New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-11
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Through the passing of a certain
bill recently in the Swedish riksdae
q tobacco monopoly has been created
in Sweden. In the upper house the
proposition was adopted by vote OF
442 to 95, and in the Second chamber
by vote of 1874 to a. The proposition
means that the manufacture of cigars,
tobacco for smoking and chewing, etc.,
shall be turned over to this monop.
Oly, in which the government is to
hold one-half of the stock. The, de.
bate on this last provision was singu-
larly spirited and lasted for many
hours. In the First chamber Premier
Hammarskiold, Minister for For.
eign Affairs Wa1lenburg, Minister of
Finance Wannerstein and other mot
ables argued in favor of the meas
ure. The adoption of the bill is an
interesting departure, being somewhat
of social move, except that the gov
eminent, or people, own one-half in
stead OF the whole.
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So far as the emigration problem
is concerned the present war is rather
favorable to Sweden. 1t certainly pre-
vents thousands of Swedes from emil
grating to foreign lands, and that is
just what the Swedish government
has been aiming to bring about for a
good many years. The trouble will
be, however, that this will not be OF
a permanent nature, for when the war
is over emigration will likely be re
sumed more actively than ever Swe-
den has lost heavily through emigra-
ton during the past twenty-five years
and many efforts have been made to
check it.
The government has ascertained
that the timber owned by private par
ties is better cared for from year to
year. The great numbering companies
in Norrland seem to take the lead,
and some of them spend large sums
for draining swampy lands. In other
parts of the country even the owners
of small tracts of timber are endeav-
cling to apply general rules Of sys-
tematic forestry
Very few Swedish Americans con-
template spending Christmas in the
mother country this year, owing to
the war. 1t is regarded as hazardous
to attempt an ocean voyage at this
time and steamship companies will
suffer from this state of affairs in no
small degree.
The government has issued warn
ing to the Swedish people to stay in
the country as long as the seas of the
north are streWn with mines. It is
also pointed out that besides the risk
of being blown up at sea it is also
difficult to obtain work in foreign
countsiea
I Sweden has been accused of pro-
German ssynpathies, but an pficial
statement declares that the Swedish
government, when the war began, was
determined to. remain strictly neutral
and to that end is exercising every
precaution to maintain that attitude.
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The railway department has asked
the government to spend about $780,
900 for rolling stock during the next
twelve months in order to employ at
least part Of the men who other
wise will be out of work
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The receipts of the postofice de-
partment for the first half of this
year were $4,386,35O, an increase of
almost 100000 as compared with the
figures for the corresponding part of
the year 1913.
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Denmark is not in the best position
during the terrible war. While she
has succeeded thus far in maintain
ing her neutrality, it has been done
through the utmost care and watching
on the part of her diplomats. The
little country is, however, very we'll
defended by Notifications and could
give an enemy !. mighty stubborn re-
sistance. Efforts by Great Britain to
induce Denmark and the Scandinavian
countries to participate in the war
against Germany are charged by Ger
man newspapers, if reports from Co
penhagen are true. The Deutche
Tages Zeitung Of Berlin says it is ru-
mored that many hostile ships have
been seen in the Skagerack and the
Cattegat, adding: IF these ships are
British, it shows an intention to make
threatening demonstration against
the Scandinavian states, particularly
Denmark"
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Edward D. Wi1slow, American con-
sui general, says that the Americans,