The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

it. Boxes with pictures of pretty girls upon them and local works of art and above all plenty of ribbons would prove the best sellers.
 For immediate results the mar kCts of Australia and New Zealand offer fields running Into millions of dollars for the manufacturer of can 1 dies who will go after the business l along right lines.
 Australia consumed in 1913 $2O.- | 65O.00O worth of candies, or their : kindred products, of which she i'm :. ported more than 75 per cent. Al i though since that time she has estab- ] liEhcd 114 candy factories of her !. own, l am sdIi of the opinion that ii is good field for the American manufacturer. They have but few fac tories on the large scale, such as We
 conduct them here in the United
 States. although those that do exist there offer opportunity to the Amer jean manufacturers of candy supplies. machinery. I-Ile~=. etc.
 One Successful Exporter.
 A fairly good grade of chocolate | bonbons retail al about $2 America n l gold in the stores of Australia. A l candy manufacturer in Salt Lake City | has built up Q considerable business | in this market without doing much ! adv cruising except the quality of his 1 produce. The best argument that can ! be advanced for the big field that ex- ! isJs in Australia is the fact that the Australian El9nufactuTAr is prohibit , ed from exporting candies and assO- ciated products Whenever you find tl,a- ei,ua ion with any product you , as rule find a very good market, big business ahead
 These markets offer to the Ameri- can llarufaCturer speaking business language that he understan-s CEnE lisnl. and the wholesome business would rest with about twenty-five leading Australian concerns
 Japan offers a nice field, some big orders for a few American candy nlauufa cturcrs. although one should be very careful before entering this or any other market of the world without protecting the trade mark.
 -Thc Japanese have also become large manufacturers of candy to ez- port. but whether the business will continue or not is another question; il certainly will not if the American mau,.fa aCturer goes after it as h should. The big business that Japan does in export markets on candy is due largely to packages Put out by some of her manufacturers initiating the London style" and French style candies. boxes and everything else and in seeking the markets of Australia and India. and Ceylon, where she has built up very ,xecnsive bust mess.
 ''The American candy business is a standard business. it is not like the corset business or other like articles "a sty1c changing proposiuHn- When a candy stock is properly placed in glass jars and tin boxes of the right size which arc good and fresh six I months from the time they are snIpp- ed. one can easily secure the mar kct
 The only objection that I have encountered in some of the markets of the Far East on candy, especially | in the Philippine Islands and through ! out the extreme tropical countries, has been the large packages and oth- | CTS not wholly ant and Leisure proof ! That is matter that can be easily handled Other points have found that some of the American candies get soft very easily. and that English candies for some reason do not have this tendency.
 India and Ccy1on offer very good candy markets and the same suggcs- tions need be followed as stated with regard to small packages.
 China affords another big market for candies, especially for the small package stuff that would sell for about : 9 cents American gold. The candies { that the Chinese would prefer would E be those of the ginger or musk flav. A pr. They have been educated to be- - come large users of chewing gum. ! They can be educated to become still larger users of candies and small ex- penditure in bill board advertising ought to secure thousands of dollars worth of business for any American manufacturer in China.