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DENMARK
VISITED
By Senator John Cunningham
On European Trip
And Danish Agriculture Is
Carefully Studied
Eggs Bring The Highest Prices
In The Big Markets
Commission Also Pays A Visit
To City Of Paris
An Interesting Letter By A
Knox County Man
Paris, france.

Par1S, france.
My Dear Editor and Friends:
Friends at home say that don't
write often enough. ] am surely CRATE
: ful IL what little that have written Is
well received, but must say that life
for us is very strenuous and have lit
tie time for reflection and writing.
For this reason have said very lit.
tie about our findings and possible
policies for us at home. There will be
time later on for that. ] suspect that
you all are more interested In the gen.
eral prospectus of the country that we
visit.
My last letter was written before We
left Berlin SO there were two or three
days work there after II was written.
We received more concise information
on agriculture cooperation and coop
erative credit than at any other point
in Germany. All this will be given In
our findings.
At an executive session Of the com.
mission It was proposed to make full
report covering the evidence of our
work in one section and In another
group our observations with regard to
reach division OF the work. No definite
policy was decided upon at this time
but II will be taken up In Paris In a
general meeting to be held there. This
meeting promises to be a warm one
and decisive one. Ninety free Ameri-
can citizens are bound to have notions
of their own and II will decide wheth-
er the friends of the farmers Of the
u. 8. will make the report embOdying
the findings as they are or whether
few theorists and few with q hobby
will use this commission to further
their interests.
| personally do not like to be con-
tinually causing friction but II is my
purpose and my duty to fight every
inch OF the way for the farmers 30 II
we go down 1t will be with colors fly
ing. do not feel alarmed for our In
terests because we have twice put
those who organized this commission
into a hole. feel and know that we
are gaining strength 30 that at the
meeting In Paris think we Will carry
our point.
Az this letter Is written In sections
as We travel from point to point will
take up the outcome OF the meeting
later.
Our stay In Berlin was very fine: II
Is a very beautiful city and well repaid
us for our short stay.
Some forty OF us left Berlin on Sat
nrday night June 2lst for Denmark.
We arrived In Copenhagen about 10: 90
O'Clock Sunday morning. After we
had had our breakfast we spent the
day seeing the city, because our pro-
gram did not permit of any sight see.
Ing during the few days that We were
to spend In Denmark. Copenhagen Is
a very fine city and a very prosper
Gus one. II Is a great shipping point
and a great industrial center.
Here we saw spectacle that surely
was a surprise to us after travelling
through the other European countries.
A demonstration against strong drink
took place on Sunday afternoon and
there were more than 10000 people In
the line OF march. want to say for
these people that they are made OF
good stun and present some strong
ideas. At the hotels we were served
without being penalixed for beer or
wine, and there was not near 80 much
leer or wine drinking In public places
On Monday we commenced the day
by studying their cooperative produc
Ing and distributing plants. The
Danes have projected these societies
10 very high degree, No product
can be exported without the st amp and
trade mark OF the society from which
II comes. These trade marks are ba *.
I'd by the government and Il maintains
a vigorous inspection at all times and
any violations are vigorously penal
xsed.
Every egg exported bears the date
when layed, the producers number aad