The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
PJNTS OF PEANUTS.
TWO HUNDRED MILLION CON-
SUMED IN THE UNITED STlTES.
Considerable business Done I'm Provi-
ing Them-Eow : hey are Roasted.

The mouth OF the average citizen OF
with the mouth of the average citizen Of
Chicago, for they do lots Of talking out
there in Carter Harrison's city. but IL is
safe to ay that the facial orifice Of the
reople OF this city for peanuts is much
ahead of that of the people OF any OF her
city.
Providence people eat more peanuts
than the people Of any otl er city on the
face of the globe. No census taker OBJ
tanned this information, but IL one looks
ar, und the fact is very apparent.
The next time you purchase n pint OF
reauuts please remember that you are
about to dispose Of one TWO hundred and
twenty million six hundred and forty
tbousandth part of the annual consumr
ton of peanuts In the United States. The
next time you see grimy Italian nc
his sidewalk stand, tur Ing "A cylinder as
he would play "A hand organ. aud hear
him howl, "Hot roasted peanuts. five 'er
bag,n be thankful that the price is SO
little, for last season the crop WAS short
and the best par. of IL is going TO Chi
cfgo. The price may go up, wholesale
rates having ALREADY advanced.
Rnising peanuts l. considerable In
dustry in the South, IL having greatly
grown during the past few years. The
peanuts found in Providence come
mostly from Norfolk, Petersburg and
Smithfield, Va. Among the large Prov
idence de ers are j. III. Preston & Com
pany VINO hal sent from Virg MA last
year, 8. 600 sacks containing about four
ana "A half bushels ich. This ye lr about
$500 sacks were received by the company.
Mr.. Preston bad about $35, 900 wOr.h OF
peanuts in the Hennessey building which
caught fife last year.
The number of sacks received by other
dealers is as follows: Pres on * Brown,
2 500; Eddy Broth, rs, 1000; Andrews d
son. 1900 ALTOGETHER about 10000 sacks
are received In Providence annual y.
l. st year best peanuts sold a. whole
sale at cents ouud. This year the
price is cents a pound or 81 per sack
so about $40, 900 il the value OF the pea
nuts received ia Providence this year.
o.. course the peanuts are brought to
Providence raw and the roasting ~ bv
be considered in handling them. II. II.
Rounds a. Co. of South Water Street
have three roasters and do a large share
Of his branch of the business.
The peanu. S are brought TO the roast.
ers in sacks from the storehouses of the
Who'll salers Each roaster has capaci
OF lour sacks an hour The re nuts are
carried to the fourth floor by means OF "a
bucket elevator and dumped through
hopper into pipe through which they
fall into the hopper OF the cylinder oa
the roaster on the second floor. IL takes
Il minute "A twenty seIonds for a sacA
of peanuts TO travel over, or rather
through, this route.
For few days preceding Decoration
Day and the FCnrth OF July roas ing has
gone on at Mr.. Rounds's establishment
Until O'Clock in the NOR .,ing.
Also at Fraser Brothers est ablishment
on Weybosset street peanuts are roasted.
Hl...r - "a. Al T.Nk nd
TO be great attraction, for the process
is, indeed, an interesting one.
Providence dispOses OF a fair share OF
the total consumption In the United
States " hich Is estimated at 65, 600 sacks.
including sHelled ana unshellyd, per
month. Ten thousand sacks per year,
the amount OF peanuts brought to this
city annu lily, me4n 2,SeO,0OO pints. 1t
Il said that durius the past thirteen
years the consumption of peanuts has
doubled In this city. During the same time
the number of children between the ages
If 5 and 15 has incre sed from ~, los to 25,-
S23. Children are fond of pcanuts and
as the Increase IN consumption Is not at
all proportlonaie to the Increase in the
number of cniidren II must be that tn
appetite Tor toe nut l. greatly growing
Besides hese children There are I23. III
Others inhabi ants IN the city and tney,
100, except the Uabies eat peanuts. Then
there are the animals in the park. They
eat p,anuts, that is the modkies do.
Roger Williams is probably the onl,
baby who eats peanuts. Wien the circus
comes rould there are lots of elepha Is
aud monkes to be fed, but the circus
people are always ready to catcn the *
ira pennies and they bring peanuts Wi, II
them. Making these allowances it is
found that a quart apiece satisfies lie
good people of Provideuce.
A quart of peauu1s does not seem
much, and thoss wno RELISH them would
not be satisfied with IN s am Dunt. so
there must be large number people
y no do not eat then al all. Bat when
it is shown tuat pa, $40, 900 pnts are con-
sumed in he tied States annually, it
appears thai peanut eaters are not ID
the minority.