Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-08-10
News Of Scandinavia
Principal Happenings Of the Week
in the Scandinavian Countries.

In reply, DR.. Hedin calls Strindber&
a falsif1er whose writings belong tt
the gutter"
The receipts of the national labor
union for the year 1909 were con
s1derably more than one million dol
lars.
The Arvidaberg wagon factory viii
soon turn out good, common sense
automobiles at a price of about $65(
a piece.
Many persons in Malno failed to OBJ
tain work during June, tho they tried
their best. And so they have to go t.
America.
The bible commission will hold q
meeting at Marstrand about the mid
die Of August to put the finishing
touches to the translation of the New
Testament, after which only the Apoc
rypha of the Old Testament remains to
be translated.
Carl Kundel, one of the German
Journalists who recently visited Swe
den, made the following significant re-
marks about the Industrial future OF
Sweden: I'm her waterfalls and
streams alone, Sweden commands a
wealth Of undeveloped natural re-
sources far beyond those of any other
country of the same size. The i'm
portance and value of these natural
riches Of Sweden are as unknown to
very large circles in Germany as are
the peculiar charms of the verdure OF
a Lappland summer landscape. If ou1
northern neighbor succeeds in trans
forming the water power into cleo
tricity, thereby utilizing to it's full ex
tent the wealth of her minerals and
forests, Sweden will become an In
dustrial power of great magnitude
among the nations of the world, and
will play much more important part
in the peaceful rivalry between the
nations than many other larger coun
tries that are groaning under the bur
dens of militarism.'
P. P. Waldenstrom, the noted re-
lgious and political leader, made an
address at Willmar, Mimi, the main
features Of which are submitted:
"Sweden is the Oldest kingdom in Eu
rope. Politically the country has been
for ten years and is today stirred as
it seldom has been. There are three
great parties, the conservative, the
liberal, and the social-democratic
The last named has made tremendous
gains the past few years. Ten years
ago there was not social democrat
in the riksdag. Today there are thir
ty-flve. But of late a reaction has
been noticeable, and thousands of Ia
boring men have left the party. This
was brought about by the disastrous
results which came from the late gen
eral strike, when the 1aboring people
of Sweden suffered defeat through bad
leadership on the part Of the social
democrats. In a religious way Sweden
has changed wonderfully the past fifty
years. Religious intolerance has given
way to liberation, and there il great
er freedom of worship than ever be
fore. The Free church movement wa.
perhaps greatly responsible for this
At present there is a strong ration
alistic element within the state church
led by good many professors ct the
theological seminaries, and adhered
to by many students and churchmen
generally, but it is to be hoped that
the movement is only a temporary
one. Agriculture is receiving more at
tention than ever before, and as a re-
suit the grain yield is now three times
greater than it was fifty years ago
and the acreage has increased four
fold. In dairying the country has also
made great strides. It has today more
COWS in proportion to the population
than any other country in the world