Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05
was asked Is francs or IS. for derby to-

/ day
This year many panama hats are being
worn, and do not see why an i1nporta'
ton Of such goods from the Philippine
Islands would not pay. The Filipinos
make as good hats as South America, ane
/ they sell them at much less cost.
| bought a hat in Manila for IS which
would cost $25 here in Paris, and the
| ordinary $3.50 hat sold there would DC
worth three times as much here. Mems
panama hats trimmed with eagle feathers
are now especially popular with fashiona-
/ BILE ladies Of Paris. A good hat of this
kind is worth SIG.
| The American lamp is beginning to
make it's way in Europe, as also our gas
stoves and ranges. There are plenty OF
| American shoes, both real and imitation,
J in Paris. Those made by the French are
nothing like so good as the imported arti-
| Gle, nor will they sell as we'll. One man
tells me that he handles about 1000 pairs
of American shoes every year. and that
his sales are steadily increasing. He says
they are excellent shoes when the makers
are col, JcientiOus.
I met curious American on top of the
Eiffel tower yesterday afternoon. He
anne from Portland, Ore, but Of late
years has been representing one of our
companies which manufactures burlap
wall coverings. He tells me that this is
one Of the live articles of the American
invasion, and that it is steadily pushing
it's way into the palaces CT the rich on this
side Of the water. His firm sold over &c.,
900 yards in Europe last year. The most
of this went to England, and part of it
is now on the walls of the Prince of
Wales bedroom. Another roll or so was
used in the decorat ton Of Balmoral Castle.
Queen Victoria's favorite palace in Scot
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sons of lords and dukes galore. The
young Oregonian has already established
agencies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Germany, and Italy, and he is now max
ing arrangements to paper the French
republic.
AMERICAN PAPER NEEDED.
It would seem to me that we might sell
more writing paper and pulp paper to
France than we are now doing. The paper
used here is of two kinds-very good and
very poor. For business letters the French
use cheaper grade than that used In the
United States, but for social correspon-
dence they have the best
The newspapers are printed on the
cheapest of wood pulp, with the excep-
ton of the expensive journals, such as the
Figaro. There are $500 journals and peri
odicals published in Paris alone, and Of
these a large number are dailies. The
newspapers are much smaller than ours,
but some of then1 such as the Petit Jour-
nal and the LIE Matin, have enormous cir
culations. The Petit Journal claims the
largest circulation in the world. The
papers sell from to 4 cents, Of from S
centines to 20 centimes each. They are
cried on the streets. and also sold in little
galvanized iron news stands on the outer
edges of the street in all parts of the city.
The kiosks belong to the government and
the newsdealers pay rent for them. They
make their money by the commissions
they receive on the sales Of the papers.
The usual rate is two-fifths of cent per
copy for cent paper, and three-fifths
of a cent for papers that sell from 2 to
cents each. Such newsdealers on the
boulevards sell the different American
Magazines. They not infrequentfy have
American newspapers, and always the
Paris edition Of the New York Herald,
which is partly in French and which has
so much continental social news in it that
1t can hardly be called American.
FRANCE WANTS AMERICAN COAL.
I had talk last night with Mr.. Lazare
WELLER, who recently returned from the
United States, where he has been locating
a place for the twenty young students
which France from now on must keep IN
America to study our industrial and BUSH
ness methods. Mr.. WELLER is delighted
with his reception in the United States.
and is urging that closer commercial
relations should be established. Said he:
s"The French have never felt more
friendly toward Americans than they do
now. We appreciate your wonderful
kindness and great munificence In send
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