The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28

aura Some Is grown from NATIVE seeds
| Mt this yields only about half a. much
Tho native cotton fields are growing II
1883. shortly after the business was started
/ the amount grown from American seed wa:
only about 5000 pounds.
| This was in Central Asia In that sans
! district there Is now grown almost 800. 600.
900 pounds. or enough to supply about hall
Of tho needs Of the Empire. There arc now
| about a million acres OF cotton folds In
| Russian Turkestan. and extensive cotton
regions on the other side Of tho Caucasus
| mountains.
The Government IL encouraging the in
| dustry. 1t has put q duty on foreign cot
ton Of about cents q pound. but 1t refunds
/ this duty II the cotton L. re-exported in
| a manufactured state.
MERCHANTS ENCOURAGE
PLANTING OF COTTON.
The merchants arc also ENCOURAGING cot
ton planting.
Some Of tho prominent firms Of Moscow
| sent the seed to Asiauo Russia. They es-
/ tablshed machinery there and taught tho
people how to use it. and agreed to buy the
crops and tho product
Our cotton not only has to compete with
F, Asiatio, but also with the Egyptian cotton.
We ship q lot via the Baltic to St Peters
| burg. Riga and Rival.
1t Is very poorly packed. and in some Of
that which have seen the bales were al
| most bursting. In the meantime the Rus
| sian cotton manufactures are steadily in
| creasinG.
They have moro than doubled In the last
ten years, and Russia expects to make q
bid for tho cotton trade Of both Europe and
Asia.
There IL considerable excitement Just now
about tho Russian possession Of Manohuria
The Gar has said that the ports there
will be open to all. but there ii no doubt
he expects to capture the trade all the
same. Indeed. II Russia adopts the Same
methods as to other parts Of Asia that she
is now using in Persia she will drive all
other countries out Of the market.
She has now the monopoly Of the cotton
business Of Persia. and she has gotten it
by giving bounty to her manufacturers
On every pound of Russian cotton goods
sent to Persia the Moscow exporter gets an
allowance of cents from the Government
One cent covers the freight. and he has q
cents a pound profit, besides the usual profit
on the goods.
The English or German manufacturer has
to pay full freight with no rebate and he
ai2ASb SoMpCsos AihS ooiho oybtc" Will Dc
applied to China, and the result will be that
the Chinese Empire will be annexed to
Moscow.
After the trade has been captured tho
rebate may be discontinued and the prices
Will rise.
Such things will necesdtats the establish
ment Of American factories here.
The tariff and the bounties will mako Il
more profitable to work the trade on the
ground. and already a number Of our conn
panies have such establishments.
The Westinghouse have Z big air-braks
works In st. Petersburg.
1t Is run with American forsneu and its
supplies come from the United slater. They
have also electrical works in South Rus
sia, and are manufacturing electrical ma
chinery here as they are doing In England.
TOBACCO TRUST
TO INVADE THE ORIENT.
I am told the Tobacco Trust win sxtsnd
its operations to this country, and that tho
New York Pneumatic Tool Company Ia put
ting up factory at Moscow.
The Singer Sewing Machine Company will
have a million-dollar establishment in St
Petersburg. and its goods are already sold
all over Russia
Our big agricultural implement factories
ought to establish branches at Moscow and
in Southern Russia to introduce their goods
and save the duties