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fault to find with this tariff. n tie
Russian Is so generous as to make him
so substantial Il gift as Il trifirr duty
on his finished products, he would be
foolish to decline. For years Germans
have been able to market their dyes,
chemicals and clotl, in Russia at sue,
a low cost that the Russian manuflc.
turer has not found II profitable -
build factories to compete with them.
1t may he imagined what a long
period of this languor in trade has
done for Russia. During tho war there
has been a very marked decrease in
all exports aud no adequate produc.
ton from the raw materials Witch
Russia does possess. Tho quantIty
shipped from abroad Is scarcely onc.
third what it IA To shippers 1t
is. perhaps. soine satisfaction that the
aggregate value Of exports has IN
creased from 80 to 500 per cent. Tn.
doubtedly the Russian markets have
h excellent negative quality of COM
handing high prices Tor what Is sold.
II Is true that occasionally they os-
cape from the effects uf unhcalthv
strength and slightly weaken %tirou.A
imports by way Of Nladivostoh. lu'
IL IL be true that certain appr, cid.,e
quantities reach the country in Tine
way. they have already been taken uf
the market by keen Duy ors. or oWIr-
10 the still extremely d~isorgani2cd
transport service Ia" intended cut,-
sumer cannot got lull uf them. l;s-
ports from l%'ctrogriul. Oic,s,t, MIN
Novyorod describe lao easing Of IT,
Sitt,.tiAp NI1atsat,. ,Yt,f.s.sr H. mad.
in obtaining goods from abroad O..
intcrfercd with 10y the prefcronc"
| necessarily given to military trdflc.
Inland made goods. though ready fui
distribution, suffer the same dlaah.i
ties as foreign goods; they cannot 'r
delivered for want OF transport. ~
forts to put holne made goods IN place
of previously imported goods, thousA
| promising well, have not leon suili.
! GENTLY successful To- moderate tho tom
Of the markets. And this scarcity. g.
IN ON cases complete absence G
goods from the markets. continues 10
produce "a false appearance Of ti.u-
quillity.
1t is apparent that almost every
economic condition II Russia gives Tire
foreign investor lis opportunity. u
Russia Will not use her uwn raw ma
t~crills. he Will. Thus he takes lcI
zinc from Siberia and rcturus duish,,
goods to the Russian market. INa
trade In cereals Is possibly an cxc,p-
ton. The war produced an immcdig'.
effect on their export. and tho Rus.
sian Government has shown icrcs -u.
in guarding the accumulated quaint.
ties in new elevators for sale after tie
war. The American markets will u.
doubt feel this. But. ms regards the
quantity that Will Ice let loose, Their,
is not much 20 fear. According t. tie
report OF the Russian Information =
Institute OF Agriculture. the 1913 lpr
vest was only fair. on the other haul
there MAS ar enormous drop IN ct
ports. There were SO millions poo
as compared with AZ millions g..
1881. This drop is partly due to o.,
state of Russian exchange. For IS
ample. the price uC IA pood Of VII,
in hopccks thoie are 100 kupccl,- 4,
the ruh!c. which il worth = ~
60 confines at parD was ." IN l.'.
and TO in 1915. Tie Bank q; Ef.-
~ taking ADVANTAGE q! the SituI'.
hy storing whoa. rye, barley and "l'-
t * srcoUlltin-. IN q word, ON
market after the war. =