Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-09-22
RICH IN RESOURCES.
Russia Faces Indefinite Future of
Warfare UndiSmayed.
The Most Powerful Country Of the
Euture" Was Just Finding Itself
When War Broke Out
Wealth Untouched.

washington, ID. C.-With the great
est wholesale destruction of treas
ure in all history taking place with
Wainwright economic losses Milling nm
In such stupendous aggregates as no
panic ever caused, the question as TO
now long each of the belligerents can
stand the fearful strain upon its re-
sources is becoming as important and
1ully as interesting as are anv of
those more stirring questions grow
Ing out of the purely military phase of
tue "orld-war. In a bulletin just is
sued, the National Geographic society
sketches the pre-war economic condi.
ton or Russia which, having expend-
ed $500 100000, having lost hundreds
OF millions of dollars in foreign trade
and cities and provinces worth hun
areas or millions more. is facing an
INDEFINITE future of warfare undis-
mayed, confident. The bulletin reads.
Commercial and industrial revolu-
non were stirring in Russia before the
war; the work of opening it's magnif.
cent domain was being rapidly carried
forward; plans for developing it's al.
most unlimited resources were in
process of confident organization.
modern cities were springing up like
mushrooms in rich Siberia textile
metal and other industries we're law
ing hrm foundations. and foreign trade
had been brought up to about 81 500
100000. What has been called the
most powerful country i'm the future
was finding itself, and was preparing
to enter upon the centuries of expan-
sion that it will need to exhaust the
possibilities of it's boundless natural
wealth.
About two and one-half times
larger than the United States. with
an area of S,G5OOOO square miles and
a population of 17O,OOO.OOO. which is
increasing at the rate of 2OOOOOO a
year Russias natural resources re.
semble those of this country. and are
prOportioDate. II has nearly 800 600.
600 acres Of forest compared with
the 5i4,fOO,OG0 acres OF the United
States much of which. even now ,s
carefully administered. and which one
day. will be the worlds first source of
timber. II has 25OOOO.OOO acres of
land under cultivation. while this
country has cultivated area Of
about twice as great. but Russia can
expand her farm lands twentv-foId and
still leave virgin land 20 the future
IT can become the granary and the
stock farm OF the world
Scarcely two score years have
passed since Russia began with seri.
GUS purpose the task of her internal
development Progress. during the
first thirty years of this period was
hesitant. In the last decade. however
st has doubled It's foreign trade Of
which SO per cent is exports. gtu
this foreign commerce is less than half
that OF the United States put prs.
fia before the war had scarcely ba.
gun to gather steam for the prose.
cuton OF her tasks There remain
hundreds of millions OF acres of fst
lands 20 be brought under tine p.ovg
tens OF thousands 0l factory plants 20
build. rich mines ~ Doe opened. great
railway and canal system. 10 bad.
built; millions of homnhIHders fr .a
moved into Siberia. the silver raet
Of the cars empire. and MANY mill
lions of illiterates to 5a educated 10
a higher standard of ue ana er..
cheney
Russia is "a vast storehousa of raw
materials. and must for many vears
remain a purchaser OF machinery and
MANUFACTURED goods in Increasing.
quantities Yet The mills of Russ..,
consume $130000OO0 worth of raw cot.
ton annually. and Russian iron and
steel rails have already found their
way into competition BOO the markets
OF the world. Germany bought more
from Russia than any other three
countries, and sold 20 The Russians
about half Of all their imports These
two empires did tremendous thirty.
ing business with one another before
the war. and a great stream OF GER
man capital flowed into the northern