Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-03


large surplus for export. Maize is chleny
grown In the countries about the Black
sss; fax, hemp, and hops are Of excellent
quality; the potatOis not yet grown IN
in all parts of the empire. The cultiva-
ton Of the best root has bsan OF late great
" advanced by means of prize Medals
and q large number of sugar houses are
alresdy supplied by 1t. The total pro-
duce in 1855 was Is, sos, 90T cwt., valued 80
S2,703, S58 The culture OF the vine in the
Crimea, B~essarabiR, and other provinces
of South Russia, has since 1895 furnished
an average Of $500, 600 Russian quarts.
Tobacco is grown on the Volga, in Little
Russia. and on the Don, and yields about
$500, coo pounds annually. Horticulture,
except in the vicinity of the great Cities
is greatly neglected. The government
makes great efforts 10 favor agriculture;
many agricultural societies have been
formed, and a number of schools estsD-
nshsd, which spread useful knowledge
I on the subject in all parts OF the empire,
Horses are very numerous in Russia, and
highly valued by all the inhabitants OF
the steppes, for many of whom horse
/ flesh is Is the principal article OF food.
In the southwestern provinces the breed
Is superior. In general the horses of Rus
ala are hardy and strong, but not so well
taken care of as in other countries.
/ The best studs are in the govern
4 LlUuN nAHbAl5 VI HAAAC8H
Voronej, and Kiev. The breeding
Of sheep is very extensive; the
wool OF the common Russian sheep
is hard and coarse, but during the last
thirty years the breeding of ins-wooled
sheep has been steadily on the increase,
/ especially ia the Baltic provinces, IN Pc
land and in the southern governments.
Hogs ars most abundant in middle Rus
sia, Lithusnis, and White Russia, but are
afro reared in the south and in the Baltic
provinces. The number OF domestic AMI
msls in 1855 was as follows: Horses, b.
571, 283; asses, mules, etc Is 348; horned
cattle, 28,2I9 so; sheep, 81, l6l, OS2; stays,
4S2, 842; swine, $685. 600 camels, 59 8S1 ;
goats, 1854, Log; total, los, 9lS, 593. OF the
sheep shout $500 600 were OF the hne-
wooded sort, principally found in The
governments OF Ekaterinoslav q, 2S7, 806)s
Taurida 1885,, OBJ, and VOronei t947, 55Sl
Bee culture Is most extensive in Poland,
the Lithuanian provinces, and the goY-
srnments on the Volga, especially Mini
NovgorOd, Kassn and Simbirsk, where
the remains of the Finnish TRIBES make it
their principal occupation. Altogether II
yields annually about 5, 10000 pounds OF
wax and l6, go, 600 pounds of honey, and
not only supplies the home consumption,
but leaves considerable surplus for exp0r-
tatiOn. The culture of silkWOrms was in
troduced by Peter the Great, and has Deen
especially developed in the government OF
Astrakhan and in the southern part of the
CrimeG. The southern provinces in 1888
yielded 10, 800 pounds of silk, and Trans
CsUcasis in 1850, 72l,OOO pounds. Reindeer
are kept north of latitude 66o north, and
camelB in The south, many being found
nesr Orenburg. Among the wild animals
are the bison Gin the forest of BialoyitZ2 IN
L~ithuaniRl elks, deer, bears, wild hogs
and g%luttons; and in the sJeppssi wolves,
foxes, wild asses, saga RntelOpss. konsak
and the iergos. Furs are an important
article OF export. Fish is very abundant
in the Polar sea and in the rivers, and
some tribes, especially in the northeast,
live entirely by fishing. The most inn
portanG fisheries are those of the VOlga,
the Ural and the SEES OF AZJf. They are ex-
empt from tsxes,sxeept those of theVolga.
In the Polar sea, whales, seals, etc, are
caught. Nearly all the metals are found
in Russia, most of them of excellent quail
ity. The principal mines are in the Ursi
and Altsi mountains, and nesrN ertchinsk
in Siberis. The produce Of gold increased
from Is, 900 pounds svOirdupois in 1888 to
49, 796 in 1916, and So, 700 in IS47 since which
il has again decreased lin 1852 only {, Sl2
poundsl The total produce of gold from
the middle OF the eighteenth csntury TO
1858 ia estimated Sc 873 65l pounds; the
value of the produce from 1919 to l845 81
j ~ @aH9A 81 10 AAaS AsHAAA IL IL
Ural and Altai mountains, and the yearly
produce amounts now to about 58, 00G
pounds, but reCently.discOvered veins OF
argenEiferous gsiena promise q larger
yield. The aggregate value of the gold
and silver pnOducsd from 1928 to 1851
amounted to S215, 7Sg, coo, and the aggre-
gate value of the Russian gold and silver
bullion In 1851 was 1921, O0O, 600. Platinum
is fonnd slmost exclusively in the neigh
b0rhO0d OF EkateTinburg. It was first
discovered in 1898, from which year until
1851 the product was 74,S26 pounds. Cop
per il found In thu Ural, oUt much more
oOpiGusiy (though a. yet bat little worksd)
in East Siberia. The produce Wss 1855
tons (Of 2240 pOunds) in 1852, and SAL in
1857. At the death Of Peter the Great there
were tWsnty-One large imperial mRnufsc-
tories, and several smaller ones; In 1901
their number had risen to 3724, in 1872 10
1882. in 1920 TO 1924, in 1887 to $3.50, in Is45
TO 1910, and in 1854 thoir number Tss esti-
mated st Is 100. The chief seat OF manu-
features is Moscow, and next the govern
ments OF Vladimir, Mini NovgOrod. Sara
toy and st. Petersburg, and Poland.
Among the most important products of
Russian industry are wooden goods, silk,
linen OF all kinds, leether, tallOw, candles,
soap and mstallic wares. Cotton spinning
is rapidly developing under the probiOi-
tive system; in 1860 about 100000 bales of
raw cotton were imported; while fifty
spinning mills IN 1850 yielded about 2 52O,-
900 p0unes Of yarn, not sufficient for the
| demand Of the native looms, which in 300
MANUFACTURES produced about 8,000,O coo
pieces Of cotton. The value of the latter
was estimated in 1916 at SS4, OO0, 900, of
which SIS $50 900 belonged TO the govern
msnt of Vladimir, The manufacture Of
wooden goods IS likewise rapidly gaining
in extent. In 1922 the cloth tor the uni
forms of the imperial guards had to be ID
tsined in England, n in 1928 Silesis and
Poland furnished the supply for the Rus
sian In wooden goods with
China; now Russian manufactures supply
both. In 1850, 500 establishments manu-
featured 21,6S7, 900 pounds of sleeps wool,
half Of which was of fine quality. The
manufacture Of mixed wooden goods COM
menced In 1910, snd in 1915 Moscow alone
had twenty-five manufactures. Coats of
~sheepskin, the common dress Of the lower
classes of the population, are manufactured
at the rate Of about $4,000, 900 annually.
The chief seat Of the silk manufacture is
the government of Moscow. Altogether
there about 200 establishments manufac
turing upward of 1880, 900 pounds of raw
silk. In 1S45 the value of the annual pro-
ductlon Was estimated at 90, 27S, 900. In
quality the goods are still inferior to those
Of other European countries, and the prices
a ~ AA9Au LmLaEAa has ~ BACaGAt ~ LELk6A Il
number of bset-sugaT factories than any
other country; in 1853 there were no fewer
$50, while Francs had 834 aud the
Z1lvsreln 287. The principal articles OF
export are corn and grain, tRlloW, hemp, l
fax, hemp and fax seed, hemp and lin
seed oils, iron, copper, timber, potsshes, |
b~ristles, nrs, hides and Isinglass. The
principal imports are rice,rsW and refined
coffee, tea, wines, fruits, pearls and
nFagI0mE ETnmaE- nnnRg lnnFaUinHa and /
furB; cattle and horses from Asia; foreign
manufactures Of silk, WOODEN, cotton, etc
cotton, cotton yarn, indigo, cochinesl,
and dye woods. The ssapOrts srs few,
being almost confined to Archangel. on
the Arctic ocean; st. Petersburg and Riga
on the CULTS Of the Baltic; Odessa, Niko-
IaieV and a few others Of lsss Importance
on the Black sea; Taganrog, on the sea of
AzOf; Astrskhsn, BGkoo and Kizliar, on
he Caspian, and Nic0laiev, at The mouth
II the AMOR, on the gulf Of Tartary.
THE GRAED DBKE ALEXIS.
lRRTvAL.AND RECEPTIONS IN THE UNITED
Stairs
On the morning of the 10th OF Novem-
)eY, At one O'Clock, the Russian dsst wss
ignalled of Sandy Hook, New York, and
~ noon the flagship SvetlsnR with his
imperial Highness on board had come to .
in the lower bay. The 2Ist was
TO his reception, and the next !
morning found the guest Of the nation at
HsRce he returned to New !
York and from Gotham started upon his .
over the oOuntry-BOston, PhilRdel- :
,his, Chicago, Milwaukee, Montreal, Chi !
ago again, st. Louis, the Plains, Louis :
ille, and finally MemPhis-belnR in Z
luded in his In no city visited :
y him has the welcome been lukewarm, ;
z the arrangements at all niggsrdly. :
Niagara Falls hotsl-keeper, however, :
0ule not resist the thievish propensi- =
les that seem to belong TO his class at :
hat noted watering. pleoe, and made the :
xorbitsnt charge Of 5000 for an ordinary :