The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-02
Our Regular Letter From the
Gay French Capital.
The 6ermanS, and Some Facts in
Reference to Them.
With General Chat about Number
OF Interesting Subjects.
PARIS, Novem Der 8, 1883.

| n"o N9iu duy IS SUCKING be
OldenEur gers down the grain. auc
takiIg precautions against the supe
riority VI trenet artillery, Ff4uc
ought to open her EYES he alarm
ing Invasion tue rruo are mekic.
TO their l. ua-F, s0l L, "a .aefce. u r
many tp@k 10 new 1ep r ara in he,
rnsDn,sU'n~ ron "a PaI1delpbia
exaIhit; +; h'l caief 9. mn issionel
tnen al ftt exh h = OF Father
land wsre billy ind schtecht-cheap
and las ne n.p- rnspged al.
that. r.. iia~uy haV.ug .ppsared late
IN the 6elo OF ndu Try. bas been able
10 avail htf,ett III all the newer pro-
cesses and y more extensive pl4nts.
Sue pulleI ,hrough the terrible Krach
OF 1873. when Industrial and aom-
merclal ocletlts went down like nine
pins. Tuen llosed series of bao
.gricul ural years But since 1881,
Germany has had a run of marvellous
prosperity, while in France affairs
ahere not stationary, have peen ret
rograde.
Germany has population of As
100000. and France OF 3S, 900, 900;
he has 100000 of workmen, and
1900, 600 of horse power, fixed as
aell as locomobile. France has
LOCO, 600 lees OF )rse power. Neither
country produces enough OF food for
their populations; they have to i'm
port necessaries OF life. though on q
relatively smaller scale than England.
The sugar industry, from beet 10 very
fourishing in Germany. and she ex-
ports. thanks to bounties. one-half of
what she produces. The latter n
1871 was IA GOO tons; IL 1881. 3lS, coo.
Distil!ing is very Important. Ger
many possesses 10000 distilleries;
since 1880 the production of alcohol
from rye. beet, and potatoes, etc has
doubled, and she exports eight times
more than she consumes. France is
her largest customer. as the rye slco-
mol having no repulsive flavor, is en-
ployed to fortify wines, and to make
cognac and fine champagne. But
the Germsns, instead of sending rye
alcohol to be favored with the brandy
msde from grapes at Cognac, import
that brandy now to make c0gnac
themselves and then export the real
Stiltop also.
Beer. especially from Bavaria, has
suppressed French brewers; the latter
relied on substitutes" for malt and
hops, while the former use only nat
ural materials. There will suon be
az many German beer saloons in
Paris as in Munich and Berlin put
together. But small French wines
commence to share the fate Of French
brewed beers. In cotton industry.
Germany has as many spindles. s.
600, eco, as France, while England
has four times the number Of both
together. Krefsld by her mixtures of
cotton and silk. commands the mar
kets Of the world, and has revolution
lied the trade OF Lyons. The wooden
industry OF Germat y is important, 80
Is her paper industry; in the latter,
her competitors are England and
Austria.
Respecting taste in manufactured
goods. France shuts her eyes to the
immense strides in this important art
that Englsnd and Germany have
made; they so press ON her heels as
to gall her kibes. German iewelry
not only can compete with France
abroad, but actually has footing in
Paris. In clothing too. Germany
that formerly laid in stocks from
France, now manufactures such at
home. France remains az ''head-
strong as an allegory on the banks of
the Nile" in producing for special
classes, instead OF for the masses.
Hence, why che is being left behind
in the race. Partners in German
firms, settle down in Paris and Lon
don and represent thus directly their
own houses, and in the transport Of
goods, they patronizs their own carry.
ing agencies and steamers. In the
matter of emigration, for every 100.'
600 of the population Of France, only
two persons enigrate; in Italy, the
ratio lie IS; in Germany, 145. and in
England 315. In foreign larts
France is thua naturally left out in
the cold. And when Frenchmen do
emigrste. they avoid their own colo
MES. Frsm 1878 to 1881, the emf
grafton of French citizens was Is. 01S;
Of this total, 1917 went to Canada ard
the rest to the United States. This is
q bad outlook for the Congo, Msds"
gasoar and Tonkin.
Franco has not an Almanac
Day." bu. an Almanac Month. and
which is the present. Paris publish
,rs are just now occupied with no
,ther kind of literature. It is essi. {
mated that 4 100000 copies, OF the
~ special almaoscs Published in
France, are struck of yearly; and
hey represent not only professions, i
,ut science, morality, and amuse- 6
nents. OF late. journals publish an
.lmanac, in the book. not sheet form c
While traders adopt the card pattern.
These supply the place OF keep
axes" and "Books of Beauty" ard q
imilsr lights of other days. Voltaire i
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