Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-06
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~ Y. PETERSBURG have come
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from Berlin to ST. Petersburg
W as an advance scout OF the
American invasion l went
y across North Germany to Stet-
tin on the oder and there got
a German steamer which took
me over the Baltic to Kron-
stadt and landed be IN 81. Petersburg.
The trip cost SO and lasted three days
our ship was so heavily laden WIKI
German goods for Russia that we could
not move about upon deck, and the
cabins were so filed with commercial
drummers that we had to sleep three
in room,
Everything about the steam Or was
German. The beds We're too shot and
the bedding was shorter II Is cold on
the Baltic at this time of year, and the
Fat feather tick which was my only
covering reached but TO my chest, When
] covered my neck / had an attack OF
cold feet, and II saved my feet ! was
in danger of bronchitis. The food was
German We had coffee and bread ana
butter at o'clock In the morning pork
chops or veal outlets or Hamburger
steak along about 10. dinner az = ana
supper at Z. There was plenty OF llght
and dark beer with each meal ana
cheese of all kinds from schwelzer to
Limburger
talked with the German drummers
as 10 their trade with Russia They
claim that they have the foreign trade
of the whole empire with the exception
Of agricultural machinery In their IN
side vest pocket and as far as | can
Judge at this early writing they are not
far from correct, | find Germans eV~
erywhere' They have their stores In
every city and their agents on every
road. They do so much Of the busine $
that German is generally understood
by the larger merchants There are
more than 1900 of them In st. Peters
burg alone. TO about 1000 French, 1000
English and less than so Americans.
THE BIG RUSSIAN MARKET
We are sending a few million dollars
worth of goods here every year. but our
exporters have not begun TO tap the
trade. The most of the American goods
are handled 10y Germans or sold
through German agents, and we do not
seem to realize the magnitude of the
empire nor the enormous possibilities
OF Its trade. It Is already one OF the
greatest markets Of the world, and in
the future 1t viii be hundred times
greater.
Have you ever thought Of the size Of
Russia? You know It is big but do
you know how big It IS? From the top
Of Russia in Europe to the bottom Is
about as far as from New York to Salt
Lake City, and across 1t from west "a
east Is almost as far as from New York
10 Denver. II comprises about two
thirds of the European continent, and
II IL about two-thirds as large as the
United states without Alaska or our
outlying colonies. A large part Of the
country has some Of the best soil on the
globe but II Is not half cultivated. The
better farmers are introducing our ag-
rcultural machinery and year by year
the crops increase.
But Russia in Europe Is less thar
pne.fourth Of the Russian empire, II
has more than 100000 square miles OF
land in Asia, the most OF II in great
blocks, including vast tracts that vii
raise wheat. cotton, dairy products and
everything under the sun The lane
contains minerals Of all kinds, and II
Is on the whole the greatest undevel.
pped property in the world today Al
together the Russian empire contains