The sun., 1883-12-30
American nLuExcs IN nuss,1.
kseefs. Our Competition In the Grain
% Markets or Europe.
sr ffxissbpno, Dec. l5-It is the fate Of


Tr!n!c could not sit quietly on his throne be-
,ause In aovsorod tho -epablican spirit pre-
vailed. The Car Alexis 0hd the Tmpress
ca,harinc II. were frightened out Of their wits
oy republican movements Of the peasantry.
The Car Alexander l. sounded the alarm when
the French Kings throne was upset. and his
loars were justified by tho great Russian con-
spiracy OF tho Decembrists. who were imbued
with the Frcach spirit OF republicanism. The
JSar-soder Nicholas sword in hand rushed
aow to Egypt. now to Poland. now to Hungary
everywhere lighting against the spirit OF ro-
onblicanism. rcrceiving tho great moral in
lnence which the small republic OF Switzerland
exercised over European countries he used to
lxclaIm In rage Oh that stormy tumblcr Of
yutor" The late Gar repeatedly expressed
ear that the French republic would prove too
Ontagious in its influence. and he looked upon
Sihilism as chiefly OF French origin.
But no Car has ever been 30 badly cornered
va republic rs tho present Gar. Alexander
H.. is. 1t is a solemn fact that Uncle Sam.
perhaps unwittlngly. has done much to revo-
utionlzc the system OF Russian husbnndry.
What grand aud unique spectacle! OK
iaimed u Russian lads who is a writer of fame
acre. There. beyond the Atlantic. fair ma
cstic woman rcigns supreme Liberty Is her
aame. Her children. fifty millions strong, en-
oy complete freedom. and their prosperity be-
Silders the world. BY happy chance this
American goddess has met on her glorious waya
noross. gigantic jailer keeping hundred mil
ioa prisoners behind bars OF iron And what
lns been tho effect? The jailcr trembles. fore
peeiug his DOOM"
In this century ndust rial conquests arc per-
laps more telling than military ones. and the
russian lady in her remarks referred to the
Industrial encounter between the Russian
sutocracy and the American republic. The
crushing influence Of American grain upon the
aussisn grain trade has been for years a theme
II the lveliest discussions for many writer's
md economists in Russia. They have come
Lmost unanimously to the conclusion that in
iho present circumstances Russian grain can
aot advantageously compete with American
grain in the European markets. and that Rus.
pia's system Of husbaudry must DO radically re-
sormsd or she will fall back into the state OF
poverty. barbarism and anarchy which for cen.
Rn.sN Mas snsS mH. ,o or IA. S n
.nd ,rraIa NJ n rocs,'t session of tho sooio,,
expressed the same idea in q new and very
Cheap American grain. he said has dem.
onstrated beyond any doubt that both our i'm
nense farms and our starvation allotmsnts to
peasants must go. or We must suffer both inli-
'idaal and state bankruptcy.
~. ahs 1s,.i .emark is very YER sig ssniic"at IL is like
she writing upon the WALL On the liberation
si the seris land in Russia presented two types
srs, and exceedingly small farms. starvation
rule. the former seriholders have proved bad
farmers. Instead of attending personally to
their business. they put an agent. usually q
German. in charge Of their estates and he en-
W ' e' 49,. w. ", 80
aaos es sne farming IN person @ Ok rem. inc ,ana
nooies are no. eonducted IN ousihesshke {,
yield profit. the grain must be sold at high
r.te. This would not be 30 bad II Russian
Erain were in fair demand in IL, the European m
past those markets have boen well supplied BY
American grain merchants who. notwlthstand-
Ing their distance nee can underseil n the hasslans
not tn Sa nayng
ness. 4 lew steps further and they win BE- rq-
ined They make p Loans and "a mertXaGe n tneil
ihem g the face. -.
he ehs shsr is On
nsafre sopent II he sells grain ain he does 4
Ss ne mas per Ss o M
imperial ia. col!ectorss but at the peril Of hi.
Amiiy: Certainly the fussian PeaSant cann1 M as
1eght IN gold ne would get hardly enough tc
make both ends meet. ana yet IL rs ssShs ;s ih
eore. ana asust one: .nah It bhe peasamt ID tilt m
4Amsiiepn competition; the ioster 1aaher g. g
bene o he
aacts. has come to his rescue me salt TAX ant
poll tax nave been aGotsheu. feasant pank'
pave Deen eetapilshon ior the purpose OF renn u
dering Goyernment assistance TO peasants II
SuylnE land me hlnlster OF ths interloT aor nas m
oeen empowered TO spend annually xoO00 w,
In giving out grain to peasants Tor seed pnt %
Subsistence dhen s me mort&age @ sysIhem h na' n
Y
owners The migration OF peasants has beeI
sanctioned But It Is too evident that an thest
measures cannot enable the tusslan farmer q
S2mpete successfully with the American farmer
The lmperial MORTGAGE system is becoming
blocked up with large reqenmed estates. ant
the peasants are selling their crops live year.
IN adyance! ,,
The blows dellyered nj us by the fanke'
farmers. said an officer employed In the AGri
cultural department are inueed Iiehly. on
nope IN the end they Will prove sanitary l
ts plain that American cheap grain Is revolu
eionihlng our State husbahhTY. strange as !