Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-27
PURE CONFECTIONERY,
a Visit to One of Sacramento's Leading
Establishments.


In view of the recent publication of
articles in various parts of the country con-
corning the injurious adulteration of can
dies, a personal visit was made yesterday
by representative of the RECORD UNION
to the manufacturing and wholesale estab-
lishment of w. F. Peterson, in this city,
and the materials used and methods exam
med. Going into the manufacturing de-
partment, which occupies the entire base
ment story the makers of the toothsome
sweets were found busily engaged i'll
mixing and forming the various kinds
of choice confectionery. Upon max
ing inquiries of the foreman con-
corning the ingredients employed in
making the great amount of candies turned
out by the establishment, he cheGrfully
showed all the various materials used,
called attention to their purity, applying
tests so as to leave no room for question,
and stated that he could say with the ut
most satisfaction and certainty that no
authorizations nor injurious ingredients
whatever entered into the confectionery
made or sold by the establishment in which
| he was employed. Special attention was
called 10 the material used for coloring can
| dies, and the foreman responded that he
was aware that mineral coloring substances
were sometimes employed by certain facto-
! rieS which were striving TO produce grade
| Of confectionery to be sold at price below
| the actual cost of pure and wholesome ma
terials but that not one drop or particle OF
| any coloring whatever is used'in Mr.. Peter
| sons establishment but vegetable extracts
and which are as free from righteousness
and as harmless as the tea and coffee we
| drink.
There can be no doubt but that the ut
most purity and wholesomeness exists in
! the entire and extended list of confection-
cry manufactured by this house. This is
attested not only by careful and search
ing examination Of the processes and ma
terials used, but by the constantly-increas.
| ing trade enioyed by Mr.. Peterson, based
upon the sole claim and invited test o.
selling nothing but pure sugar candy, anc
at the lowest possible figure at which the
same can be afforded. Under this distinct
i've principle Of trade, a wholesale bushes.
has been firmly built up, which extends a:
far east as Colorado and Montana and al
the Territories and States west of these
and southerly throughout Arizona ant
New Mexico The trade covering this vas
area is the largest enjoyed by any estab
lishment upon the Pacific coast, and ]:
constantly increasing. Inc advantages
offered by Sacramento over any competing
market, by reason of lower rents less fixet
capital, absence of wharfage charges, an(
most favorable climate for preservation o
goods, is evidenced by orders received yes
terday and shown to the writer, from Liv
ermore and other towns in the almost i'm
mediate vicinity Of San Francisco.
The establishment of Mr.. Peterson il
well worthy of a visit by those residing il
the city, or by visitors from abroad. 1t con
sists of three full floors of 20 feet in widtl
by 100 in depth, and these are stocked t.
repletion with the choicest of all kinds o
confectionery known to the trade, both O
home manufacture and imported Their,
is also an additional, 20xi00 feet, adioinin;
the lower floor, which is included in tn
manufacturing department. This is Away
busy section of the establishment. TIL
designs for the next Christmas stock ar
already being prepared, and attractive nov
elites devised to Keep in the lead and com
mand the trade. Mr.. Peterson states that
notwithstanding the complaints that hav
existed of dull times during several month
past, his trade in 1884 was larger than i
any previous year. and is still most salts
factorily increasing.