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Show THE OPENING OF SIBERIA. A recent article In nn rnstcrn magazine maga-zine has a catchy summing up of bl-bcrla bl-bcrla with Its farms llko tho wheat Holds nf Dakota Its mlnei like those of Colorado Its rivers like the Mississippi and Its forests llko those of Canada, Siberia Is a country of marvelous prom-lso prom-lso mi Dastcrn California " A striking description, trill), but ns Inexact as it Is striking Its farms, while the) ma) seem to be lime nre tilted b) Isolated settlers who have each but a conipira-tlvel) conipira-tlvel) smilt farm nnd'so bear but little lit-tle resemblance to those of cither Di-kota. Di-kota. Its forests have but little resemblance resem-blance lo those of Cnnida, Its rivers flow cither nlong a Mveii pjrultcl of latitude, like the Amur or else from ono ilgoious illmo to another more rigorous, rigor-ous, nnd so hnve not tho least resemblance resem-blance to the Mississippi, Its mines so far nre placei exclusively, and so havo but fulnt icliitlnnshlp to those of California, Cali-fornia, while to describe it ns nn Uast-ci Uast-ci n California Is to sa) that cold cquils Hut there Is no doubt n groat future for Siberia Tor the I resent, the gains In population nre not I irge, If the army be left out Itieat allurements nie held out to the Uusslan peasants to move thither but they do not sin) In the new Ian 1 the) miss the frlendl) gossip of their native Ullage, the) long for the tnvern mid tho social drink, they t,et Insufferabl) lonesome, on tho Isolated Iso-lated farm lerhaps miles nwny from nelghbms that the) know, consequent-1) consequent-1) ns the wiltor quoted sns, 'though tho trains that croe the 1'rnls In spring nro full of newcomers thoso thut re-cross re-cross in the autumn nro uoirly us full of tho dlscuniintel returning ' The Siberian peusnnt has no power of Initiative, In-itiative, he dislikes progress ho hates thoso who make mone) out of him, )ct Is powerless to mike that mono) himself him-self The German trader giows wealthy In tho Uusslan settlements most of tho trade Is In the hands of Jews or of Hussions from the Hnltlc provinces and therefore tenll) Germnns 1 ho efforts of the peasants from Jtussta who re-I re-I malnlng In slberlu attempt civilized wa)s aiecomleti! The man who we irs his shirt outside his trouseis nnl tucks the legs of his trousers Inside his boots ts looked down upon us uncouth, no tices In ristnurantn state that no one wealing flannel shirts will be herved. on tho Amur boats, passengers aie requested re-quested tn lememhei that they belong tn u civilized nation and not to get drunk. Hut the Uusslan ' despite his striving niter the vva)s of tho West Is the slowest mm on earth In reality the willet sh)s there are two Slberlas wlih Irkutsk as the dividing divid-ing lailnt To the west the develop, incut has been t Slavonic ngenc) to the east development has come from u cuiious inlstuio of laces the ellow and the white the nev er-c hanging Chl-tieso Chl-tieso and the restless cosmopolitan crowd that fastens upon ever) new coiinti) It Is from the east that tner-liuns tner-liuns have leaehed Sllieila The) havo found the tioimans ajieady there unit have entered with them Into a tlvalr) that nioins the loiuniciclnl development of Siberia Against these men of brains the hol less Uusslan Immigrant stands no chnnce The elnvv rncea do the lul or, the S-merlcans plan the fortunes rrom Lake Jliikal to the racltte the imiuntulns nre filled with gold with lion und coal It Is a new I allfoinla, und the Americans are not blind to I's lotemlalltlck |