
So unsettled has become the motor
car industry in Germany because of
fiuctuating prices that the annual mo-
tor show scheduled for September "a
has been cancelled. Factories are all
far behind In their orders for domes-
tic deliveries. Manufacturers, dealers
and the Automobile Club of Germany
also are discussing the advisability OF
canceling all further automobile races
until conditions improve.
II regard Germany's book stores as
little less than marvellous" Frank
Crowinshield. editor of Vanity Fair
and Vogue, Mast publications, after
spending some time in Berlin and 9TH
er cities. These stores are far ahead
OF anything we have in America or
anywhere else. both as to printing.
binding and contents. The extreme
accuracy interests me greatly and the
wide array Of serious subjects shows
that reading is highly developed art.
As for the people themselves, have
been trying to think how the present
transition has come. They appear to
have been led like docile sheep away
from, oNc,v rtieton1 thew forrnerly had