, 1874-11-27
SWEDEN.

10 tht Editor sf Tie chteaco 1tiaane:
Sin: AIr I. II. Birch, resfdont Of Chicago.
who last summer made an excursion to Den.
mark, Hwodon, and Norway, recently Published
In The Cu1cAao TRIBUNE hla experiences and
Impressions gathered during aaid sE.p. ne says,
IN regard to swodeu, " 1fy route lay through tho
most favored portion Of that country. md ono
might wolf aay, If tho pars I trayolod over
Vas the beat. how very poor, indeed. must DO
tho remainder. Fow countries that hayo seen
otTor to their inhabitants such Heighty induce
ments to moro elsewhere es do Sweden aud
Norway. Occasionally ono secs q spot consist
Ing OF few acrea Of arabic land, but. Or
ainari'y, only rocky, desolato surface grcots
the eye"
The conclusion which ono has to draw from
Mr. BIrch'H iettor IL, that Sweden is o desolate
country, with rocky surface, not being able to
support It's inhabItants, snd having no induce
unnts whatever to keep them at homo. Wo aro,
howeYer, ahlo to refuto Mr. 3. 3 opinion by the
official s.atemousa Of tho Statistical Bureau OF
Stockholm. Thoy show that Sweden, for tNo
tieconniumB, has been grain-e1porting country,
with Tic e1coptlou 9t couple 90 Of yoats "hen tho
fall aeaaon, had made m excursion through the
extensive pIaina Of tho provinces Of Wertro-
gothia. Ortrogothia, or scania, be- would haSe
found largo fields covered with rich crops. ed
rseh, Indeed, tlas he might have changed the
opinion tA&t Sweden haa only "a faW arabic
acrea."
sags that tho country around Mota!a, Qrtrogo-
thin. ia undulating md picturesque, aud has III
the Lake of Vixen to the Lako OF Voaorn, Wor-
trogothia he remarks that It is rich aud beauti-
ful farmtug-land, and unaulating, that farms
and 1nendoNs extona all tho way to tho shores
Of Venarn; and that the Gotla Canai paasos
through farming districts which. rs to culsiya-
ton, may bo fully compared with what he has
aoen Ia moro southern parts Of Europe. "Tho
farm"distrlcta Ia Smedon have an Anaorlcan ap-
poaranco, and tho farm-honses call In tesneu1-
branca tho farmB Of Nov England"
Aa to tho causeB OF tho emigration from Gwe-
den, they havo Ia later years, totally vanished.
The fault With TINT country hns bben that 1t did
not underetaud how to uao ita rosonrcoB. But
now ora hua now been Introduced; Swodon has
placed itself among the tauka Of tue commor.
ciaI nations inatsad Of importing, It Is eK-
porting grainB and catt1e It's rich mining inter-
est ia gotting developed with tho greatest enorgy
it's lumber ttAac lnozeaBes year aftor ycar; lta
ing; and industrial and manufacturing cstabliall~
mslts nov grow up every day. Thereby tue
| position OF tu0 farmer, tho mechanic, aud the
day-faboror, has been essentially improved. which
is evidently manifested BY tho groat roilux oi
Swedish -Amcricane.to Sweden during latter years
Afr. Birch las said that Swadeu, generally
| speaking, only offers stony, desolato surface.
Now, It Is known, at leaat among tho cultivated
| GLASSES in Europe, that no country ID tho vorld
| exhibits auch ya1ioty Of imposing md bealati'
| full scenery as Sweden. 1ts abundance Of lakes
md rivers Its mouatalna, valloys, aud plains
which follow each other III rapid succesgion: its
enormous aombra pins-woods and smiling
loafy forests; ita' charming springs mt
| fascinating summers, when Natura covers
itHolf with q noarly tropical dress
array, aud tho crystal surface Of the lnlsos iioi
shining iiko brilliant gcu,, SURROUNDED b.
sllvory trees, coyotca with icie!os sli.tesin.
IN tho sun, ,--aro tlcso Inducements not Huificioh
to retain the children OF such a country aut
mako It dear to then, To prove tho cuchaut
ing nntnro Of Bwcaen, 7 need only rofer to tl'
aforementioned "1and OF Thor" and th
akatohea of tho renowned Bayard Taylor, not tt
speak OF score Of works on the sana aubjac
published by other Travellers.
C.J. sTESovsT,
Proprietor Of Npa iSre1ska An,esikaslasef,
! Gu1Qkuo, Nuy. 60 1a74.