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milking cattle and of pigs; and a large decrease 

 in sheep and lambs. This is precisely what one 

 would expect in a country which for many years 

 has been, and still is, devoting itself to the pro- 

 duction of milk and butter. Her people Avould 

 seem to still eat a large quantity of rye bread, and 

 this proportion is on the increase if we may judge 

 from the official figures shovring the increase in 

 the production of rye in Denmark. At any rate, 

 an examination of the statistics shows that with a 

 population of 2,497,000 in 1902, the importation 

 of wheat in 1901 was only 577,094 bushels, or a 

 little over four bushels per inhabitant. This 

 means exactly half a quarter or some 240 lbs. of 

 wheat per inhabitant per annum ! And such is 

 " Free Trade " in Denmark ! 



Again, it is interesting to note that whilst 

 Germany, in 1901, sent goods to Denmark to the 

 value of 14 r, 497,000 kroner, we only sent goods 

 to the value of 87,919,000 kroner; the United 

 States, too, sending goods to the value of 

 8(5,911,000 kroner. In 1S91 the value of the 

 States' exports to Denmark was only 19,4-']4,000 

 kroner, ours being in the same year G9,0;32,000. 

 Both Germany and the States have increased their 

 export trade with Denmark, because, v/e imagine, 

 they were able to say they would limit the trade 

 of Denmark with their countries unless a mutually 

 agreeable arrangement could be come to, which 

 is surely vrhat we ought also to do. A kroner is 

 worth about Is, Id. 



As to the export trade of Denmark with 



