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Show PARISIANS WELCOME DECLINE IN PRICES J PARIS. Dei 3. (Correspondence! There has been a well-defined move-ment move-ment downward in the prices of a number of commodities in Franco H since last March. Whether, like the last decline In prices, It win pro II merely transitory and be followed bv IH again, rcmaina to bu seen. H Coffee is one of the latest commo- B dlties lo decrease In the wholesale price. The decline, however, cannot I., noticed it n ii. retail sales Ordln I sry red wine now .--eiis for I. SO fraw vlfl a litre. (,r about . .purl. Till: 1.. tie IH "vln rough ordinaire-" which Ameri- per 1 tugar which sold as high as J .' H francs a kilo now can bo obtained a' H S.75. The vice president of the French H Grocers' union explains that the fall is H due to the decrease In the price of H sugar In America and the report that IH Cuban wholesalers arc- prepared to ex- H port 2D0.00O tons to Europe. Shoes also went down following 8 IH marked decrease in the price of raw I hides. Raw cotton, wool and silks are among the trtlcles th prlct ol which IH There are, however, many commo- dlties which have nut materially de- m ereaaad In price, such as eggs, milk. M .id and Jj |