The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-17
(St. Louis Republic. 3,

NSt. lFDilS fNepupltc.)
Think OF 1t. Miss America ate
1000. 900 tons of candy last year. She
VIII eat as mnch or more this year.
Next year she NAV beat all previous
records. She is the real, original and
only HANDY Kid"
Just now she is eating moro than
she ever ate before. The female of
the rest of the country busy raising
the money w-herewith to purchase
moro sweet stuff.
1t costs every man. woman and
child IN the United States lust about
80 Il y"ar foV chocolates, bonLons.
marshmellows, gumdrops, all-day-
suckers and lemon drops. That Is, it
would cost them that sum il the cost
were prorated equally among the a.
o"".o"o folks in the nation.
We spend about $500. 600. o YEARLY
Tor candy. ST. Louis is one Of the
prlnclpal rrnters "f candy conxump-
tinn anu production. Back in August
OF last year the CANDY makers in 81.
LOUIS threw their machinery into the
thlrd speed and started To get ready
i"r the holiday trade. They @slackcncd
aliclr pace some weeks ago. for the
SapplN had Seen replcnishcd for he
h"ildaE rush by that time.
In 1910 we ate $500. 00O. 900 pounds
Of candy. 1t is admitted that most of
!. WAS consumed by the feminine sex.
and yet. in spite of all this. people
N"haef why SD mann American maids
ana matronS are fat.
candy factories have doubled in
number within the last few wears. We
ar, eating fifty times as much of the
suptlN II frankly sweet stuff as We
u'a twenty years ago. Children must
nave and every dav. and the chill
drens mothers nibblc at il all day long
ana consume II half pound box nearly
every evening. Strong men have fall
zen IL victim to its ~insidiousness and
SIT at their desks furtivelv knawing
al fanny, fudge and other sticky con-
cocti"nS. There are business mon
risht IN 81: Louis who arc never with
out /, IN their desks. They would as
soon think Of going without their
daily ration.
If "" would Quit eating CANDY in this
country for two years--for lust twen-
tS-toir months--Mn would have saw
ed enough money to pay off the ma
tional debt.
with the candy money spent in one
year III this country We could buy our
.hcle samuel 100 new battle ships of
the dreadnough1 type. But we cam
not cat warships. and the sweet tooth
OF America must De filled.
With that $500. 600. 900, 900 We
would be able to drain every acre of
swamp land in the Mississippi VALLEY.
with that $500. 00O. 900. 900 we could
build and %fortify. fH'up and dig over
again another Panama canal. But we
must nave our daily ration of CANDY
II hntter docs go to forty cents a
pound and egg become as precious
AS the slitt"ring gems from Golconda.
Nhrn father WAS a boy only rich
"hiidrrn had candy every lay. A
n'rke!s worth of candy would bride
a whole school room. That same nick
els worth of candy was 2 whole
Christmas in itself. You had candy
to- cat only on extra special occasions
hk" Christmas. tho Fourth of .July
and during the county fair.
-Four times as much candy is now
made yearly in h United States as
vas made ten Years ago. The appe-
ute Of the "kandv Kid" is increasing.
candy shops are thicker now than
saloons We're in tho old days. The
output of 1910 was double that of
l?"6, and was fifty per cent greater
than that OF 1909.
!-Took--tshoe. DR.. Cooks intelligent
Eskimo, loved gumdr"ps. He loved
thcm no better, however. than tho
American miss likes toasted marsh
mallows. Tho little bows and girls nf
the cong"sted districts of any big city.
make steady and reliable consumers
of the cheaper cradles of CANDY. New