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Show Go to Russia, Young Man, to Make a Fortune IF YOU want to share in the greatest commercial and Industrial development develop-ment of the Immediate future, study the Russian language, and also Russian geography, resources and trade methods. This Is the advice of the bureau of education to young Americans. Russia Rus-sia is In chaos now, but It can't afford to stay In chaos much longer. And whether it emerges a socialist state, a social democracy or a republic, Its 380.000,000 people must he supplied with the necessities of life; it must be equipped with railroads and factories; Its forests and mines must he utilized.. And nil or most of this must he done by traders and engineers and capitalists capital-ists from the West, for Russia has neither trained men, money nor tools. Russia is the world's greatest opportunity, and the fact Is apparent to most of the world. Americans seem least aware of the Russiun opportunity, but the bureau of education and the federal board for . vocational education have been doing what they can to overcome this indifference. Surveys have been made in 250 American cities with a view to establishing evening and day classes in the Russian language. Special textbooks have been prepared, in which Russian banking, trade and shipping terms take tJio place of the "hat of the gardener" and the "green umbrella of my aunt's crr.ndfather." Here Is a "new country," despite the fact that it is a very old one a country coun-try where are unplowed soil, virgin forests and mineral resources that have never been tapped. For men of every trade and profession, and especially for young men whom adventure compensates for hardship, Russia Is the opportunity of Uio j Cut' ' re. |