Arizona republican., 1899-09-02
EXPOSITION PROFITS
Paris, 1T Is Estimated. Will
Entertain 6O,OOOtOOO.
Fabulous Sums Demanded for Food
and Liquor Booths, and Profits
Are Estimated at Hundreds of
r1iIlionS-FranCe GaIner.


the United States commission, Paris
exposition, declares that the caterers
of Paris are greatly agitated over the
approach of the day when contracts
for places of reGreshment for the big
fair of 1900 will be decided The Office
of the French commissioner-gener
is daily crowded with visitors who
make inquiries as to the conditions SO
as to bid for concessions. The crowd
; ranges from those who are ambitious
| to run a fashionable establishment to
humble ones who will be satisfied to
keep a bar in The shade of the trees Of
the Invalides Gardens, Or near the pal
aces of the Champ de Mars, and all
hope to make fortune by quenohing
the great American thirst.
Rents for places for restaurants and
bars in Paris, for use during the ex-
position, even now are pIaced at fabu-
lous figures, and 100000 Tor SIX
months for bamoom or hall on the
banks of the Seine is an average reE:al
asked.
At the exposition of 1889 there were
eightyEtx concessions granted for
restaurants and bar establishments.
the total reaching over $3.50, 900. As a
! rule, all these places realized large re-
turns, one making 100000 net profit.
The average profit of fy0 others was
$4,000, and the lowest was $4,000.
These figures Captain Mattox says are
given from the official statistics of the
Paris exposition of ten years ago, when
the restaurants and cafes, according
to Official figures, sold over two million
five hundred thousand meals at an
an average per meal of SO cents.
Notwithstanding this enormous
supply renlo.ked Mr.. Mattox. '4the
restaurants were not able to fill the
demand, and the commEsSfoners au-
thorized kiosks and chalets to sell
bread, wine, cold meats and pork
products. Small establishments real
led big profits and some sold as many
as 800 quarts of wine per day.
''Of course, the people of Paris and
the French commissioners anticipate
much greater financial results at the
coming exposition, as the attendance
by millions will surpass that of any
previous International exhibition.
'SThe railroad receipts during the ex-
position cl 1899 increased rs, 200, 900
francs, the tax on transportation, H.
100000 francs, the poe:office receipts
10000 francs and that of excise taxes
10000, 900, so it is plain that interna-
tional expositions are in many ways
profitable to the nation which holds
them.
These universal expositions also
give great scope ito the export trade of
the country in which they are held.
THE exports of France during the
Paris exposition year of 1889 increased
450,000,000 francs, while the imports
in that year reached only 21O, ,OOO, 900
francs.
More than g., 900, 600 visitors at
tended the Paris show in 1889, and the
French aUShorfties estimate that the
attendance in 1900 will reach 6O,OOO,-
600, which is three-fourths of the pres
ent population of the United States. !
This estimate is not exaggerated, for !
it is based upon the development and |
Improvements. of the means of trans
portation in France and throughout |
the world; upon the reductions OF tar
ifs; the increase oif travellers and |
tourists since 1889; the special advan-
fages offered to travellers, and the of
1cial participation of every civilized |
nation in the world
"Other industries in Paris that will
lbe benefited will be the omnibus lines,
tramways, boats, cabs, hotels, fur
nished rooms, boarding houses,
theaters, and all kinds of business gen
orally. In fact, the benefits of the ex-
position are even now being felt in
Paris. Over 10000 1aborers are en-
ployed on the grounds, buildings and
palaces. This multitude comes from
nearly every trade, stone, cement, lime,
wood, plaster, iron, steel, glass, earth
en- ware, porcelain and all kinds OF
raw materials, all of which make the
exposition grounds a veritaible bee
hive. The proposed fair has already
restored life to hundreds of factories,
and given employment to over 10000
men.
""The sum which foreign visitors will
leave in Paris during 1900 is esti-
mated at about $25O,OOO,OOO. These fig
ures do not, of course, indicate what
will be the whole gain to France, but
they certainly give an idea of the
interests which have every
thing to gain from peace and tranquil
lty. From a moral point of view
France will find triumphant success,
and new prestige and glory in the COM
ing great Paris exposition