The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17

American Product Sent Abroad for Treat
nent and Then Returned.

One nf The many small rcstaura nts which -four
ishcd ten years ago within n radius 81 two block
Of tho Academy II Music owed Its popularity W
the exccllcn, quality 81 The civiare which II served
II was filed after the theatre hours with cosmo'
polhan crowd which usually included some Of the
foreign singers and actors who happened to he
playing in New York at that time. II was n
Russian German restaurant and in its details
IL did not Niner from the ordinary table d'ho'c.
Strangers were always advised by the walters
10 try its Russian ca Ware and It's regular patrons
went there especially for II. When the theatre
district Jumped uptown twenty blocks or more this
restaurant lost its patrons gradually, and finally
went out ~ business.
No other restaurant that makes a specially
Of cayiarc has bccn opened since Its failure
Caviarr Is included ON the bills Of all nrs,-clnss
restaurants and the demand for 1t has grown
slowly. Much 81 the cavinrc however which
il sold as the imported article, IL Of domestic pro
duction and foreign packing 4 man who Is
an authority ON the subject said;
II II we're not for ths prejudice against domesuc
best cnvinre in the world As il is We export
all Of our sturgeon roe for treatment abroad and
then import II back again IN foreign packages.
thus allowing II 10 get stale and hard. To be
good caviarc should be fresh. The price Of cavarc
has more than doubled in the past three years
s"pps :" The Ss pfndSs a
Of EUROPE and America has becn unusually small.
The FIRST American sturgeon roe Nnrn WAS
placed in the caviar market Was taken from tho
rivers which flow into the North Atlantic, and later
from the northern lakes. II was not then believed
that taken from sturgeon caught further
south would make good caviar Since the de-
velopmrnt uf sturgeon fisheries, however. II has
been found that excellent roe IL obtained in Della
ware and the middle Atlantic bays and on tho
Pacific coast. The American waters now produce
| only 25000O pounds Of cayiaT ~ az ainst moro
than 800 900 pounds produced four or hre years
ago The Russian and European catches have
| been smaller even IN proportion Hamburg ~
the main distributing centre for caviar, ana there
send nearly all OF our domestic roe for treat.
| caviar IL small but believe that our domestic
demand for 1t is still smaller so that the balance
| Of trade IL slightly in our favor.
| The taste for caNihrr IN undoubtedly aCpul red
| and ! know people who cot II, not because They
enjoy H. hut because they think II proper 10 affect
were in our harbor few years ago was one ~
| party Of New Workers Who were entertained
| at breakfast an hoard one of them, The Rus-
| sian officers were fine lIpkins body of men,
| big. strong clear skinned CHAPS. and they were
| anxious a. give us the hest that they had. Our
| party from shore included Ave six men who
| had lived much OF their lives IN clubs and WHO
| prded themselves on knowing Just how much
| they could drink with safety Very rich carare
| was served and the Russians were III" only ones
| who ate much ui IL Then they Offered us liquid
| Trircshrent In large quantities and We did not
| refuse We drank with them an often az they
| invited us and the result Nas deinOralinng "a
| syeral uld timers IN our party One ui the shore
| guests was lowered into our boat as ~ lie were
| 81 much excess hdgRag". The Russians were
| all apparently a. sober rs Judges. one OF them
told Us later that II MAS due To- the Tact that they
| had eaten god deal ii cavinrc before drinking
| Others have told ne that hey have had the same
| experience with Russians