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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



The Outlook in Russia with regard to 

 Post- War Trade. 



Engineers and manufacturers of agricultural, dairy, 

 umbering and other implements and appliances, either for 

 power, animal or hand drive, can disregard the present and 

 look forward to having a " bully good time" when the big 

 gun has been exchanged for the power plough and the rifle 

 for the cultivator, and all the fighting to be done will be 

 that with Dame Nature who knows so much better than we 

 do — (or shall I say " we did until this War ")— that to make 

 mankind appreciate a thing you must force him to strive 

 and hght for it. To-day, we are fighting for our prestige 

 and good name and that of our Allies ; the next move will 

 be to fight for their happiness and prosperity so as to 

 repair the ravages of their enemies; they will need much 

 help and I feel sure that they will get it. 



Think of the wealth that has to be replaced ; of the food 

 and prime necessities of life we shall have to grow and 

 manufacture to provide for the destitute and the maimed — 

 the destitute and maimed who have become so that we 

 might be safe and sound ! 



Mr. Edgar Crammond estimated soon after the War 

 started that its total cost for twelve months would be no 

 less a sum than ^9,147,900,000 divided as follows: — 



British Empire ^1,258,000,000 



Belgium 526,300,000 



France ... ... ... ... ... 1,686,400,000 



Russia 1,400,000,000 



Germany 2,775,000,000 



Austria 1,502,000,000 



This did not include the losses of Japan, Serbia or 

 Turkey, nor the very considerable loss and expenditure 

 of the Neutral Powers. To-day we are painfully aware 

 how these figures have increased not only with regard to 

 the upkeep of the War on sea and land, but also for the 

 maintenance of the public and of the civil service at home. 



Once peace is declared, we can expect an ever increasing 

 demand for English goods from an invigorated Russia and 

 a reunited, revived Poland; then, too, their great trade 

 centres will be able to supply us with oil, beet-sugar. 



