Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11
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-yAHE most interesting
NcY and problematical hui
IlSn6AA man being IN the
III xM world today Is not the
II vi czar OF Russia or any
IN E1 member Of the house
III u ~ n Romanon. The dis
Wv appointed and nerve
-, struggling vainly to close
's' ,u, and ears to the mena ,oro ~ the
bis eyes ace ged populace is no longer ,s s',e
org oua dl,'rs IN the drama which ocou-
t,nIIal ' s,ropean stage, The tiny helr
res the hu' ',Iecence Of the Muscovlte
70 '1e ,am and all the state ana eSe,u !,
ibsolulsu,. S T surround the Russian
slyensss " IN the far background.
throne Nv personality uncouth ana
A suaNe s,,nds in the full limelight
an'sl"P ,s4 russian moujlk' heretofore '''.
BE y ,o w" and viewed eontemptuous !,
unleCAVp,,',Ss vested with the convincing
~ hs numerical supremacy VINO
a., rise Ike an ul'"O' n,'to,sar'a
N" ,iS Of the capitals BelshaSsai .
lA' mi an the world uemulous ana eN
fast ." 10 asking. What will he doY
PClanS p po,er the Great was building
" ns~ city at the delta of the Neya In, i.
DIS W." 10 him that in order TO carry
c'u .,' scbome Of supplying his empire
0N Tvs conitll free from the pecullari'
WIN .birh belonged to existing Musco-
ug c " he must have different pop
Wv WYNN His first idea was to go out
u WIZ tbe empire proper, compelling
lN . ", peoples Of the non slavic
u' 49, 49, IN settle at the mouth OF the
EO," Finally, however he made up
N' Mind TO populate his city win the
p' Of his own country WIN
'a'1 and in view he permitted no one
u"' had ever lived In a Russian city TO
S ,on IN 81 Petersburg and filed his
u', . ,yltb country folk brought thither
w'm ,.saps of Inducements or threats.
Tsr. n happens that the lower classes
l In c,pjtal the descendants of the
..,i rloneers are still unlike those or
..y o,ber Russian city especially those
tGit be borne IN mind also that the
russian empire has the largest rural
.,,I3tlon OF any country on the earth.
4, has been called "the biggest farm In
Nv world" and the designation is not
.g.5eof the mark. It includes one-siGth
,fan the land upon the globe In Eu-
-o,sgp Russia alone there are more
,tu SO.O000OO peasants actively en-
,iged I'm tlling the soil, the greater
rsrt OF them with farming utensils as
,ecent as those mentioned In the
scriptures. Even in this enlightened
,ra the Russian pillow is little better
IAN a pointed stick The sokha, used
4 the black earth zone of southern
Russia. has two iron shares, but no
pInt In other parts Of the empire
sgyy and awkward two wheeled
wooden plows ARE still used. It Is only
n western Russia and Poland that iron
blows are found, and they are clumsy
Affairs Of German manufacture. other
farming implements are rarer and more
primitive still. The wooden hand rake
b the only one IN common use, and
most Of the grain is sown broadcast by
hand
Notwithstanding their numerous dis
advantages and lack OF modern agrl-
cultural conyenieuces, these peasants,
80 great Is their number and so lndi-
,enIaed is their occupation, have made
Russia one of the greatest grain rro-
duchg nations I'm the world In Europe
alone q h0rycsts am annual crop OF over
go)lt0o0O0 bushels Of rye, oats, wheat
uM corn The chief product is rye,
which supplies the peasant tillers Of
DE soIl with their chief article of food,
The black bread that nourishes the
most sturdy rQce Of people under the
'un The average yield OF this cereal
smore than 735o00000 bushels, much
more than rs consumed In the empire.
Some Of II finds a market I'm Germany.
where Il forms q leading item Of the
looi supplied to the army on some Of
NE large landed estates belonging to
lht nobility steam thrashers have been
Introduced, but most of the immense
grain crop is still separated from its
NlW by hand or foot Millions Of