New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-07

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eures-One -tsnth Of Total Spent 70
Meat, With Fowls Close Second.
Now that the increasing cost Of liv
ing Is giving the residents Of tn
French capital not little anxiety 1t II
! interesting to note the enormous guam
titles Of meats, vegetables, butter
cheese, fruits, etc., that are annually
consumed in Paris.
Dealers in horse and mule meat arr
compelled by law to indicate by mean.
Of a sign Of horses head over the
front Of their places Of business thai
they deal In horse meat. This is tt
protect the unsuspect!ng public, who
frequently are unable to distinguish
between beef and horse meat.
According to reliable statistics, Paris
consumes in a year 347 5000 pounds
Of beef, veal and mutton. To this
must be added 100000 pounds OF
pork and S,SOO,OOO pounds Of pork
products. In these pork products are
Included the sausages, headcheese and
various preparations and mixtures OF
meat.
In addition to this, say the consular
and trade reports, the consumption OF
horse and mule meat IS quite large. In
fact, each year 29,7OO,OO0 pounds OF
horse and mule meat are consumed,
representing about 61,OOO animals.
The total amount Of meats Of all kinds
consumed annually in Paris reaches
the significant figures Of 455, 4OO, 900
pounds.
The amount Of poultry eaten in Paris
annually reaches 4s,4OO,0OO pounds,
representing about 15,5O0,O0O pieces.
The consumption Of game attains g.
100000 pounds, corresponding to more
than 100000 pieces. Large numbers
Of rabbits are also fed and fattened
for the market and form a considera-
BILE quantity Of food.
That the Parisians are also formida.
bic fish eaters is shown by the mum.
Der of pounds sold annually as fol-
lows: Salt water fish, S7,029, 800:
fresh, 6,5s2, 400; smoked, 943, 200; salt
ed, $4,000; total, 93,977, 400. Oysters,
mussels, shell1sh and snails also find
numerous epicures, for their consump-
ton IS relatively Importantly, SOC, 900
pounds Of oysters, mussels and she'll
fish and 1856, 600 pounds Of snails and
crawfsh.
The consumption Of vegetables in
Paris reaches the following imposing
figures: General vegetables, 30,9OO,000
pounds; mushrooms, $4,000 pounds;
watercress, 13,2OO,OOO pounds.
As to butter and eggs, Paris con-
sumes Of the former annually 33,OOO,-
600 pounds and Of the latter IS, co., 600,
and this Notwithstanding the fact that
both these products command through
out the year an extremely high price
and are principally produced and ship
ped in from the provinces.
Eggs From America.
OF late years Paris Is consuming
many eggs imported from Germany,
which county in turn buys from Rus
sia, England, Italy and America.
The consumption Of fruit reaches
100000 pounds year. All fruit in
Paris Is sold by weight, the lowest in
price being cents a pound and rang
ing from that figure to 40 cents
pound. Bananas always command a
high price and are Of inferior quality.
As to cheese, which is never exclud-
ed from regular meal in France, the
annual consumption reaches 81, 400, 900
pounds
The total value of food products in
the French capital in year Of the
kinds mentioned and not including
wines and bread is as follows: Meats,
$40, 900; fowls, $9,7SS,0O0 game,
$4,000; fish, $4.1OO,OOO; oysters,
snails, etc, 81, 153, 900; vegetables, 49,
100000; butter, $s,265,OOO; eggs, 3d.
961, GOO; fruits, S1,73O,OOO; cheese, 3d.
269, 900: total $40, $4,000.
1t can be affirmed without any exag-
geration that Paris spends annually
for its nourishment the above total,
not including the enormous sums paid
out for bread and wine, these being
the chief articles Of diet Of the poorer
classes.