The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-27
AMERICAS SWEET TOOTH
By FREDERIC j. HASKN
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

raised Last year Louisiana alone made
10000 tone Of cane sugar. and the beet
sugar belt contributed 2S4.000 TONS
The RhinelandSrs had the first sugar
refinery in this country. II stood years
ago on the site Of the present Rhinelander
building. at the head Of William street.
New York. The Stuarts and the Have
meyers went into the business with a viii
and also put up refneries in that city.
BY 1870 there We're fOrty-tWO refineries in
this country handling domestic and i'm
ported raw sugars. by 1857 nineteen had
formed a combine with a capitalization
OF $5e.0o0. 600. and. in 1892. all the rest
were bought in, and the company in
creased its capital 70 S75.00O.o0. The
American Sugar Refining Company Is now
the largest in the world; its buildings,
railroad termini and whaTves occupying
mile on the water front Of Brooklyn II
has branches in Jersey City. Philadelphia.
Boston. Baltimore. New Orleans, and san
Francisco. In refining sugar and mo-
lasses, there IS employed a force OF people
that is one-fourth as large as the stand
ing army Of the United States.
Candy has become a recognized essen
tial IN the diet Of the modern child.
Whether II be wholesome. one depends
upon the purity Of the candy And even
as little children eat most that is MADE
In this country. so also do little children
spend many wearying hours in the max
ing, for : per cent of the male workers
in candy factories are boys under six
teen; and 80 per cent Of the girl workers
are under that age
Nearly SlL0o0.000 IS paid out each year
IN wages and hundreds OF families are
supported by the manufacture Of what
was once considered = great luxury in
reach Of only a few In fact. the FIRST
candy was not made % be used as deli
cate tid-bit 20 tickle the palate. II was
made by druggists 10 disguise the taste
OF bad medicines, and for a long while
was sold in America only by them In
the early part Of the nineteenth century
II was demanded as a relish by those OF
luxurious taste. and while New York and
Philadelphia ran a creditable number OF
little factories. America made only plain
candies and imported the nicer kinds. I'd
I'LL 1915 the crude and always popular
stick candy held fun sway then ma
chinery was brought in that facilitated
the making and allowed a greater va
riety. and America was well on with q
new industry
Styles come and go in candy as in hats
or houses The marshmallOw and the
hrst sum drop came into America by
way Of Chauveau's Philadelphia factory
sixty-odd years ago. and though once OF
twice crowded 20 the wall. still maintain
a fiourishing existence. In 1876 came the
conversation loZenges" that aided many
a love lorn swain in his inelocuent at
tempt at proposal. by substituting its
pink letiered message for the one be
could not give To-day the aIl-day suck
er and the iolypOp have crowded the one
time popular marble taffy out OF pOpu-
larity among school children. and candied
fruits and flowers with simple fondant
fashioned and favored IL hsndreds Of
dlnerent ways prove the supremacy q
The cCnfecuoner's art Yet. as the years
come and go. on shelves IN the country
stores in full view Of longing eyes. and
in the most expensive Of modern CANDY
stores one still finds the faithful stick
peppermint or lemon candy holding its
own, and finding prominent place b.
the little Christmas stocking.