=================+===================+=============+====================== _Name of Union_ | _Membership_ | _No. of | _Amount in | | Unions_ | Treasury--Marks_ -----------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+----------- | 1908 | 1909 | 1908 | 1909 | 1908 | 1909 +---------+---------+------+------+----------+----------- Social Democratic|1,831,731|1,892,568|11,024|11,725|40,839,791|43,743,793 Hirsh-Duncker | 105,633| 108,028| 2,095| 2,102| 4,210,413| 4,372,495 Christian | 264,519| 280,061| 3,212| 3,856| 4,513,409| 5,365,338 Patriotic | 16,507| 9,957| 69| 91| 57,786| 24,858 "Yellow" | 47,532| 53,849| 79| 85| 386,305| 437,602 Independent* | 615,873| 654,240| | | 1,357,802| 1,655,325 -----------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+----------- * This is a nondescript group of local organizations, containing (1909) 56,183 Poles, as well as the organization of railwaymen, telegraph operators, postal employees, all in the government service, and organized as friendly societies rather than as fighting bodies. Government employees are not supposed to participate in "Unionism." Compiled from _Statistisches Jahrbuch des Deutschen Reiches_. TABLE SHOWING VOTE CAST IN REICHSTAG ELECTIONS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE EMPIRE* ==========================+==========+==========+==========+==========+ Election Year | 1871 | 1874 | 1877 | 1878 | Population of Empire |40,997,000|42,004,000|43,610,000|44,129,000| Number of voters | 7,656,000| 8,523,000| 8,943,000| 9,128,000| Number who voted | 3,885,000| 5,190,000| 5,401,000| 5,761,000| Per cent. of vote cast | 51.0 | 61.2 | 60.6 | 63.3 | ==========================+==========+==========+==========+==========+ Conservative | 549,000| 360,000| 526,000| 749,000| Imperial Conservative | 346,000| 376,000| 427,000| 786,000| Anti-Semites | ... | ... | ... | ... | Other Conservative Groups| ... | ... | ... | ... | Center | 724,000| 1,446,000| 1,341,000| 1,328,000| Guelphs | 73,000| 72,000| 86,000| 107,000| Danes | 21,000| 20,000| 17,000| 16,000| Poles | 176,000| 209,000| 216,000| 216,000| Alsatians | ... | 190,000| 149,000| 130,000| National Liberal | 1,171,000| 1,499,000| 1,470,000| 1,331,000| Other Liberal groups | 281,000| 98,000| 89,000| 69,000| Progressist or Radical | 361,000| 469,000| 403,000| 388,000| People's Party | 50,000| 39,000| 49,000| 69,000|