, 1875-09-04

CONSULAR REPORTS.
Russian ti1i&i Ssvias Affniras !
NURAfA.
The frat ten locomotives woEo imported to st. |
Petersburg IN 1874 from tic baldwin Loco
n1ntlyo Works. OF Philadelphia, followed by |
twenty moro from tho same finn. aud lasE Hini-
MGR fifty moro wore contracted for at tho |
Grant Factory, tn Now York: The great mo-
mcut of this fnciptont trndo will bo np- |
parent from tho fact that thore IL mi Inn |
nicnee ioitl here opeu for thoir import for many
generations tu como. the rairoad liaeH of n1Baa
having 1ust commenced to dcveop on t,ra'rt'er
scale. thoao in operation hardly reacliihg to
1B.00D English miles up 10 this 1av. Tho small
locomotives heretofore built in Rlsaia tat tho
ratio OF 100 to 140 only n year.. also llloao
imported from Germany. Trance, and
Belgium wero all built for consumption Of wood
for fnol. ill tho hEone Of the Philadelphia
firm Ind brought tho attention OF tho consuming
departments 10 tho faot that anthracite coat ot
the best quality can be fonud nrennd thn To~n at
Norenish, IN Southern l!uHstn, extending over
100 Enoa, nud that whole rtttiorH wcro nhuuna-
ing with II In tho southern hh1f Of tho Emplo
tutIicient 10 fond tl.a locomotives Of thu
wholo continent. Tho American 1ocomo-
hs1s ySs :y espfstsx seseRed ,t nS tos at'ass eos
consumption only--lshvo led Russian capital to
tho DEVELOPMENT Of tlss now quite. numerous
coal mines III tlle districts named. On accont
Of tho faultlcss finish Of tho American locomo-
ttyes and tlles superior power, guaranteed to
fsu OIL level ,075 tons, In iinn Of ttIoso hero
toforo In use, hauling but G50 to 7u0 tons, they
aro rnuoh preferred, as the higher preo paid for
a s1esa g nsms I SsGI syor r'1ss 9sss seae ps for M
tAoao brought In from Germany md Austria)
would Indicate.
Tie total value Of American cotton brought
u,E RI as sns s4x t;t se 1f T.
ton bought to 11evnl to flo,aGi Mo. giving To-
gotLer The astonishing total Of s2j,2i9, 6s3.
From tAbulur statement thu following consid-
eratioas are presented !. That while In 1874
tTonty-six Amer cAn voHaela imported cotton, fe-
trOIouul, and other American goods to Cron-
atadt md Reyal. representing yaIue Of ST.
I'll, tbs, forty-three forelgn yeshels brought in
American goods valned at 26 08G during TINT
year. ]. that. while III 1878 tho valuo Of goods
imported IN twonty-thrca American vcsneis WAS
s3405 .409 tito eghty-two foreign vessels brought
American goodA to tho amount Of FHGl5. LII.
! .. Lastly. during .1h74. up to Sert. 80. "iilo
goods valued as III, B3D, TG3, tho ogitJ.tour for
! tlsl vessels llYo brought goods valued ut
81. sat .463. !. 1t will be perceived. ano, TINT
vessols amountol, during rio three years, to
ail.l 9o2. while tl.at bro,l@ht by 10Y foreign
yeiaols amounted 10 S3t, ,c!i.iJ9. 8. Fpn'y. tho
total value Of imports TO thcso two ports III
American and foreign veBBols in 1879 nmount-
| cd to $4,000, 600 {moHt Of which being cot
| ton) that in 1879 amounted to Sl2, ,oo0, ,6S9. aud
| that imported III 1874 reaohed tho unprecedented
| sim Of s2G. ,23l. VIII thts rapid incrchso il
| tic imports Of American cotton to Itnssia still
! continue. Or has tho last wear been ~ cnccp-
| tional one? Tho near future will doclde.
It would Hoom, however, that the now impatna
glven Of latc years to nusaIsn cotton induetry,
| IN stated before, will, IN all probability, ho
enhanced bv tie nav markets Russian cotton
goo.!s 2ra finding outside Of their own fur OK
tending east-in tloso Aslatic territories lately
annexed to their country, as alao ip KhokAnd,
kahhgar, md ot1or ne'ghboItng Anlato nations
having treatlos Of a!nty. friendship, md COM
mo1ce with lsuss'a, whore English goods brought
from East India, "a Is we'll known, cannot com
reto with tho ltuts!an article. Tho subject
baing connccted with tho clsiof article Of Amesi-
can import to tl.is countEy IL deserving an
caruoss study. With tho .natesials on hand
sllall contihre my researches, and shall submit
their fusthcr results for the Information OF tue
department.
Thu separation OF Ssatu aud Church finds
moro and moro favoc w'lll the mass OF tue
peopls Of Switzerland: Obstacles i'll tho way
Of sho Cantonal t}ovornmenta Of losing
ali controlling power lu tho now
establlshed, thorough. aud uniform school sys-
toins, and consequently, q! directive influence
!lnpoduont ID tho way of its attnin,ng popular:
ity Ia ts belief that, by sacrificing tho National
Church, lnnumersbIe aects might arise. aa In
Aulerica, which ts not coveted hero. According
to sho new sw!ss Consultation, all boys aud girls
having passed their sixth yoor, must enter sohoo!
aud continue their studies until they arc II yoara
old. $780,,
| "Anlcrlcaa Government securities aso 'arRo'y
hAld but American railway bonds arc almost
disappearing from tho mRskot. All conhdonco
su the latter soeuritos IL loss, nor ts u much to
| anrpriao ono when 1t !s sramombssod that foroign
capital, to tile amount Of hundreds OF mllltonH
Of dollars !s lying In American rail-
road bonds, and mot drawing one cent OF interent
Investors Lero have not lost 40 much faith III tho
rcsourcey OF Amerca ~ thoy hAyo iu tho CON-
mon honesty aud upsightness OF tho managers
Of Amor1can roads; and doubt vary muck II
| eut!Ioiept money could bs borrowed In bwitzsr.
land to-day 10 build ainglo milo OF American
railway. There ia abundance Of ,nonsy
hero to lOnd, but tlose holding 1t arc
discouraged from inycating fl our railway
aocusltios by ths repeated flse reports ol
railway olicisls ~ 10 earnings; by the tIe'
| mendous amount Of expenses, ~ compared Httt
tie incomes Of tue roads; by tho exorbitant Hal
ares allowed railway officials; by tho rsportel
i want Of truth tn atatsments made BY railway
Presidents u to the real condition OF tho roAds
by tho eaEe1uoss with which our railway cor
poEatlous seize upon tecLntcalttes Of Law
to enable them to Ryoid meekipg Jus
dsfnanda and by the haste with which tlLel
stop inlerest payments at the approach Ut All
ansucisl trouble, These tr9 all ob1ections tha
CAL iu tma bs removed by american tallwa.
: cofporxt,ons adopting Ill economical and l.onea
poltcy' tn which shay must not forget tAht the.
ato not tho ouneTa OF, tut tho agents Ia. th
buslnsss which they are caled upon to manage
1t GOV. HAR1aANFT.
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