| Show e G greater reate r R rumania wr V A 11 tt 4 A 4 O 0 0 6 t one of Bucha buchaj rests etts modern public buildings building prepared by the national geographic society 0 C the latest of tile the RUMANIA ekings worlds monarchies to change kings has undergone such great changes in the dozen years that it hai ha i in I 1 n effect nai am r blood less revolution rills parloa hns has seen been lie distribution of acres of land lund to more than peasants pen santa before the war was a country of the landed rich find and tile the landless poor today the maximum hot holding permitted to one individual Is 1235 acres ring king and nobles gave up their estil tek to un de demands debande of the agrarian reform what russia mexico and other countries have done in the matter of land distribution at the cost of many lives and much money rumania Ilu manla accomplished without a shot flut but reform wits was not without cost I 1 uncertainties lack of organization to meet new condit conditions ioris and lack of transportation facilities increased the cost if i f borrowed money to 12 and 14 per cent credit Is tight in a country where all the money ali n circulation must pass through the baal rational onal 1 treasury as taxes three times per year greater rumania to Is nearly three times ns as large llinge is prewar pre war rumania the new nation took in transylvania tile the banat Bu bukovina covina and and has yet to digest them old rumania was the size of england greater rumania Is larger large than england a ming adding to itself wales scotland and ireland like the units of great each Is different B essa rabla Is an mi extension of nt the russian black earth prairie Ru Rue coIna ovina i tf a foi forested ested re plon glon transylvania an 1 I 1 notable for industries as vell veil as agriculture the banat a lowland farming comet comes first after the war rumania saw visions of an industrial future The country has ample resources oil water wood ore and a good labor supply ten years have dimmed the vision hut but have riot lint wiped it out eight out of ten rumanians still are farmers so the nation hns has decided to make a good jn job b of forming before turning to industry I 1 operatives cooperatives co davd been or gani zed groups of peasants find they can nty A d to hily buy am american rican farm ma mai i c chenery A grain grading law was passed in 1928 silk culture sta starting r ling from nothing has hag increased to nn an enterprise ter prise enlisting workers and capital aln sine e the world war ri have turned turned definitely denol tely from wheat to A m rican corn greater acreage Is planted planted in corn ban wheat corn rash displaces bread as a national food looks like kansas but in 1028 1928 a second drought lilt lift the country the corn crop ads L failure and rumania it a country which has exported cereals for years had to import corn tile the government acted to forestall if ballf mine in some regions tb the e similarity of parts of rumania to kansas extends to sunflowers sun flowers for which both rel regions zions aro are famous in Itu rumania manin sunflowers sun flowers are a standard c rop crop acres were planted in sunflowers sun flowers last year oil pressed from sunflower seeds serves as a constituent of butter substitutes fout four foundation stones support life in rumania cereals oil lumber and live stock pro of oil all end lum lumi i 1 her er has progressed vigorously not enough however to offset losses in cereals and live stock buys american automobiles despite the depression and lack of roll roads ds sales of automobiles most oft them american continue to increase in 1928 1211 12 ll were solda sold m record many abany of them yo to the oil fields where they permit the engineers in charge of outlying wells to get to occasionally for the enjoyment of companionship in the international club are the biggest item of american imports which include a com films oil field equipment rad radios los phonographs and rec records erds en gines insecticides and electric orators to tie lie amount of walnut and nd fur skins skills are Ru manias mantas chief exports to the united states among the improvements to which liu manta looks forward Is the reclamation of vast areas of swamp land seen en thousand square miles of marsh ft 11 afford ample land for the he remaining landless peasants numbering about MX 1000 bucharest Buc capital oli oil rumania hns has long been known as aa the ille little paris of if the balkans it ling has many earmarks of the french capital one of its aldi tree lined thorough thoroughfares fares la Is called the little champs Ely elysee and there Is ant an are arc de hot bori of which suggest tile alie atmosphere of paris the bridle paths flanking the thoroughfare constantly resound with the thua ot of hoofe of blooded horses mounted by smart looking men ont ano women and the seemingly endless mass of pedestrians trolls strolls la in a gay mood with no apparent destination bucharest has ha fine shops bucharest impresses the traveler from the time he emerges from one ol of its modern hotels downtown as fineas fine as can be found n most capitals of the world line the business streets behind large plate glass windows the american traveler finds stich familiar articles as american made flashlights radios and phonographs it Is not necessary to find an automobile salesman to see american au on display display the streets are full of them in front of a hotel or business building six to eight of a 0 dozen automobiles are popular rAmeri american makes and across the street a 0 billboard Is plastered wita an advertisement ti of a popular car made in michigan the doorways of the large larg movie or cloema houses display bright coto colored r ed advertisements with the names of IF american actresses em blazoned in 1 large letters Buch bucharest aresi Is a walled town without the ft wall oil Crow crowded Led as was the custom when city walls were the main defense bucharest drops away from the glitter of the balea VIctor lel and the boulevards to the rundown run down of the outer sections and then abruptly to the empty dusty plain its population has more than doubled in the last decade and houses bouses as elsewhere in eastern europe are at a premium it requires influence persistence si and bribery to get into on one e of the few hotels the main fA i traction 11 of which are the dining corns often open to the sky surrounded as it Is by rich farming country Bucha bucharest has not locked lacked toi for food and the restaurants are well filled at oil all times the rumanian rumania ff loves the uniform and high heels beels 0 on a soft laced boots like those of the french aviators suit the fancy of the young youn 9 dandles dandies whose perfumed mustaches preserve their dignity by reaching straight out instead of turning up at the ends the women are chic some striking contrasts the few fine buildings are mixed in with unassuming structures which would never be it home in paris or berlin and opposite the imposing war wai colless college women may he be working at a noisy power saw which la Is reducing crooked poles to fire firewood tb tha Q few main streets are lined with modern buildings and new residence avenues are stretching out toward the periphery of the circular city but in the crowded center of the town th the a confusing litter of tiny streets ind and alleys reminds one of a rabbit warren in the market place the traveler gets a glimpse of tire rural folk who cluster about stands of vegetables which they bring to the city from the rolling farm land nearby beretha Oe He retha rethe men seem to display no particular type of costume most of them wearing european coats and trousers and there iare are as many derbies as there are caps and soft hats and fez shaped woolen head coverings on the other han hand d thew the women umen folk blaze forth in bright colored sha shaft wis Is which cover the head and shoulders and aprons wab elih stripes of i a half dozen colors their dresses are just short enough to reveal in tile the summer time that au all feet ars not shod |
