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Show Denmark's Economy Is Well Balanced Denmark is one of the few countries coun-tries where the cost of living and wages have been kept more or less in balance. Finance Minister Thor-kil Thor-kil Kristenscn explained to me that during the occupation the Germans j offered high wages to get workers to build airdromes and other instal- 1 lations. Wages in towns rose be- tween 60 and 65 pt r cent, and went up even more in agricultural areas. . Since 1939 the cost of living has one up 60 per cent, although the quantity of all goods has gone down. Whether or not high wages can be maintained depends on the competition compe-tition frum world wages. The finance minister said the prices Denmark Den-mark is able to get from her exports ex-ports will greatly a fleet the wage standard at home. Cotton and wool are almost nonexistent, non-existent, since the Danes are trying try-ing to build up dollars to increase the imports. It is harder to get clothing than fuod in Denmark. |