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The increase in her national debt should encourage 

 the development of her vast but hitherto almost 

 untouched natural resources, so that that debt may 

 be promptly and easily paid. 



The tremendous effort being put forth to manu- 

 facture munitions and supplies for her armies should 

 mean the establishment of a domestic manufacturing 

 organization incomparably superior to any that 

 existed before the war. 



The decrease in state revenue due to the abolition 

 of the vodka traffic has been accompanied by an 

 unparalleled increase in savings bank deposits and 

 efficiency of labour. 



The withdrawal of the Teutonic organization that, 

 before the war, practically conducted the industry 

 and finance of Russia at first almost paralysed the 

 operation of the Empire, but taught the people the 

 folly of depending in peace too much on citizens of a 

 foreign country which might become at any time an 

 enemy power. 



Railway y Postal and Telegraph Service, etc. 



The amount of freight carried by the railways of 

 Russia increased from 164,484,000,000 Ibs. in 1904 to 



