Morris tribune., 1911-09-08
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Says a Christiania correspondent:
"The sacrifice which the Norwegian
workingmen are making for each 9TH
er is striking the outsiders with won
der and admiration. About $13,500 has
been set aside as travelling expenses
for the unemployed men who wish to
leave the country and those who have
investigated the matter recommend
Canada and the Pacific slope. 1t is
said that the above amount will be
doubled. There is comic phase to
this movement. The capitalists of
Norway have locked out the men and
the comrades of the latter raise money
to send them to America. At the
same time the capitalists of Norway,
headed by the king, have organized
national anti-emigration society, the
aim of which is to prevent people
from emigrating on tie one hand, and
to work for the reeLrn of those al
ready emigrated. The plain man
looks at the situation in this light
the moneyed men compel the ablest
workmen to leave the country, and at
the same time they try to induce
wornout Norwegians abroad to return
to Norway"
Gustav Henrickson of Christiania,
president and general manager of the
United States-Norway Steamship line,
which will be in operation within
in
day from the Pacific coast. Mr.. Hen
ricksOn noted that business conditions
in the Western states and Canada
seem to be on a sound footing. The
new steamship line, Mr.. Henrickson
says, will cut three days from the
time of the Danish line, the only
competitor of the new company. The
complete trip from Christiania and
Bergen to New York, he says, will be
made in eight or nine days. Mr.. Hen
rickson has now left for the Eastern
cities. The new line will start with
two steamers and Mr. Henrickson will
order their construction as soon as
he reaches Norway.
Christiania children under fourteen
years are forbidden to attend so
called moving picture shows by order
of the city council. The papers have
praised the council for it's new regu-
lation and believe that it is move in
the right direction. 1t would not be
q bad idea if the various city councils
of great American cities would follow
the example of the Christiania city
fathers in this respect.
Albert Arveschoug, the we'll known
Norwegian barytone, is lying seri-
ously i'll at the Good Samaritan hos
pital in Portland, Ore. His physicians
hope, however, to pull him through,
but declare that several months will
elapse before he can hope to regain
his former health. Mr.. Arveschoug
was billed for series of concerts on
the Pacific coast this fall.
The city council of Christiania will
Appropriate 100000 crowns to the great
exposition, which will be held in that
city in 1914. Great preparations are
already being made and judging from
all indications the exposition of 1914
will be the greatest public undertak-
ing on record in Norway. The expo
sition will be international in char
acter.
The so called "Folkets Hus" in
Christiania will undergo a thorough
renovation and will also be enlarged.
An adjoining property valued at 140,-
900 crowns has been purchased.
A society in Trondhjem has been
organized for the purpose of erecting
a Peoples museum to be known as
Trondelagens museum.
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