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Wealth And Population Of France And Germany

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Day
25
Month
May
Year
1877
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Public Domain
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The Liouucm rmturcuii Hevieui, BDeaking of a recent paper by M. Bertillon, the French statisticiau, says: "But the roally curious nud origina] part of M. Bertillon's paper is that in which he atteinpts to ascertain the economie resulta of a slow and a rapid growth of population, Germany, lie says, has 4.0,000,000 of peojsle, and its birth-rate is foity per 1,000 iuhabitaute -that is to say, it has 1,600,000 births every year. If (ïormany had the French birth-rate of twenty-eix per 1,000, the births would bo only 1,040,000. Therefore Germany has an excess of 560,000 births every year over the French proportion; and these, accordiug to the tables of mortality, give 350,000 adults of 20 yeai-s of age. Now a man during the earlier years of his life has to be supportod at the expense of others - fco be fed, clothed and tuught; and these 350,000 young people have to be maintained by their pareuts - that is, by the genera tion which precedes them. M. Bertillon estiniates that the maintenance of each of them costs 4,000 francs, or L160. Consequently, Germany has to expend L50,000,000 (280,000,000) every year on the increase of her population boyond what shc would have to lay out were her birth-rate the same as the French. On the other hand, Tvith the Germán birth-rate France would have 500,000 more births than now, and, in consequence, would have to spend on her children L49,600,000 ($248,000,000), which she now snves. Thus M. Bertillon arrivés at the conclusión that the greater part of the excess]of production over consumption is in Germany deyoted to the augmeutation of tho population, wherens iu France it is saved, and goes to swill the disposable capital of the country. In other words, wealth increases largely every year in France, while population remains almost stationary; in Germany, on tho other hand, it is population that grows rapidly and wealüi that reniaiiis almot stationary."

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