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Show SOLVINOJV PnOULEM. (lermany's Treatment of Trumps li lltrt A llrrrllel. Why do wo never ace a tramp In acrmany? There are poor people, enough and many must bo out of it Job now and then. Yet Germany li u nation without tramps. Is America a poorer country, that wo count our tramps by tho tens of thousands? I unco visited a no-called "tramp colony" near lllclefcld, Westphalia, guided by an expert In such matters, Dr Mini-peter, Mini-peter, who wna for many yeara tutor to tho emperor Hero I was told tha secret of tramp extermination. Germany Ger-many allow a no man to prowl about tho country without giving an account of himself It ho Is looking for work bo must mako It clear that ho has means of support during hla search If ho has no moans ot support the government gov-ernment offcra htm these mrana, but on tho Important condition that h6 works In return, Tho government thus relieves the tramp, but aces to It that tho particular Individual docs a Job by way of equivalent. Now, If that tramp la an honest man ho will bo grateful for the opportunity ot tldlnt, over hla hard times and earning something some-thing Into the bargain On the other hand, It tho tramp la merely n loafer. Intent upon living at tho expense of hla fellows, the government glvca him such a taste of work that In the futuru tramping will have vastly less cbnrnii for blm Tho Independent Imlrurllou to Campm. To provent the destruction of tho vast area of forest land In tho northern north-ern part of Ontirlo tho Canadian gov eminent lias Issued n card of Instruction Instruc-tion to campers, telling how nnd where to build (Ires and how to provent pro-vent damage, nn ounce of prevention being apparently properly nluoJ In that region. |