Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-18

heir trading over tea, and this CONNER
center, Moscow, is full of tea houses
ed traktirs, where these long haired
chants sit and suck their tea through
ps of sugar which they hold between
r teeth aud dicker and bargain from
rning till evening.
There is no such thing as fixed prices nor
K trades in Russia 1t takes a man all
to come to a decision, and he ALWAYS
YOU three times as much az he expects
ct And still the business done is
nous Moscow has some business
Ses which would be a credit to Chicago,
here are stores here as fine as you will
anywhere in Paris
Magnificent Palaces of Trade.
wealthier Russians buy the most e1-
mt articles of jewelry and wearing
and the arcades of this city of
are unequsled snywhere in the
just under the shadow of the holy
there is now being built vast
# six stories which must cover
an acres of ground, and there are
usiness blocks here which cover
There is more economy used in
than in America, and some of
buildings are cut by wide passages
e rooted with glass and out upon
en- stores about 90 feet front with
windows These windows are
tn beautiful goods, and the shop
spend hours in going from one
another without getting out into
DDS sold are largely imported and
Gus to see how the government
the payment OF duty upon them.
nported article paws a tax and Rus
erhaps the highest protective tariff
puntry in the world. Every article
ave the stamp of the revenue officer
and this stamp is in the shape of a
ece of lead as big around as a silver
piece, to which are fastened two
Of wire which unite inside of the
sold. 1t is impossible to get this
without breaking the stamp. which
elibly pressed into the lead, and
sr you buy a necktie, q pair of stock
piece of jewelry it must have this
upon it
sars Come in Little Glass Boxes
acco Of all kinds is heavily taxed and
ped round with revenue stamps and
b have glass tops. If you buy one ci-
is in little glass box, and there are
of two cigars, three cigars and of
six, ten and dozen. Each bears Its
opriste stamp and the bigger the box
bigger the stamp. The result is that
oreign articles are very high and i'm
ed cigars cost twice as much as they do
l US. Articles manufactured in Russia,
ever, are cheap, and it will be surpris-
20 many Americans to know what Rus
makes.
ere are over l, 300 factories in operation
Moscow and you can see the smoke
standing like sentineis here and there
the landscape, rivaling in their height /
'olden spires of the churches. These
les employ q quarter of a million of
.rs and they turn out about a hundred
fly million dollars worth of products
wear. The city of Tula, which is a
s ride from Moscow, has cutlery works
make all kinds OF iron and steel ware
the finest quality. bought a knife and
az or during my visit there few davs ago
hey are as fine as anything that Shelf
d or Birmingham can produce. 1t is at
a that the samoyars are made, nearly
OC0,000 worth being turned out every
sr, and there are large gun factories here
iCh supply the Russian army.
" in Manufacture II hat She Needs.
The cotton industry is mainly confined to
,scow. 1t has trebled within the last ten
lrs and there are cotton mills here which
uld be a credit to Massachusetts The