The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-06-04
Recent Occurrences OF interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
HOMECOMINGs GROW PvtULAR
Many Swedish Americans to Visit the
Country of Their Birth During
the Coming Summer.
Months.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

There are an unusually large num-
Der of Swedish-Americans, who Will
visit Sweden this summer. The home
comings are growing more popular
every year and each year we find hun
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
to America in the eos and the '7Os
and nearly all of them have made good
and are going back to see the old
home, their friends and relatives. It
is 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 a few
weeks. We know OF one instance
where a wealthy Swedish-American
who had spent the last thirty years in
America went back to Sweden to live
and told all his friends that under no
consideration would he return to
America. When he arrived in Sweden
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: II did not
feel at home there. I found that I
had lived in America so long that I
could not enjoy the customs nor my as
sociates on the other side, SO I came
back to America. My chief objection
to living in Sweden was that there is
still a very pronounced class distinc-
ton: which I could not take to and
which Il 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 men,
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. It
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,
of course, the prophets may make 9TH
er predictions later on.
American firms continue to shin
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
800 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
a direct line Of passenger steamers be-
tween Sweden and America. It was
said that ]. Pierpont Morgan would
support the enterprise on certain con-
ditions. But 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
ernigrants 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 1916. 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 ad-
miral in the Russian fleet and Car
Nicholas has in turn been appointed
an admiral in the Swedish fleet. King
Gustaf departed from st. Petersburg
May 8 and returned to Stockholm for
few days prior to his departure for
Berlin via Copenhagen.
It is going to- cost the Swedish gov
eminent in the neighborhood of about
100000 to repair the Haga and u.
riksdal palaces this summer. They arc
said to be in very poor condition and
it 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 a considerable egg
business. Last year she exported
3,O11,OOO dozen eggs, receiving s140,-
600 in payment. The egg export this
year will be still greater, it is claimed.
Emperor William of Germany win
pay visit to Stockholm this summer,
which will be return visit to King
Gustaf,- who will visit Berlin in the
very near future
The Duke and Duchess of Sober