| Show M t St r i i ti t r tm t lt r I ii mm 11 J f GOBBLING A CONTINENT HOW THE CZAR cZAR AND H HIS PEOPLE ARE ARf r M i Vf 1 14 CAPTURING ASIA li I 1 t t f v v N tt N Y NI M VW M 1 rt t k IVY O Y V t I Y c I 0 1 J f t 4 0 t tI t f M wt I t tr O M io I r it SS Special ieti l Correspondence of the th Keva ew by Frank Q a Carpenter T 1 want w to toto toll to 11 you 01 whit what h t tho Iho Russians ate aro lg ht in Asia Awn Your papers paper aru nr ST 8 lull till o ot nt Manchuria but they thoy say nothing o of advance advancement sent ment In the tho south and anil the west The czar zar U III pushing his empire In every direction lie I Persia Prince 1111 lilt koff kort the th minister of ot ways wars und amt cum com communications n r tella telIs mo rno that the tho railroads will vIII be to extended on through trough t to India and that the f line lino lines s U is now tar far on Its way troy through will eventually penetrate China Chin II end and bo be a n part of or a u great rail rull railroad road r lill system m connecting the part of nt that empire with European 1 Russia Santo Homo colonizing Ix IH Bono ilono 1 I along the ho Mongolian frontier und and tha thu railroad going Being II it few ft V miles north of It will eventually bring tunic nil au the country co beyond the iii t wall hall Into no the Iho lie hands of ot the thu czar RUSSIA IN ASIA j I Hmo o you 1011 noticed naUtIlI bow how last fast tho this itus are oro swallowing up Asia Man Mut Manchuria Churls churia Is la na as largo large as s our ouri i country Including Alaska and our ltd I I will anil possessions but It Is 13 only one twentieth of Russia In Asia Asa Oy By far lor more mars thun un A I third ol of that bat continent be bc belongs I longs to tl the cur czar Asia ABI has hag square miles nail and Russia has hOB almost It has had moro more than without Manchuria 1 and It Il practically controls almost one Of III the conti continent nent neat Figures aro are prosy but these figures n ras mean suet In central Asia Ash atone alono the tha Russians havu hlo a 11 territory holt halt an as u largo ns nil the tho whole States Stilt In they hale enough land to cover the tho taco faca of tit with n a million III II II on and n a hull hair 1 miles to and eastern 91 Sl i r I da aloni alOns Is larger than tho the United Us Uli without ltd lIa outlying colonies I total Asiatic dominions are about n rJ e tho the sloe 1116 of at our country tr without Islands and they havo meat a population list over the tho mountains about the IheI I plan h sea sen Russia Hussla hug hUB a I province n 11 as nl North Caucasia which Is IsIt t ter It than Kansas It has a 1 I i 1 n of at o which I la 1 cr than Kansas and Massachusetts Belt with a n population of or and western we Siberia Is about as big as JIB our country t RUSSIAN lIUS ItUS IAN CITIES IN ASIA Thera Thoro aro are many big town la fa these I dominions dominion iono Take ruke In tho Caucasus It UPS lies just Juat over the border toder I from Russia In Europe Euro but Ito people ate aro ra Anilities although Its governors are 1110 I I t Russian It hue sad and Is la a 0 great Brent center of or trade Baku In the tho oil all fields fieldson on tho Caspian sea sen ting has while has Have you ou over ever heard of ot Kolland It ItIn ItIn Itis In is near neur the tho end of the road north of ot India and not far from China Chino It Is 19 n a great gNat trading center and andla la Is growing like a green hay bay ba tree It I n has hilS a little fur tur further furher ther her west on tho the sonic line has and beyond l hus has One Ono of or tho the railroads will run north train from TIU to con connect treat with the tho and this thin will greatly Increase the tho size elzo of ot that hat city The Tho road roud has already been built from Samara to and It will wll join tha he at Then There are aHe a number ot or Rood good sized towns In Siberia which are nrc growing rapidly Tom k has I on tho the Amoor Is I of or about the tho comb sali size while on the Trans Siberian road not far tar from fro In Lake al nI has There are urt a 1 number of or I other cities of from to O and tho the new city of ot Dalny at the end of ot the tho Chinese pastern l railroad has hUll some somo some I II I thins thin and It la is as yet hardly opened top to settlement j VAST RESOURCES A Asiatic Russia le Is s an nn enormous em cm empire pire piro ph ot of undeveloped resources It can enn only be compared to the United States The Tho of or Siberia and nd Man Miln Manchuria churla churia could probably feed fe ll Europe cro they developed and fitted with means of or transportation Tho The south southern southern I ern provinces have large larro cotton plan plantations plantatIons set Het out within the last taw few I years ea and over tho the Caucasus they are arc raising wino by the millions of or gallons nn and tobacco by b tho the millions of pounds In several provinces there thero the output of wine amounts to 17 gallons n a neRr year eRr In two districts alone alono they are annually manually I raising pounds of to tae lm co and In a n third they have set out acres of or cotton colton They have also mulberry plantations and are aro now no rate rals rateling ling Ing i cocoon silk by tho the hundreds of ot mil millions millions lions of It pounds They aro ten tea teaI I Land mid expect to compete with the tho Chinese in tho the Russian markets markels Russian Asia Asla sla has haI excellent pastures I pasts part of oC It are nrc already well iveli stock led t I ed cd I have the tho n from tho the govern goern meat ment There arc nrc horses 0 cattle about sheep rp An n enormous dairying Interest Is I growing Yo N M up in western Siberia and tons of ot but butt butler buttar tar ler t r are d across European Russia to tits the Baltic and thence sent Milt to London LOn LOndon don It will be tho the saute same with cheese and poultry so ISO that Siberia muy cony some nomo day doy bo be tho the chicken and dairy farm farts for tur the tho capitals of ot Europe As to tl timber limber Asiatic Russia has hM not been b en prospected although about acres have been ben reported imported up upon upon on Northern Siberia has ha acme some of ut the tho finest trees tres o ot of tho the world and along the river there are nrc vast all areas of magnificent forest Tho rho czar czor li Is now nolY annually getting about lib out O out of or his timber briber lands and this th this is just the tho beginning In mines milieu Asiatic Russia has hl every mery kind hind III lid from gold to Iron rapper ropper and lend lead It 11 has cool loal in m the tho north und and south and Its Asiatic oil fields eld are now ants competing lag ing with ours in the and In Indian dian dlan markets The ar U push lug Ing In their oil trade In iii Manchuria to 10 MUCH such nn extent that our oxtails lawn drop dropped dropped ped pM Inor than Ihan gallons dm during Ins the tho t I port pest year This Chia has hall ba been n by b lf kerosene TRADE IN II ASIATIC Indeed the tho United Stales Statis will have to 10 push If It wants to 10 hold Its Ita Man trade That country IM I grow growIng Ing lug fast faM In population and imports Its 1114 has doubled In the tho lust last five 10 years and inid at nt times time within tho the last 10 It hu hue haJI Increased train from to KOO per perc c eert it At present ti it 1 large part of the tho trade is American and our trade trude grows I advances On some t things however wo wu Ill are urt lOll loa hug III our Manchurian M trade We lost lo L Labout about pieces I rc In hit our exports of or American drills drill In 1902 over oer those of 1901 1001 They were displaced by cottons nod and by h Chinese cloth made on looms The fhe cotton goods are excellent but w no fur till they are lire not n so n well wall known ns liS tho the American ln cottons caitlin Th Tho same uno is true of or Hour but local mills nulls are 1110 ut now being along the tho tread and Its Chit Chi n teo o eastern connection and wheat hat vh at will compete l with American h wheat heat Tho rho Russians nU will well make mako very I low freight ht rates for such things thine and sooner or later Inter the czar crar will Rive give a 1 I bounty to such mch goods I as liS need It II and andIn andIn In hm this way Va will give elve his people the Ih mo monopoly I of ot the trade After competition has haa beep been crowded clouded out tho the bounty will he withdrawn ani the tho prices price II raised I This has hus b been en the tha Russian policy pelley In hI other r cam tries and It will 11 pro tiro habl hit be fo so In Manchuria Manchuila and also later Inter on In Chinn China The Russian HussUn exporter and I manufacturer r has 1111 In fact the czar csar nn as hi his bU partner vl rn The whole em ern empire pire Aire Is conti controlled oiled by one khan and that man mail the czar czir is in for tor Hus ln and the tho Russians against the tho world It Is Indeed a 1 big combination to buck up against t MADE A MILLION IN Speaking of or our trade with Russia I Imet II met nut a Yankee In Moscow who has hM made mOlle I by selling American goods goalie In I Siberia This Thle man Is Enoch Emery Emer and he comes from Cape Cud Cod C ll His Ills par eats cuts lived In hi Yarmouth l Mass and Enoch began life lite by going g ng to Siberia as a 1 clerk for Smith Co Coor of or San Francisco who had a branch at the tho mouth of ot the tho Amoor river riser and shipped goods 00 11 there thero for tor sole sale I This was SO 30 or 40 years ago age Mr I Emery saw sate that there was money In III tho the Importation of ot American goods He lie the trade and was wall Boon roon given fIven charge chafiN of ot the business Later on ho he hewed wed salved enough ro roo that h ho was teas able to 10 buy buyout out the tha American owners Ho Ile then Iho established branches nil 1111 anon III on the tho river and In to different parts of Siberia mid and gradually the tiia largest merchant of ot that country Ho no has today more business than any n European Euro In n Siberia en and earths carries on an nn tr lle In nil all sorts of ot wares Ho Ile sells vast in t quantities of or American machinery and amI hardware B cottons und and dry and does a big business in n groceries and dm drugs Ilu Ile trades with tho the government nil nfl will well ns na with the th farmers nail during Turin tl II Chinese war ho cold rold o bin hla river ore at profit 1 I cm to t the czar at nt n II good guld t round pronto profit He lie armed his own on men then with Amer j Iran and supplied Imp 1 1 tine tho tl with salt lIh American hatchets hatchet and u Ita Jle hUl nil told brought GO CO ship shiploads loads of oC American goods I across tho thu Ia Ta to Siberia SI has been around the t o world IG 16 tines times during this hili trading exp ex cx p there going over Asia on anti In sledges until ho knows knos It better perhaps than any i American now living OUR GOODS IN SIBERIA amEntA I Mr Or Emery Erne told tolt me mo that there theN Is III abig a n abl big bl demand for American machinery In Siberia The Tho I like our toxin farm tools and will wilt readily pay fill good prices i for them Ho III said raid that he had him himself himself self Introduced enough American ma machinery mai I chinery to equal the labor of men and ond that the country was Just Justl beginning l to be lie He says suy the I are establishing settlements everywhere I a along tho line of ot tho the railroad They w un n U SEES DANGER AHEAD I f fn n u uV I j V t a I y r r tl J r Prof Smith of or Toronto Is Ie considered one of ot the greatest of or living affairs Although n II Canadian IW Prot Smith has haa always authorities on an American J studied our affairs closely In a II recent Interview given riven on op his eightieth b bIrth rth I diy d th the professor Indulged In some very pessimistic remarks remark nG us I f f r 1 OO 0 o oc i Manchuria Only a Bite Tho Enormous Extent of oC the tho Russian Pos Posu Possessions sessions A LooK at Siberia and Caucasia Their Big Cities and ond New Railroads In tho the Cotton C and Tobacco Fields of oC Asiatic Russia American Trade and How liow it Is Crowded Out OutA A 1 Chat with a n Yankee Boy who Made Millions Selling Our Ouo Goods in Sib erlnA A Russian or on American Trado All About Man Manchuria churls churia in Now New City of Dalny which the Czar Built in a n J Night Etc Etc f t 1 1 T 1 t f oe f Kt 1 00 t t tf rt J 1 t I 1 1 00 1 d f I 1 S H t S I Ii III hI i 1 1 11 d t 1 i bi i 1 1 W I i i I 1 I I H 1 iI i d Nl H I H L I S I rd H I jI h hh t 1 of I 0 h i l lf i 4 f I r f i 1 J Jill fr t ill l M a 5 i f y yI it V d 1 l i I t tJ tI r i J I i fi fill ll Y rt arc d f n 1 t I Photographed for me the Deseret eret News by br Frank Fronk 0 G 0 Carpenter Car Carpenteri enter J I i i 1 t F hI I 1 I f I i l II 1 H f 1 H N h t I I H i I h iIII HI ii I 2 li II H t I i H j H iI H Z f I hII H II H r TYPICAL RUSSIANS OF AN i are building towns and ond villages and growing rich The Tha eastern part parI ot of tho the country Is especially adapted for tor tho the American market and the tho the trade between It and our Pacino slope w wilt Increase Mr Emery Emel says ag that our exporters should send th their lr agents to Siberia anti supply them with largo large stocks of goods good aa OR the tho people wish to see what they are am buying when they buy It They do donot donot not like hike catalogues and want to handle the th goods I asked lUI ed Mr Emery about bout Manchuria Ho lie sold said There Thera Is no doubt douM but that Russia RussIn Intends to ken keep it It Sho She has hair sent soldiers Into tho the country and many of ot them the have their families with them Pho Sho Is in sending thou uS of ot emigrants every year ear to Siberia and Manchuria A ri w there thero Is no prospect of ot bettor belter ones one The Chinese Will war cost coat th tilt the country countr about and tho the great public nubile Im Improvements improvements which are now under way have been heavy henvy drains Stocks Bleck have been tatting falling nR for tor porno pome time line and many ronny of ot the banks banka are not In the best b condition This la is so all over RUSSIAN DANKER BANKER ON O AMERICAN TRADE I met tho the director of ot one on of ot the big Russian bunks during a visit to the Moscow stock exchange and had a chat with hIm hm about our trade prospects In Siberia and Russia Ho lie says that the openings are arc a o good but that tho the bush busi business peas ness should bo be done with n a big Capital and on n big scale and with agents who Understand tho the country and nn the tho lat lan languages A largo large part of or tho the trade trad u I According to this report Manchuria Is III twice as an big as ns Japan und anti It hoe has II it population of ot about consist consisting consisting l lIng ing of ot Chinese Coreon and 1111 tribes somewhat like thoo found in ht Siberia There are altogether about They The live In the tha towns and are nrc chiefly engaged in the I Chinese army or the Chinese civil sere mer merIce vice vicc Ice Some of at them aro farmers living chlell In tho tie northern provinces Th There Thero re ore are about who like 11 0 the are aro largely large Buddhists The bulk of at the population is s Chinese e some Home of tho rho provinces being entirely in 11 inhabited in inhabited habited by them This Is so of or the he southern part of the country to which the Chinese e have havo hll been emigrating for tor forthe forthe the post past HO years enra FARMING I IN MANCHURIA Tho The chief business ot of Manchuria le t I 1 r J N V I SEEK ANNEXATION TO CANADA I 1 11 tate y I t 1 fig I JAMAICA y JA r SUGAR C t j f jk rL tsy k F t tr ti r i 1 Rat J r F r X f d a r M 7 J B Tho above scenes scones depict tI the region recently r swept by storm In Jamaica The planters who have hae suffered Buttered losses loues amounting to millions million of ot dollars 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