The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-07
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Wy WV tHlfffon WihlAttF,
! rom DIu'y Cppsailr mat Truse R,pnrs
/ visitors coming To Persia can find rapid
transit from London 10 Baku four or hv.
days. The same from London or O-irnd "a
, 'ons'antlnorle train dc lake. about four
dhra numerous vessels from Constant
] h"p'e '" nahum Austrian, Italian. French.
''"rman', whence good trains run to Baku
Prom Bakn TO EnRel about one day bv
/ hoat, ana from Engrli la Trhersn forty.
eight hours cr li'tle more ny stage The
; latter c"s's ahott s7i for carriage, and the
/ carriage may h" divided and the expense
nus rt2':ced, especially on the VOYAGE
hack from Trh"ran 10 Enveli TahrIy ia
eAnty miles from tho railroad n, DjUlfa
anu "niS hNe hours hy automobile service
recently established The Russian hull,
roads Enseii 10 Tehrran and Djulfa 10
/ labriz. are excellent
| The Language 10 easy Ia acquire. to tho
extent needed for ordinary business and
IN" foreign population and eduCm cd nativss
'"h" can speak French and sometimes ,
! NV" English can b. drawn upon for inter
pt"t~r@ Ih"r" are two French hotels an
English one. and various others There ar.
several French stores ~ Dutch store A Rus-
sian store. SC. which make - eCiaI,ir. of
goods from their RESPECTIVE. countries
see u" reason Why an American store Noulr
not do ss"ell or better than mos, Of these
cultural implements and other factories
could not successfully import American
goods ana export other things besides rugs
ana carpets. "a Pho United States - now
buying Persian articles si~h a. hides d,i.s
"ameis hair. wool. dried fruits nuts Ncor-
zee &c nut they ar" largely purchased
through other countries instead of direc,
Persian articles are produced or handled
nv N" cheapest of peasant labor under the
direction OF Landlords who ar. faudal
hArons especially in the country districts,
'n IN" other hand. the upper class and the =
middle class 'he latter bazaar men and
other merchants Use nearly all tn. things
con~'d"red n"c"ssariea or Injuries IN western
countries
III" population ~ reheran - in the neigh +
horhood nj 10000 and Tahri7 Ispahan
Shira', N"sd, herman ard many other
cities are almost equally important Psopln
OF other ma ionalitie@ are exploiting 'hair
trade IN MANY ~avs. OF americans I hear
chiefly or missionaries and n rug or Carpa,
company
Inc population ~ Persia - believed
nv "ld residents so ha about /. 90 600 or
la""HS Tn" climate and general char
act-r 81 the country resemble tbose Of
Arizona and California. sxrep, along IN.
north coa-r which resembles South Carolina
Inc p"opt" are largely Mohammedan.
hmr Very friendly toward foreigners since
m" adoption Of The constitutional system
Neither foreigners nor commercial ship
m"nt- are IN any special danger. foreign
newspapers 20 the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
The imports INTO Persia are worth a, |
go .oNn or ss2 40 .n0N. and exports about
s32 90 go or sa7.HaD,OOo OF the foruer .
british India supplies abou, So NOO mn
the British Empire outside india over
81 ."-' "" Pnssia s?o. oon. OOo France End
French countries 81 900 ,noo Germany nearly
a. much. Turkey little more Austria,
Hungary. Belgium. Italy. Sc from, SEQ M,
to 500, onn IN" nired States aho,i, yIs o0o
worth. chiefly Kerosene oil " is true thai
lmpor'aftona not known here 20 hA "
American goods are brought in as mporta-
tons Of Russia and other countrie.
Goods are bought and sold by samples
communications not in Persian or French
or Turkish would have little chance ~ being
read without an interpreter. and hooks
or pamphlets In any other language would
be unintelliRIble so the merchants here
facilities are good There is the
Imperial Bank ~ Persia and branches
English. the BAnaus d Escomrre Russian,
and IN" BANK Of Jemshsed. Parse. in the
bazaar Of Teheran. These are all con sidarad
quite reliable
II takes seventeen or eighteen DAYS for
= letter or newspaper to arrive here from
New York or Washington and ton or eleven
DAYS from London with PACKAGE. nv
parcels post or otheruts~. Il 10 different
II full letter postage IL paid and the package
marked via Baku and Enseli a small one
NAV come very promptly
There are no railroads and no apparsn,
prospects or anv This money NJ Persia
i convenient for Americans The 'oman
IL trins less than our dollar II IN The
toliar " 10 divided into t~nrhs called
rams and these into shahis worth ahou,
me hall cont The trmsniana z. n<a or
/. ONN IN Teheran and an increasing number !
n h,Eh class or advanced Per-iana wear
European clothes eycep, the hat The
Persian cap Ia worn by nearly or quite all /
feTeians. aiso . characteristic Persian
mantle or cloak The women are sill
veiad IN public