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Tariff for revenue only sapped Norway's strength and ruined her industries. The heavy burden of taxation fell upon her common people and crushed them. Tariff for revenue only will bring the same calamity upon the American people. This is proved in this article. The last session of t

The Society was organized on August 23rd, 1891, and the work of relieving the refugees commenced the following month. On Jan. 31st, 1893, it completed 17 months of work. During the first 6 months, 391 applications were considered with $5,616 disbursed. In the following 11 months, 671 applicat

This year, as usual, the Norwegians celebrated their Independence Day. This year's celebration was the most successful in years. More people attended than ever before. Many were the speeches delivered, and excellent ones, but the outstanding address which is herewith published was delivered b

The entire evidence for those who favor the "Lodge-bill" is based on these two sentences. 1.) Immigrants who are not educated are undesirable; 2.) Undesirable Immigrants are those who are not educated. And for each of these two sentences, its defenders have no proof. We are the last who would

In the name of the committee investigating Senator Lodge's Bill on Immigration, the president of the Polish National Alliance of America, Mr. F. H. Jablonski, has sent out numerous letters to prominent mayors and police chiefs of various cities, asking them to send their opinion of the Poles

Art in the United States seems to be nothing else but business. But if art is compelled to beg in the land of poets and thinkers(Germany), we can not blame the artists if they choose a more practical method in this country. When I saw the first American actor I was sadly disappointe

Socialism in Denmark. The Danish Social-Democrats started in 1871. At the first Danish Socialist Congress in Copenhagen in 1876, seventy-five delegates were present. They represented fifty-five organizations with 5,500 workers as members. On February 12th, 1876, a labor party was formed under

Gymnasts and other athletes ought to study the athletic ability of the ancient Norwegians. The best athletes were usually the men who had reached the highest attainments of culture in their day. The men of sports were the men whose names went down in the history of Norway. To have c

The Silesian Aid for the Sick gave an entertainment at the North Side Turner Hall yesterday, the success of which may be partly due to the fact that no definite program was arranged and the proceedings were in the hands of the members, who acted on the spur of the moment. The Silesians are kn

In the United States there are at present two million people who still speak Swedish. It should be close to the hearts of all friends of the native land to strengthen the sense of unity these immigrants have for the homeland--for its culture and language. Although these people have found a ne

When the young women of the working class come to this country at the age when they have to earn their own living, the question often arises, "Which is better, to take a position as a maid in some home, or to seek work in a factory?" If the girl works in a factory, she is able to live at home

Diamantina, Brazil has been visited by H. P. Anderson and Johan Sundt. Mr. Anderson was one of the earliest and most successful gold diggers in Nome, Alaska,...where he acquired great wealth. He is widely known as a capable and keen gold miner, and for this reason he was selected by the Brazi

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE JEWISH AGRICULTURISTS' AID SOCIETY OF AMERICA. (pp.116 - 118.) The Biennial Meeting of the Jewish Agirculturists' Aid Society of America was held January 6, 1902, at Chicago, Illinois. The object of the society is to make loans to prospective Jewish farme

From the report submitted at the annual meeting of the Jewish Agriculturists' Aid Society - 80 families have been encouraged and assisted to settle on farms during 1903. The number of individuals assisted was 802. By nationality, 48 of the 80 parties were Russian, 14 were Roumanian,

In the list of members of the committee from the various wards, who were appointed to work for the election of Charles S. Deneen for governor, we noted two Swedish names, John A. Linn and Otto Cederwall. The former is so well-known among the Swedish-Americans as a politician of long standing

When a Swedish-American attains extraordinary success here in this land of tough competition, nobody is more glad to hear about it than your editor and publisher. We are glad for the individual's sake, and also because we feel that his achievement reflects credit on the Swedish race. <

Never before have world conditions forced individuals to co-operation, drawn them together, as is the case now, in these days. The weak have to protect themselves against the abuses of the strong, and the lower, underprivileged classes are gradually becoming conscious of the fact that they ar

For one who so to speak has made it his lifework to write about prominent Swedish Americans, it is particularly pleasant to meet a Swede, who is outstanding, not only because of his fine, magnetic personality, but also because of his typically Swedish capacity for hard work, coupled with the

For one who so to speak has made it his lifework to write about prominent Swedish Americans, it is particularly pleasant to meet a Swede, who is outstanding, not only because of his fine, magnetic personality, but also because of his typically Swedish capacity for hard work, coupled with the

In sweden when the Ericsson brothers were mentioned one immediately thought of the world-famous John Ericsson, who built the "Monitor," and Nils Ericsson, the great railroad builder. As we all know, these two were brothers, born at Langbanshyttan, near Filipstad, in a mine supervisor's home.<