The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
PRINCES LOSS
BY SYMPATHY FOR
SPIN.
Millions Of Our American Dollars
Will Be Diverted.


The specific gravity of blood has be-
come an important international con-
sideration. "Blood is thicker than wa
ter" says Mr.. Chamberlain; and Henri
Rochefort's sentiment which is trans
lated freely: THE Latin races should
hang together" seems to meet the APP
proval of the French people. Since the
opening of the Spanish-American mill.
our sister republic has shown ten
dency to act as SPANS bottleholder.
The attitude of the French press has
been uniformly hostile to us. The bank
of Paris loaned 100000 francs to the
Spanish government. French naval Of
ficers ostentatiously walked arm-in-arm
with Spanish officers at Cadiz, and the
crew of the French warship that was in
the harbor of San Juan at the time of
SIMPSONS bombardment cheered the
Spanish flag when our ships were out
of gunshot. A French steamer attempt
ed to land supplies in Havana, and
what is more serious than all, the
Spanish fleet was supplied with coal at
the French island of Martinique. Pos
sibly French hostility is confined to the
venal Partisan newspapers, which are
said to have been subsidized by the
bankers holding Spanish bonds. AL
ready in America there is strong feel
ing of resentment at Frances appar-
emily shabby treatment of us.
American women have been first to
resent the attitude of the French, and
all over the country they are refusing
to use any articles of French make.
Ladies like Mrs. George M. Pullman,
wife of the late millionaire car manu-
facturer; Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs, Ham
ilton Mccormick, whose husband is one
of the wealthiest and most influential
citizens of Chicago; Mrs. Philip d. Ar
mour, and Mrs. William E. Chandler an
nounced their intentions of resisting
all temptations to purchase French Gre
atoms in millinery and gowns. Mrs.
Mary Ransom, the richest woman in
Kentucky, started crusade against
buying anything French, including pre-
sumably French counts. Similar move
ments are under way in most of the
| states. No one believes that this boy
colt will go very far, or that patriotic
| American women will be called upon to
endure great privation in going with
out the beautiful fabrics that only the
| French know how to concoct, but If the
boycott becomes general France will be
a large loser. American women use
about $2,250,0O0 worth of French mil
linery every year and spend million
and half for Paris gowns. This is
but>a small part of the American money
that goes to France every year to buy
| articles of women's wear. Ribbons,
dress goods and laces are imported
from France in large quantities for the
adornment of the American maid and
matron. During 1897 these articles
cost us about $13,0OO,00O. If there
should be cause for us to boycott in
earnest French products our men will
doubtless not be outdone by our wom-
en-. In this case France will lose rev.
enue of more than 100000, which she
receives annually for her wines alone.
This makes a total of $20,0O0,000 that
would be kept out of French pockets by
boycott of these goods which are sup
piled to consumers direct, with French
labels on. The amount, however, is
less than the interest on the immense
sum that the French tinanciers have
invested in Spanish bonds. These in
vestments are said to be the largest
factor in the pro-Spanish sentiment in
the republic over the water. But our
imports from France reach the figure
of $70,O00,0OO year.
By far the greatest loss to France
from a continued hostility to us would
be caused by Americans keeping out
of the country. The American colony
in Paris spends there at least SIC, 0OO, 900
year. 1t is more difficult to estimate
the results of the turning away from
France of the stream of American tour
lists that pours into Paris every summer
and thence spreads over the continent.
The steamship companies estimate that
Of the 10000 cabin passengers that left
the ports Of North America for Europe
during the past year about 10000 were
American tourists. The others were
Canadians, Europeans returning home,
Americans going to Europe on business
and the nd-the-world passengers
who only touch at European cities,
Forty thousand second cabin passen-
gers is about the normal movement, and
of these perhaps $4,000 are tourists. Tn.
less by taking poll of the steamship
passengers, no exact information is OBJ
tainable in regard to their destination
but it is likely that at least two-thirds
of the tourists go to France and remain
there greater or less time, so that the
number of Americans that go to France
in normal year is placed by those
most competent to judge at about $4,000
Some of these stop in France for few
days only, others stay several months
Taking a month as the length of tn,
sojourn of the average tourist, and $60t
as about the ordinary expenditure, W,
can calculate the sum left by our tour
lists in France every year as the It'd,
one of 21,OOO,OOO.
In their bearing toward the United
States, the French have also 10 regard
their exposition in 1900. While the alb
sence of American exhibits probably
would not seriously injure the fair as
show, yet the loss of the $4,000, 900 tina