The new South-news., 1909-05-08

As consumer ~ candy New York
distances all competitors This fact.
coupled with New Ycrks good health.
Indicates that good candy is wholesome
aud that most OF the candy manufac,-
urcd and sold herr Is eocd
The amount OF money spent ~ New
Workers during the holiday fo7 candy
alone Is ~ great that 81 seems cut OF
proportion 10 the amount donated Tor
charity until it rs remembered that pcr-
haps one-thiri OF more OF all the
candy purchased during The last halt
OF pcccmber rs given away by sccu-
lar and religious societies. by sunday
schools ami churches. and that con.
seonen,ly a larse part Of the sum be-
longs In the charity account
Three OF -four New York niannfact-
urcrs get the bulk of this class OF or.
ders and they agree that even taking
the population OF Tho city into account
New York's consumption of candy cx.
cells that Of any other city. Said one
manufacturer:
New Workers buying for schools.
sos-ie'is~ and churches are far more
particular about quality than when
buying for themselves
He was inclined to think that while
old-time philanthropists paid more at
tention at Christmas TO handing out
warm ear muiilcrs. m;itens and stock
ings than confectionery. up-to- date set
tlcment and Sunday school workers
show paritality for confectionery. lie
was certain that this preference has
had lot TO do with the fact that
for score or more of years the candy
business has increased In this city by
leaps and bounds
Half dozen years ago he himself
was scarcely known. This year. at his
main Headquarters. whcre all large
orders are packed for delivery. twenty
men were kept steadily at work nifht
and day for ten days before Christmas.
In twelve-hour shifts, Ming boxes.
barrels and pals of all size. with can.
dy. many cf which were TO 80 out of
the city.
In the aggregate thousands OF tons
/ of candy were sent out by this manu-
I facturer for the holiday trade and he
IS only one of several similar con
Germs. Recently three or four Of the
large department stores " New York
have taken to manufacturing their
own candy. and to add up the figures
furnished by leadinA candy producers
would indicate that handy is now a
staple article Of fooFin Greater New
York
To hnd out exactly how much can
dy is consumed during the holidays
by New York and at what cost It Is
better TO avoid candy manufacturers.
I Their figures. dealing with millions Of
pounds each. are too bswilderlng II
was a man engaged in philan,hropic
work who neured It ~ something
after this fashion:
In his opinion the caniy consumers
at this time OF year mgy roughly be
divided into three classes ciass
Including mostly young people. which
has candy presented to Il by missions
and regular Sunday schools. kindcrgar-
tens, sewing schools. Industrial schools,
Juvenile aid societies. ciubs asylnms,
etc; the class ~4s4Sh buys and hands
around presents - higher priced
varieties q confecJ Try. and the class
which buys forx tr'le consumption.
principally med Im grades of candy
There are oy 100000 children at
tending the Nex York public schools
and host more VITO go to the free
kindsrgariens and Industrial schools.
There is another host between the ages
of u and II working in shops and fac
tories. These and the children OF we'll
to-do people and the older persons
who share with young folks IN the free
distribution at churches. Sunday
schools and elsewhere easily rake
2oo0 900 persons who may be put down
as averaging two pounds OF candy
each
In striking this average the man
referred TO had In mind the large num-
Der OF youngsters In the repeater class
who manage to attach themselves 10
at least six or eight pounds OF candy
between Christmas and New Years at
various places after the fashion of one
sweet-looking Httle girl N who WAS
able to treat her small friends for
days after the holidays to candy given
10 her at one and another Christmas
entertainment where she had no bus
mess at all to be.
With an air Of conhding innocence
the sweetlooking little girl would
present herself at every door and In
every line which led 10 a candy treat
and asked for her ticket would state
truihfully that she had no ticket, To
turn away such a sweet-looking little
s'rl was not easy. She never was
turned away and the result was that
once day for a week and sometimes
twice day her candy collection was
Increased by one or two boxes.
Hundreds OF other cases with sim,-
lar results we're cited AZ an outcome
Of judicious a0ilia'ion with several
Sunday schools and industrial schools
a few weeks before the holidays One