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Show . 6oldIer to fit naturally Into the highly organized mechanism of modern' Industrial In-dustrial undertakings. "If a German manufacturer, in close touch with his men Is Interrogated on tho point. ho will Invariably answer: 'Military service ser-vice makes men of the recruits, and they como back to us far more efficient as workers than they were when they left, or they s learn obedience, discipline, dis-cipline, regular habits; they are more alert, quicker to understand, . smarter In every way.' ". , Whllo military training exerts this valuable moral and physical Influence on most men, the baths and washing arrangements which are plentifully prolded minister to bodily cleanliness in their own way. The German factory fac-tory laws require facilities for washing wash-ing to be provided in almost all industrial in-dustrial establishments. The German workman makes Sunday Sun-day a day of rest and but few of them are seen In church. With their families fam-ilies they frequent the parks. Of all the measures passed In the Interest of the working classes of Germany Ger-many during the laat quarter of a century cen-tury the insuranco laws arc not merely mere-ly the most beneficent, they are also unquestionably the most popular. A few figures will suffice to show the magnitude of the industrial insurance system. The number of workpeople of all classes Insured against Blcknes6 In Germany In 1905 fell but a little short of 12.000,000, and the amount paid by the sickness funds In benefits of all kinds was nearly ?70,000,000. The number of workpeople (Including agricultural agri-cultural laborers) Insured against accident ac-cident In the same year was IS.750,000, and the value of the compensation In benefits of all kinds given to the victims vic-tims of accident? and their dependents was nearly $41,000,000. The number of persons Insured in 1905 against olj ago and invalidity was about 13,950,-000, 13,950,-000, and the sum paid in pensions and other benefits was about $28,000,000, In addition to some $12,000,000 paid In subsidies by the empire. The average amount of the old age or invalidity pension granted In 1905 was a little less than $40. Between 18S5 and 1905 there was paid to insured workpeople in sick benefits nearly $700,000,000, In accident benefits about $300,000,000, and since 1891 in old age and invalidity pensions nearly $300,000,000. Beer often take9 the place upon the table which in England Is given to tea or coffee. However, that while the Germans are a great beer drinking people they are at the same time a sober so-ber people. It Is no uncommon thing for the Bavarian workman to spend $1.25 a week on beer, and a weekly expenditure ex-penditure of 75 cents Is common in any part of the beer drinking zone. That in spite of this there is so little visible drunkenness is attributed to several causes, as for Instance tho habit of drinking a little at a time, though frequentb'. as distinguished from continuous drinking; the absence of treating, the habit of drinking In public view, but above all, the small alcoholic strength of the beer, which as a rule Is about 2 per cent In Germany, Ger-many, as against 5 per cent In England. Eng-land. Ten or a dozen years ago a teetotaller tee-totaller was rare In Germany, today he is to be met with everywhere, and it Is no longer rare to see temperance drinks served in licensed houses to worklngmen. It is significant that there has been between 1S99 and 1905 a reduction in the percapita consumption consump-tion of beer of from 27 1-3 to 26 gal- GERMAN WORKMEN MILITARY RULE DRINKING. A book lately published, entitled "The Evolution of Modern Germany," Is written by an Englishman who makes a comparison of German and English workmen. One of the surprising surpris-ing statements made is that enforced military service in Germany, instead of proving a heavy burden to the nation, na-tion, from an Industrial standpoint, Is a benefit in ihat the German youth Is afforded education and discipline which serve 10 make him more efficient effi-cient in any field of employment he may bo placed after his army experience. expe-rience. In this country the system of conscription practiced In Germany Is viewed as a national calamity brought about by the fear of budden attack by an unfriendly country possessing a greater degree of preparedness. The English observer declares that no Englishman Eng-lishman can visit a German Industrial town and look at the workmen In tho streets and at their employment without with-out being impressed by a certain neatness neat-ness in their appearance and a certain smartness In their bearing which he does not recall as characteristic of the working classes at home. Certainly the difference Is not the outcome of better wage&. Can it perhaps be tho result of a more drastic school regime? Is Industrial Germany taught from Its earliest years to cultivate a cleanly exterior, an alert presence and a respectful re-spectful demeanor? "Certain It Is that the German boy of tho working class In general exhibits a respectfulness and self-restraint, the German girl a modesty and absence of ostentation, which arc not equally characteristic of English youth belonging to the same social rank, and for this the schools which still cling to tbe old maxim that 'children should bo seen and not heard' may unquestionably claim a large share of credit." Of course between youth and manhood man-hood there Is time enough for getting many of tho wholesome lessons of school life, but hero Is where the German Ger-man method of man making differs from the EnglUh: In Germany the system sys-tem of universal conscription Intervenes Inter-venes to bridge over the critical interval in-terval between youth and full manhood. man-hood. The military training to which every adult male German of normal physical and mental capacity is subjected sub-jected extends In the case of "common "com-mon soldiers" to two years in the Infantry In-fantry and three years In the cavalry. Whatever may be the need and value of such service from the point of view of national defence, tho disciplinary and educative results are by universal .testimony most beneficial, while the spirit of order and the habit of working work-ing with others which ho has practiced In the ranks enable tho discharged |