The Nome nugget., 1902-02-19

the Imperial Government rom when .emanate all the laws and rples govern ing and regulating the conditions and customs, of this vast empire. Without exception Russia is today by far the largest central system in the world oryanizedand managed right through .on like principles as are those :not" monster enterprises in the Ur
 States. Everything from top to bo'
 is rigidly adjusted and run on
 closely and unchangeably mapped
 .by the central power. The bureaucl
 is trained to perfection to work a
 in the established routine and
 never in any case attempt to take
 initiative or to create new precedei
 This, nO doubt, causesthe Russian
 ernment to lack Aexhility.
 Any busiEess man who shas
 Hoo ied.into the workings of large
 .ganzed systems, rur to the least del
 by the head office, will readily und
 stand how harmfulIy and disturbin. the least departure or innovation W
 react on the harmonious and smOot
 working of the whole immense al
 complicated machine. Complaints have been frequent of late about 'the want of complaisance ,of the Russ au governmental it's diplomatic relations .wilh the United States, especially if. matters which appeared small and .easily adjustable to us, and which on occasions have led us to accuse Russia of shilly-shallying methods; hut it is just these apparently small matters which.are liable to interfere with and ,ia unset the firm balance of the rigidly adapted routine or the most cenUls'iI1eu and greatest of all modern systems. ., To any observer it must lave Leen apparent that after the Crimean war Russia took itself severely-in hand and shook out whatever lCoseness existed in it's system. Till Chat time il had followed largely, especially in the ex- .ploitation of it's siberian D ,ssessons, English methods by creating and .grenting.tO large chartered companies mOnopUlies and concessions and the right to conpuer and to develop, with the aid and under the auspices of the state, Lew territories. The les son taught by the Indian mutiny was learned and appreciated more by the Russian statesmen than by the English , fstatesmen, whosnot long since fell into q like mistake in South Africa, and gre paying dearly today in the war against the Boers for the mercenary aggres- siveness of their chartered. creature.
 The RussiGn- American Fur Com pany, which company had been con ceived and built up n lines like these of the East India Company, and which, with the help of the Cossacks. had Overrun and controlled all of Eastern Siberia and Alaska and had outposts on the American shores of the Pacific -a> far south as California, was abro- ;ga,ed soon .after:the Qrmean war. and since Russia has preferred rather to 1et it's immense Siberian resources he in idleness than have them exploited Toy octopuslike and irresponsible com ,panes who in their uncomfortable growth might serve to-strangle, the in- stitutions of the empire.
 In connection with this it will he easy. and no doubt of.local interest to establish the status of those per sstent promoters who claim to be in the pos session of large Russian concessions, and on their strength try to induce American capital to invest in some Siberian scheme. This genus has been more or less abundant on the Pacific coat r.yeals, and has naturally pene- strated torthe new field of Nome of late. If they are not outright Himpostors or .frauds, they have simply exploration permissions and letters of introduction to the Russian officials in whichever territory they intend to operate, asking these to assist bearers in every way not contrary to prior instructions. Such permissions and letters can be procured from the Russian government by coy rcOmpany or person Of good standing, and are, rpo doubt, useful at stimes to gain advance knowledge of the rich ness of certain districts, which would serve to put the person or company into better position to bid for the leases of mining rights whenever the Russian government should open up such districts and offer such rights at public auction.
 All fishing and cannery rights in Russia are minutely circumscribed by srules and laws which can only be set saside by an imperial ukase, and Russia