St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-12

of Swedish manufacturers and farmers.
The question has arisen: "Will Pro
tectoniSt System Benefit Sweden?" Or
would not such system be rather
ruinous? Remember that no protec-
ZIONIST is insane enough to run Gus
toms line across the territory of united
nation. Free trade! Yes, if all the
world were one community! Untortun-
ately the realization of such aSSump-
ton, though all good men are working
towards it, belongs to remote future.
At present the world is divided. Is di-
vided into separate nations, rivals ana
possible enemies of each other. Eacn
nation, think (the archbish0pS sentl-
ments are here voiced. remember
lishments, but, unhappily its
own ornaments also. TO main
tain them, each is obliged to impose inn
port duties, experience having proved
the moral evil. as well as the intOler-
able irkSomeneSS, of direct taxation on a
large scale. And in framing its tariff
each will therefore naturally, as far as
it can. give advantage to its own in
duStrieS over the industries OF It's rivals
or enemies. Political economy is, there
fore, matter of pure eXpediency.
know that in America the Democratic
party as a whole has inherited free
trade tendencies, but | think it COM
prises professional wing which will
always prevent it from making free
trade a square issue. That's what we
think over here. That's our sentiment
as protectioniStS! You can tell that to
your readers.
THE NEWSPAPER DIVISION.
These contrasting principles are at
present fiercely fighting for the political
power in the kingdom; they have
divided the nation into two halves of
late. DagenS Nyheter is the free
traders organ in Stockholm. Its edi-
torial staff is composed of men crusad-
ing against import duties in the general
interest of mankind. 1t has the largest
circulation of all the newspapers in
Stockholm, and has met with remarks
able success financially. Its opponent
in politics Is the Nya Dagligt Allehanda
(The New Daily Miscellany, edited by
Mr.. Bergstrand, famous as tirst-claSs
journalist: next, perhaps, s. A. He'd
lund, of the Gothenburg Handels och
SjOfarts Tidning. He writes under the
pseudOnym of "Marcellus.'' Next in
importance. as protectionist organ, is
the politico-religious daily, Vart Land
editor Mr.. Torelius, a paper that. by
the way. is well-edited daily. but does
not pay very well as newspaper con-
Germ. The St0ckhOlmS Dagblad is a
free trade organ. with circulation of
perhaps $4,000 copies daily, the half of
the actual circulation of the DagenS
Nyheter.
Here follows true classification of
the leading newspapers in Sweden, as
to their political colors:
Protectionist Organs: Free Trade Organs:
Nya Dagl Allehanda. DagenS y V h er
svenska Dagbladt, RULE Wail'0, Co
Nart Land (Torelius) tn enburg II. d $. It'd
gar, Oslgota Core Stockholms Dag,
spOndenten. Fyri sbad prof. Montan)
EDITOR Sundham- Nerikes Allehanda
mar, Upsala TIdnin- (Gum9 lius), AfICn-
gen, Smalands TosIen bladet prof. Retz-
('Sigurd''), n ali 81, Gothenburg
Wermlands tt d II, Posten, Sydsvenska
Vickengen " er yDagbladet Upsala
sharp, Malmberget, Posten editor Vel
etc. land), FRdernes-
a II d ct, Budkafien
-,--. ("Jorgen) ia
Demokraten, etc.
THE RIKsDAG OF SWEDEN.
The Riksdag meets every year on
Jan. 10, and consists OF two houses. The
members of the first house, one for
every 10000 inhabitants lin 1887, 143
memberSl, are elected by the Land
stings of Sweden, which are.with the eX-
ceptiOn of NOrrland. .protectioniStic. The
members of the second house, one for
every district OF 10000 in the country,
and one for every 10000 inhabitants in
the towns; receive a salary of l2O0
crowns and are elected for period of
three years. The franchise in Sweden
is possessed by every one who owns
landed property to the value of 1000
crowns. or pays taxes on an annual in
come of 500 crowns. The number of
electors is about siXty-five per cent of
the population. The towns elect their
representatives separately. Both houses
have equal power, in theory, at least.
The Riksdag controls the finances of
the kingdom That's the constitutional
character of Sweden. The administra-
ton consists partly of a centralized
civil service, arranged under different
departments. partly of local authorities.
Each of the twenty-four counties has
governor, or landshOfding, who pre-
sides over the local offices. There
is. moreover, in each county,
representation. The landsting, already
mentioned, and which Is elected by the
people. Justice is administered by tri-
bunalS of three instances. The royal
supreme court pas SeS sentence in the
name of the king. A jury is never sum-
mOned in Sweden, except in cases af-
y.
press of Sweden is perhaps the largest,
in proportion to the population, Of any
country on the face of the earth. The
law of Sweden dates from 1916, accord
ing to Prof. j. F. Nystr0m lin Encyclo-
pedia Britannica, articles "Sweden.")
AS regards Norway, so has Sweden
been united to it since 1914. The union
is regulated by the Riksakt, OF 1915, ac-
cOrding to which each country is free
and independent, though both are gov
erned by the same king. Oscar H., the
present king of Sweden, is man of ex-
cellent endowments. He is, of all the
Sswedes, good, brilliant conversation
ist, having command over many Ian
guages. He is next to S. A. He'd ell.
the finest orator of Sweden. skald,
musician and a good, first
class writer. He is honored alike of
both parties, and is extremely popular.
! The same can be said of his fame in
| Norway. Jolian Sverdrup, the Nor
| wegian premier, spoke of his majesty in
tiattering words at the time paid him
visit while in Christiania.
On the tariff question the authorities
| in Sweden are: President W9rn, of
the board Of trade: ID. Bennich, general
director of the custom houses; Hans
| Forsell and others. The peasant party
| c'Landtmanna partict'O is divided on
the tariff question. Carl Ifvarsson,
Sven Nilsson, ions Rundsbeck, Liss
| Olof LARSON and A. p. Danielson are
the respective leaders of its two di-
visions.
Ernst Beckman, the flaxen-haired
| journalist, well known to the Swedes in
America because of his many visits, is
pronounced free trader. So is also
HerslOw, editor of "Sydsvenska Dag
bladet," Rector Dahl and other prOmi-
nent public men. AS is said before. the
policy of the present ministry is not the
protection of native industry so much
as the equalization of revenue with eX-