WAR'S EFFECT UPON EDCCATION and LITERATDRE 



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TABLE 35. — War í« relation to certain economic condUions in Frunce 



Average price of wheat per hecto- 



litre in francs 



Average price of wine per hectolitre 



iu francs 



Applications for patents 



Price of puré alcohol by hectolitre 



in francs 



Average kil. traveled on railroads 



per traveler 



Av. receipt per telegraph in francs. 



Receipts in million francs 



Expenses in million francs 



Tariff receipts in million francs. . . . 



TVar time Peace time 



1870 1871 



28.00 

 3850 



57 



4.9 

 1.70 

 3439 

 3439 

 167 



25.65 



29.00 



2782 



75 



4.9 

 1.69 

 3.548 

 3374 

 156 



1872 1873 



23.15 



30.00 



4875 



54 



5.3 

 1.95 

 2806 

 2948 

 199 



25.62 



41.00 

 5074 



57 



5.3 

 2.08 

 3069 

 3114 

 211 



SOME COMPENSATORY EFFEOT OF WAK IN GERMÁN STATES 



The Franco-Prussian war and its relation to some vital and social 

 conditions in certain Germán States are presentedintable 36. It will 

 be seen that marriages show a substaiitial decrease in Prussia, Bava- 

 ria and Badén during war time, especially in 1870, theflrst and prin- 

 cipal year of the war^ but divorces show an increase in Wurtemberg 

 and Badén during the two years of the war; in Bavaria, there is a 

 decided decrease. Múltiple births, including twins and triplets increa- 

 se in Prnssia during the first year of the war, and twins increase in 

 Bavaria during the second year of the war, Illegitimate births decrease 

 generally in Prussia, Bavaria and Badén during the war; also still 

 births show a general decrease in Prussia and Bavaria in the war ti- 

 me. Wile there are exceptions, possibly due to special conditions, 

 there seems to be a general tendency during war periods to a decrease 

 in things detrimental to the community. This is in accord with the 

 general principie of the compensatory effect of war in absorbing tem- 

 porarily many undesirable elements in carrying out its purpose. It 

 may.be said also, that this compensatory forcé in war is greatest in 

 the most undesirable things as criminal activities. 



