Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-11-08
GENERAL NEWS.

The Copenhagen industrial associa-
ton publishes magazine in which
Adolf Jensen, a noted statistician, dis
cusses the question: How would the
scandinavian countries fare if Eng
land and Germany were to prohibit
the expectation of coal? The author
holds that the latter countries NAV
take such step in case of war. This
would be disastrous blow to the in
dustrial pursuits of the Scandinavians.
But the different Scandinavian coun-
tries would not suffer to an equal ex-
tent BY means of the coal mines at
Billesholm, Hoganas and other places,
Sweden would be enabled to do better
than Norway and Denmark, Though
Sweden is the leading industrial coun-
try OF the north, her consumption Of
coal is 30 per cent less per inhabitant
than that of Denmark. which is due to
the abundance of timber and peat boys
in the former country. About As per
cent of the area of Sweden is covered
with forests, while the forests of Nor
way and Denmark cover only Is and 8.
per cent respectively. Of peat boys,
Denmark has 10000 acres, while Swe-
den has almost 5000, 900 acres, or one
fourth more than than the whole area
of Denmark. In Norway there are ex-
tensive peat bogs in all parts of the
country, those of the diocese of Kris
tiania and Hamar alone covering L.
225,0O0 acres. Neither charcoal nor
peat produces so much heat as mineral
coal; but they are already used quite
extensively in all three countries, and
in case the supply of mineral coal
were shut off the abundance of timber
and peat would be of incalculable
value. The peat boys of Sweden are
supposed to have a heating capacity
equal to 100000. 900 tons of coal,
which, at the present rate of consump-
ton, would last l,7OO years Norway
is not SO well supplied, but has enough
to last several hundred years. Den
mark, on the contrary, would consume
all native fuel IN much shorter time.
The water power of Norway, and Swe-
den. too, is immensely greater than
that of Denmark. About 40 per cent
of the factories of Norway are run by
water power. the factories and mines
of Sweden utilize 2l5, 900 and LAC, 900
horsepoWers of water and steam re-
spectively, and still only very small
percentage of the water power is used.
Denmark has butlittleavailable waser
power. About II per cent of the total
number of manufacturing establish
ments of Denmark use water power,
but the percentage in horse powers is
not known. Denmark, therefore.
would be but poorly equipped if the
foreign coal supply were shut off. But
Adolf Jensen trusts that the expert
ments made by. Prof. La Cour at5the
Askow high school for the purpose Of
transforming wind power into regular
motive power for manufacturing pur-,
poses will prove successful And, as is
well known, Of wind and blast the
Danes have plenty. ..s5;.
Il. King Oscar has; decided to establish
a new consulship at Kobe, Japan,
where a consul general is to reside.
His district will be the empire Of
Japan. Theisannual expenses Of the
new office will be almost 70, 600.
People are cont nally complaining
that the rural population Of Scandi-s
navia is pouring into the cities, de.
priving the farms of their tillers and
swelling the prole let. AS a matter
of fact, however. the Sandman coun-.
tries show amuch smaller percentage
of city popula tion than do most Of the,
countries Of Europe In England the
cities contain 6S per cent Of the entire
population; ii Germany IS per cent; in
Italy 43 per cent, and in France SO per
cent But in Scand inavia the percent.
age is 1927 !. Rl and II in Denmark.
Norway, Sweden and Finland respect
lively II. Russia the percentage is 4.
il Bulgaria