New Britain herald., 1915-08-24
RUSSIA MUST DEPEND
 ON ARCHANGELPORT
To Export Her Grain and Import
 Munitions Of War

Washington, Aug. 24.-The first comprehensive report of the actual conditions at Archangel, the great White Sea pert of Russia, is contained 1E despatch from Petrograd re- ceived al the state department yes teroay. With tho Dardanelles closed Russia has been forced to depend cN- clusiVely on Archangel for the export of her enormous quantities of grain and the import of munitions.
 The message is d cablCETam from Commercial Attache Bakcr at Petro- grad In prosaic, concise form this skeletonized communication from tho Russian capital pictures none the less vivldly a situation that is unique in the annals of world commerce. MT. Baker, having returned from a visit to Archangel, pictures this place as che of the great commercial centers of the world, almost as busy port as New York
 Opening fer American Goods.
 Since last May nearly 2O,O00,000 pounds of wheat have been exported from Archangel. The keynote of the commercial agents urgent sage. however, is not tho recital of what ilaS OSSlI SllppCO II OlII NILdllSCi' boI is rather an illustration of what tre- mendous quantities of American goods can still be shipped from the port to the interior or Russia between now ard December. and again next spring, when the port is clear of ice.
 The one crying need at Aachangel at present, MT. Baker explains, is some good live American hustlers," :" men who are able to grasp the oppor- tUnity and turn the possibilities into actual reality.
 "I recommend" MT. Baker con- tinues, that the important American interests send special agents to Arch angel to assist the ships arriving as sume charge of the forwarding of the goods and secure accommodations and otherwise help the movement of the American goods
 Scarcity of Barges.
 There is scarcity of barges for water transport at Archangel, the cablegram says and the few forward ing and shipping agents at the port are so overcrowded with business that they find little time to give at- tention to the interests of foreign shippers and to the multitude of ships that are constantly arriving. Under favorable conditions, as in spring, Petrograd and Moscow can be reach ed from Archangel.
 Probably half of the supply of l American cotton that had been ac- | cumulated at Archangel already has | been transported to the interior tex tile mills which brought it, accord | ing to the agent, who says he found i the congestion at the great Russian port greatly relieved.
 By Canals to the Interior.
 Many articles, such as typewriters, 1 can be shipped as parcel post over 1 the railway, which is still reserved 1 for government shipments. Bulk private freight can go by river steam ships and barges up the Dwina river and through the connecting canals and rivers to the interior. MT. Bakers cablegram continues: "Conditions should be exceptionally favorab ble next spring for shipping Am erican goods, such as cotton, by Archangel, as then there should be amply sufficient water in the interior waterways for transport all over Rus sia.
 Detailed arrangements should be made as soon as possible. Archangel is now one of the busiest ports in the world, ranking almost with New York in point of arrival of ships. More than one hundred warehouses and thirty piers have been erected since last winter and four big float ing cranes have been imported.
 Ice breakers will keep Archangel open until December, after which Ko- lawd is used as a winter port. A railway through Lapland to this port