The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-31
RESOURCES OF RUSSIA.
THEY ARE rRAcrioaLIy WITHOUT
ANY LIMIT
Amazing Facts ana Figures Given In
Specially prepared worid's Fair
Report--lAhead Of America IN
Agricultural values
chicaso I5eraid.

u NNA AZ AN0NtA q AANtaNtAA1Aa AhfEtA@A y
the whole people pl the United States. o
Course. all were ftiiy aware. in genera
way, q the fact thar the Russian emplri
4 IS great bower, one OF the largest In thl
world, and that by size OF territory, b,
inimegsEty Of population and natural re
sources II Is destined to play a great par
IN the future history Of the race. as * ha.
In the past All know that next to mi:
country, Russia Is the greatest grain
producing land on the globe, yielding every
/ year goodly portion Of its superabun'
/ dAnt crops TO feed the mouths OF millions
/ Of Europeans. hut few had any idea that
! Russia would appear at the WORLDS FAN
1 as one OF the chief exhibiting sections,
1 and that this would be done Ia a number
I OF departments where Il was least ex-
I pected. Both the comprehensiveness OF
| its exhibits and the intrinsic excellence OF
II came as great surprise 10 Americans,
I That Russia would triumph, FOR instance,
IN a number of its leading features IN
Industrial products IN the same lines Of
leading industrial powers but very few
Americans expected. one Of the few,
though. who efficiently did expect 1t, was
,1chn Martin Crawford United States cons
SUI general To Russia
PUBLICATIONS PREPARED,
Mr.. Crawford assumed early In this
present year responsibility for the English
translation Of hve voiuminous -and care
fully prepared publications that the Rus
sian government caused 10 be specially
published for Morld's Far purposes az
order to acqualnt tne American people
with the actual resources OF Russia in all
the main de4artments OF human activity
industrial pursuits including trade and
manufacturers, agriculture and forestry,
mining and transportation These i've
volumes, aggregating some 1880 quarto
pages OF text, ana containing numerous
coiored maps and statistical or other ape
pendices, we're prepared with greatest
care under direction OF the Russian min
ister OF finance, some twenty department
chiefs Of the Imperial government and
other high officials collaborating, while
the English translation was gotten up
under the supervision and control OF the
American consul general ia ST. Peters
berg. The Information thus presented Is
potn exhaustive and thoroughly reliable.
Two of the hYe volumes treat of manu-
features and trade a very large one OF
agriculture and forestry: one of mining
ana metallurgyj and the fifth Of Siberia
and the great trans continental railway,
Joining Europe to farthest Asia. The yari-
Gus preIaces are instructive IN ahording a
faithful idea OF the general scope of this
immense work-undertaken, let II be re-
membered, wholly on account Of the Co
lumbar EIpcHition--and each one OF the
many chapters generally handling one
activity contains the FULLEST explanations
both historical and technical Experts I'M
4hAAgl iNAi no matter IN what UelQ OF mate
ilal pursuit engaged can not fail to gath
er valuable Information as 10 the status
Of the corresponding field In Russia. The
statistical tables and the data literally
distributed throughout the text are All
obtained from official sources and are
the latest obtalnable those for the year
1891 being generally included. The typo
Erlphlel makeup Of this enormous work
is deserving Of high praise. The paper is
81 excellent quality, the print Is very
clear and the number OF typogra phtcal |
errors would be surprisingly small even
for an American official publication A |
lact aH he more worthy OF commenda- !
o n theSe I'VE volumes were unacquainted /
WIN the Language IN which this trans /
lated version was written.
OVER THE CONTENTS.
1t is a regrettable fact that the space /
AVAILABLE IN n busy daily paper for re- |
view Of the contents Of tnis great Russian
-eport-beins IN its entirety nothing less
han a complete survey OF all the material \
-ssouiets oi Lhe great empire q This pres
shL aay SSH not permit as thorough q
yhopaiS as me subjects would otherwise
warrant w nat can here he done is only
% skim over the Immense amount ot
llBaiy instructive matter ana note here
ga there, some Fpeclally significant facts.
nose feaderS whom such a summary
proceeding does not satisfy are referred
or ampltr INFORMATION. 20 the imperial
t4sslan Worlds Fair commission.
IaItlns up he nrst two volumes, those /
W manufactures and trade, d. may be (
tated tAdt they deal WIN all branches M I
Industrial pursuit which have attained
and Aaiaic. The list cumprjses
ne following; Cotton goods, flax hemp
-na Jute goods. WOODEN goods SILK goods.
'Apei lhuussry, leather goods, India rub
'er trade, wood industry. metal Industries
aachines and Implements, glass wares
trantlcs, chemical Industry manufactures
Il matches, naphJha industry, cement
Iade ta.l in Vol. ID sugar manufacture
lstrloutlon OF spirits tobacco industry,
9od products ship building and navlga-
tussien customs tariff SYSTEMS review 81
ogeign trade. interior trade and fairs In
tussla, consumption OF fuel for indus
rial purposes wages and working hours
factories, and Industries in FINLAND
lhleh russian dependency it VIII be re-
stration Of its own.
cOTrONs AND woOLENs.
IT will astonish many to learn that in
oint of cotton manufacture Russia IL
ar advanced, having In fact. larger
lumber OF spindies W,G00,O0gl going than
ny olher country except England twith
8 4LUuOouOJ ana the united states (~itn
,, lfWtl exceeding both France l1,u39,-
lO ana Germany 3,0pU,Ulvl some l,OIO,-
y bales loi 400 English pounds eacM OF
eng about Qne-tourth the amount used ]
y IN Ensiish manufactures Cotton
1ols Of every KIND are made ia Russia
ON lhe chGapeat 10 the huest- Russia,
fact, has begun 10 export these goods |
hers ~ large quantities and is now
Using cotton Of superior quality on rs D
Nn territory, Most OF her cotton goods /
made in small factories bat She also =
lasts OF come very big spinning ana +
'intinE establishments, and as 10 liza d
festuHs USED and the large variety and / .
lrabiily pE the shades produced aud the q
anlloid character ana beauty of desigtts 4
very nigh degree OF excellence mas been G
achet MOSCOW, Vladimir TVer YarO- 1
aY, ldazan, Snoluesk, kostroma, Ka- g
~ kalOuaa, khurgun. THIS, Perm ana n
f. Petesberg are the principal centers b
n the manufacture Of cotton goods %
'aVy customs tarilf protects the Russian 4
anufaeiurers against foreign COMPETE q
On The ha& crop Is one OF great Inn 81
y .ance IN Russia, the annual average 4
ing lGbpO,Quo pOuda (the poud beinfg e.
"a pounds Eugllsh1. Hemp, too is ~ n
importance q
WOODEN goods are made IN enormous
iantlues In Russia, the severity ~ M
inter climate necessltatlng the weHrint-
warm clothes The annual Weld ~ a
Dol for European Russia AVERAGES abont | A.
100000 pounds. of which ftIlv ona y
nrth Is sent abroad The Russian spin q
rs nae, however both native and forelsr IL
rms and woods, and their outnpt sun ~
.es the home market as far as Inc ih ~
FLOR goods are concerned. but al Ia Ne II
er grades England ana Germany iinuorf ".
.se quRntities. The Russian Wool epoJs =,
for the most part, into Asia This Il,
nOlG INDUSTRY ig rauiilK lnrrrslf.. 80 it'