El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-08
AMERICA Has
THE SUGAR
TOOTH
CONNECTIONS Manufactured in
All Cities-Penny Candy
Condemned.
CHINESE MAKE THE
DAINTIEST CANDY


United States is looking forward with
| interest to the meeting in Boston next
| week Of two important trade bodies,
the National Confecttoners' Salesman's
( association and the National Jobbing
i Confectioners association. These two
bodies represent the bulk OF the ma
chinery OF wholesale candy selling in
| this country and Canada, and as their
business life depends upon the retail
| trade. they will consider all of the new
problems Of the candy business, more
especially those arising out OF the gen.
eral demand for a strict enforcement
of pure food regulations with respect
/ to corrections.
The United States has become a ma
ton of candy eaters, and the amount
| of sweets consumed per capita during
| the last year seems appalling as COM
pared with that Of a generation ago.
New York is the largest candy center
! OF the world. Over 200, Oo0 tons OF
candy were consumed in that one city
during the past year The foreign i'm
migrants in America eat more candy
than do the native born. and the ma
tive poor buy a much larger quantity
than the rich.
Much Cheap Candy.
For every pound of high priced
candy manufactured and sold to the
Weather classes, at least 10 pounds
are sold 10 the poor. While some candy
is made to sell for 80 cents and 81 a
pound. the bulk Of It is manufactured
to retail at 10 or II cents The aver
age price for candy sold in America
last year was estimated at about Is
cents per pound retail including the
penny trade
There is a greater percentage OF
profit in the penny candy trade than
in many other lines, especially IN the
city shops located near large public
schools. The capital invested IS a
mere bagatelle compared with thar re-
quired for most other stores and the
sales are practically all cash. The
labor OF selling is greater than that
Of other stores in proportion to the
amount of money taken IN. but this is
counterbal anced by the small risk Of
loss on unso1d goods. Over $50, 000, 600
copper cents were made last year IN
the Philadelphia mint. and they rep
resent but small fraction Of the num-
Der passed over the confectionery
counters Of the country for penny's
worth of candy
Confectioners Want Pennies.
For this reason. the confectioners.
as a body, are disposed to resent the
effort being made by certain organiza-
lions. to prevent school children from
spending their pennies for candy One
Of the matters likely to be discussed by
both Of the organizations now in ses-
sion in Boston is the plan recently
made public by the board of education
In Chicago to raise half million dol
lars in pennies from the school chill
dren Of America. This sum is To be
used as a prize for the best American
song composition suitable for adoption
as national anthem. As this half
million in pennies would practically
come from the tills OF the small candy
stores OF the country. 1t is held to be-
q matter worthy Of the consideration
of the entire confectionery trade.
AS a matter OF fact. pure candy has
been proved TO be beneficial rather
than harmful to the average child.
Some Of the model school lunch menus.
prepared by domestic science teachers.
include always a piece OF pure candy
The domestic science teachers take the
stand that sugar is necessary to child
health, and that properly made candy
is one of the best forms in which sugar
can be eaten.
Nutrition Of Chocolate.
The nutritive value OF Chocolate is
now generally recognized; consequent
", chocolate CONNECTIONS are held to
be beneficial. Most first class con-
fectioners now put forth some brand OF
plain sweet chocolate This product
IL properly made. cannot but be whole
some and nutritious for children, II eat
en- in reasonable quantities.
Each year brings out many novelties
in confectionery. although there are
certain old staple lines which still hold
their own in popular favor. For gem
eral sales. the very elaborate and high
" colored candy is much less in de-
mand than 10 years ago, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the non-poisonous
vegetable colors endorsed by the pure
food regulations would enable the con-
PETITIONERS to produce almost any shade
The greatest demand now is for the
chocolate and the pink and yellow
shades. popularity supposed to come
from the natural rose and lemon. al
though produced generally by cochi-
neal and an infusion of saffron Both
OF these colorings were recognized as
harmless by our grandma theirs, who
used TO look doubtfully upon confec-
lions colored in blues, greens or pur-
pies. In former days. arsenic entered
largely into these co1orings but now
they are quite as harmless as the 9TH
ers. although they are less IN demand.
The fine confectioner produces the
most remarkable effects in sugar. A
basket OF candy rosebuds is a dainty
gift for a debutante, and the pink and
green blossoms are as delicious to the
taste as they are natural in appear
ance green candy pod slightly
opened. showing the peas inside was
a unique bonbon IN pistachio favored
candy brought out "a couple Of years
ago. A basket Of candy peas, however.
was a novelty more talked about than
sold. Potatoes. cucumbers. carrots,
radishes and even cabbages have been
effectively reproduced in candy for spe-
cial occasions. but they do not appeal
to the general trade
The high grade confectioner now
makes each day a fresh supply of
candy-dipped fresh fruit These are
perishable goods and therefore can
never become cheap. but they are very
popular. especially in the summer
Cherries. with the stems on, dipped
into rich cream fondant and allowed
to harden are a delicious CONNECTION
the day they are made. but those
left over unsold are useless. and the
same is true Of strawberries. Rasp-
NarrsHS used lf%&Io