Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — GERMAN GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

GERMAN GLEANINGS.

Measures are being taken by the German government to exploit the nowdormant water powers of the countryon a large scale. Taxes are paid on 29.000 dogs in Berlin. In addition to these there are 2,103 watchdogs, 221. belonging to blind and deaf people, 2,051 used for drawing small carts and 118 belonging to the kaiser. The German police have begun a systematic campaign against quacks and quack medicines. They estimate that in ten years the population has increased 58 per cent, regular medical men 70 per cent and quacks 1.5G7 per cent. There are at present in Germany 29,200 doctors, twice as many as there were in 1876. In Berlin 46 per cent of all physicians have a taxable income below $714, whereas in the German legal profession 80 per cent have an income of over $2,380.