The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-16
All But Limitless Resources of
Great Nation Shaken by the
Tremendous Cost of First
Year of War.
WAS FACING REVOLUTION
IN TRADE AND INDUSTRY

I'LL ~ NNNNNA w
upon It's resources u becoming
ns important and fully as Interesting
az are any Of those more stirring
questions CROWNS out OF the purely
military phase Of the ~worid-war. In
bulletin Just issued. tho National
Geographic society sketches the pre-
war economic conditions of Russia,
which. having expended $4,000. 00O.-
zoe. having lost hundreds OF millions
OF dollars IN foreign trade and elites
and provinces worth hundreds OF mil
lions more. Is facing an indefinite fu-
tire OF welfare. undismayed, conf
dent. The bulletin reads:
Commercial and Industrial r%evoin-
tion were stirring In Russia before the
war; the work OF opening lis magni-
ncont domain was being rapidly car
rlcd forward; plans for developing us
almost unlimited resources were Ia
process Of confident organization;
modern cities were %springinE up like
mushrooms lea rich Siberia; textile.
metal and other Industries were lay
ina nrm foundations and foreign trade
had been brought up 90 about Si,500.-
geo, 900. What has been called the
most oNerul country Of the future
was finding itself, was preparing to
enter upon the centuries OF expansion
that II viii need to exhaust the posi-
nilities Of its boUndless natural
wealth.
About " aud onc-half times
larger than the United states, with
an area Of $3.50. 900 square miles and
o population Of 1900 900. which is
increasing az the rate Of 10000 o "A
year. Russia's natural resources re-
semble those of this country. n are
proportionate. 1t has nearly s00,-
100000 acres OF iorest--compared
with the 5%i4.iGO.00O acres Of the
United states-mucn of which. ever
now. Is carefully administered. and
which. one day. will be tho worlds
first source OF timber Il has $780,
OO0. coo acres OF land under cultiva-
ton. while this county has a Guilt
waited area about twice a. great; bu
Russia cnn expand her farm lands
twenty-fold and atill leave virgin land
a. the future. II can become the
granary and the stock farm ot the
world. While its mineral wealth has
not yet been carefully surveyed
known supplies OF petroleum, metals
nad fuel abound. Russia Is q conii-
nent In itself. and, likely, the richest
Of them all
scarcely two score years have
passed since Russia began with ser
lous purpose the task OF her Internal
development. Progress, during the
nrst thlryy Years of this period, was
hesltant. IL the last decade, how
ever. Il has doubled It's foreIgl trade,
OF which &c per cent 81 exports sull
this foreign Is less than
half that Of the United states. but
Hussla before the war had scarcely
begun 10 gather steam for the prose-
cutlon Of her asks. There remain
hundreds of millions Of acres Of Tat
landR 10 be brought under the plowi
tens Of thousands OF factory plants TO
build. rich mlnea 10 be opened; great
railway and canal systems to be bull',
millions of h~umc-bulldcrs 10 be moved
into Siberia. the silver east Of the
Tsar's empire. and many millions az
U1iterntes 10 De educated to n higher
standard uf lih aad efficiency.
"Russia IL a vast store house OF raw
materials. and must for many years
remain "a purchaser 81 machinery ana
Manufactured goods Ia INCREASING
quantities. Yet the mills OF Russia
consume 100000. O00 worth OF raw
cotton annually, and RUSSIAN iron
ard steel rails have already FOUND
their way into competition IN the
markets Of the world. Germany
bought more from Russia than any
other three countries. and SOLD TO inc
Russians about half Of all their I'M
ports These tVo empires dld o. ire
D mondous. thriving business with one
another before The n ana q great
| stream OF German capital " INTO
! the northern empire for INVESTMENT
England. Holland. Austria-HunRary
. and Italy, In the order named tol-
lowed Germany IN business with inc
Russian German trade promotion
Nas thoroughly %organized orhaniHen
; throughout the land. and the Riga,
, Petrofrad. and Moscow names OF
= thousands of German firms Dould oe
seen.
"%Foodstuns formed about Gb per
A cent Of Ruse.l's total export trade
q raw MATERIAL ana partly manuiac'nI-
q ed goods about go per cent. ana man
8 ufacturcs about three per cent. Nus
/, sin imports aIl those things that high
p ly developed ana specialized coun'
d tries have for sale. Therefore, Rus
alan trade has been a most valuable
e one for the older nations
Russia. as are but Few other greal
nations Is clf-sustaining IN he mat
ter Of raw materials: hut the Musco'
|. vito empire is dependent upon th'
factories ~ other lands for every stri
Z mat II may take In the upward scale
B s Is even dependent upon torels'
manufacture 90 maintai1 sihndhra|
r. it's wlGe-swceping territory az hiil
az they are TODAY. There is ihhul"u
: riches awaiting transmuialioh ID
, Russian industry. hut Rnfsinn lnuuH
, try has hardly passed Inc birth