Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-05-28
NORWAY.

answer: II can answer your question
only by telling you what have done
and what propose to do. I have tried
to assist my tenant farmers to keep
three cows On each holding with cor
responding crops of potatoes and
grain.) But I realize that the tenant
farmers must be made owners of their
holdings, by means of aid if need be.
l also intend to let a number of labor
ers cultivate the ground which and
the owner that follows me are not
going to cultivate. 1t is absolutely
unjust to possess ground which one
cannot cultivate in the near future.
If it is SO expensive to break that one
cannot afford to cultivate it if he has
to pay for it, then let some one use it
free of charge. Thereby the landlord
secures one more able ,laborer for his
neighborhood, and the soil of our ma
tive land is utilized. Those tenants,
on the contrary, who occupy Guilt
waited holdings, must pay a reasonable
price for the land when it is trans
ferrcd to them. It is my opinion that
a holding which feeds three COWS and
yields corresponding crops, can sus-
tain family when the head of that
family Is free laborer on the land
lords farm"
The resignation of Premier Steen
caused only partial reconstruction
OF the Norwegian cabinet. Blehr, the
former head of the Stockholm depart
ment of the Norwegian cabinet, was
appointed to succeed Steen as pre-
mier and minister of the interior;
former Minister of Justice Guam was
made successor of Blehr in Stock
holm; Aarstad, another member of
the cabinet, succeeds Guam as min
lister of justice, and all the other
members retain their old positions.
DR.. Sigurd Ibsen will enter the Stock
holm department as soon as he has
finished his work in concction> with
the joint committee on the consular
and diplomatic services, which may
be some time in July.
The Socialists Worsted. The an
nouncement that the Kristiania typo
graphical union was going to discuss
the question of withdrawing from the
general association of the Socialists,
brought out a large attendance, and
the proposition was fought with
great acrimoniousness on the part of
the Socialists. But the secessionists
had everything their own way, poll
ing vote of about 265 out of total
| of 300. The result was great shock
to the Social Democratic propagan-
da.
There were 742 convicts in the diff
ferent penal institutions of Norway
on June 80, 1900. In the year 1910
| the whole number was 1874, and
since that date there has been q
steady decrease. In view of the fact
that the total population of the coun-
! try has doubled in the course of the
past sixty years it will be seen at a
glance that the change for the bet
ter is simply astounding.
Shortly after the arrival of Crown
| Prince Gustav in Kristiania, Premier
| Steen notified him that he is about
to hand in his resignation. After
wards the crown prince had short
| conversation with President Berner
| of the storthing. The other members
of the cabinet are expected to step
| out with their venerable chief.
Prof. Boeck has been appointed to
represent Norway at the Brussels
congress for combating syphilis and
other venereial diseases.
The total catch of herring for the
winter season was $4,000 barrels, as
compared with $4,000 barrels for the
winter season of 1901. But the fish
ermen made more money last winter
because the prices were much higher.
The whole number of Goldfish caught
during the winter season was about
100000, while the average annual
catch is 5O,OOO,OOO. The figures for
last year were only 29,000,0O0.
Mr.. Berner, president of the stor-
thing, was favored as a candidate for
! premier by the Conservatives, the
crown prince and Verdens Gang. But
the politicians of the Liberal party
wanted Blehr, and got. him.
The Kristiania Landmandsbanken
was supposed to steer clear of the
great real estate swindles. But this
supposition turns out to be mistake.
The bank has lost ~ per cent of the
capital stock, and it's affairs may be
turned into the hands of receivers
any day.
The judiciary committee of the
storthing has completed revised edi-
ton of the penal code of the army.
No radical changes have been made;
but in many points the committee has
proposed greater severity. The pres.
ent storthing is expected to act on
the new measure.
The Indigo cotton mills of Kris
tiania exported 100000 pounds of cot.
ton goods in the: course of the past
year. This is about 10000 pounds in
excess of the total imports to Kris.
tiania during the same period. The
factory employs about one hundred
hands.
Rev. Tn. G. Angel of Trondhjem
died at the age of 70 years.
The saber will soon be abolished as
a part of the outfit of Norwegian
soldier. But the ancient weapon will
be retained as an ornament at public
functions attended by foreign officers
1 who still wear it -.S5 !