Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-13
MOST ISOLATED REGION or
THE BEILlGERENT
NATIONS.
GREAT DAIRY COUNTRY
Over 100000 Cows Feed on It's
Frozen Plains Every
Year

WASHINGTON, Dec. H. one Of
the most isolated of all the regions
belonging to the belligerent powers In
Europes great war is Finland. 1t Is
5000 miles nearer the scene Of hos
tilities than far eastern Russia, and
yet II is now safe behind ramparts
OF ice and snow for many months to
come. The story of the Finland OF
today Is told In statement given to
the press by the National Geo
graphic society which follows.
Finland, the enlarged isthmus
which joins Sweden Norway and Lap
land to the continent OF Europe, and
which is about two-thirds surrounded
by the waters Of the Cuffs Of Finland
and Bothnia and by those OF the
White sea, is somewhat larger than
the sombined area Of the states OF
Georgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina. Its population Is upward
OF three million souls, in spite OF the
fact that Its extreme southern bound
AIRY is as far north as Cape Farewell,
Greenland It's latitude corresponds
generally to the southern half OF
Alaska.
yet in spite Of this northern
position of Finland it imports nearly
hundred million dollars worth OF
merCherdise every year and exports
about seventy millions dollars worth
of commodities these being made up
principally of wood fish and butter.
"Finland's foreign trade has eN-
panded rapidly during the past 20
years. The growth in its exports has
! been steady and their nature is such
as TO insure them firm markets re-
gardless of seasons modes, political
situations or OF the general depres-
sion of business Under all condi-
tions, the foodstuffs of Finland, but
ter fish and, In Lesser quantity, grain
find their way readily into the mar.
kets OF Europe Also. there is an In
creasing demand for Finland's WOOD
pulp for the manufacture of paper
Finland Is a wonderful dairy land
possessing 100000 cows, or ono COW
! to every two people Dairy cattle from
Denmark have been used to improve
Ithe native breed and this outlying
| country is fast becoming one Of Eu-
ropes most important creameries. IT
exports annually about twenty Eight
million pounds of butter considerable
of which is imported by Denmark
there mixed with Danish butter and
/ l.
THE forests of Finland are its
greatest natural wealth. They fur.
nish the sole fuel of the Finnish peo.
! pie. The Fins heat and energlzt
their country with wood burning
wood in their homes, factory fur.
naces, railway trains steamboats, ant
upon the rocky soils to fertilize them
However Finland has built up 6
sound foreign business by preservinl
attention to its three staples. Salmon
and hake from Finnish fisheries
reach even United States markets
Besides rich coastal fisheries, tn,
| Films take large and valuable fresl
water catches in their rivers anC
lakes. Forests literally blanket tn,
country Paper pulp forms one o
the largest items of Finland's expor
OF forestry products. In 1912 it ex
ported 251,912,000 pounds OF wooC
pulp and quantities of lumber.
THE czar of Russia is Grand Duk,
of Finland and the little country
maintains certain outward sem
blance of a separate existence 1t is
however, in reality as much par
or Russia as the conquered land o
RUSSIAN Poland The Firms have
constitution. but also a Russian gov
ernor and Russian garrisons.
TO the many other proud nationa
hopes In the world. the Firms in re
cent years added their PAN Finnish
or Finland for the Fins In polite
this movement il represented by tn,
Finoman party
ITO the Finn his country is Straw
berry land, and the rest of the worl,
Billberry land"