Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-01
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.

France In point OF increase OF population.
We commented the other day upon the
fact that in the latter country the popula-
ton is about stationary. the death and
birth rates being nearly equal. The re-
turns Of the recent census In Italy are
now published and they show a gratifying,
though not extraordinary, growth Of pop
ulation in the peninsula, despite the large
immigration and the hard times which
have prevailed there In late years. In
round numbers the population of Italy is
now SO $780, 900. That is an increase OF
more than 4,000,0 900 In the last twenty
years. That Is not a large increase, but
1t is, on the whole, satisfactory. It Is
not, Of course, the whole increase of the
Italian race. In these twenty years more
than 1000. 900 Italians have lmmigrated to
other lands. The actual growth Of the
race has, therefore, been more than $780,
900 in twenty years, or more than 1 per
cent a year. This does not, however, con-
firm the common idea that the Italians are
an exceptionally prolific race. The growth
Of other nations has been proportiOnately
more rapid. That OF France has'not been.
That OF Russia has been effected by con-
quest and wholesale annexation. That Of
the. United States has been due to enor-
nous immigration, as we'll as to a high
birth rate. But while Italy in the nine
teenth century increased from l6,000,000 to
80, 500, 900, or only a little more than
doubled, Great Britain grew from 16,000,-
600 to Al, 900, 600 and Germany from 24,000,-
900 to S. 0O, 900 and each Of these coun-
tries suffered as great a loss from wars
as Italy and q considerably greater loss
through Immigration.
France, like Germany, has been seized
with an ambition to improve and extend
her canal system. For That purpose bills
involving the expenditure Of s132. 500. 900
passed the hambe Of Deputies on Janu-
airy rs. The passage OF these large appro-
~priation bills means a general renovation
of old canals and the building OF new ones
10 meet pressing commercial demands,
such as exist in the Lorraine coal helds.
Among the new enterprises planned are
the Loire Rhone and the Marsetlles-Rou-
haix canals. United States Consul Atwell OF
Roubaix reports that the French govern
ment is also arranging for the construc-
ton Of the Scheldt-Meure canal. THIS
will be s0.7 miles In length. Five and one
half miles Of this internal waterway mas
been built already, 1t passes over an
elevation Of 721 feet above the sea level
and requires fifty locks. The estimated
cost is S1s,1s4,oOO The plans provide for
a continuance of this enterprise by an ex-
tension hfty-eight miles long, terminating
at Mount St. Martin. to be known as the
CHEERS canal and to cost 1926, 900. An
other new canal embraced In the later
nlans is the Northern which starts at
Arleux and terminates at Noyou, passing
through Peronne and Ham. This VIII De
nfty-nine miles in length and is estimated
to cost s11,5so.OOo.
! There are some interesting facts to be
Learned from the annual report OF tne
ARrarian League OF Germany, which was
submitted TO, the ninth annual congress
! held recently in Berlin. According 10 TINS
{ document. IL appear that the league mas
/. nov 25o. 900 members, an increase Of $4,000,
' as compared with last year. No fewer than
( $4,000 members, or 81 per cent, are de-
Q scribed as being connected with the class
~ small proprietors, while $1,000 or Ia
I per cent, represent proprietors OK MOD
arate-sized estates. These figures, however
I Include some 1000 artisans and persons
8 WIN follow other occupations, generally
An conjunction with agriculture. The num-
: her OF members who are described as large
r landed proprietors Is $500, or y per cent
OF the total membership. 11b 1000 1--we eas'
: Of the Elbe and. 5000 west OF that river.
s Tha secretary. DR.. Diederich Hahn, pointed
y out that Lncr mdJVHAby "a
9 now to be found in the western districts
s of Germany, so that there IL no longer
8 the same justification as there formerly was
for calling the Agrarians East Eihians.'
y The principal speakers INDUCED In some
bitter pleasantries about Chancellor vor
s Ruelow. whose recent utterances have ex'
cited suspicious concerning his devotion
TO true-bIue Agrarian principles. One al
8 luded 10 him as Chancellor CapriVi, mo. IN
correcting himself. said that the two mel
: were SO much alike that It was not dinieui'
! to mistake one for the other.
Co-operative dairies in Denmark have
It been in existence just twenty years. There
of are now a thousand OF them. with an aver
ID age number Of shareholders Of 14S and Al
average number OF cows Of $50. As this 4
an average Of less than six COWS to tn
> farmer. IL IL evident that the system &C
Is complishes its purpose OF giving the small
" est eultivators Of the soil the advantages
OF scientific manufacture OF butter an
ID cheese and facilities for export which tn
le great landlords already enjoyed. Nowher'
It else has scientific dairying been carries
Ito the perfection it has attained In Den
r mark. and one result Of this Is that tn
70 quantity Of butter exported In 1900 wa
ae eight times as great as the amount ex
lc ported ten or eleven years earlier, Tn
dairies make more butter from a give
a. quantity OF milk than the indtvtdua
TX farmer can get; they are able TO emplo
~ the most perfect methods and appliances
st and they are In 9 position TO deal directl
Is. with importers in England and other coun
IT. tries. They have been driving other I'm
el ported butter out Of England and Enghs
At FARMERS complain that they cannot get .
az good q price as is paid for imported but
Is. ter. The importation o. bran ana oilcak'
w mostly from the United States. has IN
q creased greatly.
he ;"
he The German emperor Win not, n he ca
help It, permit the VA 70 tkLak tina