The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1916, Page 5

SLAVS READY TO WELCOME U.S. BUSINESS MEN By Samuel N. Harper Professor of Russian Language and Affairs at the University of Chicago. /% (Written for the United Press.) (Professor Harper has spent four of the last 12 years in Rus sia, He has taken advantage | of his extraordinary facilities for studying the people and their customs. He has recent 4 ly returned from Russta-—-Bdl- tor.) 4 CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—There is ‘ plenty of room and a welcome for the American business man in Russia today. And clean cut business methods will get him much in the land of the 4g Cossack, as in his own United States. The business man who wants to be “babied™ had better stay away. Sitting on the door step of a Russian ministry waiting a handout of juicy orders, will bring only an order to beat it. No use either working on the theory that one has to “culti The American who tries ibe his way there le a chump. There is a huge demand there for manufactured goods. The de mand is | now and, as Russia ia comparatively an undeveloped country, the demand will grow M. inery Demand Large For complicated machinery this} demand wil! last for a long time. the case of most staple articles Sold on a smal! margin, the Russian | market will be a ve for only ® limited time. Russia will soon) Supply herself with these products. She must do so to become eco- nomically independent. She has the raw materials and a huge home market. Evéry effort will be made| to develop home industries, includ: | ing a high protective tariff. } Despite the high tariff for years, | ff) vast quantities of manufactured) producis will have to be imported. | Before the war many of these goods | came from Germany. Even ff after athe war there is no trade combina tion of the allies there will be for A while a sentiment against Ger many. | Russia especially wants Ameri-| cans to establish factories in Rus sia. American concerns are going to make their big money in Russia! out of Russian branch factories. | Must Employ Some Russians H Altho Americans and others will |f} be encouraged to establish such /|f) factories, yet certain restrictions | will be put upon them. For Rus- sin has learned something on this point. Btfore the war there were! many German-owned factories em-|f} Ploying only Germans, The war jf) came on and these shut down at)], ‘ once. | In the future Russia wil! prob- i ably require every foreign-owned concern to employ a certain pro fi portion of Russians in every de ? partment. However, there is an/ ‘ abundance of Russian labor—good | labor, too—and plenty of available administrative and technical ex-| perts. Anierican ‘welcome be that such cap! the advance politica foreign government. While the op portunities for Americans and American capital are inconceivably large, there are no easy pickings 4 And Russia is no place for second-| raters or castoffs. | fs espectally ussia believes COAL MEN WORK ALL WIGHT TO HELP CHI CHICAGO, Dec. So that fami Nes here could gather around blaz ing hearths today, thousands of coal drivers have worked ceaseless | ly 24 to 36 hours, delivering many tons of coal received by the rail roads, following weeks of conges- ; tion in the freight yards here. The Movement was Just in time to avoid) intense suffering. PRISONER'S GIFTS =| HOLD THE RECORD SAN ANGELO, Tex., Dec Harry Spannell, who will go to trial here next month for the murder of his wife and Major M.C. Butler, at Alpine, Tex, received more Christ mas gifts thrn the mail than any other person in San Angelo, a post office attache said today. Packages for Spannell came from many parts of the country, most of them from persons he never heard of before MAILS ARE LATE TWO TO TEN DAYS CHICAGO, Dec of sacks of Christm ade the railroad t Mail from all quarters of the Unit- ed States is piled up from two to ’ three days late, most of it destined to other points. Every train leav ing Chicago has four or five extra mail cars attached. Mail will be from two to 10 days late thruout the country, postoffice officials say ‘Thousands mail block inals here.) Spent Christmas in Bed in 1820 and 191 DENVER, Dec. 25,—Charles| Thompson, 96, veteran of the Mex-| ican and civil wars, today is ¢pend-} ing his first Christmas in bed a! the county hospital here. | “This Christmas will be the fi one I've spent in bed since said Thompson. “I had to stay in bed then because I was only a few months old.” AIN'T IT? A few months ago our bullet push-| ers were looking for Villa when they didn't know where he was Well, Eddie, we all know of hia| whereabouts now and our soldiers are hiking home. for Women's Street and Dress Boots, This e $4.65 price representa important reductions on nev ac o eral fncomplete lines. Both button and lace styles in pat wie ent and dull leathers. Telephone “Main 6720" Our Semi-Annual Clearance of Misses’ and Women’s Suits, Coats, Dresses, Gowns, Blouses and Millinery Begins HIS clearance offers unlimited possibilities for substantial savings on fashionable apparel. Very possibly a Coat and Dress for the usual price of the Coat alone, or a Blouse and Suit for the regular price of a Suit. Charge Purchases Made Tuesday Will Not Be Billed Until February First > $25.00 Suits, including velour checks, plain serges and men’s-wear suitings. Every Suit full lined. Reduced to $12.95. Suits formerly $25.00 to $39.75. Materials are serges, gabardines and fur-trimmed broadcloth. Reduced to $17.95. Party Dresses formerly $35.00 and $39.75, in broadcloths, re- cluding taffetas, nets and fancy duced to $28.50. Blouses reduced to $5.75 to $8.95, includin taffeta, nets and lace, in were formerly priced from Blouse reette crepe, pussy willow uit shades and light colors MacDougall-Southwick STAR—MONDAY, DEC. ?5, 1916. PAGE Alterations on Sale Garments Will be Made in Order of Sale Established 1875 Agents for Sorosis Shoes Tuesday, the Day After Christmas Illustrations are of garments selected from our different sale groups. 12.95) Coats formerly $30.00 to $40.00, Materials are wool velour and broadcloths, trimmed with near seal, Hudson seal and mole plush. Reduced to $19.50. $25.00 to $30.00 Coats. Materials are broadcloth, wool velour and boucle, trim- med with imitation mole, natural raccoon and sealette. Reduced to $14.75. Coats formerly $40.00 to $59.50. Materials are Bolivias, wool velours and broadcloths, alse All Suits formerly $49.50 to $69.50, including the latest ideas, either plain or | | trimmed with Hudson seal, moleskin or near seal. Reduced to $28.50. All $25.00 and $27.50 Party Dresses of new changeable taffeta in all the popular shades, re- duced to $19.50. Street and Afternoon Dresses, for- ] merly $19.75 to $30.00, including Dresses | of jersey, satin, crepe de chine and serge, reduced to $12.95. were formerly priced Our entire stock of Millinery has been reduced for clearance (except Georgette, crepe de Room) The above prices r the different groupe All on Second Floor educed to $6.1). from $9.75 to $15.00, inclu Chine, net; some embroidered and beaded styles the advanced models in our French extreme reductions and the models sketched have been taken at random from prices are $2.95, 86,95 and 89.95, MacDougall-Southwick