, 1875-11-08

RUSSIA,
TIE FAILURE OF THE HARVEST.
tNep FufE Forlf. Nnr. &.

tfeb kpfE n 9Ita+ 400, y.
There sctn,s to bo no longer any room to
doubt that tho Russian Empire has been visited
this year With oue OF the worst ca!an,ties which
eau bolall people SO extensively agricultural,
aud condemned by their governmental syaten. to
SO excluaive dependence upon thoir OWN re-
sources for the prime neceHsar1es Of llfe The
Russian hnrveHtB havc failed, not hero and there
in Pcattarad districts Of tho empire, but from
ond to end Of tho yaat domtnions Of Alexander
II. In Europe, Thora have been pre-
monfttona hese and the1e Of this great
disaster for souo timo past and steady rise in
tho ptico OF grain in Odessa has prepared those
who watch such phenomeu& with the attention
they deserve, for the nows which now reaches
Us. But hardly Tor tho o1tent and gravity Ut
tho Altegep.eine Ztttun2 Of oct. %, forestalow-
ing pretty plainly The putting Of = nav aud iu-
portant ltussian loan upon the markets Of tho
West, Kives Us most impressive picture of the
unhappy condition to which tho rural districts
dueed.
F1om Osel to Ke,m, from Tambow to Pod olsk,
comes UP one uplso1eal vail from the ruined
iamentation hke That whlc,, reached ali hearts 1s
from tho famine in sainara." Gays the Attgemeinc
Ze1!anq. 'it Ia an absolute proatration Of
nearly tue whole GEsin-srowlng region Of
Aussi&.' The districts which sre confronted BY
ine1o1ablc winter. can look uowhare for hcip,
since tho poE1l ia uDivorsAl And tho
casaatrophe is tho moro complete that
Tha peasants have neither fodler for their cat
tlc nor food for themaalvas. Tha prtco Of straw
aud hay has gono up il s the xftliotod regions
to- fabulous figure. The poasanss who i.aso
supplying The failure Of their grass, tind thom-
selsea compelled to part with their cattle 1t
r!,inouB pticos, and. Of oourae, In parting With
thes cattle. they part with tho future Of tAelr
har!lY-t!iiol hcres. 10 many reslous Of West
ern Russia these unhappy people are submitting
to tho noat oppraahiys conditions In tho hopo
Of anaiug themselves not completely stripped
OF al! their form-atock when tho spfin9 shall
ru,ncd fortunes. 1u one place in Podolsa, for
example, walt-to-do farmers are putting thois
cattle out 10 keep for tho winter. on the con.
1luon that for every yoks Of oxen delivered
back to thnsn In tho spring the laadlord who
keeps them during tho winter shall ,otsln two
yokes Of oxen, 0f course 1t does not certainly
follow from this terrible condition Of the aari-
culture Of Aussts, which Is the main industry Of
tho Empire, that Rusaa Will entirely disappear
from tho grain markets a. an exporting powot
during tLo current season. 4rxin was
exported from Ireland. It will be remembered,
even during tho height Of the dreadful famine
ct 1877; and the material communications OF
Russts arc atil SO iuadaqusto that there 40
doubtless districts OF Southern Rusata parttoa.
lsrsy from which II Will be more easy 10 expect
grain at Western prices to Western Europe than
70 aend It. 1t faullna pricea Into Western and
gan TO Great britain, tor example, n,ust neo-
*hasrlly fall 81 very greatly under tho sttoss Of
such condition OF The domestic supply and d.
.ia' gr.ia to md or,.i she nt.1a Ks.s'n expert Of
is7ss .noantod in ' value to no. 'ss las tI.a Gsa
Ie:9Wt 2sa sterling, oE In souad numbors 10
sao.ouD. .0a0 ~ gold. against N American export