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program for eighty-one elevators, of a capacity of 

 34,860,000 bushels; and an additional program of 

 seventy-seven elevators, with a capacity of 37,650,000 

 bushels, has been agreed upon and authorized. But 

 even as now planned, the elevator system is by no 

 means adequate, and the whole system of grain han- 

 dling and transportation will need radical reformation. 



Cotton, Fruits, and Meat Products 



Russia today is producing in Central Asia more 

 than two thirds of the cotton required by Russian 

 spindles. To grow her total requirement, and develop 

 an export industry, necessitates the extension of the 

 irrigated territory in Turkestan. The climate, soil, 

 and water are there, and even the engineering has 

 been done to a large extent, so that all that will be 

 required to make Russia independent of foreign 

 production will be capital for the extension of an 

 existing and successful industry. Even when this 

 is accomplished, the need for capital will be only in- 

 creased, as Russia will occupy a geographically favour- 

 able position for supplying the great cotton textile 

 demands of Central Asia; and if sufficient cotton can 

 be produced, there is no economic reason why her 

 textile industry should not be correspondingly ex- 

 tended. This reasoning applies also to the other 

 textiles. Today large quantities of flax and wool are 

 exported in the raw state. To convert the export of 

 these raw materials into manufactured products will 

 eventually call for large expenditures. 



