Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-27

| America was discovered The bulk ot
the land is in small holdings ANA Il IL
| only on the largest estates that modern
machinery Is used. The average farm
| or has pl0w made OF wood With an
| iron shear bound on.
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 viii not be SO under the new tariff.
We have the monopoly OF haryesters.
binders. mowers and reapers, for we
make the best IN the world, but the
American pillow, drill, oultiyator and
other such things are not known here.
Within the past year or 50 a few
threshlng machines have come IN, but
at present the most Of the agricultural
machinery outside Of reapcrs and now
ers is Of German make. The Germans
sell more than 500 Co., 900 worth Of such
machinery every year the English
more than $4,000 600 worth, and we tag
behind with "a paltry $4,000 600 or more,
There Is good opening here for all
sorts OF farm tools and farm wagons
and IL Is wonderful that our people do
| not see II.
STREET RAILWAY PLUMs.
Russia has more street railroad pun,s
than any other country on the luterna-
tional tree. Az lar as electricity IL con-
cerhed the empire is practically unde-
yeloped, ana the company that cou d get
a monopoly Of the concessions would
mako bigger profits than the United
States steel trust
The field. as far az city concessions
are concerned, Is enormous, and as to
lines connecting towns Il Is beyond
computation. 'fhc people here live in
villages, towns and cities. There are no
houses standing alone on the landscape
and, connecting lines could 60 from VIII
lage, TO village, tapping a vast popula-
ton IN European Russia there are
100, 600 people. There Is a village FOR
every FIVE square miles, and in some
parts OF the country there is a village
for every square mite.
There are many large cities. some Of
which ! had not heard the names before
| came 10 Russia 81. Petersburg is
bigger than Philadelphia, and It has
only horse cars. Moscow Is more than
twice the size Of Boston Warsaw IL
bigger than ST. Louis. Odessa is as
large as Cleveland and Riga and kiev
are each the size OF Kansas City.
Have you ever heard Of Dodz? II Is
one Of Russia's boom towns which has
grown up In the past few years. IL Is
a great manufacturing center and Il
has $4,000 inhabitants. Let me give
you a few towns which are new to the
average reader; Kharkov, 17l,S46: VIII
ma, 100000 GekaterinoslaH l2l goo; Ros-
toy-on-the-Do 10000; Astrakhn. ll2,-
900: Tula, lll0OO, Klshiney, 1903 900, and
Saratoy. l0I, 900. Russia In Europe has
- cities Of over 100000 people and IS
between that and $4,000. II has lis
towns which range between 10000 and
$4,000 each 3l5 between 10000 aud 10000
and 5000 others which have little less
than 10000. but which might support
electric railroads
The best OPPORTUNITIES are in Moscow
and st. Petersburg and Americans are
trying 10 get the concessions. The
Westinghouse company Is after them,
and among either applicants are men
from pit,shurg. headed by Murray A.
Werner ot that city. Such concessions
VIII DO yery valuable, and II Is not
probable they viii be granted without
the Russians themselves have a good
share Of the profits
FRANK G. CARPENTER.