THE LARGEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4894, 25 September 1901, Page 4

THE LARGEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.

' The Bussian State is by far the greatest economic unit on the face of tbe globe. To ninety-nine readers out of & hundred tbt« obatemedb will doubtless be startling. It certainly was to me, when I first met with it, yet the facts to justifiy it are not far to seek.' Thus writes Mr Henry Norman, in the March ' Scribner's.' Tbe Bueeian State draws an annual net profit of 45,000,000 roubles from, its forests, mines and agricultural property. It recei?es,an annually 80,000,000 roubles from its communities of ex-serfs for tbe use of land it ceded to or purchased for them. It id building by far the longest and moßt costly railway in tbe world, and it owns and works over 20,000 miles of railways, the net revenue on which is equal to one* seventh of the net revenue of all the railways of the United States.

In 1898 it received £180,000,000 into its coffers,' nearly one half of which Bum was not produced by taxation. Its budget is greater than tbat of France b^ more than 200|000,000 dollars.

In 1890, when one of the banks in London was unable to meet its obligations, the Bußßi'an Government had

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with it on current accdlint a balance of so many .millions of pounds that wne'n the Bank of England dame'to the' rescue a request was immediately made to Bnssia not to dispose oth6t balance before a ceptaih date, since to do bo wo'ulcl be to precipitate a financial crisis of tbe atmost gravity. Finally, besides being a capitalist and a banker of this magnitude, the Bussian State is also a metallurgist and a spirit merchant. In ft word, the proud claim is made' for it that it is the greatest land owner, the greatest capitalist, the greatest constructor of railways, and carries on the largest business in the 1 world.

I hare scid that the above system of ' educational protection '—in plain language, tbe development of home industries by means of high duties upon imported manuffldfcured articles and upon raw material upon which the country itself is also able, to produce baa been the central idea of M. de Wi'tte's national policy. With tbe resulting industrial and commercial Russia of to-day he is more closely identified than any other man. Id his latest reports to the Empwop he points to this with personal pride. Classifying tbe national industrial production under nine heads — textiles, food, animal products, wood, paper, chemicals,potterjr, manufactured metal and various— from 1878 to 1887 Russia produced^ 26)000,000 roubles' worth ; from 1888«1892 the output wat 41,000,000 roubles ; and from 18931897 it had risen to no less tinn 161,000,000 roubles/ That i B , the ; progress of the 'figures of industrial business — the industrial turnover— during the last quinquennial period was four times that of the preceding i period, and six times thai; which ended ten years ago. The figures^ relating to the" extraction and production of mine* rals are as striking as those of manufacture. Of coal, petroleum, pig iron, and steeli Busaia produced in 1887 a total of 1,700,000 tons ; in 1898 Bhe produced close upon 24t } 000 } 000 tons. Such figures 'are ■ alone a sufficient justification of M. de Witters policy, and as, under the Emperor, he controls the economic and industrial future of Russia, foreign capitalists will certainly turn their attention more and more to tbe country. ~% ~" "I^^L. When they puk a man "wSBbII' ' * ow nis n *. tural inclinaB Belli " " tion# Hia enjoyment BlElll °^ life ** limited - Ho PfflwK* 1 " cannot eat what he l^BH^^ wants to. He is limited ■'ftH^Mr to a very frugal diet. BA^HCT\ He ia alive, to be sure, ■kjSirPri. butiife doesn't poseess . PlmJHl^|A very many advantages. «*^HU| equally true of the dyßl IWBBB^M peptic?" For all the §83bB& rea^ enjoyment he gets Jn3p out of life, he might as r mj^^ff well be in gaol. He JL cannot eat wfaat lis U wBBr likes, nor as much oi it 1 BUBEmi. aa ne wou^ i& e> ne ' §Sfß^^ transgresses any of the BS^E^B^ruks of his diet, he is n punished for it. He lfl £J Buffers much ; gets little f^L sympathy. Dyspepsia 9V starts with indigestion, \ £/ and may lend to almost anything. Indigestion means a variety ol things— it ahowa itself in many ways. At firafc, perhaps, a little heaviness in the stomach, a little sourness, windy belchings, and heartburn. Headaches begin to come pretty soon after that, and biliousness and a foul taste in the mouth in the morning. Chronic constipation is almost inevitable, and it is probably the moßt serious trouble that ever takes hold of a man. Its seeming simplicity is the thing that makes it moat dangerous, because it leads to neglect. Constipation means that the body is holding poisonous, impure matter, that should be gotten rid of. The poison is being reabsorbed into the blood, and the whole body is being filled with it. Impurity in the blood may lead to almost any disease. There is no telling what may come of ik. And yet people are careless about iti. It is the most Eeriona thing in the world, and the easiest to cure if you go about it right. Dr. Morse's Boot Pills cure Constipation. Cnre it positively, certainly, infallibly. Cure it so it stays cured. Cnre it so you can atop taking medicine. And that is something that no other remedy In the vorM will do. They positively cure Biliousness. Indigestion, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Sallow Complexion, Liver and Kidney Troubles, Piles, Pimples and Blot- hes. A perfect blood purifier, and for female ailments they stand alone as a woman's best friend. Sold by chemists and storekeepers, price, 13 3.1 per bottle, or six bottles 7s, or same will be mailed, post paid, upon receipt of prica. Sole proprietors, The W>H, Comstock Co., Ltd. (Australasian Dep6t), 58 Pitt-street, Sydney. They are packed in amber bottles, and the full name blown thereon.