The New York herald., 1870-01-07

the course Of our conversation on the subject Of the
..Whas does that proven we asked IN tone Of
republican hauteur, as though 'he iacs WAS ONO u
"Prove % he spoke up empnaucally; I'VE consider
proof that we make the best ana pafest cahaies III
..That you claim, suppose"
1--WE dOn
"a am not prepared to dispute it.n
''No one can dispute IT," .
"But there are bogus candies made are there not ?"
OF y sys store es On n which we also
visited the throng OF buyers does not seem to have
sIacKened much, Notwithstanding the holidays are
over. The caste or trade. ~ OF social distinction,
must and Will be kept up. Byron hits at the truth
and reveals the principle In those familiar lines:
And II things be DEAR
Their cash 70 show how much they have a year.
Thus 1t will go on. No cheap SIDE street places.
class patronage. There are Sewarts In every trade,
preaching and candy included.
CHEAP CANDY STORE
Into dinRy room IN q narrow anu dirty street we
entered IN pursuit OF our nqusltorial researches IN
the candy business. This was after the above visits.
Behind q diminutive counter twO~men IN shirt
sleeves ana four women, graceless alike IN figure
and dress, were selling candies. the room was
compac! with buyers we thought O. s,a dog q n Ma
incessant barking IL Was some time before we
could get place at the counter and The attention Of
the larger man in snrt sleeves, whom we at once
settled IN our mind as the proprietor.
Are you the proprtetors" we asked him, TO make
assurance dOuDy sure.
81 am, sir.o
.'Ilow do you sell your candiess"
''Inirty cents pound"
elbow can you AFFORD to sell so cheap ~
al pay very little rent.n
you sell as good candy as anybodyr'
''As good as you pay ninety cents pound Tor on
'seli bon.bons at thirty cents 2"
.Bon-bons or anythng-same price lor all"
The prOprletOrs statement we leave like the state
ments given ABOVE, to carry its own weight OF inu-
ence and credence We bought pound OF his can
ARSAuD,s AND A STORY.
The two candy stores OF Arnaud are among the
finest confectionery establishments IN this CITY HIS
story, though not SO elaborately given is IN sub
stance the same as thdt OF the managing man Of
Mr.. Maillard. He hos the same outward familiarity
with the bogus an0 deleterious ingredients alleged
to be used by the bulk OF the candy manufacturers
In the city, and likewise as p0intedly pr0caimS him.
self honest in The manufacture OF his own candles.
liner looking assortment OF candies Is certainly
be seen nowhere. He mad read the articles In the
HERALD on thu "bon bon business"
.'rhe story OF the two fashionable ladies' from
Murray Hill meeting one another at the wooster
street placeamusea, me highly" he said, but can
s.Shali he glad 10 hear ir,n we remarked.
.'One 0. The wealtniest ladies on Fifth avenue" he
went op to say, bought % several days since. few
paper having my name stamped In the centre, used
to co,er bon-b0ns after being sold and placed in
box, thought nothing OF It, and gave her some.
afterwards learned, and know 1T to be fact, that
she bought some boxes OF candies at the Wooster
street place and placed my laced stamp paper over
tsem 10 give out the idea that she had bought the
candies here"
"Wnat did you do about its'
"l sent the lady word that / didn't like her way
Of using my aces.n
''What did sne sayT'
"Havn't heard from her. and don't expect to.
know have lost her custom, bur don't care to
keep such customers. / don't want any poisonous
candies palmed or for mine. She Is a bigger fam-
bug and quite as dangerous as the biggest humbug
candy dealer In the city,"
And here ends the second chapter In the bon. bon
business.
The following letter on the subject, coming as it
does from OF the dealers will be Interesting
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In your Issue OF the oath ut under the title OF the
"Bon-Don Busness,n have observed u detailed ac-
count OF the cheap candy and b0n-Don business as
known to your reporter and the public generally,
and as you have given that article space In your
columns ana he has seen TT to mention my estab-
ltshment In his article, which he terms "A candid
statement Of the candy controversy trust you
WILL IN justice TO the public and myself, insert this
In reply.
late become truly alarming, and IN order TO produce
cheap goods manufacturers are adulterating with
various poisonous extracts and substances which
are without exception seriously injurious to the
consumer; in fact, many children are, it s
thought, annually sacrifed by these dainty NOR
sells Of poison given to them innocently enough
by their parenls little dreaming OF the consequences.
Terra alba whlte earth Is extensively used for adul
teration In the place OF sugar Lozenges are actually
produced by THESE cheap dealers At from two 10 five
cents per pound less than cost OF sugar per pound
by the barrel Glue is used instead or gum arabic in
the manufacture OF gum drops, the former costing
few cents per pound. the latter about forty cents.
Verdlgrls TOnka beans, Paris green, chrome yellow,
Berlin blue, aniline and subimate Of mercury are
all used, nearly all OF winch deadly poison ana
all injurious to the system. The common method Of
navoring candies IN order " produce them at 30
great difference can De illustrated very readily.
POsons are cheaper tnan genuine extracts, fruit
juices ana harmless cOorngs. Terra alba, or white
earth, Is about one cent ana quarter per pound,
while good sugar Is worth by the barrel about fifteen
cents. 1t Is no wonder, therefore, that Wooster
street dealers can place their goods at great
discount. Take, for instance, the cheap method Of
1av0rlug canded almonds, sugar plums, DC.
The pineapple, banana peach. nectarine
and pear nayOrs are made from fusel Oil,
which is very poisonous. Bitter almond
navor Is made from prnssc acid, unadulterated.
Pineapple flavor Is obtained from rotten cheese
lvery r0tLen) and nitric acid. From some Of these
fruits, as the banana, peach &c. 1t is impossible to
make extracts, as the juices have no flavor In them
selves yet many candles are made with these avOrs
Cheap candies, when tested by q process known
only by lew large manufacturers, exhibit poison In
very large degree. Should these things continue
Will ''fal like bombshel on Murray Hlli," and, in
fact, everywhere, aud the vagab0nds who manufac-
ture these sweet morsels at reduced prices Will meet
WITH proper reward, but not, we are afraid, until
they have sown their poisons broadcast and
ducl0n OF poison and deleterlOus matters In their
candles, IN order to produce 1t cheap, to compete
with dealers who have neither the heart nor con-
science TO swlndle and poison the public. Yours
truly, ii. MAILLARD, GIG and 62I Broadway.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.