Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
M correshondenee Of Ia Desete Neius by Frdnk CaRenJ

trade is still small. but 1t Is rapidly
! gaining
| coAr. OIL. coRNED BEEF. CORN
MEAL AND COCKTAILS.
] made hunt through tho bazars
| here today for American goods, ana
| among other places visited the largest
| fancy grocery store in Tnngier. l
told the jew clerk 10 show me sam
| pies Of all the American articles he
had, and he brought out coal oil,
corncd beef. corn meal and cocktails.
The bottles Of cocktails came from
New York. the corn meal was in a
pHstcboard package labeled Chicago,
and tho coal oil Ia q square can from
philadelpha, while the corned beef
was IN a Nat tin box from packing
house In Kansas City. At another
store | saw canned salmon from Seat.
Ne ard pickles from Boston All OF
these goods came Via London.
WHAT THE MooRs DO NOT WANT.
1t is useless for our exporters to at
tempt to make a market IN Morocco
without sending men here to study the
people. This country is as different
from the United states as would he the
lands Of the Arabian Nights. Drum
mers who speak Spanish or French
should he sent to travel among the peo-
pie and report the kinds and patterns OF
goods desired. They can hire guides
who will interpret for them with the
Moorish merchants. and they will And
many Jewish traders who speak French
and Spanish.
Let me tell you, for instance. OF few
things which 1t would bo ridiculous to
send to Morocco. The American shoe
Is popular almost everywhere, and 1t
is fast capturing Europe. II could do
nothing here. These men want a loose
slipper of soft leather with a heel that
can be bent over They take their
shoes Off az usual thing, when they
enter their homes, and they never wear
them inside the churches or mosques.
The black of the American shoe would
look out of place. for every Moorish
gentleman likes delicate pale yellow.
As to the women. they wear red Slip
pers of soft Morocco leather, and the
better classes OF them have their foot
wear embroidered with gold and silver.
In the house most of the girls go bare
footed and no one wears French
heel. Indeed. heels are worn on M
shoes here, and even fine Morocco boots
arc hcelless All the footwear Is hand
made. and that made IN Fee Is sent to
different narts of the country
NO DEMAND FOR SOCKS OR
STOCKINGS.
The MOors do not want stockings. of
the l0000.000 inhabitants of this country
$500. coo have never heard of them, and
! venture there are not 10000 women In
the whole empire who clothe their legs
In that way. Only the very well-to-do
nut them on upon occasions, and such
persons are the MoOrs who have been
affected by foreign Influences.
Our hat makers need not send their
wares These people use turbans, with
skull caps under them to cover their
smoothly shaved scalps, and they some-
times pull The hoods of their gowns
over their heads IN addition. The Jews
wear caps OF black felt which 1T close,
and the Jewlsh Wonon wrap their
heads in silk handkerchiefs.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR AMERICAN
FLOUR.
At present there might be small
sale for American -four IL 1t were
shipped here In such packages that II
could be carried by mules over the
country. Morocco has some Of the best
wheat soil OF the world and II II had u
government like ours with Secy. VIII
son ut the heud OF It's agricultural de-
partment, II would be competing with
our country In the bread markets OF
At present most OF the grain
Is consumed in the localities where 1t Is
raised and the agricultural methods are
20 rude that II is high-priced. notwith-
standing the low wages. Farm hands