The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-03
RUSS1A'S FAMINE.
Depiorabie State of Annirs in Numerous
Provinces.
From Free Russia.

i + rom Ffee ltuSSla.
The ministry of agriculture admits the
failure of the corps having affected Ii
provinces. Besides these and Asiatic
/ provinces mentioned in our last issue.
bad news comes from the Moscow PROV
ince, that of Smolensk. kalduga and
I Perm. The first three provinces also
4 suffered greatly from forest fires 4
newspaper correspondent. writing from
one of the districts of the Ryazan PROV
inee. among other things, says: AL
though this years crops are sompWha
better than those Of 1891 yet this wear
VIII be harder to bear for our peasants
In the first place. in 1891, their stores
were larger; secondly. the whole ar
fangement for the Authorization of the
people was carried out ON larger basis
than II promises to be this time. Be
sides this, then no taxes We're collected
at ALL
The correspondent adds that, whether
paying or not paying taxes. the peasants
OF his district Will have to fall on state
charity as early as October or Novem-
Der.
The current year" writes another
correspondent from another district of
The same province to the NoNoe Nrem-
va, will surpass the year 1891 in threat
ening need and starvation Besides this
here and there fires have destroyed vii
lagos, robbing the Impoverished peas
ants of their shelter"
The st. Petersburg Nledomosti CORE
spondent writes from one of the dis
tricts of the 0rel province thar 1.-The
peasants define the present year as the
famine year, and look with much dread
on the approaching winter"
From the Toula province the follow
ing information comes Usually the
money realized by the sale OF oats coy
ers the taxes and the expenditure for
bread at the end Of the year. Now that
Na~il1 t.,-
alone. Then, after giving painful pic
turc of the general misery the CORE
spondent sums up i'm these words: Pco-
pie say that the present position Of tho.
peasantry reminds them of the starva-
ton period of 1872"
Writing from the Penza province at
the beginning Of September IN. -. an
other gentleman SAYS thar ALREADY A
great many peasants have no grain of
their own. and must have recourse TO
buying flour" He ADDS that the al
l"Wanee on which they may count is
Sufiicient fot their Authorization. Whiic
The prices of bread are rising and tn.
collection If taxes is going on as usual.
Writing from the Taurida province
tlhe triIneal. correspondent Of tine
NoNesti says thai the mort horn dis.
titcts. which have suffered considerably
from the failure Of the crops, are i'm
great need Of help far the sowing at
growers. who form a considerable part
~ the working population. have SUI
fered al least as much a. tho agricnl-
iulists, and do nat see any outlet from
their desperate position.
From IN kaiuuga province iufarna-
ton is sent - the same neN -paper mat
the special meeting al the provincial
zeHstVo assembly. On Sept. T. Ia p
passed q resolution 10 petition the gov
rnmrni t0i loan of 4iUo.Ueu for tire.
ears without interest. at which half
= To go for feeding the population and
half for seed
Inc breubeIE CORES pIuIEnt ri the
Novnsti writes Al the beginning Of Gate-
Der that the prices Of nedr ATE rising
teadlly and that people vho u tins
critic region used fnaiE Tse only for
sedins pigs are noN taxing 81 rre
,Iaa1 themseINes Enormous prairie
irss have deprived The HNs ztlekzof an
a8der
Whatever the variety in dgprasslae