Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-06-06
uoMECoMINGs GROW POPULAR
Many Swedish Americans to Visit the
Country of Their Birth During
the Coming Summer
Months.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

every year duu each year We uAu HulA-
dreds of American Swedes, who pill
| grimage to their old homes that they
all hold so dear. But few of them re-
main in Sweden. There are many
Swedish-Americans who are this sum-
mer visiting the old country who came
and nearly all of them have made good
and are going back to see the ole
home, their friends and relatives. II
is a curious fact that many of them
who go with the intention of spending
whole year in Sweden generally re
turn after they have been there few
weeks. We know Of one instance
where a wealthy Swedish-AmericaI
who had spent the last thirty years in
America went back to Sweden to live
and told all his friends that under nc
consideration would he return K
America. When he arrived in Sweder
he remained only about three months
and then he returned to his adopted
country. When asked why he did not
remain in Sweden he said: Il did not
feel at home there. l found that
had lived in America so long that
could not enjoy the customs nor my as.
sociates on the other side, SO [ came
back to America. Ny chief objection
to living in Sweden was that there is
still a very pronounced class distinc-
ton. which l could not take to and
which l am sure the average Ameri-
can would not enjoy"
A political observer at the Swedish
capital says that the riksdag will sit
unusually long this year, because Of
a large number of important subjects
on its legislative program. The MEM
bers draw no salary after May Is, but
that fact will be overlooked, as it
would be suicidal for the legislators
to face their constituents at the cleo
tons this coming fall, without a rec
ord of achievement to their credit. 1t
is predicted that election will result
in a slight gain for the Liberals, a
larger gain for the Social Democrats
and loss for the Conservatives, but,
er predictions later on.
American firms continue to ship
their goods to Sweden, where they
give excellent satisfaction. This is es-
pecially the case with farm machinery.
The other day there arrived at Malmo
600 tons of American goods and
Swedes generally are wondering why
it is that Sweden cannot produce this
kind of machinery herself. There is
no question but what mowers can be
manufactured in Sweden, but they are
clumsy and do not begin to give the
satisfaction that American machinery
gives. This is also the case with bind
ers, which for years have been shipped
from America to Sweden in large con-
signments.
number of Swedish business men
have been endeavoring to establish
direct line of passenger steamers be-
tween Sweden and America. 1t was
said that J. Pierpont Morgan would
support the enterprise on certain con-
ditions. But a Danish paper states
that the plan has been abandoned be-
cause the Swedish government was not
in favor of substituting a steamship
company, the chief aim of. which
would be to carry Swedish citizens as
emigrants to other parts of the world.
During the first three months of the
present year only LAB Swedes emf
grated, while during the same period
last year the number of emigrants
were 1876. This is in a measure due
to the work of the anti-emigration So
ciety and also the report of the
scarcity of work which has prevailed
in America during the past year.
King Gustaf has been made an adj
niral in the Russian fleet and Gar
Nicholas has in turn been appointed
an admiral in the Swedish fleet. King
Gustaf departed from St Petersburg
May s and returned to Stockholm for
few days prior to his departure for
Berlin via Copenhagen.
1t is going to cost the Swedish gov
eminent in the neghborhood of about
100000 to repair the Haga and IL
rikSdal palaces this summer. They are
said to be in very poor condition and
1t is necessary to do something in the
way Of repairs at once.
The recent shoe strike in Malmo was
ended without any particular trouble.
The employees received a Is per cent
increase in their wages, something
which. of course, brought about gener-
al satisfaction among the strikers.
Sweden does considerable egg
business. Last year she exported
SOIL 900 dozen eggs, receiving $14O,-
600 in payment The egg export this
year will be still greater, it is claimed
Emperor William of Germany win |
pay a visit to Stockholm this summer,
which will Re return visit to King
Gustaf, who will visit Berlin in the
very near future.
The Duke and Duchess of Solder /
mainland arrived in karlsruhe on the |
9th. From thence the journey was |
continued to France. /
The SeraDhim order has been
awarded the Russian cabinet miniSt.F