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than we are, and witli the further result that the 

 average savings of the community are more per 

 head than in our country. 



It has also been claimed that Danish " free " 

 trade has stopped emigration. If so, it has cer- 

 tainly not done so in England. As a matter of 

 fact, however, we find that the emigration from 

 Denmark varies considerably. In the jeav 1870 

 the total emigration was 3,526, whilst in 1901 it 

 had increased to 4,G57. During the last thirty 



years or more it cannot be claimed that the 

 Danish system has really decreased emigration. 

 In the seventies emigration varied from 1,581 to 



3,525 persons ; in the eighties from 3,43G to 

 10,422 ; and in the nineties up to 3,570, in 1900 ; 

 whilst in 1901 it was 3,457. What is all the talk 

 worth, therefore, about the Danish system and 

 Danish " free " trade preventing emigration ? 



The Danish system may be good for a country 

 Avhich is practically without manufactures, and 

 we congratulate the Danish people upon recog- 

 nising that fact ; but for any body of men to 

 claim that it can be, or should be, applied to 

 England, which is a country both of very con- 

 siderable manufactures and of very considerable 

 agriculture, is a pure phantasy. 



Dairy Fahmixg in England. 



As to dairy farming in England, it should be 



generally knoAvn that it has made considerable 



strides during the last twenty to thirty years, 



althougl. we still produce far less butter or cheese 



