Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-09-21
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Norway.
A caristiania dispatch says that the
arbitration law, requiring
the submission of Industrial disputes
to a state tribunal. which was passed
in spite of the opposition OF the labor
ing class. appears to be operating to
the decided advantage of tho working,
men. Recent findings by the arbitra.
ton board have given the employees
of manufacturers Of iron and electrical
supplies minimum wage of eight to
ten lore" per hour and general in-
crease In wages of ten ore. while their
original demand was four to six ore
and Ave ore, respectively. the award
being about twice the amount demands
ed. The employees We're also granted
four days vacation instead OF six as
demanded. The presen, number Of
hours of work per week, 55is. was sus-
tanned. while 25 per cent Increase was
granted Tor overtime. The working
men had demanded 30 per cent for
overtime. Many other demands OF the
workingsncn were granted IN part. and
the total additional expense to which
the employers will be put us result
of wage Increases, sick. Insurance.. and
so forth, will be about six or seven mil
lion kroner annually. The number OF
employees affected Is about 10000.
Although conservative men view with
alarm the craze for speculation that
has seized Norwegian investors, the
situation In the Norwegian stock mar
ket Is tranquility itself compared with
the turbulence which reigns In the ex-
change In Copenhagen. declares Dag
hladet. Some of the most daring Nor.
wegian spectators have the efore left
Norway and gene to Copenhagen and
have plunged into the Danish Monte
Carlo Of stock speculation. Wild soar
ings mark the course Of the stock mar
ket every day, and instances have oc.
Cured where quotations. have varied
200 per cent In n day. Variations Of
20 to 30 per cent are common. Shares
OF one company are quoted at 1860
per cent above what they were at the
outbreak OF the war.
According to press reports, Norwe-
gian socialists We're refused passes
through Germany to tile international
conference of neutral socialists, which
was held at The Hague, Holland. Three
leading socialists of Norway, Liam.
Traenmal and Vidnes, had planned TO
60 to the conference as representatives
of the party In Norway, but the Ger
man consul general H. Chrlstiania de-
clined TO issue the required passports
to them. A. Aamodt, representing the
| Norwegian Iron and Metal Workers,
was also refused passport to Stuff
CART, Germany, where the German metal
their twenty-fifth anniversary.
One Of the principal exporters Of fish
In Nordland, Norway, Is authority for
| the statement that never before has 20
little fish been hung up to dry In Nor
| ally about fourteen million fish are
dried In the country, now. only about
million are being dried. The rea-
son for this Is the heavy demand for
fish from the warning nations. who
have their agents In the fishing centera
and buy up all the fish they can oh.
tain, either fresh or sailed.
In spite OF the efforts of the govern
ment to keep down the price of food
most Of the food products have risen
rapidly the present year. For Instance
meat was 93 per cent higher In June
End July. 1915, than at the outbreak Of
the war I'm 1915: pork Is GA per CEN
higher, eggs and dairy products arc
fully as high. On the whole the price,
are at least 33 per cent higher now
than In 1914.
| A fire at Folsio, Telemarken, exposed
a valuable forest to danger recently
but the prompt arrival Of fire fighters
by special train and by automobiles
prevented the disaster. The fire was
caused by the falling of tree against
| All siF1lii1 btiss Nutih SCI
1T afrc. The fire began spreading and
for time the situation was very
serious.
| A dye manufacturing company, CAPT.
talized ut $4,000. has been organ
lied at Fredrikstad. Norway. and will
establish factory there. A newly dis.
covered process will be utilized In the
new factory and electricity will furnish
the power.
| Anathon Btorn, an archeoiogist. en-
ployed by the Bergen museum, has
found interesting relics Of the stone
age at Vaagso, In Sondmor. The relics
consist Of grindstones, weapons of flint
and implements Of granite.
| Twas Raining.