Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-07-16
RUSSIA A PROGRESSIVE NATION.
Wonderful Stimulus to Industry
Given by the Moscow Tx position.


Given by the Moscow kxpositiOn.
The British consul at Moscow. in a
report on the Mini Novgorod exhibit
ton. describes the industrial growth OF
Russia since the Moscow exhibition OF
1882 as very great. The progress made
in textiles is marvellous and many OF
the silk and print exhibits equaled any
thing that Lyons and Manchester could
produce. The machinery section was
full of good work. but agricultural ma
chinery left much to be desired. In
the mines section there were some won
derful pieces of iron work which would
attract attention in any country, but
although the constant remark was that
every object was purely Russian, Brit
ish and German foremen are largely
employed in the iron works, French
men in the silk and many OF the print
works. while British subjects have still
very much to do with the cotton mills.
The development of the natural wealth
of the country is even greater than
that of the manufactures. The prOduc-
ton of coal has trebled in the last f1f-
teen years.
Cotton painting prospers in Tashkcnd
and Erivan ard The results in the new
plantations of the southern CausnSus
are excellent. Costly experiment near
Baku have produced Il Russian tea
which il shown with much pride, and
General Annenkotf is planting Ameri-
can vines in Turkestan; tobacco is also
being grown from American seed near
Samarkand. Generally speaking, ev-
cry branch of industry has improved
except agriculture, which grows worse
year by year. MIR. Medhurst thinks
that Great Britain should still be able
to supply Russia with portable engines,
higll-pressure steam boilers, steam
/ threshing machinery, heavy iron plows,
bicycles and machine tools.
Calico and kindred stuffs appear to
lie made sufficiently well at prices
which are so low that they must affect
British trade, but he thinks some years
must elapse before Russia can con-
struct satisfactory spinning machinery
| in sufficient quantities to affect British
makers. He saw nothing in the hard
ware section to alarm our m0nufactur.
ers Of high class goods and, generally
he came to the conclusion that the
trade in cheap goods is slipping away
from us, but where high class articles
of the best materials are required
it is admitted than the British stand
first, except in Manchester goods. The
consul says that when England first
permitted the export of spinning and
weaving machinery in 1913 there were
$4,000 spindles in all Russia. which
produced yearly 5000 tons Of yarn.
In 1895 there were 5,OOO,OOO spindle.
and 100000 looms at work. producing
161 300 tons of yarns and giving EN-
ployment to 100000 hands. British
and German foremen are being grad
ually replaced by Russians and at
tempts have been made-with very in
different results SO far-to suplan
British machinery by that made IL
Russia. Efforts to provide her owl
raw material have been more fortu
nate. In 1888 the total value of cottoI
goods produced in Russia was f27, 100,
600 and in 1892 it amounted to f3S, 47O,
600. The Russian silk trade has pros
pered since 1875. The wooden industry
Is not so prosperous. The best Rus
sian cloth Is made by an English Arm
settled near st. Petersburg since 1S41
which employs o,10O hands.-Scientif'
American.