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purpose. The meat has a reddish tint and
looks not unlike veniSon.
American Pork and Lard.

American Pork and Lard.
The great American hog is here, with his
four feet outspread and his nose in the
trough Our pork is the food of the com
mon people. They like bacon and side
meat for the fat is firmer than that of the
Swedish pork, and it cooks more crisply.
The laboring prefer it to the native
article, and they will not consent to sub
stitute. 1t is an indispensable part of the
diet of the lumber camps, and is used al
most everywhere on the farms.
Not long ago there was discussion III
parliament concerning American pork.
Some of the members wanted to increase the
tariff, but they were warned by Others INA
American pork was the food of the SWed-
iSh Workingman, and that II they TOOK IL
away they would drive the men who eat it
out of the country. If they wanted to keep
the workingmen of Sweden in sweden they
had better let them have American pork
than have them go to the other SIDE Oh the
Atlantic to get 1t.
The same is true of our lard 1t is the
finest sent to Europe. 1t is as cream 10
skim milk in comparison with the swedish
lard and the Swedes know it, Neverthe-
less, the Swedish government has tried 10
keep it out by claiming that it is not pure
The fact that it was marked AL right by
the American inspectors made no differ-
ence. The government said 1t should not
the American minister to Stockholm, de-
manded that the Swedish government pick
out it's best chemist and have him analyZe
it, This was done, and the lard was pro-
nounced absolutely pure and equal to any
lard made in Sweden or elsewhere OF
course the government had to submit
It Tickles Their Palates.
One has to study a country before he can
tell what kind of stuff to poke down it's
of tl,air
kind They are among the best livers on
earth. They eat early and late and take
snacks between times. One curious feature
of their gastronomy is known as the s.noer-
gasbord, which is a sort of an appetizer
taken before the regular luncheon and din
ner. This is sometimes served at the din
ner table and sometimes at a separate tst-.
BILE in a room apart from the dining room
or in the dining room.
Imagine a long board covered with scores
of dishes filled with all sorts of reisheS,
salads and salt meats, fish, etc, which
might stimulate the appetite. At one end
of the ROOM or perhaps the table itself,
are several great silver urnS with spigots
in them and glasses beside them. These
are filled with the strongest brandies. which
are kept on tap so that one can alternate
his mouthfuls from the relishes with drinks
of brandy, until he has a royal thirst and
appetite. After that he can go into his
regular dinner and eat square meal
l dined the other day at the opera house
restaurant and paid about 10 cents for
smoergasbord beforehand. Among the
relishes were canned salmon from Oregon,
Holsters from Boston dainty bits of Ameri-
can ham from Chicago and some different
kinds of pickles from the American who
sells pickles, etc, of numerous varieties
There were also dried reindeer meat from
northern Sweden, caviar from Russia, half
a dozen salads, bread and butter and four
Kinds of hraO6V and gin. Sweden and Nor
way are famous for their salmon fisheries,
but nevertheless the Columbia river and the
Alaskan salmon sell right here along in
competition with the home product
In Swedish Grocery.
am surprised at the American goods sold
in the grocery stores of Stockholm. l made
some memoranda in one the other day.
Upon one shelf were small sacks of AmeIi-
can flour, on another American hams and
upon others canned stuffs from fish to fruit.
There were peaches pears, plums and april
cots as well as canned tomatoes and other
vegetables There were cans of chicken and
turkey, and of bacon, tongue, ham and corn
ed beef Sweden raises plenty of oats, but
our rolled oats and cracked wheat are sell
ing here.
This country has some of the best iron of
the world, and 1t makes some of the best
STEEL It's people buy carpenters tools from
the United States, and the best axes used
in the great lumber industry come from
America.
Sweden Is now importing heavy machin-
cry from the United States. It recently
bought twenty-one American locomotives,
and 1t is likely to import others. 1t is
buying considerable mining machinery, es-
pecially for the large iron mines which
are being opened up in the far north,
and the heavier kinds Of agricultural ma
chinery such as reapers and mowers, are In
steady demand. Altogether there are many
things made Of iron which we ship to this
one Of the chief iron and steel making
countries Of Europe.
They Copy Our Goods.
Indeed. our hardware and machinery are
30 good that they are copied, even to the
trademarks, by both the Swedes and the
Germans. These people are pirates and