Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1893 — Swedish Movement. [ARTICLE]

Swedish Movement.

New York Sun. The passenger agent of one of the great transcontinental lines said last week: “The Swedes are going West in greater numbers than ever. You remember an attempt was lately made to get them settled on the Abandoned farms of New England, and a good number of them left their homes in Dakota to take those farms, but Lord! you can’t make anything out of those rocks. They thought it would be an advantage to be near the large towns of the East with their shops and schools, but they made a mistake and are going West again. The Canadian Government is giving away land in the Edmonton district that is good for grain and root croops, and the climate seems to just suit the Swedes. Over 800 families of them weni up there last year, and they are expecting more this year.”