The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-26

Oh. Hamilton Fyfe. in the London
Daily Mail.)
In the dining room OF the little Ho-
tel de France at Novorossisk there
sat four sea captains, ali British.
Their talk was like French matches,
illuminating and---Sulphurici Three
OF them were discharging cargoes of
farm machinery; discharging IL slow
ly, for the railway. which controls the
port, will only take out a certain num-
Der of tons a day. In exchange, they
would put out TO sea again loaded with
wheat. Their opinion OF Novorossisk
as a pleasure town was expressed in
terms Of ironic contempt, but they ell
agreed that as port 1t had many
merits and that II was going ahead
i'm spite OF the port captains &C.
centricities- One of his latest was TO
shift, without warning to anybody, a
light buoy from the entrance to the
harbor. and to refer Infatuated navi-
gators, who, having nearly run ashore,
demanded explanations to Sebastopol,
200 miles away.
What the sea captains could. not
understand was why went there. Yet
the reason was simple enough.
wanted to see this young port which
is developing as swiftly and as steadily
as Odessa is going down. Why is
odessa going down? Nearly everyone
told me. Because of the Jews" At
first L smiled, but in the end 1 began
to believe there must be something
in 1t. There is a scheme afoot for a
new Russian steamer service between
this fine new port and the Mediter-
rauean, but everywhere L found a
iSsling that Odessa's best days are
done.
Has Made Wonderful Strides.
Therefore, my business being with
the future, / was more interested in
Novorossisk than in the older place,
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tractive amUsements and hotels. That
was why L took a twenty-four-hour
cross-country journey with three
changes, mostly on very leisurely local
lines. 1t was not uninteresting, for L
came through a district which has
lately made wonderful strides. Take
the town called Armavir, for example.
Ten years ago it was a village" of
some $4,000 people, mostly Armen-
ians. Now il has grown to between
$4,000 and 10000. Standing at the
gateway Of the Caucasus, IL has be-
come an important grain distributing
center and equally center for supply
ing what the Caucasus wants. There
is a ready sale here for all kinds of
machinery, especially milling machin-
cry, for they make a great deal of
flour. Hardware and iron goods are
much in demand. Motors and motor
cars sell in larger numbers each year.
Several places have started motor car
services; there is one at Novorossisk
A clever agent, who went round sug-
costing new routes. might keep his
order book well filed. Typewriters
figured in several of the ships mani
tests" 1 looked at. Cash registers, too.
are beginning to be used. One eve
ming in a railway station 1 studied
the small portion of wall which was
grudingly given up to posters, a form
OF advertisement unknown on Russian
lines until quite recently. Typewriters
and cash registers figured prominent-
ly there; also ice safes. fire extinguish-
ers, oil motors. cheap jewelry; any
thing that makes life easier more
snowy, more comfortable, will soon
lind a ready market. Verbum sap.
Like a Canadian Town
Armavir Is like new Canadian
town in the Western Provinces. II
stands on the fiat prairie. It's streets
are immensely wide and stepped in
blazing sunshine. Its inhabitants have
a jolly, prosperous look. When I left
there was a crowd at the railway sta
tlon TO see on an operate troupe:
everyone was well dressed. The eau
casus does quite a big business with
vienna in Women's hats and shoes and
pretty-pretties. There is a good open
ing in Russia for ladies dress mate
rails from England. / met a Russian
travelling in this line for a London
firm which three years ago had no
connections at all in the country. Now
they are doing a business worth from
100000 to $4,000 q year. They have
started to manufacture motors in Ar
mavir, rather roughly at present, but