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the infinite harm that a trader who sells 

 inferior articles often does to an industry. 

 This intelligent administration has contri- 

 buted very largely to the growth of the 

 Norwegian fishing industry, and has given 

 many proofs of the value of a commercial 

 bureau watching over the interests of the 

 people. 



The fishing industry of Sweden is not of 

 very great importance. In 1908 the land- 

 ings were valued at 700,000, but the war 

 has since increased the values greatly ; 

 two-thirds of the supply come from the west 

 coast and one-third from the Baltic. So 

 inferior in supplies of fish is the Baltic to 

 the North Sea, that the great length of 

 the Swedish Baltic coast only produced 

 220,000 in 1908. There is no great 

 oceanic current, the presence of which is 

 almost essential to marine life. Also the 

 Baltic, being situated in northern latitudes, 

 gets very little evaporation by the 'sun's 

 rays, consequently the salinity is low 

 and the water with the influx of so 'many 

 rivers becomes brackish. These factors 

 account for the smaller fishing value : 

 the fisheries of cod and flat fish are not 



