The sun., 1909-01-03
CHRISTMASCANDY, Y,$S,OOO,OOO
ONE or THE BILLS NEW YORK
PAYS IN THE HOLIDAYS.
At Least a Third Of II Is Given Away by
Philanthropic Concerns Some Esti.
mates OF the Cost OF the Candy Much
IIigher-On store, One Day, SIS 900.

coupled with New York's good health,
indicates that good candy is wholesome
and that most Of the candy manufa ctured
and sold here is good.
The amount Of money spent 10y New
Workers during the holidays for candy
alone is so great that it seems out of pro-
portion 10 the amount donated for charity
until il is remembered that perhaps one
thrd or more Of all the candy purchased
during the last half of December is given
away by secular and religious societies.
by Sunday schools and churches, and that
consequently a large part of the sum
belongs in the charity account.
Three or four New York manufacturers
get the bulk of this class ofNorders and they
agree that even taking the population of
the city into account New York's con-
sumption Of candy excels that of any other
city. Said one manufacturer:
New Workers buying for schools.
societies and churches are far more
particular about quality than when buy
ing for themselves"
He was inclined to think that while
old time philanthropists paid more atten-
ton ct Christmas to handing out warm
ear mufflers. mittens and stockings than
confectionery, up TO date settlement and
Sunday school workers show a partiality
fS. confectionery. He was certain that
this preference has had a lot TO do with
the fact that for a score or more Of years
the candy business has increase in this
city by leaps and bounds.
Half a dozen years ago he himself
was scarcely known. This year, at his
main headquarters. where all large
orders are packed for delivery. twenty
men were kept steadily at work night
and day for ten days before Christmas,
IN twelve hour shifts. filing boxes, barrels
and pals of all sizes with candy, many
Of which were to go out of the city.
In the aggregate thousands of tons of
candy were sent out by this manufac-
ture- for the holiday trade and he is only
one Of several similar concerns. Re-
Gently three or four Of the large depart
ment stores Of New York have taken to
manufacturing their own candy, and to
add up the figures furnished by leading
candy producers would indicate that
candy is now "a staple article Of food in
Greater New York
To lind out exactly how much candy is
consumed during the holidays by New York
aud at what cost it is better to avoid candy
manufacturers. Their figures. dealing
with millions of pounds each, are too be-
wde"ng. II was a man engaged in
phllanthropic work who figured il out
something after this fashion:
In lis opinion the candy consumers at
this time of year may roughly be divided
into three classes the class, including
mostly Young people. which has candy
presented To it by missions and regular
Sunday schools kindergartens, sewing
schools, industrial schools. juvenile aid
societies, clubs, asylums, &C. the class
which buys and hands around presents
of the higher priced varieties of con-
fectionery, and the class which buys for
home consumption. principally medium
grades of candy,
There are over 900, COO children at
tending the New York public schools and
host more who go 10 the free kinder
sartens and industrial schools. There
10 another host between the ages of IL
and II working in shops and factories.
these and the children Of we'll to do
people and the older Persons who share
with young folks in the free distributions
AZ churches. Sunday schools and else
where easily make 1000, ,GCO PERSONS who
may be put down as averaging two
pounds Of candy each.
In striking this average the man re-
ierre6 TO had in mind the large number Of
youngsters in the rereater class who
manage 10 attach themselves TO at least
SIX or eight pounds of candy between
Christmas and New Years at various
places, after the fashion of one sweet look
ing little girl Of who was able 10 treat
her small friends for days after the holi-
haEs To candy given 10 her at one and
another Christmas entertainment where
she had no business al all 10 be.
with an air OF cOnfding innocence the
sweet looking little girl would present
herself az every door and in every line
which led to a candy treat and asked for
her ticket would state truthfuly that she
nad no ticket. To turn away such a sweet
looking little girl was not easy She
never was turned away and the result
was that once day for a week and some
times twice a day her candy collection
Wds increased by one or two boxes.
Hundreds Of other cases with similar
results were cited as an outcome of n
JldlciOus affiliation with several Sunday
schools and industrial schools few weeks
before the holidays One smart boy on the
West side of the town manages year after
year To connect himself with two more
sunday schools besides the one he at
tends in the morning with the definite
purpose Of getting hold Of an allopathic
supply of candy.
And he gets his candy all right, e COM
meuted the man who told the story
a double quantity in each place at that.
His small sister, who joins in time
every sewing class in the neighborhood,
70 say nothing of two Sunday schools.
fares even better
Gases like this justify the phiIant hropic
worker. he thinks, in estimating an average
OF Two pounds to each person although
Presumably many of the 7,GnOOOO ne has
u mind will get only half pound OF candy
and some none at all.
IN his class the total OF i.oO0ODO pounds
multiplied by 1. cents, tie average price
aid pound, gives s80 0.0ca, OF the
other classes about ,HO, ono, il is esti-
mated average three pounds each during
IA" holidays for gifts and private con-
sumption. The cost OF 5000 Geo pounds at
~ cents pound totals s. 200 900.
Half Of another million of people, this
man thinks. buy about four pounds of
andy each, at an average of ~ cents "a
pound, making 81 100000, Still another
hdt million persons are credited with
'"1 rounds EACH or 900 900 pounds. at
a. average cost of 25 cents. giving a result
Of s,iO,OOO. In the last class tie compiler
1T figures said. half pound a day is
hrlr"r the average consumption but he
"dl'"d 10 be conservative.
looted up. the total included in this
man estimate of the cost of New York s
holiday COnSumption of ca ndy is SO, ,O5O, 900