Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-18
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Ussiah UaaouoAua.

- NAoies.sse dessruction Of tFeaat
- N an history taking place. ~izh
- Hruuzbf eoonoussc sosscs p,lsuG a,
> s''ch stupenaoss aGxregales as no
- ever caused. the question as 70
-" long each of the belliserenfs cas
80 the fearful strain upoa ias rs-
o'aces is becoming as inportaus ana
as interesting rs are any u
40 more stirring questions grew.
- oai of the purely military phase e
=. ~oria var. In . bailetin Just -
- the National Geographic society
netches the pre-war economic condi-
- u Russia. which. having expenA-
- I0n.000 600. having lost hunareds
- Hiiliions % dollars in foreign trade.
- cities and provinces worth hun
Geus OF millions more. is facing an
boehnite future OF warfare undis-
oayed. confident. The bulletin reads.
Commercial and Industrial revolu-
seon we're stirring IN Russia before the
"a the work Of opening its maenifi-
eeni domain was being rapidly carried
OT~ard' plans for developing IT'S al
DOS unlimited resources we're in
Hocess of confident organization
o'dern cities were springing up like
onahr0nms in rich Siberia: textile
oeial and other Industries we're law
Ma hrm foundations. and foreign trade
han been brought ep 10 about 81 $50.
ssoulN What has been called the
nost powerful country la the future
ga hnding itself. and was preparing
- enter upon the centuries of expan.
Sion that il will need to exhaust the
possibilities of its boundless natural
wealth.
About two and one-half times
largo than the United States. with
n area OF S.650.000 square miles and
3 population OF 10000. 900. which is
Decreasing at the rate of 3,000.000 q
year Rdssias natural resources re-
semble those of this country. and are
oroportionate. II has nearly 800. GOO.
~ acres of forest-compared with
ne 5lI, 400 900 acres of the United
states much Of which, even now, is
Garefully administered. and which. one
Ssy viii be the worlds first source of
oember. II has 250.000 900 acres Of
tnnd under cultivation, while this
country has cultivated area Of
shout twice as great; but Russia can
oNpand her farm lands twenty-fold and
ill leave virgin land to the future.
4 can become the granary and the
slock farn - tie world.
4Orsely I've score years have
pasan1 oinos Russia began With sert
GUS ogRpOse the task Of her internal
devsoaUDent. Ps0gress, during the
ira oA1sty peers Of this period was
heG11nna. ln the last decade, however,
1t - 1ssblel Ne foreign trade, Of
whtGo = ~ cent 10 exports; still
thio oputa commerce 10 less than half
thG1 - the UnitsA States. But Rus
sia esesse the var had scarcely -
gua - OseAee steam for the prose-
cu11nn - Ase tasks. There remain
huu1BU1e - milliOas of acres q fat
lao1D - - brought under the paoW;
to- q tAeasanAs Of factory plants ts
bun1; sicA ninss to be Opene1; greet
rs1DU0v end canal systems to -
bu1n; 01llioas ef hOoe-buildefs 10 -
msSu1 lnao Siberia. the silver East
u - caar's e0pire, and many NIL
lisas - nlitesaAes 10 BE educated ts
A10A0 staaAarl of life anA -
ctaoey.
'0onu1a 10 Q vast st0reAouse Of raw
maAseAAls, aal must for many years
- nA
mnog1nceurs1 goods N iacreasins
QunnA1lIss. Yet the Mills u Russia
mnsuDs o13e. 80 ~ worth Of rsw cot
to annually. enl Russian iron anl
sess1 soi1s have alreaay found their
vav 1nas osmpetttioa n the narkets
a - WesSl. Germany bought morn
fFu0 Russia tAaa any other three
osunesses. snA solA 10 the Russians
aAsue haaf of an their imports. These
to- s0oires ~ . tfeoeaAous. thriv-
in9 bua1nese Wlth oae another before
tAo Wof, anl . Groet stream Of Ger
- onpttal A0WeA into the northern
e0oose fsr investDent. England. Hol-
-. Austria Hungary and Italy. h
tAs sraer named. followed Germany
- business With the Russians. Ger.
- trsAe proostioa was thoroughly
ssgnaissl throughout The land. and
n RAea. Pe4rugraA and Moscow names
a thsssanAs q German nrns coul1
- seea.
Russia. a. are but few other great
nafisas, IL self-sustaining in the mat
ter q raw materials: but the Musco'
we eapire n dependent upon the
factories q other lands for every step
tAaa 4 may take IN the upward scale:
4 - even dependent upon foreign
nanufactures to maintain standards in
M wtAe-sweeping territory rs high ~
tAey are today. There 10 fabulous
rseAes awaiting tfansmutation BY Rus
~ Industry. but Russian industry
- hardly passeA the birth"
seeioAe1" aUNeie c..
Aumcie, Ind. - The nerviest pick
por.e. - the one Who recently. in
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