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sauce, is sold for z cents. I suppose its introduction among our
people would be difficult on account of the prejudice that prevails
among all peoples against a dish that comes from abroad, but by
refusing it they deprive themselves of a cheap, healthful, and palatable
 food.
Joun C. Covert, Consul.
Lyons, FRANCE, October 24, 1903.

MARSEILLES.
(From United States Consul-General Skinner, Marseilles, France.)
The market for macaroni wheat is active at this moment, and
prices are rather firmer than they have been. The present is therefore
 a favorable time for American exporters; but in spite of the reported
 surplus of 10,000,000 bushels, they do not seem to have been
sufficiently interested in the matter to have supplied samples or anything
 else to important buyers in this the chief market for hard wheat
in the world. The Marseilles market could of itself absorb a very
large proportion of the entire American surplus, prices and quality
being reasonable, as compared with the conditions upon which Russian
 and Algerian wheats enter this market. Messrs. Bendit, Limburger
 &amp; Co. have taken a keen interest in the development of the
macaroni-wheat industry in the United States, and when I informed
the senior member of the firm of the present great surplus he immediately
 cabled to an officer of my acquaintance in the Agricultural
Department requesting to be put in touch with firms able to make
him offers—an incident which indicates the possibilities in this city.
We have a number of steamship lines operating between New York
and Marseilles—notably the Anchor Line and the Cyprien Fabre
Line—and the White Star Line has just organized a Marseilles service
from Boston, so that the opportunities for shipments are frequent
and satisfactory.
On October 19 the market was reported firm, with Russian wheat
bringing around 16 francs ($3.08) per 220 pounds, duty not paid.
Tunisian and Algerian wheats, which pay no duty, were worth 22.12
francs ($4.27) at the same time. These quotations may give some
idea of the situation. It is impossible to establish any reliable difference
 between the prices of hard and soft wheats. They go up
and down independently of each other, as the demands are for widely
different purposes, as a rule. As intimated above, Messrs. Bendit,
Limburger &amp; Co., 4, Rue des Princes, are more likely to be interested
in the sale of American macaroni wheat than any other Marseilles
firm, and are in a position to handle any business which may be offered
 to them on satisfactory terms. Bottazzo &amp; Pignatel, 16, Rue

  