New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

cav only that the manufacture Of silk gives employment
70 more re- t about rs Of rnbes Only 55oOoo nbs
worth OF silk goods were imported In 1853 The total
rubes wear without Including the preparation OIL Sheep.
skins valued yearly at 100000 rubles The talow.
GOO 40 wear In metallic industries Russia Is far be
hind manufacturing nation. Inc IRON Of Russia e
discovered within the last few years ana has hardly yet
begun to be mined The iron neS are bcs T rom the
them are not yet built and The rivers are e.en ~ Win
ter Shedding ard caTing are f falr ay are iron
ufactured, and there are even SOM n,din VOTE S
The The a"anity Gf Rns si amoSns to about
90 zoo 600 rbes and the value Of the metal manuiae
machinery connts for very little though teere are now
some excellent shops making even chine" arc ,ecsy
can be seen from the fact that Inacbheil W no t'
over 100000 rubles was imported ~ liz s rand obS
structures which, under the present resu"on - 'd
There il one branch of industry, purely artificial IN
RI ssia which has had great success.,.ne man
Of he century by Gen. Bankennag wh0m ih ~, ine
Government assisted by loan AMI ~ aoy 1il5nay in
creased TIL sil when it was equal t. 100 per cent
the beet sugar industry to1a Tsis industry
suffered much from the emancipation; az mo5, ~ .Ie
laborer in the factories were seS cr at Industry
took new start and the production IN TO- was s
,narv vdar can hardly be more than 100 100000 pounds
Of value of about 10000 rubes. The lmoIlalon
a o & t tbe Value Of $4,000 rubes. Tie price
for which this sugar is sold at the rS u, W. is
OF Kief and POdOa, where il Is CHEEKY nahi' ~ -
about the same and sonnet ines itle 80 o., lie
price OF foreign sugar in bond at st. PetcsDnib D' ,
price al Moscow aud St. Petersburg II Away me 5o
that the foreign sugar plus the ullg ol
The pood C3e ponnds). The quantity made SHOWS
very small. compared with that in other couhesr W.,
doad fine majority OF peasants rarely taste IL Ie7o
few facts may indicate what enormous strides Russia na
made in manufacturing durlmg sne the ns' ncclir .oci
Conditions of the wOrkingmen in Russia Ieh"ef nAu-
featuring progress more difficult than IN other cPli,
The naasat has great deal Of cleyerness and sNl but
little will il. He Is always good common aIu1i'
fore the very ber gtboroughy well The market
ever demands chiefly the co3rser kinds Whatever may
be thought protection in America It j. efth I"A, -
Russia manufacturing is step toward cNliI"uo' anu
ANYTHING that advance IT Is a gam T., ,,,t,,b
The Exposition Of Russian NJ n,iSet1if n reI on e
Fontanka Canal Just opposite to the summer EaiTn,
and in a very accessible part OF ~ IetSIsD' s,i,
buildings have been entirely renoSaed 5ipse I' i,
and yo0den anneXes have been built FOR the ihacI.'
locomotives and railway cars The space j. surn',
and the interior presents succe sion o. I0@s anu ~,
lighted by skylights with the roofs and pillars
the Russian style, producing very Hght anu ,J nto
effect. Three or four OF the spare courts ',e and
pretty gardens containing flowers ana iouits, 1 ha
hoep found for large and comfortable restaurant,
and underneath the building there Is a ~, 4,
Carries ont The first impression on entering IL one ol
great surprise at the number and variety Oh of
n buding the exterior of which Is so loW anu ,PT
tending Russian carpenters are gor coor is GOOD The
%mdino as IL stands is far better decorated han similar
bindings are in America. But apart from the mere
buding and its contents the managers OF the ENIo'
ton have shown very little pIdct,.dl so ,,Jiab
neo3e can be brought to ST. Petersburg az IeGfd se
not enough publicity was gwen % ha bcS en- r1
stOn and no excursions OF NoIhiL , Ia 80 10 t mt
ized except that some master Norkheh aIc iJ ~
ont by the City Of Hesngfors, ana that Ar baiu ny
the wOrkmen OF his iron ioHhaerg, | nt 'n,oTe
number Of visitors has not Deeh yer! Ste,' rI 80
than 500 persons having visited the bmldg ON s ~
day except last Sunday when the price Was iedu'el 10
Is kOpeks and about lOON PS"pe+ ne Fv1ost since
' ~ n Inuch TO be seen in this Exposition, and tits
impossible make comparisons with the productions Oh
other countries that rapid survey OF the "oc husI
serve dwelling for moment on what Is most ntsreitns
and excellent. Near the chief entrance are NalIiES
rooms OF the Imperial family, which really display sAu
in furniture and upholstery. Near al hahd ], he pore
lain and glassware The Imperial mandatory Is soIt
OF costly exotic but serves IFS purpose rs seool Oh te
art ard its productions rival among cOnnoseuts thoe
OF sevres and Dresden II does not manufacture uch
and the designs are copied by private manufacturers,
such as Multr0f Gardner who turn ont good work but
There 227 gassworks in Russia viii about H.
600 workmen, producing value OF I'Cogo rIDea ear
100000 bottles Porcelain and pottery Is produced 10 inc
amount Of 100000 rubles year; -,,..,,, -,
Next these the splendid displays OF silver ana sol
work. which attracted the visitors at the Paris ENpo,
tOn OF 1867 semenOf, Oytchinkof and suzikot a snow
work which would make the reputation OF eWHoTk
sversmth. Hardly piece remains unsgld Tie JeWef
Of Russia equal any IN the world, ana MOSCOW is Ia
for its diamond setting Tue cases are very IcE'
but the most interesting work Is mar OF D. tu' 90 NOS
in the old Russian STYLE ana tie ihau'is q. r"I-
diuavian jewery by Melln OF HelsingOrs DIAMONDS
friends tell cheaper III Russia thdu else
where, and turquOises the ayorte Russian stone a.
well as amethyst and t0pazes, can away t no-l 10
good advantage here. The malachite ana apis-llulL
that ornament breaches ana earrings WIN us j. AeIe
made up into mantelpeces and vases; ana ot AereAs
well as all Siberian stones, there is abundance Keep
ing down the metallic line, there are bronzes brass
work, samovars especially; and plenty 81 object;
made py Rnssilp The HeTson Of the
Academician Jacobs), and tuns and tuns q copper
and iron These are products OF the works OF DCut H.
Putiof, and shpof and of the mines Of Finland aud II
the Ural Perhaps these eoarser metals are tf III more
those which TECHNICALLY called
iron founders OF It. Petersburg say they VIII pay twe
as much for old Siberian rails for Reversing as .r En-
gsh iron Here rail that has been in Tie on TIE
MOscowNZhni Railway u year, ana n II al0sta "a ir'sh
as new There are large of iron bent cold. and two
rails 20 feet long twisted together ~ perfect 'pal
some castings Of huge dimensions and Others Of extreme
thinness wire that is fine and flexible enough 10
with leaves OF unique polished Russian IRON mat one
like paper and farther on Is lugc arof plae
Is feet long, 6 feet wide, and Is inches thick.
The cutlery department is good but not excellent
Though there comparatively few mac hu,s mere te
machinery department is always crowded with visitors
The Russians not an inventive people 1ut they are
inquisitive and initiative. Machines Of purely Russo
design are very Few; a PAD seWihe-ni,L -e, Jug
chimes for typesettng one by eIecirety, ahd ius J
steam-engne constructed Dy p,"sal ~ Hlo n' ~
instruction. machine Tor cairilh gram ana >l'i sug
stances by centrifugal force, invented by cher peasant
and an excellent moving machine, uyent,dty pc ,lG
named Iyanof, are about an Tue olher Ak cua"l La
chimes all variations on American models what ~
cited the most attention the machines bconlug
the War department Tor making soldiers pooi, ed iI
forms, where the sewingmachnes are worked y
making the Berdan cartridges by far the most dc.rar
Of them ALL and OF course copies OF American machines
In all such collections or machines the American .
tuence is very prominent There Is one curious cNapS
Bairds ia the name Of welknown iron foundery c,tab
shed here in 1892 by an Englsman, VINO became aitd
a time Russian nObleman, and his descendant. rglEn
SO STILL The firm has among other things but 10 ,iIs
for the Russian Navy ands at work now on several ron
clads and monitors In ISIS, closely following Fu.'ont
experiment the Hudson, the Bairds had begun the
construction Of steamboat, aud wear later 10 Wa ply
boat in Europe. The drawings are here In thc Exposition
The boat is of very primitive construction and me NOSE
chimney is Of brick. The rules for passengers -A"v Il
traces OF the "good old time" for pasSngcrS are e