Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04
)lND WORTH LOOKING TO
'l(stEW TRADE TERRITORY
;zecho-Slovnlia y Trade Field That
Virginia and the South Should
4. Cultivate nj Once.

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md written about great deal which
s soon 10 br one ~ the richest OF
fade Territories for tho United states
specially for the south. where the
ptton and the tobacco grows. which
PRODUCTS can lie exchanged for the
aried agricultural products and very
sirleG factory products OF that
Duntry.
st~zecho- Sloyakia IS new name.
ssw, state 10 an but those who have
ntensiveiy pursued European his
orr This republic consists Of the
ands heretofore i part OF the ancient
Bohemian Kingdom bohemia, Mora
IN and S.lesiat. that portion OF North
Hungary peopled by Slovaks and now
5ailed Slovakia and an autonomous
rov.nee Under carpathian Russia.
Is area-ancu; 3c.00e square miles
TproNimates the size of the State
" New York. and the population
IS 90. 0O0--ncariy equals IT,
Y The majority % the inhabitants
IRE Siays Bohemians predominant.
.irith SIovaks. Germans. Magyars and
Under Carpathian Russians i'll the
EIrdeT named. The bohemian and the
iaovak languages are Identical. The
Bohemian.
Asit wns before the War.
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" ,pn, 60 ~" -, 49,,
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en-. =. t 81. i'.",D.,"'1'S $500 -"
w, ~ 40 nror.Ss1nr,, ,r.,,
a,hiir .n,ility ana stat, EMPLOYEES.
I'm prc-uar times the lands em-
,raced in the republic exported goods
t all Kinds 10 the then value OF So25.-
10000, Will. IL imported raw ma
erIals OF the value OF $500. 900, 600.
admittedly. these favorable figures
on under prevailing exchange rates.
therefore. an alternative must be
,dopted-tne country's consumption
md produ ciion mus; be analysed in
EcrIns OF volume. Nevertheless. this
s. certain: the country has always
een creditor nation by reason OF
h. immense exports ana with the
Bturn of conditions approximat ting
formal this state OF affairs will aagin
,reyaiI.
u The major phases o, Czecho- Slovak
economic life are found in agricul-
ure. textiles. beet sugar and iron
md steel In field products the cocn-
ry harves,s sufficiently 10 provide
or domestic consumption and large
:Xports TO less fortunate European
ieighburs III textiles she is pre-
fminen,, the goods arc sold in every
lime and market. over 100000
Metric tons OF beet sugar are pro-
iuced annually. which 'sweetens"
nearly all Europe -4
~ Art Craft and Education.
IN stca, and iron inc Eohemians
ave re,r EQUALS Particularly they
keel in machinery. Sugar mills in
,uba. before the war in greater
MACHINERY. Certain railroads Of
F,outh America, Balkan states, Po-
and and Russia used Bohcmian-
made rolling stock. Brewertes
throughout the world were equipped
ny Rohcmia.
s3SIn art crafts the Bohcmians ard
siovaks have but few peers. The
lpaiiiE OF iace' cmo'oide!S' cut
i'iass. toys ana carved furniture Is
fiuom a,ta'hea oy others. occupa,
IONS IN 'nesc ,houst,tes a,e rcsaFGea
is fanny ei..oolns fa,'e, .eenss
Us son NC 1Iaus saeh ','s ,
ste 49,, ~ ~ $3.50, - -
ash;onah
rIn education. the Bohemians arc
ar more advanced than most Euro
,oan pcopics. The inhabitants of the
iormer Bohemian kingdom nre almost
sitter perfect. for less than 4 per cent
q the inhabitants NAV be classed as
iNtcrates. In the new trritory. Slo-
yakia the Volunteering Magyars re-
used. S,oyal, schools no, even pr;yate
'chools re-c tnlcr.taa Stocc tho
,rna,io, ~ m. rcnuhlic over A ooo
irhoo,s havc h.cn cs,ohIIshcd in this
nction thus affordinr everyone an
10 gain an education.