Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-10
One OF the Six Manufactures in
United States Located
In Zion.
0UARTER-MlLLl0N POUNDS
TURNED OUT EVERY WEEK
Eastern Market to Be Invaded.
and Product Put onSaIe
There.

Several centuries ago the snsni..a.
introduced into Europe a most delicio,iss
peVerage. IT was prepared from H.
fruit of the Theobroma cacao W
Gus was so fond of 1t that he caiio5 a,
the food OF the gods. Tho ancient Az
tees produced from this beverage q,
roth Which on cooling was Solid
enough TO be eaten. This froth .v'.
chocolate. The beverage was cbocoS
late, or cacao. The prepare ton 4,
made from the seeds or beans c,t,,. 80
the tree producns and is tho cocos ,,s
commerce. Thousands upon tboussrIs
OF pounds OF it are produced annraiI,.
but, strange as it may seem, there ny,
only six manufacturers of chocolate -,
the United States They are Walter
Baker, II. a. Weller, Runklo Rrotbsrs
and lockwood in the East. Cihirardri
lis In san Francisco and j. G. McDop.
aid in Salt Lake. Zion. therefore nns
the only plant for It's manufacture he
tween New York and the Pacific ao7s,
ABOUT THE CACAo TREE.
The cacao tree is indigenous to South
America and the West india islands
forming great forests. aud is extensive.
ly cultivated in tropical countries The
tree, an evergreen, in size and share
resembles a cherry tree and attaius
height of thirty feet. The fruit grown
In Central America is the largest con
tanning fifty seeds. while tho smalles,
Containing fifteen seeds, IL grown in
Demerara. When first gathered rho
beans have a slightly acrid, bIttor
taste, which s removed by fcrmenta
ton. In the manufacture Of chocolate
the beans are roasted and Rfterward
reduced 10 paste. which Is then
mixed with from one-half Ia eu,iai
parts Of sugar and small quantity n
vanilla bean for favorinE turned into
molds and when cool It is the chocolate
of commerce,
SIX MANUFACTURERS IN UNION.
AS said there are but six manutac-
turers of chocolate IN this country. One
Of these is ]. G. Mcdonald. who feeds
the world chocolates, and who has
with the exception OF making stick
candy, done away with all other except
chocolates. Heretofore he has bouah,
his chocolate from the East: now he
win manufacture It, aud he VIII alsa
invade the Eastern market with his
product
To manufacture chocolate neoessi-
tated an expenditure of $4,000 for ma
chinery, all of which came from Ores
den, Germany, and Is the latest i'm
proved having a dustless sugar grind
er, with a capacity of six tons or
per day, and these machines in the
manufacture of cocoa will use Utah
beet sugar.
QUARTER MILLION POUNDS
WEEKLY.
Few persons have any idea Of the
ma gnitude of this big chocolate candy
mandatory. Four hundred people are
employed. and the daily output nj can
4, Ia ~ lie
or over a quarter million pounds every
six days. Sixty thousand pounds %
chocolate are used every month for
coating alone, and now this will be
doubled In addition thereto the cocoa
product which lis for table use will az
gregate fifty tons per month.
The beans from which the chocolate
and cocoa are made come. OF course. In
carload lots. purchased through brok-
ers in New York and Boston.
As said above. the intention Is to m
wade the Eastern market with the
chocolates and oocoas made in salt
Lake This, in view that the freight
rates between Eastern and Western
points are the same both ways. To IN
troduce these Salt Lake goods through
out the East will cost a lot of money,
probably $50. 900. In all the cities ana
towns pretty girls will be employed to
give away cocoa. II Will be served 10
all, and thus the merit OF the product
will he given a practical test by tast-
ing II.
There are now branches of MI. NC
Donald's IN Los Angeles, Denver ana
Seattle. The chocolates and cocoas are
shipped in refrigerator cars. The choc-
olates are put up In boxes weighing
from quarter pound 10 1--WE pounds anc
the cheaper grades in pals, The cocoa,S3
will he put up in tins. and this WiI'
necessitate an establishment to manu-
tacture tin cans
CONSUMPTION OF CANDY ENoR-
NOUS.
The consumption OF candy Is enor'
NOUS Everybody has a sweet tooth, u
would appear, In Denver liz hrus
stores sell chocolates made In SAT-
Lake. and they sell great quantities
In other cities the trade II being
pushed and soon Salt Lakcrs VIII be
able to buy their fayorite chocolates
and enjoy their favorits cocoa made IN
Salt Lake IN whatever place they moY
he. It IL now greater Salt Lake CRY.
not the village, and this Industry OF
Nj, Mcdonald win add greatly to an-
yerilsing Salt Lake all over America