El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
SIBERIA Is NIH
.LiNl0F PROMISE
FOR RUSSIANS
Vast Resources Made Avail
able by Great Railroad
Recently Completed.
HAS AN UNLIMITED
STORE OF WEALTE

" TASHINGTON, D. C.. March g.
M Siberia. the silver East
w which lies behind Western
+ Russia and from which the Car cail
draw men and resources without meas
ure for the prosecution Of his wars.
I bears TO Russia, though on a much
more magnificent scale. the same re-
latiou as that borne 10 the thirteen
original states by. our own Golden West
Russia's future lies over the plains 10
the agricultural. forest and mineral
wealth OF Siberia the strength which
Russia has before all other nations she
will become conscious Of through the
Development Of her wonderful east; and
so. in a study made for the National
Geographic society. Mai. Gen A. W
Greedy. L. S. A. designates the Musco-
J vite's east as the Land OF Promise
Making siberia Accessible
Cen Greedy speaks OF Russia's first
great step toward making the resources
Of Siberia accessible. that Of building
a railroad without parallel anywhere.
a railway extending from east 10 west
for a distance Of more than $500 miles.
or nearly one-third Of the way around
the world This wonderful rail line
was constructed. he tells. at a cost OF
s40O 900. 900. which makes It the most
expensive public utility ever attempted
with the exception OF the Panama In
terOceanic canal Nor are size and
cost the Ouly unique elements OF this
remarkable railway. according TO the
writer, for IT, was bulded with record
setting rapidly The strictly siberian
sections Of $500 miles We're built IN
seven years. 1891-189S. the rate OF con
structiOn approaching two miles for
Reduces Distances
at is the recognition OF conditions.
the writer continues 20 say tnal tne
construction Of this great rrans-con-
tiuentaI railway is one OF the most
remarkable fears OF mans energy per-
sistency and industry recorded in the
annals OF human history He adds
that the railway has brought Peziu
within Il days journey OF London FOR
fares including sleeping cars Of from
$50 for second class and $3.50 Tor
first-class passengers The time con-
sumed in the journey between y ladivCs-
toz and MOSCOW. 5426 miles, is nine
days and q hours According 70 sta
tisrics given By Gen Greedy. the road
has already begun TO do a great busi-
ness having carried, in 1919. l-S69-lSf
passengers an average journey or 90
miles. besides handling some l-50S. 5--
tons Of freight
Much Like Our Central West
and rich plains lie along the line &C
rail The great Siberian PLAINS or
sreppes. the writer finds greatly
semble the prairies OF Illinois Iowa
Kansas and Nebraska. and they extend
1000 miles from north 10 south. and as
FAR from east 10 west. Their soil is
fertile" he says. stock Of all kinds
thrive. transportation facilities are
good. coal is abundant. modern agri-
cultural methods largely obtain. mar
kets are accessible. and the population
is rapidly increasing"
This ~land or promise" Gen Greedy
writes. is receiving an ever increasing
stream OF hardy, courageous and re-
sourcefu1 pioneers In 1908. 785.712 i'm
migrants entered Siberia. and only 49,
204 returned TO European Russia The
young men Of Russia with futures 10
carve out are going east. Just as the
young men in this country formerly
went west