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Show SWEDEN FEARS INDUSTRY CRISIS Embargo Against American and English Products Being Be-ing Considered STOCKHOLM. Nov. 5. (Correspondence (Corre-spondence of the Associated I'ress . I'rospectg for the f-.miinK winter are, regarded by many Swedish business j men as anything but bright at pres-; ent. 1 After tbe rnr blockade was lifted, e country QSfcamO flooded wl'li merl in and English produce, chief- ly textllea, foodslui'fs, and auiomobiles .i result, tlie dollar rate soared from 3.20 kroner to nearly C. The I Irupo'rt itlon of fon-lgn foodstuffs soop . . id, but textiles and ftutomoldles I are still pouring Into the counlr it SUCll D r.ite tbat an embargo upon 'their Importation is bctng seriously er.n.udered. The overflow has thrown thousands of Swedish workers out of 'employment. 'employ-ment. Tlie great mills at Noiykop-m Noiykop-m g and i;o!as ha"-' I'd n working onl four days weekly since AvtlgUSt and i In . .to in w preparing a eencral dis-I dis-I missal of their employes. High wages, and the operation of tha eight-hour day. which lias been In force here for S year, are blamed in some quartern for this slate of affairs Swedish manufacturers, especially In iron and steel, arc no longer able to compete with the foreign -made article. Kor a time, plants have been accu-mUlating accu-mUlating stocks but signs abound thati this has reached its limits A strike! in the building trade has lasted for, nearl) a year, and the. housing prob-1 km has become so acute that to rent a flat In Stockholm or in any or the Mg Swedish centers is well nigh possible. With all this, the workers continue agitating for still higher wages, and! ! shorter hours. The elections last Sep-i t ember resulted in disapproval of the! Socialist regime and the present So-1 ciaJiet government is said to be anxious anx-ious to relinquish office. oo SUGAR MARKET. NEW YORK. Nov. 13. Raw sugar was weak again today. There were1 sales of 40U bags of Brazilian ccn-Jtrlfugal ccn-Jtrlfugal at 5'4c :o a local reflnei w ith jiuorc offered, but not placed. Refined was quiet al 1Q. 00910.60c jfor fine granulated Futures opened weak under pressure-from Wall street and the heavl-' Incss of raw, but rallied on Cuban support sup-port and trade buying and closed steady at 1020 points decline. T MIKKEAPOI4S. j MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Nov, 13. 'Flour 2 i to 50c lower: in carload lots, family patents quoted at $9 . 1 S f 9 ",n la barrel hi 08 pound cotton sacks. , J Bran $3 2 . 00 33 . 00. MONEY EXi H iM.i:. N'EW YORK, Nov. 13. Prime mer-cantlle mer-cantlle paper unchanged. Exchange steady! Sterling: Demand ?3.3 6i; cables $3 Fr.mcs: Demand 5.79c; cables 5.81c. Belgian francs: Demand tf.Hc; cables ca-bles 6.16c. Guilders: Demand 29.65c; cables 29 T.'.e. Lire: Demand 3.4Sc; cables 3.50c. Marks: Demand 1 17e; cables l.lSc. flreece; Demand s.S7c New Voik Exphauge on Montreal 10 13-1 per cent didscount. CAsll SALES. CHICAGO. Nov. 13. Wheat No 2 hard 51 Sb"i 1 SriU. Corn No, 2 mixed S6c; No. 2 yellow yel-low $7ift88c. Oats No 2 white ."P, 'ii ::c; No. 3 whit.? 41 50 i, e. Ryo No. 2 $1 .58. Barley Slrfi $1 .us. Timothy seed f5.GO0S.-75, Clover seed $12.00 20.00. .I'ork nominal. Lard $19. :.o. Ribs . 13 f 1 5 . :.i. I ini.u i v Bt DS. NEW YORK. Nov. 13. Liberty B bonds closed: I'-is 93 50; first 4s S8.00 bid; sec- HB ;nd s.;.ss: ur.st ss :, second !fi 4 Us 8i. 20; third i4s s..5U; fourth El '. Mi.ts; Victory 3is 96. 00; Vic- EflSfj tory -s 90.00. llBsral P i -va LONDON R TFS I I.D..X. X,JV l3.Bar silver J-J ' fl o'il per our.cr. JT M -Moli.-;. and l im-cviiiI umhaug.!. Lsfl |