The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-21
THE PENNY
CANDY STORE
Sweets Sold to School Chill
dren the Subject Of an
Investigation.
The s.All-Da y- Sucker" Goods
Defended by Their Man
ufacturers.

Do Minneapolis school children eat i'm,
pure and deleterious candies? Commits
sioner Mcconnell of the dairy and food
department, says 'yes.o Minneapolis
manufacturers say mo- Principals in
the schools think the children eat more
candy than is good for them: but they
have no means of knowing whether or not
the sweet stuff has been adulterated with
harmful Ingredients.
Tests made by the state chemist are re-
ported to show that most of the penny
candies sold to children are impure and
a positive menace to health, and this fact
has led Commissioner Mcconnell to in.
struct his assistants to make thorough
investigation. Wherever impure goods
are found the dealer Will be warned. If
the offensesis repeated he will be arrested.
The daily consumption Of candy by the
school children OF Minnesota is estimated
at twenty TONS No small quantity Of this
total is sold to Minneapolis youngsters.
There is scarcely a school in the city
that has not clustered about it one or
more candy shops, where penny candies
are sold. Frequently the proprietor caters
to the school children only, relying on
their patronage for his support. in other
cases the penny goods are handled by
nearby groceries or drug stores.
Practically all OF. the childish trade is
in catch penny stuff, designed for them
exclusively. There are three shops with
in short distance of the Adams school,
all of them handling these goods, and
one doing rushing business. The chill
dren at the Blaine school obtain their
candies from. a grocery store In the neigh
borhood. Emerson school children get
theirs at a drug store, SO do the Douglas
school pupils.
The ssSucker'' a Favorite.
A half dozen or more candy shops have
been located within radius of one block
from the Jefferson school. The children
seem to delight chiefly in the consumption
of what is known as "the all-day sucker"
One Of the teachers, in speaking Of the
matter, said she had never seen so much
candy eaten; and that she could not inn
agine where the youngsters got all their
pennies. %
There is cfGdy shop across the street
from the Washington school and it does
thriving trade in penny goods. The Lin
coin school also has it's candy shop. Here
The children of the Jackson school divide
their trade between = . Mates, The stuff
they buy is all cheap, and, OF the character
denominated unwholesome by the dairy
and food commission. :. %
number of shops exist within a short
distance of the Peabody school and the
children are liberal patrons. The teachers
! believe the CONNECTIONS they DuyS-to be
| unhealthful, at the least in the quantity
consumed. Sheridan school children get
! their sweets at neighborhood grocery
store, but the sale is only moderate.
They Would Cry for More.
| AL Paris, of the Paris Murton COM
! pany, manufacturing cOnfectioners, said
this morning, that it was mistake to
stigmatize penny candies sold in Mime
apolis as unwholesome. Mr.. Paris is Sec
rotary of the National Confectioner's as
| ISOLATION executive committee, and he
| added that the association had a standing
reward of $500 offered for the conviction
of any member selling adulteratNl goods
'You say you've had some kicks about
the all-day sucker" he continued. "Why
1 eat them myself. They're all right. Il
| those teachers who objected to their use
will come down here I'll give them some
and I know after they have tried them
| they'll simply cry for more, like Oliver
| Twist. We sell thousands of boxes Of
the penny candies every week and we
! know they are pure. A child of two could
eat them in liberal quantities without fea1
| of harm" ,-