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($424,600), principal offices at 1, Place de la Bourse, Marseille: Les
Usines Vézian &amp; Chambon, Marseille; La Compagnie Bordélaise,
Frontignan; and Les Usines Cros, of Narbonne. The annual aggregate
 output of these refineries averages 40,000 metric tons, the total
~onsumption of the country amounting to about 95,000 tons.
The principal competitor of the Raffinéries de Soufre Réunies is
the Raffinéries Internationales de Soufre, of Marseille and Cette, a
branch of the Union Sulphur Co., of New Jersey, whose output averages
 30,000 metric tons annually, and which refines almost exclusively
Louisiana sulphur, while the other concerns treat only Sicilian
sulphur. The competition of the French refiners and the American
company has always been very keen, but pyctinilarty since the outbreak
 of the war, owing partly to the fact that the former manager
of the Raffinéries Internationales de Soufre was a German subject.
The export business of the French sulphur refineries is unimportant,
 and there is no dumping in this trade.
Roof and floor tile and brick factories—The manufacture of
bricks and roof and floor tiles is one of the Jouling Industries of the
district. The Société Générale des Tuileries de Marseille &amp; Compagnie
 is the sales corporation of the majority of the local manufaecturers
 of these products. The total annual output of these manufacturers
 averages 285,000,000 pieces, or approximately 80 per cent of
the production of the district. The principal offices of the Société
Générale des Tuileries de Marseille &amp; Compagnie are located at No. 4,
Place St. Ferréol, Marseille. The firms whose products are sold
through this company are the following, all of Marseille and immediate
 vicinity:
Guichard, Carvin et Cie., Martin Fréres; Pradel Fréres; Rey
Fréres; Arnaud Etienne &amp; Cie., J. Daudé; Roux Freres; Saumati
Fréres; Antoine Sacoman; Guichard &amp; Cie.,, Pierre Sacoman;
Guichard Freres; Tuileries de la Méditerranée; Pierre Amédée; Les
Fils de Jules Bonnet; Pierre Lancon; Barthélémy Fenouil; J. B.
Martin Roux; Pierre Maurel; Mathieu Pichon; Ferdinand Maurel;
Lazare Maurel.
The Marseille exports of bricks and tiles have averaged as follows
during the last 5 years prior to the war: Roof tiles, 165,000 metric
tons; floor tiles, 40,000 metric tons; bricks, 24,000 metric tons. The
principal countries of destination of these products were: For roof
tiles, Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, and Russia; for floor tiles, Argentina,
Algeria, Morocco, and Turkey; for bricks, Morocco, Senegal, and
French colonies in western Africa. No dumping appears to have
been done in this trade.
Candle industry.—The most important candle-manufacturing establishment
 in France is that of L. Félix Fournier &amp; Cie., St.
Mauront, Marseille. The capital stock of this company, which also
owns the old De Milly Works, at Paris, is 10,000,000 francs ($1,930.-000).
 Messrs. Fournier &amp; Cie. manufacture about 70 per cent of the
total quantity of candles produced in France, and practically control
 the market. The total Marseille exports of candles have averaged
 in recent years about 4,300 metric tons, principally to Algeria,
Egypt, Turkey, Tunis, and Madagascar. No dumping is resorted to
in this line of goods.
Rice mills.—The rice-milling industry in the district is controlled
by the Rizeries de la Méditerranée, Marseille-Modane, a corporation