The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
Candy Making
Establishments
Produce Great
Quantities Of
FINEST Sweet
meats; Hun
areas Kept Busy
at Task OF
SIVeetening
Public s Palate.

TO hc recognized as one Of the means
by which the city is taking rs place in
;hc great western country as a ccntra
supply pGiut ~ ihc needs oil the pco
rlc. In the last few years this single
industry has grown and Dranched oul
far beyond The knowledge of the pco
pic in general, representing huge In
Nestment and providing employment for
hundreds Of persons, Without doubt the
Importance Of this industry rs per
niancnt asset OF the city and surround
ING country is too little known among
Tie cif;Hlds of the state and territory.
Starting III wars ago IN a small way
when the possibilities OF the business
were small no other industry has kept
a better pace with the growth and de
Nclopmcnt of the country. BY steady
growth the candy industry has kept
within the limits of the city millions OF
dollars tEat would have gone To varl'
oEs paets ii the country for the prod
ucts nS the plant Doubly useful there
fore to the community this industry,
backed hy progressive men, IS dcscrv-
iug Of being classed as ono Of the main
~stays Of the city and Of the ntermoun.
lain country Employing hundreds Of
neorlc, reaching TO all parts of the
country and bringing money into the
city The industry has become one of
the real producers of wealth and is one
ot the reasons why Salt Lake is grow
ing.
Large Sums Invested.
]: NAV be new information to many
in the cit; 10 know That al the present
tin,c the cardy industry represents an
Investment nf ruIe than three quarters
f,<. q. 'l.,r~ bo Of r,,ul
estate holdings buildings. machinery
and stock Each year the pay rolls of
t'ir iIrrc factories in the city run up
iG;o tine tens Of thousands Of dollars.
Ii is not . periodical industry. furnish
ing employment now and then TO a
handful Of people. Every day of the
ycHr the candy factories 60 Salt Lake
give employment TO at least 900 peo-
ple, Labor in thc plants runs from
orrand boys 10 some Of the best skilled
labor employed IN any factory. The
class of goods turncd oGt and which
iird q ;,JGY market almost from coast
TO 1UsSr means tie Ese Of the latest I'M
proved machinery tb. best Of raw ma
'erial dnI the supervision of experts
IN The work.
II is a matter of pride TO know that
Sail Lake made candy is in competition
with Il number of factories many times
by the amount of business done is tax
ing IT'S stand along with the other
brands From tune to time the force
ot SaleSmeu out on the road for the
Salt Lake plants IS increased New ter
ritofv is being added all the time. West
OF the Rocky mountains and reaching
TO the coast. candy products of the Salt
Lake Factories stand alone
In the last decade this territory has
mn yrJ 10 -, L al.
nent ground and II is no longer a oues-
ton of getting in, 1t is more a ques-
ton of the other and larger concerns
getting q share of the business. A
glimpse around the order departments
of the Salt Lake plants reveals shin
ments ready to 90 TO every town in
the intermountain country.
Cover Large Field.
As far east as Bangor. Me-, into the
markets of New York CITY, Salt Lake
candies go. SO rapidly has the busi.
ness grown that branch houses have
been established in eastern cities. TO
these places large consignments of
goods are made up on special orders
and shipped every day of the wear
Quality has been the key word Sales
men can approach customers with the
knowledse that the goods are right
New goods are turned out 10 meet the
demands of the trade as readily by
the Salt Lake plants as in the plants
In any part Of the world. OF three con.
Germs FOR instance that place soluble
cocoa oil the market. one Salt Lake fac
Tory making speciality Of cocoa is in
the list. Van Houten IS soluble cocoa
foreign made product, and Melon
aid soluble cocoa are the three brands
ON the market. To meet this part of
the the business the Salt Lake plant in
stalled specially made German machiu.
cry to prepare the product. And the
Shlt Lake cocoa, the soluble cocoa, is
sod side by side with the other two
brands IN all parts Of the world.
"hile candies Of all kinds arc made
mere IN Salt Lake, high grade chocolates
are the specialties. II has been CON
ceded by eandymakcrs who have Wis
tied the Salt Lake plants that the
chocolates sent out from the factories
mere can be classed with the very best
goods made anywhere else in the world
Having The process in hand, securing
me best or materials. under the direc,
'ion OF only experts the Salt Lake ohoc !
olate candymakers have secured a Won.
derfully large trade on chocolates nm
to as high rs a dollar pound.
Started Years Ago,
he candy industry had lis start in
',ehc o'el ioFIy-nNe years ago, In
Iittle shack on Main street the Nc
Donald plant first operated The bust
ness grew. AS the city and state grew
IN population candy grew in demand
instead of allowing the supply In he
sent In from eastern factories efforts
were made TO go as far as possible in
having home supply. The field opeped
up and nlen Of means were quick to see
great industry for the iutermounta;n
country. Accordingly the Mcdonald
concern grew. Twenty years ago see
nna pi FACTORY opened up in Salt Lake.
Fourteen years ago still another factorv
started, and today Salt Lake supports
.hree large plants all working steadily
large fOrkes of helm Tho e,u.,n,aI - -