Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
FOR THE MULTITUDE
Omaha Makers Supply 1t by the Carload to
Consumers.
EATERS OF SWEETS ARE NUMEROUS
More Than a Million Dollars Worth
of All Kinds of Candy Is Made
and Sold fl Omaha
Annually.
ALTERS OF SWEETS ARE NUMEROUS

Candy is a habit and you would be sur
prised, l think. II you knew how rapidly
the consumption Of it is growing" said a
confectioner the other day to a consumer.
zone Of our regular patrons told me yes
terday that he had onco been a hard
drinker-oh, a real hard drinkerl-and that
he cut his liquor out and began on candy.
He gets a bag every day and doesn't want a
drink, saves money by the change and
feels better"
The customer to whose attention this re-
markable testimonial was brought had
never himself felt the cravings of the habit
within him. being an erratic and I'M
systematic purchaser, who bought when
ever he happened to think Of 1t, or had a
new girl to feed into amiability. But the
remark OF the confectioner aroused in him
such interest that he visited several deal
ers in sweets and collected some figures.
An estimate made from these places the
output during 1902 Of the three manufac-
turers OF general confectionery in this city
ID. J. O'Brien company, Voegele & Din
ming and Kopp- woodard company-and
Woodworth's-the Council Bluffs factory
at about 81, 900, 600. Then there are other
local manufacturers who make certain va
rieties OF candy. Right here in the city
trade these three manufacturers sell about
$3.50, 900 worth Of sweets and outside makers
take something like $780, 600 more. This
does not include confectionery sold to local
jobbers for outside distribution or the out
put OF Baldun. Dyball, DalzelI and others.
One Arm sold during eight months OF last
year to the candy department Of a certain
store $4,000 worth of goods.
Material by the Carload.
Then there is another way Of getting at
the bigness Of the output that fills the
sweet tooth. The O'Brien factory has I'M
ported two carloads of chocolate since No
vember and will have another. about May /.
A car brings 2,75O cases Of chocolate and
each case weighs 100 pounds. Then they
buy peanuts by the car-ten cars Of shelled
nuts and eight Of unshelled a year-for
peanut candy is q standard production.
Then sugar, usually a car a month. but Ave
since Christmas, and a car brings about
80. 300 pounds. Then glucose runs about a
car a month and moulding starch, four cars
in three years. The other factories use
amounts more or less approximating these
All confeetioners agree tina there has
been a large increase in the
| OF candy in the last three OF four years
The o'Brien factory used only twenty-five
cases OF chocolate for the entire year OF
1897. Vogele & Dining figure hat there
has been an increase of 10 per cent during
the last year. The growth OF chocolates
has been surprising. coming from a com
| paratlvely unimportant position in three or
four years TO the front rank, being from
one-third TO almost one-half OF the candy
made. Fully three-fourths Of the bonbons
used are chocolates.
Causes for the Increase.
A number of things seem to have con-
tributed to this increase. but probably the
greatest factor has been the better and
more attractive output. Then there is the
increased population and a Righteousness Of
money which lends itself to the purchase OF
luxuries. In connection with the making
OF better candy. the National Connection
ers' association and the pure food laws have
done much by the suppression OF injurious
materials in manufacture. For instance,
| the terra alba formerly so much used IL .