Intoxicants in Germany.
By Independent
NOTWITHSTANDING all statements to the contrary, the extensive use of intoxicating drinks is doing Germany an immense harm. The temperance problem is there, too, becoming a "burning" question, which is being widely discussed by theological, medical, and social journals. A medical periodical of high reputation recently gave statistics that tell their own tale. It says that in Germany no less than 10,000 people die of delirium tremens every year; of the male prisoners in the country, over 75 per cent. are constant drinkers; of the female prisoners, over 50 per cent. indulge constantly. In Berlin, with its 1,123,000 inhabitants, there are 11,169 saloons, while in 1860 there were but 3,637; in 1870, 5,393; in 1877, 7,969. In Prussia the number of saloons increased 67 per cent. from 1869 to 1877; in Mecklenburg, 95 per cent.; in the smaller States, 109 per cent.; in Weimar, 126 per cent.—Independent.