The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12
PRODUCE AND FOOD Delegates ARE
SOLD AT AUCTION IN THE FRENCH MARKETS.
Frank G. Carpenter Describes Pa
risian Food Marts-A Visit To a
Curious Slot Machine ReStau-
rant-One Can Buy Sand
witches and Cakes as
Children Buy Chew
ing Gum.

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Special Correspondence Of The Sunfsv Republic
Paris. France Sept s5-I expesfet 10 tel
YOU how. Aua-ir, ia. p,-s 1.,, end
that par,s 80, -, 80 r. ~,
- So, "
" naiN'S Oh rue "t
aHu the most az The goods sold IN them ore
raised IN France The country about Paris
l., one vast garden. which produces a. much
10 the acre PERHAPS as any other lard IN
The world. Some VI the farms rent for
as high "a $50 n,r acre, ard H. IS estimated
that there are 2oo acres of this Kind about
the city. Hhirh mot ouiy sspRiy Paris with
enough Vegetables. hUt furnish a large
amount for export 70 London. The same
Qroductivenes exists ign tat farms II Is
only IN bad wears that France has 10 i'm
port wheat; and pr. scientists claim that
within another decade she VIII not only
be rlisnS an her c"n food but VIII eX-
pNft more imam A"h"2 tons OF wheat per
Onnum.
But Get me give YOU some idea Of what
the french eat We shan IND out py tax
ing a Walk through lhe haies Centrales
These ure the chief markets OF Paris. and
they are BY Tar the biggest markets OF the
world. Covert Garden London, doe not
cover haii 50 much ground ana The markets
OF Berlin. Vienna and New York are small
IN comparison And stil these are not the
only markets or Paris. There are smaller
ones scattered here and There over the city
each Of which has its own trade.
TEN P~ANlLIoNSI MAAfb OF
IRON AND GLASS.
The Halles Centrales are right In the
heart Of Paris, They are ten minutes walk
from the opefa-house' not lar from the
Seine and within about a stones throw OF
me LOUVRE me- CONSIST OF zen Srea'
paVllghs ma.t u nuH ~ go; e1eh . rs
enousn eNlost..on
SosSt' au ~,
S1a nav apout 'N1 GnherenS ete+
An0IL NnFn- HlFNnE "a uHA.- CIV UNaI
hSt "oSoNs ~
NhoIsaate aLoAos ha- 49,
worm OF soous are aalIy SOLD Inc ua-y
sales OF preau' "lne enc meat az ie'-i n
wholesale are more thah Ssovp'. 1hl tHe
safes per aTnuIm are conSoetani. Over 49,
OWV@ Inc Nege'ap'es anu itui's pi..S'
COST as mnch more so uiat n 4eas' SiU'
o0 q Gay Is taken IN on this Spot
The National Library at washington
which Is one or ne hhes' outiulhSs - -
world. cost &."oVy our National CapIo,
cost LZWNeY ana tne State' "N -
Navy Department snout ,he sIme -
These markets are mere sneis' ~ -
are so large that they nave cost $780,
or almost a. much a. any one OF our great
est national buildings The Ha!es belong
TO the Paris municipality and the market
people pay rent for their places in them
I have before me the amount OF 1000
which Paris daily consumes Il IS enor-
nous, the annual average per head being =
kA1A1I - $500
pounds OF meat and twenty-eight pounds OF
FISH. or for the whole city S2iO9,V0 pounds
Of bread. ESoo0.0o quarts Of wine. AZ
Oo0.9o pounds Of meat and 100000
pounds Of fish.
FRANCE PROTECTS ITSELF
WITH TARIFF LAWS.
And with all this Is there no opening for
our American products? Not at present. and
not untn we have a better reciprocity
treaty with France. The truth s. this Re
public puts a tarin on everything that
comes into it and st protects itself quite
as well as the United States France goes
on the principle. "You TICKLE me and III
tickle YOU. and II you don't I won't"
So far Uncle sam has not tickled the fair
French maiden. and as a result she buys
only what she cannot raise from other c6un-
tries. taking from US only when she Is in
straits and cannot be supphed elsewhere.
N ~ sne HhpoItSu soeut 80 ~ 80
VI 1-t4s
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the secretary Of the American Chamber OF