Excerpt from Trade and Industries of the Far Eastern Republic Up to the present time there still exists in the mind of the average foreigner the unfounded idea of Siberia and the Russian Far East as being buried under eternal snow, and populated mostly by half civilized wandering tribes or ex-Russian convicts. To his imagination Siberia is the last place safe for travelling let alone the risking of an investment of considerable capital for the development of industries there. The old Czarist Government winch regarded Siberia as a safe and spacious asylum for political offenders, and which was never interested in the proper development of the vast natural resources of the country, has done nothing to enlighten the foreign nations regarding the splendid healthful climate of the country, with its untouched stretches of fir, pine, and birch forests, its numerous rivers and streams and mineral springs, its green meadows catching the traveler's eye for thousands of miles, and last, but not least, its untold wealth buried in the ground. The great opportunities in agriculture, cattle raising, mining, and other industries are known only to a few foreign newspaper men and commercial representatives and those who have visited the country. The Far Eastern Republic, the present rightful sovereign of the Russian Far East, is sincerely desirous of affording all possible facilities for the application of foreign capital in the development of the country's wealth. It therefore intends to give its utmost attention to the problem of supplying the business world with available data of the mineral, forest, fishing and other resources of the Republic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.