The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-19
EFFECT OF THE WAR on
RUSSIAN TRADE.

ty has tDS Ndluo VI tneSS NituVc
been more closely cherished by the
people. During the war Russians
have been sufficiently hard pressed to
experience he need Of making the
most Of every passing opportunity.
The point is rather new In tho Rus
sian character. German and French
writer's. with different motives. have
noticed the turning of the Cars poo
pie. Such Journals rs the Montteur
ScienttfQue. the Economfsts Frdncdts.
the Chemikcr Zcitun0. are already
discussing the far reaching changes In
production which may be expected in
Russia when the war Is over.
1t appears from dispatches In the
Chemikcr ZCituuO hat the future OF
the Russian chemical industry Is par
ticularly bright. Much has been don
TO promote the manufacture Of dyes.
New factories have been built and or
ganized In the Nolga, Caucasus, Donetz
and Cral districts. The shortage of
raw materials has been made good TO
a great extent In these places. prob
ably by Japanese and Central Asian
trade. The dye industry. In particular
certain aniline dyes. always a sort OF
Russian speciality as Russian treatises
show. has been helped by the excess
of by-products of tho coal. coke and
petroleum furnaces.
The great gap In industry. or rather
production. according to the Chcmikcr
ZritunO. is the want OF medicines and
drugs and the ineffective teaching in
the Russian technical schools. They
are certainly much inferior to our
..L-t " -
as the Germans say. need stimulation.
The output both Of scholarship and
chemical products has been unsatis-
factory. This a German view. ON the
other han trade hetween Germany
and the occupied Russian districts.
LODI and Warsaw. Is being carefully
cultivated.
The Germans are evidently keeping
an cye on the trado In drugs and
chemicals of which Russia Is notori-
ously In need. the home supply being
exclusively employed for hospitals.
civil n military. and for private uses.
Japan sends camphor and iodine. but
the latter industry has fallen ~lifclcss
In Russia. Imports from America are
restricted. IL il said. by the high prices
of tho American markets. England
Is almost entirely the source Of chcm,-
Gals and medicines, but she cannot
supply the demand owing Ia the diff
Guilty Of transport
To the French writer of the Econo-
mists F'rdHCdiS the evidence is now
overwhelming that "A fresh chapter in
the domestic history of Russia Is open
ing. that n new position has been
created between Russia and the world.
and hat the change will he felt by
every nation. Accordingly he urges
his countrymen to visit Russia nj the
close OF the war. 20 learn the language
and study the people. their tastes and
tho business opportunities that the
country offers.
Among the Slavs patriotism IL now
intense. and this patriotism has dur
ing III. war led 10 keen organization.
n drawing together Of all the various
branches Of trade. As n whole. there
fore, business has been prosperous in
The pas. year. Tho buying power O.
she poorer classes has been diminished
To some degree. hu, the loss has been
compensated hv the vast expenditure
Of the Government. Industries that
have been improved by his imperial
aid are the coal. the mining and
the railway companies. The enormous
business of the Government has caused
a congestion on some railways. as. for
example. the siberian. but new lines
are being built IN this part OF Russia.
and the new ~Archangel- Wologda rail-
way has added over 1000 miles To Rus
s.a's transportation facilities.
There Is almost inevitably n short
g Of equipment. especially locomo-
i've and rolling stock. most Of the
available stock being in use for the
military authorities. Notwithstanding
This demand by the Government, the
transport 81 grain. coal, wood, iron.
petroleum. sugar and agricultural ma
chinerv has greatly Increased, There
Is evidently no Want of driving power
in Russia to-day
The country has n business advar
ar" IN it.' elahorat" system ~ mar
ke's or exchanges as tho Russian
word may lie translated. these mar
kots are great clearing houses for the
trade IN furs. Ash. petroleum.. cotton.
cereals, IN such districts as Arch
angel, Riga, NovRorod, Charkow and
~Astrakan. These markets or en-
changes are like our cotton or coffee
exchanges. and are governed ny the
Minister Of Commerce, while n
Rourse or Stock Exchange In Pctro-
grad is governed by the Minister Of
Finance and n committee selected from
its members,
In the Monffeur Sctcnrf0ue sevcral
differences between tho Russian and
other exchanges are noted. For ex-