The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-12
DE WEALTH OF slsERlA.
VIII soon BE One Of the World. Most
Productive Sections.

Productive sections.
Siberil is becoming the successor
Jt the United States "a q Mecca for
immigrants The 5,213.95 square
niles Of Siberia and the Amur lands
lave population Of only 1000, 600.
1ut n 1928 there were 400, 600 i'm
migrants, and the tide of immigration
= increasing. Consul +. c. Mona
CHAN, at Chemnitz, reports to the
State Department at Washington that
the recent movement into Siberia IL
Lnequaled anywhere except IN the
records OF past immigration into the
United States.
Siberia and the Amur lands" he
leciares, "arc rich beyond belief
This vast territory, long looked upon
a. barren waste, IL destined 10 be
one Of the worlds richest aud most
productive sections. In Northern
France wheat ripens IN 1877 days; in
siberia, IN IO7. Even strong night
irOsts do not iniure the young seed.
Under such conditions the possibili-
-Ies of agriculture are practically IN
limited. I may II that oats require
i Siberia and the Amur country
only ninety-six days, and IN the
.egi6us Of the Yenisei only 1O7. The
'rost period lasts only uinety-seven
lays IN the Irkutsl country"
The mineral resources Of Western
Siberia are vast. Between Tomsk
and Kooznesk," says Consul Mona
chan, ''ie 3, I67 square miles of coal
lands which have never been touched.
The coal Is said TO be excellent.
In Eastern Siberia, with its los, 1I3
square miles Of fruitful soil, there are
100 places yielding gold. Rich min
aral deposIts-graphite, Iapus Iazuli.
iron mines, particularly good IN quail
lty yielding "a high "A sixty per
cent? hard and soft coal, l. e., black
and brown cOals-await hands willing
TO work them To-day thousands OF
cnlonists are hurrying to these prom
isIng lands.
The industries Of Siberia are in
their infancy; still they are growing
md are bound 10 grow, so rich are the
rewards promised. Chemical. sugar
and paper mills have been put up IN
severa, places and are paying we'll.
Even Manchuria, a province SO vast
that it might make an empire, IS look
ing 30 Russia for its future develop
ment The wealth Of this province,
like that of Siberia and all Eastern
Russia, Is ripe for harvesting
The traffic IN Siberia and Eastern
Russia il increasing faster than even
the advocates of the great Trans
Siberian Road anticipated. The Obi,
one of the worlds big rivers, empty
ing through the Gulf Of Obi into the
Arctic Ocean, has 1O2 steamers AMI
200 tugs running already. On the
YenIsei ten steamers carry the
mails regularly. The mouths of both
these rivers were visited last summer
by English and Russian ships. This
proves the practicabilityo Of connecting
Eastern and Western Siberia with
Europe by water. The mouth of the
Obi Is 90 be deepened and wharyes
are 10 be built.
"On the coast Of the Usuri country
there Is regular postal communication
between NicO,aIe VladivOstock.
and Intervening places, as well as con
nectIon with Japanese ports and Port
Arthur. From Odessa and Sc. Peters
burg 90 various Asiatic ports runs the
so-cailed volunteer feet, established
IN 1878 II has fourteen steamers,
with lIj, 500 tons displacement In
war they can be armed, IN peace they
carry freight, travellers, immigrants
AMI troops
Siberia and the Amur country
possess advantages very similar to
those Of North America, Australia
and parts Of Africa. The great gain
TO Russia a5 present, IN developing
Siberia. Is the guarantee that her
harvests viii come nearer 20 supply
ing her wheat needs