The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-01-19
100000 FOR
PARIS APPETITES
Huge Annual Outlay Of French
Capital For Food.
COST OF LIVING INCREASING.

Horse and Mule Meat Among DeIca-
cies, While 1,562,ooo Pounds of Snals
and Crawfish Arc Purchased by Epi-
cures-One tenth of Total Spent For
Meat, With Fowls Close Second.
Now that the increasing cost of liv-
! ing is giving the residents of the
French capital not little anxiety it is
| 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 are
compelled by law TO indicate by means
of sign of horses head over the
| front of their places of business that
| they deal in horse meat. This is to
protect the unsuSpecting public, who
frequently are unable to distinguish
between beef and horse meat.
According to reliable statistics, Paris
consumes in year 34T 100000 pounds
of beef, veal and mutton. To this
must be added 79,2O0,OOO pounds of
pork and S.S00,0O0 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 20.700,OO0 pounds of
horse and mule meat are consumed,
representing about 81 900 animals
The total amount of meats of all kinds
consumed annually in Paris reaches
the significant figures of 455. 100000
pounds.
The amount of poultry eaten in Paris
annually reaches 4S,400,000 pounds.
representing about 15,J0O,0O0 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 formula
BILE fish eaters is shown by the num-
Der of pounds sold annually as fol-
lows: Salt water fish, S7,O29SO0:
fresh, 6.5S2 400; smoked. 343, 200; salt
ed, $4,000; total. 93.977 400. Oysters,
mussels, shelfish and snails also find
numerous epicures, for their consump-
ton is relatively impOrtant-25.30 100000
pounds of oysters, mussels and she'll
fish and 1852, 900 pounds of snails and
crawfish.
The consumption Of vegetables in
Paris reaches the following imposing
figures: General vegetables, 30,S00,000 |
pounds; mushrooms, SS00.000 pounds;
watercress, 132O0,OOO pounds.
AS TO butter and eggs, Paris con-
sumes of the former annually 33,0O0,- |
900 pounds and of the latter 100000, |
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 country in turn buys from Rus
STA, England, Italy and America.
LIE CONSUMPTION Oh ITulC Reaches
100000 pounds a 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 a
pound. Bananas always command
high price and are of inferior quality.
As to cheese which is never exclud-
ed from a regular meal in France, the
annual consumption reaches 81 100000
pounds.
The total value of food products in
the French capital In a year of the
kinds mentioned and not including
wines and bread is as follows: Meats,
$10,711,OOO; fowls, S9,7SS000; game,
$769, 900; fish, $4,10O,000; oysters,
snails, etc. 81, 10000; vegetables, 81
100000; butter, $S.265,OO0; eggs, So
961 900: fruits, $1,73O,OOO; cheese, $4,-
269, 1000; total, $40, 100000
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.
NO JOKES CAUSE INDIGESTION