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As I rode in a comfortable car with a good bed to sleep in it was hard to keep from thinking of these unfortunate people who were herded like cattle in cold, dirty cars day after day and night after night for a month. AS I RODE IN A COMFORTABLE CAR WITH A GOOD BED TO SLEEP IN IT WAS HARD TO KEEP FROM THINKING OF THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERDED LIKE CATTLE IN COLD DIRTY CARS DAY AFTER DAY AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR A MONTH
asing five million dollars worth of eggs per year from Siberia when the war broke out. I learned something of the superstition of the Siberian peasant when cream separators were first introduced. It is said that when these hard working people were told of machines that would separate the cream from milk instantly they declared that only a machine with a devil in it could do such a thing. But an enterprising foreigner went ahead and built a factory and about the time he had some of the separators ready for delivery a mob gathered, wrecked the factory and smashed the separators into smithereens, declaring that they would not have machines with devils in them in their country. That was years ago, however, and they have long since learned to use and appreciate these machines. But the saddest sights I saw in Siberia were the trains loaded with exiles. These cars were not much better than stock cars and had iron bars across the windows. The sad faces within made one's heart ache to see them. TAIN WAS PURCHASING FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF EGGS PER YEAR FROM SIBERIA WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT I LEARN SOMETHING OF THE SUPERSTITION OF THE SIBERIAN PEASANT WHEN CREAM SEPARATORS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IT IS SAID THAT WHEN THESE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WERE TOLD OF MACHINES THAT WOULD SEPARATE THE CREAM FROM MILK INSTANTLY THEY DECLARED THAT ONLY A MACHINE WITH A DEVIL IN IT COULD DO SUCH A THING BUT AN ENTERPRISING FOREIGNER WENT AHEAD AND BUILT A FACTORY AND ABOUT THE TIME HE HAD SOME OF THE SEPARATORS READY FOR DELIVERY A MOB GATHERED WRECKED THE FACTORY AND SMASHED THE SEPARATORS INTO SMITHERINES DECLARING THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE MACHINES WITH DEVILS IN THEM IN THEIR COUNTRY THAT WAS YEARS AGO HOWEVER AND THEY HAVE LONG SINCE LEARNED TO USE AND APPRECIATE THESE MACHINES BUT THE SADDEST SIGHTS I SAW IN SIBERIA WERE THE TRAINS LOADED WITH EXILES THESE CARS WERE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN STOCK CARS AND HAD IRON BARS ACROSS THE WINDOWS THE SAD FACES WITHIN MADE ONE'S HEART ACHE TO SEE THEM
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