Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1892 — Russia Is Very Poor. [ARTICLE]

Russia Is Very Poor.

l ussia is supposed to be the richest country in the world. Its Emperor has an in ome of more than $ (>,0(10,000 a year, and the annual revenues of the government are almost half a billion dollars. I n its natural resources there is no country which compares with it, and it could, if it developed these, be more independent of the outside world than i hina is to-day. The truth is, howe er, that Russia is land poor. It has more country than it knows what to do with, and its finances are administered in such a shiftless way that it runs behind millions of dollars every year, and its government debt constantly increases. It already owes more than $2, 00,0 1 0,000, or more than 5,500,00,000 roubles, and its paper money is worth par value of 75 cents.