Arizona republican., 1905-07-24
SPLIT PENINSULA
Official Figures Regarding
 Sweden and Norway
1t is Shown That They Havs Very Lit- tle in Common Except in the Lum- ber Business.

| of commerce and labor regarding the ] population, comparative resources. and i industries of Sweden and Norway. as l well as their commerce with the Unit I ed States and other countries Sweden l and Norway have a combined 'area of l 2SIOO6 square miles, about equal to 1 that of Texas and the Indian territory. ! Their population is 7,4S4,3O1, practi- i cally the same as that of the state or i New York The area. of Sweden is ! about 40 per cent more than that of l Norway, the territorial extent of the
 two countries being 172.S76 square miles and 124. .130 square miles, respea- | lively.
 ! Notwithstanding less favorable nat- | ulal conditions, such as the poverty or 1 the soil, about 75 per cent. of which is | mDrOductiVe. and a rigorous climate ! in the larger part of the country, also 1 q relatively larger emigration. popuia- | tion in Norway increases faster than i in Sweden. Thus, the population Of ! Sweden increased. between 1893 and 1903 from 4.824,15O to 5.221291. or S.e l per cent, while that of Norway grew 1 from 2.032, 100 to 2.2S8, ,535. or 12.G per i cent. during the same period.
 f the average population for the 1 period 1S93- 1903-5 O43 zoo for Sweden | and 2,165. 500 for Nolway-be compared with the corresponding average eIni- l grafton fgures-23.610 for Sweden and 1903 for NOrway-the rate or eni- i grafton appears higher for Norway l than fo- Sweden. 5.2 per thousand. as i against 4.7 per cent thousand. During | the decade 1S93-19O2. of the enigrants ! from Sweden who left their country l over so per cent stated as their desti- nation the United States while of 124,-
 396 Norwegians who left their native l country abou4 97 per cent, at the part
 or ernbarkation, indicated this country
 as their future home
 Of the total estimated population of 1 Sweden in 1909, only 22.3 per cent ap- pear under the head Of urban dwelleIs. while of the total population of Nor l way, according to the 1900 census. 2S.S ! per cent are returned as living in the ] urban settlements.
 The difference in the industrial char
 acter of the population is shown. fur 1 theTmore. by the fact that in Sweden the mainstay of the population is still
 agriculture, with it's cognats branches | while in Norway the importance of az 1 ricultuTe is about the same as that of
 the fisheries. each of which industries. l according to official estimates. furnish i es an annual product of about S15,0OO
 
 i national income. The average value
 of the principal cereal productions in l Sweden for the years 1S9S1902 is
 stated at S65, ,33S. GOO while the av-
 craze value of Norwegian cereal crops for 1S96-19OG was estimated at S964O.- coo only. This, as well as the relative
 absence of minerals of industrial inn i portance. involves Q much greater de- i pendence on the part of Norway upon | imported breadstuffs and raw mate
 riaIs, and results as a further cOnse- l quence, in 9 tariff policy distinct from | that of the sister nation. The imports
 of breadstuffs, including flour, during 1 the calendar year 1903 to Sweden 1 amounted in value to S16.331. 000, and i S15. .229 900 to Norway.
 The only common industry of tm-
 portarce. especially for the foreign ! trade is lumbering inasmuch as both | countries abound in forests, particular
 Iy spruce and pine, both of which varf- cities find ready sales in British and 1 continental markets. Of the total do- mestic exports from the two countries, the exports of lumber and timber and manufactures thereof, such as wood 1 pulp and matches, constituted 51.7 per | cent in the case of Sweden, and 4O.4 1 per cent in the case of Norway, 1 T ne llllIilB ana the metal lNCuSLTy,
 which is an important source of na- | tionaI wealth in Sweden, giving em- 1 pIOyment to 30,731 persons in 1903 has but little importance in the national | economy of Norway.
 On the other hand, the earnings of ! the Norwegian merchant marine, espe- 1 cialIy of vessels engaged in the carry | ing trade between foreign ports. con- i stitUte a large portion of the national i revenue. and serve to offset in part
 the unfavorable trade balance. Nor ways merchant marine is fourth in size among the merchant marines of the world, being exceeded only by those of the United Kingdom, the United States. and Germany. Its total tOn- mage is nearly 100000 tons, as against 625,OOO tons for Sweden. It's total earnings in 1902 were $29, 700, ,OO0, as against $1S,4OOOOO earned by Swe- dish merchantmen, while the amounts earned by Norwegian vessels, ir carry ing freight between foreign ports only. was $22375. 900, as against S3,644, 900 earned by Swedish vessels for similar services.
 Sweden imports about s142,OOO.0OO worth of merchandise annually, about $6, 800, 900 being from the United States. and Norway imports about $7S,- 5OO,OOO worth of merchandise, Hutle less than five millions being supplied by the United States. The exports from Sweden in the latest available year were S11S.25O.OOO in value, about $3, 250, ,0OO having been taken by the United States. while from Norway the exports were S46.5OO,OOO in value, of which less than S2OOO,OOO were import ed by the United States. Our- -expOrtSs of domestic products to Sweden and Norway amounted to S11,- 825. .383 in value during the fiscal year 1904. as against S1O071,565 during the preceding year. Less than twenty ar ticles or. groups of articles supply the