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Show How Dlforr Is on III Inrraai. The statistics of dlvorco are very meager. Tho latest summary was by Carroll D Wright, commissioner of labor, wbq collected figures to show tho Increaso of dlvorco for twenty years, beginning with 1SG7 Tho following fol-lowing nro his conclusions Canada had 4 divorces In 1SC8 and 9 In 1S88 Tho German cmplro had 6 2C1 divorce In 1882 and 8 710 In 1889 Japan had 109 083 divorces In 1890, or ono thirl the marriages. Separations nro, however. how-ever. Included Conectlcut granted 120 divorces In 1880 nnd 475 In 1891; Indiana, In-diana, 1 CCS In 16C0, nnd 2 235 In 90 out of 92 counties In 1891; Massachusetts Massachu-setts granted CCS divorces In 1SS0 and 1,015 In 1893; Minnesota, 279 In 1830 and C7C In 192 Dhorco Is on tho Increase In-crease everywhere, except In Italy and Austria. The Increase Is seen In countries coun-tries of the Greek church, tho Lutheran Luther-an and other Trotestant communions nnd In somo I to mnn Catholic countries. In tho United States dlvorco Increases 2H times as fast as tho population. In the United States '3.8 per cent of tho divorces are granted on petition to tho wife In th United States 38 por cent of tho total aro granted for desertion, de-sertion, 20 per cent for adultery, 10 per cent for cruelty nnd 4 per cent for drunkenness These aro the legal pleas. They do not Indlcato tho real causes. Thus, one-half of nl divorces for drunkenness In tho United States occur oc-cur In Illinois, Ohio, Iowa nnd Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, which Indicates that conditions condi-tions In thoso slates favor tho use of that plen The special examination of 29 CCS divorce cases In 45 counties In 12 selected states shows that In 201 per cent of the wholo number Intemperance Intem-perance Is n direct or Indirect cause. In these 29.CC5 cases tho average period of married llfo between marrlago and separation was 0 81 years, while tho avcrago period between separation and divorce was 3 02 years, making 9 S3 years from marriage to dlvorco For the United States the average married life before divorce for a period of 20 years, for which the statistics wert collected, was 9 17 yean. |
