Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-21
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A Pan-German summer festival was
held in Berlin, and the Scandinavians
seem to have cut big swath through
the program. The Scandinavian So
ciety furnished several musical num-
bers, and Scandinavian pieces were
acclaimed. Prof. Forster made an adj
dress of welcome especially to the
Scandinavians, enthusiastically adj
vocating the Pan-German propaganda
and emphasizing that the countries
of the North are fostering pure
branches of the Germanic tribe; that
the genuine Germanic liberty is en-
joyed there to greater extent than
elsewhere; and that the great works
of art and literature of our times are
produced in those countries. The
speaker proposed the establishment
of a Pan-German association reach
ing from the Arctic ocean to the
Adriatic sea. The professors fiery
plea was received with great applause.
Mr.. Ostquist, a swede, responded to
the address, expressing the thanks
of the Scandinavians for the marked
attention paid to them, and he as
sured the audience that the nations
of the North are very kindly dis
posed towards the Germans.
The Scandinavian fisheries exposi-
ton recently held at Marstrand,
Sweden, clearly brought out facts
which will be valuable lessons to the
fishermen of many parts of Scandi-
navia. A Norwegian who was asked
what he had learnt at the exposition
gave the following succinct answer:
"Well, we have learnt that the Nor
wegians catch the most fish and make
the least money, that the Danes catch
the least fish and make the most
money, and that the Swedes fish the
best and sail the greatest distances.
One of the main objects of the ex-
position was to demonstrate the value
of petroleum motors of the most re-
cent types. But thousand other
questions were also asked and an
swered. Everybody realized that the
Danes had made the greatest prog
ress in making the trade profitable
by means of cooperation, by facili-
tating the speedy transportation of
the fresh fish to the consumers, and
by reducing to minimum the evil
effects of the caprices of the weather.
The Swedes were perhaps the most
eager to learn and to adopt the i'm
provements made by other nations,
and very many of them are fortunate
enough to own the gear which they
use. The Norwegians are little of
everything. They have their great
hauls" with great profits, but also
great losses, and most of the profits
go to the dealers, so that those who
actually catch the fish do not get
much for their trouble. The inter-
ests of the fishermen who fetch the
fish out of the deep and the inter-
ests of those who dispose of the
goods in the markets of the world,
are often antagonistic, and the rela-
ton between the two has no striking
in Sweden and Denmark
The population of Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden increased 1920 per
cent, 1855 per cent and s.23 per cent,
during the years 1893
1903. Norway had the largest per-
centage of emigration, almost ~ out
of every 100 persons emigrating to
foreign countries during the decade.
In Sweden, only 1913 per cent of the
population live in cities, while the
percentages are 2s.1
for Norway and 1856 for Denmark.
By way of comparison it may be
mentioned that the urban population
of England is 66.2 per cent and that
of Germany -47.2 per cent.