Barbour County index., 1910-07-13

candy business more than doubled In
value. People were getting prosperous
and the candy shop and the push. cart
were Just beginning to reap the
harvest that was to be theirs. They
we're not overparticular as to what
they put into the candies in those
days, using among other things sew
eral tons of white earth or terra alba,
little sugar and some strong color
ing matter in the manufacture of that
delight of the urchin, "barber-pole
stick" But candy was candy even in
those days, and in spite of the taste
less earth used In the poorer kinds.
the business began to grow by leaps
and bounds. In 1880 the candy valua-
tion was placed at $33,714,770.
Fifteen years later the business had
become gigantic thing and the latest
crop Of boarding-sc damsels were
burning the midnight oil and elec-
tricity in the laudable ambition to Gre
ate new and more delicious kinds OF
candies. This was just about the
time Of the beginning of the great
candy craze, that has never been
checked since 1t started to sweep over
the country. For time it was most
demoraliZing. Track teams and foot
ball squads all over the country were
utterly ruined when 1t invaded the
co-education colleges. The fair stu
dents lured the athletes from their
dormitories, fed them the insidious
fudge and the demoralizing chocolate
cream until they became stale, slow
and sluggish. Many men acquired the
habit in the beginning of the craze
and have never freed themselves from
1t. In 1905 the candymakers Of the
United States were selling nearly $780,
100000 worth of confectionery every
year. The rise in the volume of busi-
ness has been steady since the first
figures were obtained.
So far, we are not exporting can
dies to any great extent. 1t is keep
ing US busy to provide the filling for
the American sweet tooth. We are
importing some Of the richer COM
pounds of Europe, but as rule the
continentals have not the sort of
goods we desire in that line. Their
f1avors are little too elusive to suit
the rather catholic taste of the Amer
lean candy fiend. Some change has
come over the situation since so many
women and young girls became wage
earners. There are hundreds Of
women who lunch daily off a few
pieces Of candy. 1t is cheap and
| nourishing and all that, but some way
| it fails to do the complexion any
good. In a few months the diet Of
candy, hot chocolate or coffee begins
to do queer things to the natural col
oring. If the diet Is persisted in a
| long vacation Is sure to be necessary
some time within the near future.
$125,ooo, 900. for Candy.
Three years ago the millions we
pay for candy annually had risen
around and over the century mark
| When the reports were tailed up it
was found that the land of pork, beef
and western wheat had eaten some
thing over $101, 100000 worth of heav-
emily hash, penoche, cream caramels
and thousand other dreams of the
confectioner and the clearinghouse
maiden. That was in 1907, only three
years ago. The returns for 1909 are
not completed as yet. But 1t is GER
tain that Uncle Sans candy bill will
amount to more than $125,000.0O0 for
that year..
1t takes an army as big as mod.
ern military division to turn out the
sticks, cubes, drops and lozenges OF
sugar and fruit juices that disappear
down the throat of the American girl
every day in the year. Her daily al
lowance of sweets would sink ferry
boat. There are over 10000 confec
toners shops in the United States
l and no one knows how many shops
where candy is carried as a part OF
the stock. A very large part of the
yearly sugar production of the world
Is turned over to the candymakers
The human body is so constituted
that It demands large amount ol
carbons in childhood. The hunger fol
sweet things Is almost overpowerine
in the growing child. Candy can be
eaten at any and every hour of the
day, and it does not seem to pail upoI
the appetite. But there is limit tt
digestive powers, and the crude sugar!
that are often used by the confection
er are not always easy for the child
ish stomach to assimilate. Hence
there are times when the DOCTOR
services are in demand. Unlike a per
son of greater age, such an experience
: does not give the youngster distast'
for candies. Even when there is
distaste created, 1t does not last long
The body still continues to cry out TO
carbons and the appetite returns
Has Its Bad Side.
1t is in the growing age that tn
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