Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-18
rrrY ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN
EVERY STATE IN THE SOUTH.
ENORMOUS GROWTH OF TRADE
Decade Ago. the Manufacture of
Candy In This City Was 1nsigni-
neant, and To-day All Southern
states Look TO Richmond for
supply of sweets.
Supply of Sweets.

Richmond candies are In great demand.
ming the last year the volume OF bust
rfss in this city increased over thirty
nor cent Now Richmond is the distrib-
his city is sending sweets into every
Southern State as far as Texas The
candy trade Of this. city is prospecting
Al The expense of Baltimore, Philadel.
turers are working overtime to supply
Inc eyer-ineTea sing demand. Richmond
makes the best candy, 1t is said, and as
d IS nearer the Southern markets with
The corresponding advantage in freight
rates, The reasons for the vast increase
Is plainly eEi6e1t
The volume Of business being done Is
enormous. Including the candy manufac-
tured here and that SOLD by iobbiI.g
houses, II is estimated that between 9.0So
sr,3 25osD barrels of stick candy alone
were shipped out OF the city during the
past year. Just previous to Christmas
one manufacturer here filled $500 fana-
pers, Of 30 pounds eaeh, for the candy
The growth of the Southern candy busi-
ness is reflected in the success Of r. II.
Har9s:st5.- 2 legal CANDY manufacturer
business with practically nothing. At the
star; he worked in. a store-loft with one
bow from ! in the, morning until II at
night, turning out g. few pounds fer. local
ccgfeatione-s.
Nov this man has a factory at Sew
,nteec9tfl and Ienable that is five stories
In height; there are eigt1ty-niae hands
Oh the weekly payroll, not including those
pn the rlonthly: running this factory is
an eighty-horsepower boiler and a forty
horsepower engine, arld the prospect for
the coming year is SO good that another
and larger engine and boiler at, present
is bang installed. The present apaciry
Of the factory is twelve tons eff candy
Gay.
Mr Hardesty said ne started cut by
ceiling in Richmond, then he branched
out for The State trade; now ne is able
10 compete with any manufactu in
the country, and is selling his rlanrfac-
tnrec products all through thesSouth. and
also into the North and West.
This candy man says that the denan nd
fer sweets is SO great that Richmond
manufacturers cannot now furnish ell
the trade; last October he stopped TAX
ing orders, a S his travelling men opersold
The capacity. OF the plant; today. Which
IS Usually a dull season, the candy max
crs are so busy that he cannot shut down
his factory for repairs. --f-i
The best indication Of prosperity is
the fact that the candy dealers are dis
counting their bills. Things haze changed
within the last few sclrs. There vas q
ttn!e when people took plenty Of time 10
pay what they owed, but now. something
is considered wrong with their business
II there is a long delay. The people more
over. are buying q. better grade Of candy,
which is decidelg -pureT. This has al
lowed the Manufacturers to- stop using
blueing ana chrome yellow poisonous
color-to make green candies; the candy
rneIlers have stopped using poisonous
coal tar products and aniline coiors to
tint the candies. which is 2 distinct gain
al round for The stomach People, how
ever. have GROWN a fra ID Of poisoned can
dies and are now more careful in their
purchases. Candy now; is coloTed with
Vegetable matter
Candy to-day is better than it has been
for tyrn Candy y,1nrhBvpr is
cheaper, as good stock can be had for
II cents a pound. That costing eight
cents now is better than ezstuf retailel
Of = cents a. dozen Years age.
The greatest demand for candy comes
from the mining districts. Those candies
telliag best are the French mixtures.
cream bonborls. plain candies. stick, gum
drops. and ma rsfr1aiiows. The big de-
mand is due partly to the cheap price and
partly to the fact that Southern people
have q SMesIer tooth.