The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-29
STUDYING RUSSIAN.

The study OF the Russian larguage
ber OF the schools OF Berlin. including
one OF the gymnasiums. This Is the
latest phase OF the remarkable efforts
Germany has been making TO secure
the lions share of the growing trace
OF her neighbour.
Twelve years ago England's trade
relations with Russia were far mo-
importan. than those OF Germany. To-
day the sale OF German products IN
Russia exceeds that Of England by
about $4,000, 900 a year. and the Ger
man purchases OF Russian goods ey-
ceed those OF England by about sl2,-
600, 900 a year. The political alliance
beween Russia and France has not I'M
proved their commercial relations.
GERMANY sells to Russia seven times
the value of goods exported 10 that
country by France and buys from her
three times as much as France pur-
Chases.
Germany has not won her supremacy
over all rivals i'm the Russian trade
without the hardest % work. Hundreds
OF the agents OF German manufactur-
ers are constantly visiting RUSSIAN
trade centres and winning the new
markets for their goods. An OF them
can speak Russian. and manufacturers
OF England and France who depend
mainly upon circulars, printed In thelr
own Nernaculars. can make little hcau-
way against such effective competi-
ton. and now that merchants OF tne
United States and England are ABOUT
TO exhibit their own products In Rus-
..Iy~
decided 10 meet this new phase or r.
valry, and will establish PERMANENT
exhibitions OF her wares In the leadlhg
centres Of Russian industry ana com
mercc.
Germany was the first 90 realize the
vast significance OF the lndustrlal
awakening in Russia which began
about twenty years ago Her ihanu-
facturers saw the opportunity 10 sup
plant the cottage industries with ma
chinery which could not be made at
home. There are now 60o0,000 spindles
i'm Russian cotton mills none or which
was made i'm the country. befmanE
was the first TO take advantage of the
cars invitation u foreign captdl 40
invest in Russian Industrial enter
prises. from which foreigners had been
practically excluded before. Belgium
and France also e-.ered this field. bul
"a long way behind Germany while
England held aloof except In Fhe
naphtha fields of Caucasia. To-day Ger.
man industrial plants are represented
largely in the cotton mills Of western
Poland. i'm the sugar refineries OF the
Middle Dnieper, in the agricultural ana
other machine factories of the Donetz
coal and iron districts and even IN the
tobacco works of the Central Nolsa'
The growth Of German trade has also
been promoted largely by the tact that
about ZOO. 600 OF the German race
mostly Austrians. live in the Baltic
provinces of Russia. i'm Poland ana In
the southern governments. iany nun
dreds of them. intimately ecqualn1eo
as they are with 1he commercial needs
and prospects OF the country. are th.'
direct agents of German trade But
other nations are becoming thoroughly
alive TO the opportunitfe- N Russia.
and Germany with all the advantages
She has gained. is certain 10 meet'with
formidable competition in future. RUS
sia depends on Us for the larger part
of the raw cotton she consumes and
there il a great opening for our agri-
cultural and other machinery, whose
superior excellence is now recognized
by many Russian buyers.