Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-19
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Figures. Given on Food Shortage in
SWeden-New Ministry Compos.
ed Wholly Of Men of Lib
eraI Views.
NORWAY DEMANDS SETTLEMENT
Files Claims Against Germany for
Ships Destroyed-Other Sean.
danayian News.
SWEDEN.

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SWEDEN.
In an article explaining the food
shortage in Sweden, Social Demo-
kraten of Stockholm gives the fol
lowing official statistics: The ex-
ports in 1918 included 100000
kroner ($13,250,OO0) food stuffs from
animals; in 1915, 15O,0O0,oOO kroner
(s37. 500, OOO); in 1913, 1925 kilo-
grams (26,452 pounds) of coffee; in
4 1915, 3.943,33O Kilograms (7,sS6,66O
pounds. In 1913, 1851 Kilograms
I (21. 102. pounds) of cocoa and choco-
I late; in 1915, 2,3S0,399 Kilograms H.
7s0, 79S pounds; in 1913, 534 kilo-
gramJ (1,O7o pounds) Of syrup; in
1915, 1,O11,S72 Kilograms (2O53,754
pounds). In 1913 Sweden reported
100000 kroner (s50O,OOO worth OF
groceries and in 1915, 27,OO0.0O0 kron,
er ($6,75O,OOO) worth; in 1913, 4,O0O,-
1 900 Kilograms (s,OOO,OO0 pounds of
4 spinning materials and in 1915, 3d.
i 100000 Kilograms (6O,OOO,O0O
pounds; in 1913, 1850 Kilograms
4 100000 pounds) of cotton and in 1915
! 77,5OO.0OO Kilograms (155,5OO,0O0
pounds; an increase of $500 per
cent; in 1913, 1900 Kilograms (2.4O0
.. pounds) of soap and in 1915, 2,67S.-
359 Kilograms (5,256,71S pounds; In
. 1918, 10000 kroner ($11,759) worth
tof shoes and in 1915, 100000 kron-
Ter ($13,25O,O00). The cost of living
for family with an income OF 1000
kroner (about 5000 has increased in
Sweden 50 per cent, in Norway 20
per cent and in Denmark 40 per cent;
with regard to food alone, in Sweden
"a per cent. in Norway 81 per cent
and in Denmark 63 per cent; cloth
Ing, Sweden 70 per cent, Norway 81
per cent and Denmark 50 per cent;
rs u. eweaen. 90 per csat Norway
" "A per cent, Denmark Ill per cent.
weden has exported to Germany
100, 10000 tons of iron ore in the
course of the war. The Swedish OK
,orts from 1913 to 1915 increased 81
qer cent
According to news reports, Anders
leonard Zorn, the great Swedish por-
9rait painter, has given land, build
ags, and $4,000 for the establish
sent Of a children's home at Mora,
the province of Dalarne, one of
Se most romantic sections of SWe-
IN. It was in Mora that Zorn was
I'm poor peasant. It was in Mora
at Zorn now has his chateau and
oodland studio. Zorn never has for
Dtten his boyhood struggles. He has
called them frequently by princely
its to child welfare projects. Zorn
! ID now a multimillionaire, command
Ning his own prices for his paintings.
His chateau is packed with art treas
ures from all parts OF the world. A
statue, erected to Zorn, marks the
spot at Mora where Sweden's liberia
tor. tGustaf Vasa, aroused the peas
antsfto a successful revolt against
DaAish tyranny. There are more OF
Zorn's painting in America than IN
any other country. Former Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt and William H.
Taft sat for portraits by the noted
artist, as did Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
Zorn recently had finished portraits
of United States Minister Ira Nelson
Morris, Mrs. Morris and their daugh-
ter, Constance. In these portraits he
. employed for the first time new
style and tone, producing a brilliant,
original effect, based on daring COM
binatiOns of blacks and whites. The
results which he obtained in these
portraits have created a furore in the
Swedish academy and among painters
everywhere. Zorn is now employing
his new style-he calls it the Morris
tone-on portraits of the Danish roy
81 family.
M. Widen, who has been asked by
King Gustaf of Sweden to form a
cabinet, will attempt to construct "a
ministry solely of liberals, says the
London Daily mail. Hjalmar Brant-
ing and his associates in the socialist
party will be excluded by Widen, who
lis q moderate liberal. As to the ef-
feet of the American blockade, the
Daily News correspondent says the
manner in which the policy OF the
United States is to be answered is
Indicated by the governments an
nouncement that Germany will sup
ply to Sweden grain, potatoes and
sugar, which the allies have refused.
This announcement, If realized, will
naturally stimulate the pro-German