The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04
VLADIMIR TEpLoW.

Its manufactures, like the manufactures
of Russia herseff; are comparatively I'M
important. Our great wealth lies In our
forests and fields, and for many years
this state of things must continue. The
United States, then, as the most accessi-
BILE manufacturing neighbor, must be
looked to as the source from which we
may procure the machinery necessary to
develop and work our great area of agri-
cultural and wooded lands. To the Unit
ed States. also, we must look for the
machinery with which we shall develop
the great mineral deposits that surveys
show exist in Siberia and the adjacent
territory.
A hit Of Prophecy.
From the day on which the first through
train is hauled over the new road. l ex-
pect to see the result | predicted manifest
itself both in your Pacific coast cities and
inland at your manufacturing centers.
Much of the material for the construc-
ton and operation of the completed Sec
lions of the road has come from the Uni
ted States. Already, then. you have had
great benefits from the enterprise. But
what you have had is merely drop in
the bucket. The real benefit will come
when the road is regularly opened for
business, when communities are building
up along its line, when areas now unin-
hahited and undeveloped shall spring into
ton. American capital and American en-
terprise will be tremendous factors In ST.
IBERIA then, and there will be no section Of
your country then. North, South. East or
West. that will not be affected favorahly.
Your millionaire and your workingnlan
VIII equally feel the stimulus.
At the present day Russia imports from
the United States many times as much as
she exports to this country. Last year We
took from you products worth more than
$50 .0J00I while you took from us pro-
ducts worth only 100000. This shows
how much we need your products and how
glad we are to get them. You sent us
principally machinery. We sent you a
small part of our agricultural crops.
Now. when this new railroad Is finished.
we shall not only add vastly TO your field
but we shall also bring our markets to
Your very doors. No other manufacture
ing nation is so situated that 1t can reach
this new commercial area to so good adj
vantage. The United States. through its
Pacific ports. win then enjoy privileges
that. coupled with the conditions which
have given you such an important place
In the worlds commerce. will enable you
20 do business under favorable circum-
stances that other nations cannot change.
either In the immediate present or in the
years TO come.
Russian Friendship for America.
Not the least OF your advantages lies in
the fact that Americas people and Amer
teas products are alike immensely p0pu-
lar with the people or Russia and her pos
sessions. This feeling OF good viii exists
alike among the masses and the classes
This feeling is literally au-pcrvasive
II may not be easy To trace It's origin
and growth. but II Is easy enough to
demonstrate that Il exists No obserVaut
American who has ever visited Russia can
have faded 20 notice H. We seem. In our
country, TO grow up With a strong love
for the enterprising people on this side
OF the world This sentiment 81 as strong
with he individual as It IS with the ma
ton I suppose that with us as indi-
yiduRls. Il is largely because We as a ma
ton took sides with the Unitea States
at the time OF its severest struggles.
Historical Reference.
This must naturally have had It's innu-
ence on us as a people, and with the
passage Of time our good feeling for you
has spread among as unLl now. as l have
said. the peasant and ,hc Noble. the mcr-
chant and the farmer, al alike. look upon
all Americans as their brothers This SEN
iiment manifesis itself In ali sorts OF
striking ways No American warShip ever
visits cur waters that Is not received with
enthusiasts demonstrations. both on the
part q oar people ana our authorities
NhGh. aNIiNE your EivA MAJ some OF
the European governments were xlmus.
actively hostile, while nearly al we're APP
athletic. Russia never wavered for mo-
msnt Ia her friendship for the United
States Shc showed clearly where she
stood Hpw much influence her setlan
had ia moiding paelic sentiment al a crig-
cal time IN the European courts IL IS inn
possible far me &c say Perhaps I cannot
Justly assert that eur stand Rad auv ac-
IA - ( htfr IL A..
showed, as had 80 oflen been shown b.
fore, hat We were something more than
tasr weather friends
Remembering thai speh feelings underly
cur relations. II should not De hard 20 IN
derstaud how the building 90 the Trans
siberian rpad means much 90 America To
Russia the advantages acCruiuE from the
construction arc chiefly strA3eglcal Ia
America viii come en1rrnns.- advantages
from The commercial and financial stand
points VLADIMIR TEPLOW.
Imperial Consul General OF Russia a. New
YORK