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Show Di)orct4 in Indiana. The state statistlian of Indiana has done an Important service, of sociology by compiling the statistics of marriages mar-riages and divorces throughout the entire state. If the same work could be done, and done as thoroughly, in every other state a more exhaustive study of the divorce question would be possible, and the needs of uniform legislation would be more apparent. The reports of the statistician show that during the year ending June 30. 1S"1. the total number of marriages in the state was 24.no". and the total number of divorces granted was 3. 009. or about 13 per rent. Undoubtedly some of these divorces have been granted, but it Is extremely doubtful whether such a large percentage of marriages as this should have oeen annulled. Other statistics are also of interest The divorces granted ti wives were .9ii7. to husbands 6o3, and this Is about. the proportions in other states. It does not follow from this that women are more prone to rush into the divorce courts than men. The causes explain the numerical difference. differ-ence. Of the total fl;7 divorces granted to wives 792 were for abandonment abando-nment by husbands and 901 for cruel treatment by them. These are sufficient suffi-cient causes and explain the apparently appar-ently large proportion of wives seek-lns seek-lns divorce |
