The sun., 1901-06-23
IT'S GUM CHEWING TINE:
THE SALES ENORMOUSLY INtRFAsyI
~ WARN WEATHER.
A scientific Justincation for the Habit Nil.
Hons Of Pounds Of Gum u,ed In the United
Stste,-Encct Of the Discovery Of Chicl.
Foreign Consumption Of Our Cum


The chewing gum season has begun and The
sales Of the various chewing gum commnia,
have bounded upward. Holiday maker,
inclu lie chewing sum in their festive u,p.
ment. Bicyelists are abroad In the simmer.
land and the bicyclist IL your gum ohever
extraordinary, Then. too. there i -er.ru,
and scientific ju'tincation Tor gum chew
ing in warm weather. though 1t "a 20 IA
doubted whether many mortalS chew N
order 20 fulfil duty toward their physical
mechanism. The chewing OF sum tn hot
weather excites the saliva. moist"nS he
throat and relieves thirst. Natives Of tropical
countries know this and often chew Iurs
chcle. which is the basis OF all good chewing
gum. or even rubber. while working IN 'hs
heat. Chewing gum Is often recommended
for soldiers use on long marches and last
summer officers In the Philippines reported
that the gum habit was OF great benefit 20
the men. because 1t lessened their drinking
and enabled them to go without water lorser
than possible under other circumstan'",
so hot weather and chewing gun are
nfflnitics. Nevertheless the sales Of sun AZ
any time of the year are tremendou. Lyon
q statement or them Il enough to appeal
to the ina sination Of the individual cheNer
anu Tldhc HiN Ja"S ''''''' - WV f'''N
a number Of the most successful chewing
gum companies nave cohsohda''n ana now
most Of the best brands Of gum are manu-
fnc'ured and controhed py on" ate" CONF
pany This one company sells on m average
i3joOoo0o packages ot chewing sum every
year. and the sales are constantly Increasing
When to those l3',ooo'ooo po'kaS'' o!
good gum one add' the tremendous qNanny
Of cheap and inferior gum that Is IN the mar
ket. the sum total wakens ieeling oi ave IN
the breast OF the investigator Ahont !sm-
900 pounds OF chicle Is imported by the lnn'd
States yearly and though coicie Is the innd'-
men'ai prihcip'e Oh ."e"'"s gun :, y "'A,u
in manufacture with many times Us weight
OF sugar. paste essential ois &c so 'hat
the 100000 pounds Is bht smn" H''nnh
Of the weight OF the chewing gum manu-
featured In the tnlt'd StateS each year
This tremendous demand mas grown up
within comparatively Few years. Inc 'h"w-
ing gum industry did not begin 10 assume
- ir,uor,anca until ,bout ffteen vea..
a.u'i 49,, -, ps,or :, 90, s,,rt I, s,rucl a spr.
ago, out ai'er u gov s'al. !" s'Iu.N " Su''
,..,,h ~ disooverv NJ the nossibi,ies ~
Wnn '"o NJ, -,
ch'cle ms OASIS LOT ,ne gum pe.o'' wa,
.",,.s,o,n,, +, ou,p,v ,he ld-fssbioned
a,hons ,bo hss, or ,ba
spruce gum oclue' PerhoP9 '"e o''' VI NV
assortment
New York man with an eve open n good
We" io's 'l'a" Wv, 49, a'' 80 80, 80
things went uo"h 10 "eN'Vo a"u w. 7o'"'
other men who dreamed about getting rich
IN o,,cl fashion Later these friends heard
u. p'i'H ..,i.,.o1 ,.,, ,h., h,I
OF chicle gum anu oehe'e" ',a' ,"e' "''
dreamed true-not that they had nightmare
,i.,on ., "a, 600 600 packaues OF chewing
''sio" W i'o' -. I.a.s =, ,h.
gum ihey "c'en iea''' ,
Wow - york man But the men in Mexico
w" -, =, g. o.n,s norrd
believed tnat cnicie NJ ie" 'en'' p'u'U
could he profitaoly used Tor the adn'eFaoon
OF rnooer'
They sem CONSIGNMENT oi chic'e W 'hrn
New York friend He wished they hadh T.
ne """ '"e - -, d.,idaL .,
doing. just as he hau "oou' ue''ueu w
throw away the rest of the stun he had an
incubation The very qualities that spoiled
INSPIRATION ino .ei. ., t. %, :, ,or a,,u, ua
chicle Tor ruDoeh nilsnt NJ ~ sun IL
boiled some o, he tne o1,in,e Gni, Tew ynrb snen,
and originated the olutllnt Wv yin SI,ai
ping gum; IL was pure gnlcir WIN Nv sMeel
ening and no nasor, oneTne ,e rd 100 or
deal IKE pnins t &c, oarns Tbe 6emarI ran
but Vt sold IKE no. cakes ne de,nanu sni tn',
TAR in advance OF tne suppny aa irpH W.,
sNnll beglnnlhs 'he preseh' s'e'' H''u'"'
wa- wcs Ii evolved, . used for vorious things Ions
=,
before lts cneWlns suin nS 4, i ~
snld that meniion "aS III n'aIe ~ Ferdirand n ard
World reports W lne tltie VI reIu,ilp1m'i 1 III ",
Isabella. howeNer, w ust va va puhhrs hs t,ri,,,
and the american uf,,anu az ~ nj I,h ,J' 7;
revolutlonlIeu ue ulsuL.., t to,n "tnin ~
comes. so iar, u has peen iHu'iu hinn,I Iliin ~
lucatan, ana the ehIre suppi. SmlpreH
from the various p0u.s , aiong ,hy 'u,J,'. u5 ,.
coasts, lts name Is Mth,ca'i ior a ,n'r "a '"'H'
sdP9ie the Iree rom & wh,u nnlv ~ DO irtorior
lhese Irers aie tou,'n IN. ~ s,,,n ard tr,rs
porting 1t to the hearesI Shlpp,is ppa,I non mrN
always beeh lr9upi'sonr, ,.,"us" rs rhnro hn ara
mucn sllnp,iiru ~ ~ tv'I IN ,6e y,c,tan CON =,
many eAporuhk ui.Is u II, ",1r a. ~, ",,na,es
towns, Wany y. ',rnn an "Ninrican nn"ms ira
! ment OF NorlneIn .ien' ~ norn t., n e,s
taken into the INFERIOR ana hIhl, WoIh III, e,iai mii
months season, nt "9Hr1 Iii rn,Srfi"Inj
inc pay VI hoMs,sst ~, nr' nd tbs weor m
| 70 the 9Ian'ndf,in, w The ynrkmen Who ore a.
tear OF nanui,I,s Tl w ar,,. r'sr,rcr might
hopeless prop9S'ri striHcs Hc '' and rows Of ali
| ehpa,' 70 n'r rao,,Iar ming and murder IA
klnus are fJSG" in Io.n IL nirtrrc.1i,eness
coiuuhlo" ,h raoogS,I and tronou,Ilizing chewing
SO the p,aGci.t nnu al ,r"' " md strnss
sTrh s nj iaroest "heving gum company in
| Ine la' inr,I~ ncnuired two and a
nnlrIlytii, rt lti,, W." 80. 81 land in Yuratan and /.
nhlI un,,','' T., n. s,nrca Of chicIc supply The
! WolHnH :. ",a,ogars tnte ihe workmen I'm
,otnp",,Sn rr,, IND The renorts of thc.,
lIn,m , ors ,ro nno,gb 10 move the obali-k
,l'"ns Trouhlas Of their own They
! lo:"' ~ ":"' ,r,tb'n" n Z trruGle and thef
mmpnion Of The Mexican peon isn't III for pub
! ,upnI.,i"m VI sill Tie e,nerimen, is proying z
Hca,Iol, 'u,d ius,,-ss n stendy SIMPLY at A
Su,,rSHIur Su,,,siI o Sr.' IaIthnugh tho COMPANY docs
iatIoHnl It''' "ft 80 4, : 80, i,rd cnou IN