Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1904 — Facts About Russia. [ARTICLE]

Facts About Russia.

Russia has 8,000,000 square miles of territory. Tho schools nnd colleges of Russia contain only, about 3 per cent of the population. * The population of the empire is 140,000,000, or fifteen to every square mile of territory. Wages are low from Poland to Vladivostok, 20 cents a day bcipg n good day’s pay. The cost bf living is somewhat proportionate, bnt poverty is the rule everywhere.