The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10

from Europe, or, IN the case Of shoes,
from America az well found some
Americans building q fine shoe shop IN
Irkutsk. An sorts Of agricultural ma
chinery In being imported. and mucn
Of It from America, although all VI
the raw material needed for its mani
facture Is lying Idle in the ground.
Although gold is not scarce, mining
methods are SO primitive that mucn
ore il wasted.
"And although Western Siberia IL
nIled with cattle and OVERLOOKING with
milk. which bought for cents
pint, while cream sells for cents
pint, all the cheese that I could hn1
there was imported from Holland ana
cost 30 cents a pound.
There are surely tremendous OPP
portunities in the vast country for
Americans, who are everywhere liked
and offered all possible help. But
those who go into this territory to
make the fortunes that await them
should know the language. respect the
people and their institutions, and have
capital back Of them. They viii hnd
an abundance Of labor At from 30 to
Is cents a day.
Nowhere in the world have
Travelled In trains az comfortable as
the Russian mot the internadonaD
expresses on the Transioerian. Their
average speed is about thirty miles an
hour, ana during each day there were
from six to ten. stops Of from fve to
fifteen minutes. when We could alfght
ana exercise on. the station platforms.
as we'll as get q glimpse Of our sur
roundings ard the people found
the food less expensive. and yet more
excellent, than elsewhere on intern1-
tional trains. I was here introduced
to many Of the native Russian dishes,
including q most delicious SOUP 'schi.
which comes to you In q big bowl
and crowned with layer Of 'smetana,
q thick. sourish cream, beneath which
you find a good. strong beef soup con-
tai1ing all sorts OF vegetables. large
A JsysO Beat RlAe.
my boat ride from Krasnoyarsk up
the Yenisei to Minusinsk repaid me for
the hardship Of the entire trip. For
four days and nights I was aboard .
sort Of ferryboat, whose cabins. hning
the outer edge Of the deck. Enclosed .
space filed with wooden benches on
which peasants slept upon mattresses
and in bedding which they brought
aboard with them. Il was Q. wood
to ply the Mississippi. and now ana
then We would stop while the crow
carried into the hold the stacks OF
fuel piled upon shore. Our craft hav-
ing edged to the shore. plauks would
be put out and every one would make
for the river bank, where the natural
list would seek specimens. some would
pick strawberries or Wild flowers and
all would pasronize the groups Of peas
ants who would await use with tempt
ing foo6-cream. black bread, fruit.
cooked game. etc. Big partTtdgss ana
Wild ducks. al rcsdy 90 be eaten, sold
for 10 1-3 cents apiece. With theee
vendors Of Aelicacfes almost every
passenger seemed to haggle good
rzsuredly to save . kopeck here ana
there. saw passengers 90 20 the
waters edge and approach fishermen
who would uft out live sturgeon, tied
60 strings. snd soon up would 60 q
camp kettle end the tw1gs piled tee
meath II would be swapping while tins
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