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pedlars to go about in Finland. Some parishes used
the funds out of which rewards are paid for killing
wild beasts for the purpose of prosecuting and
punishing the pedlars. A decree has now, however, been
published under an order from St. Petersburg —
illegally, because no such matters can be decided
except by order of the Diet — permitting these pedlars
to sell their wares in Finland. The Finnish people,
who were perfectly willing before to do business with
these Archangel traders, have accordingly decided to
boycott them, and nobody will now have any dealings
with them. There is a fear that if the hawkers are
successful, they will settle in the country, bring other
settlers of the Greek Orthodox Church, and so
furnish a pretext to the government of St. Petersburg
for establishing Greek Orthodox communities and
churches.
Shortly after the incursion of these traders from
Archangel, the Emperor decided that two million
marks of the surplus on the Finnish budget should be
used to assist men without means to obtain land; and
a committee has been formed to arrange for the most
advantageous employment of this fund. It will not,
of course, produce any very important results compared
with those brought about by natural development. In
a country like Finland there is seldom any difficulty
in getting land; we have to look for the necessary
capacity for using it.
The usual measures have been taken in Finland to
enable workmen to provide their own homes in towns.
We may mention as one example a system which
we have studied in the city of Åbo, by which cheap
houses can be bought by the payment of small
instalments hardly larger than the usual rent. A minor
detail of this arrangement is that the purchasers of the
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