New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-21


superiority in the machinery itself but from the imPs
sbty Of procuring separately peculiar stone known
az the Pyrennesn Granite. which alone will answer the
purpose required and hence il Is necessary 70 intro
dnce at great expense, article OF foreign manuiae-
ture that but for the stone, could be made quite as
well and much more cteaply, at home.
1t il estimated that fully SO0O0JO worth Of confec-
tionery is made annually in this city and by that term
We mean preparations Of sugar Chocolate Juube paste
&c but exclude many articles, which properly come
under the denomination, such as lee-creans, JeIhes
banc-manges pastry and other delcaces which would
run I'D the amount perhaps double Two OF the PrIn
cpal houses manufacture daily between them 4.'JO
pounds Of candies, at prices varying from fourteen to
fifty cents per pound, the average being about twenty
cents and this il exclusive OF lozenges three hundred
boxes Of which are sold weekly by certain hrm, each
containing nineysX paper packages such as are sold
in stores and each package twenty l0zenges making
total Of nearly 100000 What can become OF them all
In view Of this enormous consumption, prlncpslly
by children parents will be inclined "a ask, what candy
is and what effect il has in medicinal point Of 7iew
II is unnecessary to mention the endless forms which
this CONNECTION assumes whether drops piums COM
fits stcks or other entcng shapes but IN any OF these
is supposed to consist only of sugar highly Kennel
(hough by different processes 20 that used IN e sugar
bouseO undergoing in each some slight variety oil
PREPARATION and favored vari0nsly to meet the tastes
Of different customers the col0ring ELECTED by some
harmless vegetable matter also being diverse 20 MAKE
greater attraction for the purchaser. When thus com
poupded these sweetmeats are evidently quite harm
less if taken in moderation, though It is otherwise
when allowed is the case in many instances, 70 De-
come almost the staple article of food for child a.
common sense alone ought to indicate.
But most of the confectionery imported from foreign
countries and proportion, though very nc0nsdera
able one of the homemade article is not manufactured
Of such innocent materials on The contrary substances
Of nature highly dangerous to life II admitted ID iarSe
ouaptitie. into the system, are known 10 be used
Indeed TO such an extent has this been carried abroad
that in France il has been found necessary to pass strn
gent laws 10 protect the candy cOns umng portion OF
the public from the effects of the INSCRIPTIONS traders
in articles of sweetmeats while in the City of York,
in England, within two years after public dinner AT
which certain cOnserves supplied, several OF the
guests were seized with sickness brought on from par
taking of sweetmeats cOored or favored with poisonous
ingredients. II is, however principally ID the coiorlhg
matter so far as relates to foreign connections that
these noxious ingredients to be found, as mineral
agents are adopted in preference to vegetable win the
object thus attainable Of procuring brighter ana
more enduring color, for which purpose verdisris'
among other posons ls used-an article as our feau
ers ere well aware possessed of the most deleterous
q tiles The fayOring essences, tootare not always
less hurtful DR.. Letheby an eminent Englsh toAcoio
gist and who from his position may probably be rea-
sonaby accepted authority states as the result OF
an inquiry into the OF fatal case he had ATTEND
ed in the person of patient who had been suddenly at
tackled Immediately after parakng OF some sweetmeats
that the presence of the essential oil OF bitter almonds
deadly poison in the comestibe he had examined was
clearly apparent. .e.
In this country however, where the use OF confec-
tions is in great degree encouraged among all classes
little additional beauty, vyidness and durability OF
colorng are very properly sacrificed by all respectable
manufacturers, to the more important consideration 0
procuring wholesome artcle-hence all mineral COZ
oring matters rejected and some simple vegetable
agent such as saffron, for instance, If yellow Is re-
aured substituted while the hayoring ingredients are
equally harmless and we have no reason to suppose
otherwise than that this precau0n extends 10 nearly
IL, 10 Iara nd xCz ali
remarks be understood referring to such eon'eryes
as are in reality imported, and not to the limitations oil
foreign articles made in this city.
nv the way we NAV here mention, bearing on the
subject Of the many strange shifts that some peo
ple are compelled to make in this Babylon OF ours to
obtain the means of existence There are men who 90
round periodically TO the sugar reneres and collect all
the DRAWINGS of moasses 10 be gathered in the largest
establishments deriving these perqulsltes almost
solely from the floors and walls, which are often COM
pletely daubed with the sweet sprnklings AS these
individuals are not, class, troubled with weak
somachs or squeamishness in any shape, they very I'M
partially take any other kind of dirt, OF whatever ma
ture that NAV have found its way to the places TO be
scraped the gatherings are then taken home ana
cleansed as much possible Of the impurities, when
they are converted into 'asses candy, or peanut
cakes for the especial use and beh0Of Of juveniles pos
sessed of slender purses and constitutional tendency
to sweatmeats in any shape IL was possibly one Oh
these Young GOths whom we heard exclaim, at the
CRYSTAL Palace while gazing at the beautiful specimens
we have indicated and which are protected BY glass
cases Don't | wish could get through 10 them,
"just :"
To compare merits, it may be stated that foreign
confectionery displays much beauty in design and
attention to appearances than the iatter
while as a general rule unpretending In outward ais
play has the immense advantage OF rarely containing
unvbolesome ingredients But in some articles the
French especially have 10 competitors, snch lOr IN
stance as their delicious preparations OF chocolate
which are quite free any Objectionable qualities
and form a very wholesome beverage o.,
But there is branch OF business connected WIN
this trade in which the Americans are iamentao! De-
hind all the European manufacturers and IN when the
French bear away the palm of superiority from all the
world We refer 10 the boxes In which the conlec-
tonerv is exhibited Ii is the specimens OF domes-
tic manufacture are very limited III NUMBER as 10
allow us to say that this trade there quite uhrepreseh
ed but the beauty those in the French department e
ms 10 investigate farther into the comparative merits oil
the products of this branch of the skill OF the TWO
countries and with this object we waited on one OF the
leading importers of fancy paper boxes ana VISITED some
American manufactures In the former many most
beautiful specimens were exhibited 10 US one being ee
oanty enaeled another adorned with pretty colOred
engraving and third ornamented with handsomely
worked flower ON q silk satin ground While IN tue
less pretending tasty appearance was always ooser'-
ed In value there was OF course considerable range
of prices extending from merely nominal sum 10 as
high as ten and twelve dollars per box In the Amer
lean establishments very few attempts, and those NOT
bv any means creditable, at originality or dNersi!,
We're made and equally in the best as in the worst most
of the articles of which the boxes were composed even
down 10 the little coored engravings were oil foreign
manufacture-the pastebOard alone beng home-naue.
All the cosaoues fancy baskets and envelopes, and even
The nsner in which the kisses and other connections
are wrspred are imported goods. As a growing trade
= nm IN those articles and as in the lastnamed