Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-11-01
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
IN THE PATHERLAND.

HAPPENINGS In The FATHERLAHD.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
in the Old ConntrIes About tAo
North Sea; Within;aW week
y So bust Past.
DENMARK.
Tietgen. the notedafnancisr. 10 dead 1t
Copenhagen. He. started many banks,
railroads and Industrial companies.
aacng them sbeifg the. United Steamship
Company and tho Northern Telegraph
COMPANY. whose lines extend across
], Ada.
h folkething has elected Herman
Trier sas president. There was no other
candidate. and 40 received d votes. s
h Importance Of the. hog-raisine, and
pork-packing Industry Of Denmark has
been mentioned on different occasions Ia
these columns. Now It appears that this
industry IL assuming such proportions a.
to attract the attention Of American ex-
porters Of hos products. and . lengthy
account of its growth and present status
recently appeared in q Washington dis
patch to the great American dailies. Ger
tain parts of the dispatch are given BE-
low: Tho American hog has an Euro
pean rival. Denmark has come into the
field as a producer n exporter Of hogs
and hog products. with a growth at least
interesting If not suggestive to American
producers OF this commodity. The num-
Der Of head of swine in Denmark has
increased from 30, 900 in 1851 to III, 900 in
1881. and 1,163.O00 in 1898, the latest year
for which statistics are available. The
prohibition Of the importation OF live
hogs into Germany and the United King
dom resulted in The establishment Of
slaughter houses In Denmark. and the
increase in the production of Danish ba-
con and hams in: recent years, has been
phenomenal. The exports of hams and
bacon from Denmark have grown from
9,120. 900 Danish pounds in 1878 to 129, 700, 600
Danish pounds in 1898, the value increas-
ing from 81, ITO, 600 in 1878 to $12. III, 900 in
1898.
""In 1887 one cooperative slaughter
house was established. in 1883. seven. and
rapid progress was made during the fol-
lowing years with regard to establish
ing new slaughter-houses and to the
quantity of bacon they produced.
There are now twenty-five co-opera-
tive slaughter houses in Denmark. which
In 1899 killed about 729,O head of swine.
at a value of about So, 900, 900. and about
22.450 head of cattle for export, at a value
of about s945, 600. The largest slaughter
houses killed from $4,000 to 81, 1000 pigs in
1899, and the smaller from 5000 to II, 1000.
In 1897, twenty-one slaughter-houses were
stated as having been established at a
cost Of $3.50. $40. and the number of per-
sons sharing in the profits of these twen-
ty-one establishments was LIS. Adding
to these the two largest, those of Odense
and Holding, the first of which cost $472,-
500. besides two smaller slaughter houses
and extensions for the s~laughtering Of
cattle for export and other objects, the
total outlay amounts to 81 1928. 900. and the
total number Of co-operators about &c.
00O.''
Curiously enough, ne mention IL made
of the very important fact that hundreds
of thousands Of Danish hogs are living
on American corn. Some European coun-
tries put a high tariff on American corn.
Not 20 the Danish statesmen. They
thought they saw q chance for the Dan
ish farmer to turn . handsome penny by
reducing American corn int Danish
pork, they acted accordingly, and time
has amply demonstrated the correctness
of their views. An American daily wants
the hog raisers Of this country ito keep
an eye on Denmark, for that country has
designs on the European market and
seems especially determined to supply the
German demand for him. bacon. sausage
n other foods prepared from the flesh
of swine" There is only ono sure way
Of checking the expansion Of the Danish
hog. and that is to cut down or entirely
shut of tho supply Of American corn;
But how would that strike the American
farmer?
The minister of public traffic. Mr.. Eo-
rup. has decided to take an electric cure
which is to last six weeks.
In Omsk. Siberia. there are fourteen
firms that export butter. One Of them is
controlled BY = Russian Jew. the other
thirteen are in the hands OF Danes.
About 1000 people. including 200 clergy
men. attended the funeral Of tAs late
Rev. vilhelm Beck. The ceremonies
lasted almost five hours
The minister Of finance has signed the
contract for . national loan of about
$780, 900, The state will receive % cents
on tho dollar Of the fnce value Of the
bonds. and the rata Of interest Is to be az
- SSH AA~ASS WIZ ~ Au11AaSAou "
a number of Danish. Swedish. 4erman
and French banks.
There ara l.1s5 labor unions in Denmark.
and their combined membership is #$%;.$:::"::
Ons-half Of them reside in copen!!: ~ "::#.;
NORWAY. 3isi,.
The Intelligsnsssdlerns agrees wit.#s :::
dens Gang that the cabinet ought i:. ;::.
reconstructed because 1t csnaet. E# :#:::
present shape. carry through the 5 ##::&;:
establishing = separate consular s#*::..#;:;
for Norway. .i&%i#i!$.::
hanks to h favorable weather ;r.: y: #
latter part Of September. the potatur #;t$
bids fair to DO good. The pasturt.:# s#+;
affording abundant feed for the rra*;:a:::::#:
and the root crops are almost up s:::3 s#.::
average. i!:# N
The city eouncil Of Trondhtsn :s;: #*#
passed an ordinance prohibiting sr::::$:*#
on the sidewalks and public souars::;i&; #
Alcohol in the form Of polish 10 ::::::#::;;;";:
| times used as q beverage by ha: ~: i::..: