Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Output Slowly Growing.

The output of cotton in Turkestan,
said Mr.. Gnesin, in answer to my ques-
tons. lis increasing slowly but surely
Further expansion depends upon lrriga-
ton, which requires large capital and
cannot be done by men Of small means.
a unique proposition in political econ
omy is soon to be tried in Turkestan, and
the experiment, i am sure, Will be watch
ed with great interest by the people OF
Your country.
1.-The Russian duma,' continued Mi.
Gnesin, will impose a special tax Of ~
kopecks t25 cents) per pood thlrty-siA
pounds upon all raw cotton produced IN
the empire, the proceeds Of which are 10
be paid into a special fund for the pur-
pose Of improving and extending the cul-
tfvation of cotton in Turkestan, for nght-
ing grasshoppers and other plaques and
for protecting the planters wherever they
require protection.
,ished the best qualities of seed are to
be distributed among the planters, local
banks are to be provided with FUNDS to
loan money in small sums to farmers WAC
are willing to start new plantations. ana
other means will be used under the au-
thority of this new law, which may sug-
gest themselves from time to time.
'"rhis tax is recommended by the manu-
facturers themselves, who VIII nave 10
pay it, because the amount will be ADDED
the money will ultimately come out or
the pockets of the public instead of the
farmers who have the direct behent.
There is proviso. however, tAat the
money shall be expended by government
agents under the supervision OF COM
mittee appointed by the Cotton Manu-
facturers' Association. Without their ap-
prevail the officials cannot speno cent
AS a precedent this law and the move
ment behind It is very important. as you
to ont II
ii is successful it may be possible 10 use
similar means for encouraging other IN
terests
''The manufa cturers of Moscow are or
ganizng a company 70 raise uapi 49,. io'
irrigat ton projects In Turkestan. contin-
ued Mr. Guesin. 80 ais TO extend the area
of cotton culture. In order 10 90 TINS II
is necessary to reclaim desert Janus I'M
migrants cannot obtain cultivated farms
The laws prohibit them from buying land
of natives The policy of the russian
government is intended to prevent any
complications growing out OF the invasion
of native rights and property ownership
by Russians. Hence those VIC cole mere
tricts There is plenty OF wafer out cap
ital is needed and it requires a good deal
ne nancy to build q new irrigation plant.
American Machinery Used.
..Al, machinery used here in the cot
ton business is American, said Mr..
Gnes.n. the gins, inters, congresses.
filing machines cotton seed Oil machinery
and everything else is mostly from Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut manufa ctories.
The Russian government has an estab-
lishment lust across the road from my
Office for selling American machinery and
i~,nlements at cost and on long credit to
the neasants. If you will go over there
YOU will feel quite at home, because every
ma chine and every tool in the warehouse
was made in your country, and brought
here across the whole of Europe and half
of Asia for the use of the peasants of
Turkestan.
government experiment station at Tash-
lend. and the bureau of instruction at
,vhicl, peasants are taught to Use Ameri-
can tools and machinery. His father was
= Danes imported from Denmark by the
russian government seventy-five years
ago as director Of horticulture in the
agricultural department. and he organized
the agricultural college at Moscow with
which he was connected for more than
half century. His son, Richard
schroeder. succeeded him. and was sent
out here to promote cotton culture in
Turkestan. He has done great work, and
has been remarkably successful The
peasants are buying more and more of
American tools and machinery, but they