The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-05
FOURTEEN TONS A DAY.
The Reputation Of st. Louis as
a City Of Candy-Eaters
Rests on an Imposing
Foundation.
Chief Sexton a Champion-The
School Girl and the Matinee
Goer-How the Average
Man Feeds-The Minis
ters' Drops.

''If there is one thing more than her
muddy streets, her beer saloons and
her bridge that St. outs should re
gard herself for" said a Phiiadelphia
gentleman the other day to Globe
Democrat reporter. cit is her inordin'
ale love Of candy. l never saw any.
where upon the earth's surface SO
many places where candy is sold as in
St. Louis, and the fact that their OWN
ers all seem to thrive is the best proof
that the love of candy has a sharp
hold upon the people"
The reporter laughed. and wonder
ed if other strangers saw anything
noticeable in the extent of the
St. Louis retail candy trade.
If the number of candy vendors who
seem to make good living can be
accepted as a test Of the unanimous
taste ofthe people for sacharine tidbits,
then candy eating may be considered
peculiarly St. Louis pastime. A
candy store greets one on almost every
block. If it isn't pretentious front
with plate-glass windows and silver
mounted showcases filled with heaps
of the choicest works in the art Of
CONNECTION, it is q smaller affair with
its little square room and soda fount-
ain, and its brace Of pretty girls in
charge. If it isn't that, and. indeed,
it is often both on the same block, it
is the candy stand on the sidewalk
with its piles of peanuts, taffy and
chocolate creams and carameIs. In.
deed, in certain parts of the city the
flying candy man." with his wagon
and pair, seeks to divide the trade
with his brethren by invading their
territory and thrustiDg his wares upon
tn ir customers at their very thresh-
Odds.
COLD WEATHER STIMULATES.
GAS cold weather comes on" said
one Of the largest dealers On Olive
street to the reporter. who was led by
the Philadelphian's remarks to inves-
tigate the candy subject little, "our
trade nearly qusdruples. I've noticed
at such times that st. Louis seems to
set herself known to candy feast. We
can not make enough to supply the
demand. There seems to be something
in the human system that in the win.
ter Graves saccharine matter, and the
more the people eat the more they
want. l once made an estimate from
reliable data of the amount Of candy
consumed each day in st. Louis. l
got at it in this way: l knew about
the amount manufactured and the
amount sold to outside dealers, and
the difference represented the amount
consumed by our own people. The
result, [ think. would surprise your
Philadelphia acquaintance more than
the number of candy stores on every
side. Here are the figures: March,
April, May, an average Of six to four
tons day; June. July, August. Sep
TENDER, from three to seven tons a
day, the last month and Fair time
bringing the increase October, eight
tons a day, and November and De-
cember being holiday months,
FROM TWELVE TO FOURTEEN TONS
every twenty-four hours. Think of
that-candy eaten by the ton !"
81 should think" remarked the re-
porter, "that the effects of such con-
sumption would be seen in vast ar
ray Of disordered stomachs besetting
the doctors shops"
"Not a bit of it." said the confec-
toner. "Pure candy doesn't hurt any
body. Its good for people, especially
if they crave it. It's your adulterated
stuff that is apt to injure. It's to the
credit, however, Of the St. Louis trade
that most of our reputable retail deal
ers who manufacture their own goods
deal only in the pure article. We get
fair prices and We can afford to manu-
facture from sugar only. Some whole
,ale manufacturers who sell to the out
'ide trade by the carload at less per
pound than sugar can be bought for,
# course, must adulterate, and they
To-"
"What with ?" asked the reporter
go. terra alba, starch, -four, any
hing that comes cheap and handy.
Do you see that common white stick
andy in the show case? Well, all
hat class of goods sent to the country
half adulteration. However, let
hat 60 ; it isn't our funeral"
"What are the fayorite kinds of
andes amongst average consumers?
sked the reporter.
That depends good deal upon
he kind of consume. you have. 1t is
'retty well known that the bulk of our
rade comes from the ladies. You
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