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

The Russians are ne greatest fsrmfns
nation Of the globe.
They have the largest undsveioped ooun-
try and they are the most backward Of the
| civilized people.
| They have about q hundred million farm.
| ers. with one-sixth Of the world to work.
| and they are trying to do II with nachin-
cry such as was In use before America was
discovered.
The bulk Of the land IN in small holdings,
and 1t is only on the large estates that
| modern machinery Is used. The average
| farmer has a pillow made Of wood. with an
| iron share bound on.
F, Such plows as come from abroad are
| usually German. the American article being
| too expensive.
Some kinds OF our machinery have been
admitted free. but this Will not be so under
the new tariff.
We have the monopoly OF haryesters. bind
ers, mowers and reapers, for We make tho
best in the world but the American plow.
drill. cultivator and other such things are
| not known here
Within the last year or so a few thresh-
ing machines have come In. but at present
the most of the agricultural machinery out
side of reapers and mowers Is OF German
make.
The Germans sell more than q hundred
million dollars worth OF such machinery
every year, tho English moro than sixty
nVe QolidES WOIlH. anu We Tag De.
hind with a paltry ten millions or more.
There Is a good opening here for all sorts
Of farm tools and farm wagons. and II Is
wonderful that our people do not see It
Russia has more street railroad plums
than any other country on the international
trea
AS far a. electricity II concerned the
Empire Is practically undeveloped and the
company that could get . monopoly Of the
concessions would make bigger profts than
tho United States Steel Trust.
The field, as FAR as city concessions are
concerned. IL enormous. and as to lines
connecting towns * is beyond computation.
The people here live in villages. towns and
cities.
There are no houses standing alons on the
landscape and connecting lines could go
from village to village, tapping vast pop
ulation.
VILLAGE FOR EVERY
FIVE SQUARE MILES.
In European Russia there are 1876 600 900
people. There Is a village for every five
square miles. and in some parts OF the
country there is village for every square
mile.
There are many large cities. some OF
which had not heard the names before
came to Russia. st. Petersburg Is bigger
than Philadelphia. and it has only horse
cars.
Boston, Warsaw Is bigger than St. Louis.
Odessa is as large Cleveland and Riga
and Kiev are each about the size Of Kan
sas City.
Have you ever heard of Lodzf
1t is one of Russia's boom towns which
have grown up in the past four years. 1t is
a great manufacturing center and 1t has
3l50CO inhabitants.
Let me give you a few towns which are
new to the average reader: Kharkov, ia s4s.
Wilma, $4,000: Yekaterinoslav. 121 900: Ros-
tov-on -the-Don. 10000; Astrakahn, 1900:
Tula, Ill 0ao: Ilishenev. 10000. and Saratov,
107 600. Russia IN Europe has nineteen cities
of over 10000 people. and thirty-eight be-
tween that and 50o0a.
1t has lis towns which range between 30
900 and 5000 each. s15 between 1000 and
1000, and $500 others which have 4 little
less than 10.c00. but which might support
electric railroads.
The best opportunities are IN Moscow and
ST. Petersburg and Americans are trying
to get the concessions.
The Westinghouse Company is after them.
and among other applicants are men from
Pittsburg, headed by Murray A. Werner Of
that city.
Such concessions will be very valuable.
and 1t n not probable they will b. granted
without the Russians themselves haya a
good share Of the profits
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
os0UisAt, 1905 By =. O. carpenssr.