Dollar Benedictine

Monsieur A Le Grand, proprietor of the French company which makes the sticky, sweetish brown liqueur called Benedictine, crisply told correspondents last week that U. S. citizens residing in France now handle bootleg shipments from that end. "Frankly these American bootleggers are the best of customers," said M. Le Grand. "We deliver our goods f. o. b. Havre or Bordeaux and are paid on the spot. For Benedictine we are paid $1 a bottle, and we do not complain, I assure you Messieurs. We are told that these same goods are sold in America for $10 a bottle,* but we have no hand in the American rum-running industry and certainly none in its surplus profits."

*An error. Bootleg prices have been forced down by the Depression, standard brands of champagne crashing from a high of $155 to about $75 per case. French Benedictine has declined from $10 to about $6, native Benedictine to $3 or less.

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