Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-07-02

stalled at the MalmO postonlce, and
the rapidity with which It adds up
figures is enough ito make the old
timer dizzy.
The city council OF Malmo held an
important business meeting June s.
The questions to be decided were:
Shall the city Of Malmo build q thea
ter OF its own? Shall the building
be located on Gustaf Adolfs market?
Shall Architect Anderberg's plan be
adopted, or shall new call for COM
pet1t1ve bids be issued? After a
lengthy and heated debate it was re-
solved by vote of rs to 20 that the
city shall build a theater; by a vote
OF 70 to 20 that it shall be located at
Hundeln, port of Gustaf Adolfs
market; and by practically unani-
nous vote that a new plan shall be
called for, only Swedish competitors
being desired. An appropriation OF
1897 500 was made for the building.
No less than $4,000 will be offered az
prizes for the best plans and specifi.
cations.
Three f1remen in the Malmo leather
factory caused great disturbance by
quitting work June S. Their contract
with the employers expired on that
day, and the two parties failed to
reach an agreement, for the future
They had been receiving 1888 week,
and they asked $7.65 a week for this
year and 1902 a week for next year.
The employers offered $675 a week
this year and 37.65 week next year,
but the three men remained firm. 1t
would have been easy to get other
men at the old wages, but the en-
ployers decided to close the factory
instead Of mourning the odium of be-
ing accused of employing "scabs."
There were many idle men in the city
before, and this incident added 400
persons to the army of unemployed.
The Swedish Employers Association
will try to settle the conflict.
Edward Wavrinsky, member of the
riksdag, temperance worker and gen.
eral reformer and philanthropist, re-
Gently said in an interview: THE
next riksdag will pass for the second
time the universal suffrage bill, with
its provisions for proportional repre-
sentation. The bill will then become
a law, and the following election Will
take place under it's provisions. The
first effect will be to increase the rep
resentation In the lower chamber of
both Socialists and Conservatives at
the expense Of the Liberals. However,
as a compensation, the Liberals and
Socialists will now for the first time
secure adequate representation in the
upper chamber, so that practically the
political complexion of both chambers
will be the same The changes that
will be wrought in political and social
conditions in Sweden by universal suf
frage will be tremendous. For in
stance, in the matter of temperance
legislation, rapid progress will now
be possible. One question that must
be decided upon my return to Sweden
by the Good Templar order is whether
it will take an active and direct part
In political affairs or continue to work
through the other party organizations.
1t is not our purpose and plan to at
tempt too much at once. We hope
to popularize the local veto first and
thus drive the liquor traffic out of the
rural districts and the small villages.
In this way we shall build a solid
foundation, and within comparative
ly short time be ready to bring about
national prohibition in such way that
ho
The Social Democratic convention
of Sweden passed resolutions against
militarism and in favor Of a gradual
reduction of the military burdens, Of
disarmament, of compulsory courts of
arbitration, of permanent Scandina-
Wan neutrality and Of vigorous inter-
national cooperation between the la:
Dor organizations against war.
The temperance and educational as
ISOLATION of Sweden has done a good
work during the past year Six am
bulatory school kitchens were in op-
Grafton, chiefly in Smaland, Dalarne,
Gestrikland, Helsingland and Lapp-
land The association gave AZ courses
to 674 scholars. The society distrib-
uted tens of thousands of copies of a
book entitled What Anders Learned
in America" The aim of this book
is to check emigration.
P. P. Waldenstrom has not made
much of a record as foreman of a
large crew of workers. But fate
made him play the role of host the
other day The Mission Covenant is
constructing a new building at its
mission school on Liding island, and
when the premises were to be cleared
of all sorts of rubbish, the Social
Democratic labor organization inter
fered so as to stop the work. Then
the students at the school we're asked
to put their books aside for few
days and finish the work. They an
swered that they would gladly do SO
provided Waldenstrom, the father and
leader of the Mission Covenant, would
be put at the head of the work. The
result was that early in the morning
between forty and fifty young people