The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
GOOD CHEWING GUM TOWNS.
Salesman Saws They Are Mostly In the
West ana NOTthwcSt.

From me Nou Orleans Democrat.
J. j. Amend. travelling representative of
one Of tina largest chewing gum manufac-
turing companies in the United States. yes
tcrday expressed surprise, IN speaking to a
reporter. that the establishment Of a chewing
gum factory at this point Is talked Of.
1T t. true that much Of the gun we use comes
nv way Of New Orleans, in its raw state. from
the tropics" he said. but ! can see no other
reason for putting up q factory here. | don't
believe sugar is any cheaper here than II Is
In the North. and glucose is no cheaper. IL a.
cheap Then this is a very poor market. locally.
for chewing gum
1T Isl
The worst IL tn" United States"
I don't know the reason, bur II is a fart,
neveri heleSs. WHY, | know lots of towns
in other parts Of the country that use ten times
~ much chewing gum YES, fifty times as
much as New Orleans, and they are not nearly
a. big a. this CITY, either I've been around
10 the drug stores since have been in the city.
and find that their sales are very light The
nrst-class stores tell mo that sometimes they
don't have a call for chewing gum more than
once In two or three DAYS. Thnv only keep
one or two kinds on hand, whereas IN such stores
in the North and East a dozen different kinds
will be kept con.tantlv for sale and the demand
Where /. ,he be-i market for chewing gum
All West and North Of st Louis, Lots
Of gum X sold throughout Kansas, Nebraska,
the Dakotqs and Minnesota. Kansas dtJ
il a great town for IL
How about Chicago
"Oh. Chicago is one 81 the greatest chewing
gum cities IN the country Chicago has gone
ahead ~ New York in this respect New
York used To be a great town for II and one
couldn't 20 anywhere IN the city without seeing
girls working their iaws AZ if their lives de-
PENDED on IL But the cRTicHturi~tS and the
paragraphistS II ale such fun Of the habit
that u good inany OF the Girls etopTcd chewing
and IA" sales fell on very heavily Boston
was a pretty good gum town at one time. bus
never 80 good a. our Western cities
As "A rule. the newer the city the better
the chewing gum trade in it. In mn old city.
like New orleans. the peonlc don't seem 70
take to the habit at all The French element
here hurts ". for the French are not gum
chcwcrs The GerTanS don't chew gum
ar" many Germans. a. ~ some Of the cities
Of the Northwest. We sell but little chewing
gum, The Young people HE IT, hut the ola
a boy spanked by his German mother for using
chewing gum "
DO. YOU eyror much Of t.
Only to England and Australia None. q
the European nations tax" kindly IN chewing
gum They won't have II al all IN Gcrmauy
and there Il absolutely D." -ale for !: - frnnce.
or, ia fact, anywhere on IN" ointment Eng
land u-'~ n great deal, but iley don't care
much for a variety of brand there
DO YOU think the chewing gum habit grows
on on" Ike ~" cigarette or Ne "Ilrn hahlf'
Not 20 such an extent ~ thu-" 'Iu ,I,r"n-
ton Now take ~ "rt %I"''oil'r Wren
W" employ nov girl~ ~" tell tl'm f." -" ahead
aud chew all tho gum they want w" inst
few DAYS III" r law- ar" never 80 f'St, but
quite 80 steadily A. the end uf Two weeks
they chew very moderately. ard after they
have boon h.. the factory q mont hey, don't
chew II all Tie, nr. ,ur,d and you
couldn't hire an old hand IT, 'lew gum
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