Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
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III Sl.SO Der OOlldr OF STOCK.
FINLAND. {.
A strange contrast is presented by
the fact that in one corner of the czar's
domains, Finland, the suffrage has been
given to women, for the first time in
Europe, and that they have been made
eligible to seats in the diet, while the
rest Of the empire is struggling for the
first elements of liberty. But after all
the contrast is no greater than that
which exists in the matter Of educa-
ton, Finland having one Of the lowest
percentages of illiteracy, while the rest
Of the cars dominions are the most
iiliterate lands In Europe. Because Of
the splendid system Of education which
Finland has long maintained there is
no question of the fitness of Finnish
women for the ballot except so far as
their life as women and possibly femi-
nine temperament may render their
judgment less valuable on the average
than that Of the average sman.-Ex-
change.
SWEDEN.
The government has presented to
the riksdag a proposition that the state
acquire an interest with mining rights
in three of the largest iron ore de-
posits in the kingdom, situated in Lap
land and controlled by private COM
pany. If the plan Is adopted the state
will hold q half interest in the mines
for twenty-five years, with an option
to acquire another third after thirty
years, without payment, if it so de-
sires. In consideration of this conces-
sion to the state the company would
in the meantime be permitted to ex-
port practically :unlim4ted quantities
of the ere annually. The government
has hitherto so limited the exports of
ore that the proprietdrs Of the deposits
hav4 claimed that there was no profit
in working them;. hence they are will
ing to accept the government owner
ship. Premier Lindman said regard
ing the business venture for the state
that no was very proud of the govern
ment's victory In acquiring these pur-
chase rights from mine owners, de-
sefibing it as the best arrangement
over made for the financial interests
of Sweden. Although the company
was forced into an acceptance Of the
ScS GA . lOAAAS Ny t1tS
on exports. the premier said he did
not think the company had been I'M
fairly treated, as with the enormous
export now permitted it would be able
in twenty-five years to earn a vast
amount Of money. =. ~
Elsa Torne. q lady who has written
two remarkable books, has also criti-
cized somebody elses book in a man
ner which attracts more attention
than the okSitself. She says, among
other things that it Is pity that
there IL only one word for love while
there are two distinct kinds. zone
kind Of love is strong, sound, simple.
the result of which is life and har-
mony; the other is a. seething, burn
ing, life eonsuming one, which is never
satisfied but always hungry. There is
an abyss between the two; but only a
few short steps may carry us from
the pure atmosphere surrounding the
former into the agitating, dementing
circle of the latter. Nor do we have
more than one word for thirst one
for the healthy, natural craving which
is Stacked by a drink of cool spring
water, and another for the, sickly, ex-
citing; one which. only for brief mo-
ments can be Quenched by liquor. But
We have at last learned to- put the latter
thirst in the same class as abnormal
tiles, VICES and public disasters. 1t
would b9 we'll If we could advance
equally far with reference to abnormal
love. But no-iove' Is the common
name, and few are those, especially
among the young people. who can draw
the line between the two y, j.
Swedish exporters complain that the
Swedish railways do not rush the
borg fast enough, and tho result is
that the exporters do not dare to ex-
port the goods directly to Germany by
way Of Trelleborg and sassnitz but
prefer the Danish Gedser- Warnem1nde
line as the, safest and most rapid
route 81 S.s 81 ~ Ehs 81:
The SHANE Farmers Cooperative
Peat Manufacturing Company ha
bought the rsvenske Myr,"', a seven
thousand ACRE peat bog on the line be-
tween ,skAhe. and Smaland, for $4,000,
and operations have already com
menceA n .zz s.: z*
..1IASG8OHSIiAiAleiAlg1A asF.<aAllOuICSQr llldt
the stations on the Kjafinge and
Barsebacks railway shall be named
Vestanhog, Hojsmolla, Lodd -Ropinge
Barsebacksby and Barsebac kshann. I.
The Ferna estate, In Vastmanland,
has been sold to Jollan Nordenfalk, 81
Elsvestorgs, for $4s2, 900. But the deal
IL not valid until itSis approved by the
kink. s@E 558s# :3
DR.. Sven Hedin wrote from Thibet
that he was received IN audience by
the holy lama, whom he describes O.
an i exceedingly sympathetic person.
Hedin was overwhelm with gift and
was permitted to mako drawings and
photographs ofseyeryt thing IN sight.
stock company Is going to be Or
gaHized FOR quarrying red granite at