Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-22 | Page 1 | Russia will Spend $30,000,000 in U. S.

RUSSIA WILL SPEND $30,000,000 IN U. S. Company Formed to Conserve and Develop De-velop Fresh Beef and Dairy Industry. , NEW YORK, Jan. 21.' The purchase in the United States of refrigeration equipment equip-ment to the value of $.10,00". 000 to conserve con-serve and develop along economic lines tlie fresh beef and dairy industries of Russia has been authorized by the Russian-American Conservn t ion & Industrial Stock company, backed by the Russian government, according to J. . Gullak of Moscow, who arrived here today from Bergen. Mr. Gullak is manager of the technical department of the purchasing company and he said today that tlie war was emphasizing em-phasizing the need for the immediate de-ve'opment de-ve'opment of the refrigerating industry of his country. Fart of his purchases here, he added, will lie 10,000 modern refrigerator refrigera-tor cars, In addition to heavy machinery for cold storage and freezing operations. "As an indication of the need of such development." he said, "butter now is selling in Moscow for 3 roubles and 80 kopeks ko-peks a pound, while at the same time in Siberia butter is being used to make soap."