ONE BILLION FOR
CANDY THIS YEAR
Purveyors of I Ii e Sweet
Tooth of American People
Continually Inventing INew
Confections.
By J. C. ItOYLE
Copyright. 1924. by Th? Atf?anr?
New York. Juno 3.?Purveyors to;
the sweet tooth of tin- American pe??
pie are engaged in one of tin- busiest
seasons tliey have ?v?r experienced.
They arc inventing n? w symphon-j
les in confections to please the pal-;
ate. jus-, us a musical symphony ap
peals to thi* only instead of
utilizing the eight notes of the mu
?leal scale they utilize the primary
fl-ivors or taste?. Just as in numer
able variations of ton**, note and
pitch are developed, and as the art-i
1st produces scores of shades and
tints from tin- primary colors, so
the confectioners are producing ev
ery degree of bitterness, sweetness,.;
sourness and saltness, to attract the
$1,000,000,000 which will he spent
for candy this year.
Formerly the manufacture of can
dy was largely a local enterprise in
each community. Then some of tin
larger producers invaded what they
call the "national field" meeting the
local manufacturer in his own mar
ket with the aid of advertising and
Quantity production. This competi
tion has now placed the smaller man
ufacturers on their mettle, and they]
are preparing this summer to battle;
vigorously for possession of their
own territories.
They are seeking to achlevc this
by developing products of sufficient
novelty to increase Incentive to buy
on the part of the nubile. Profits It
present are narrow, according to the
majority of manufacturers. Costs
of some raw materials have fallen
and prices of candy trrtve remained
fairly stable but the increased mar
gin of profit which this would Indi
cate has been swallowed up by addi
tional overhead and labor expense,
the makers claim.
Within certain limits, they say,
the slight advance or decrease in the
prices of candy has little effect on
the amount consumed.
One vital aid to the confectionary
business which has developed this,
year Is the drop in the pr'ce <?i" sugar.
The manufacturers expect to make
well over two billion pounds of can
dy before December 31. This will
require about 8 per cent of all the
sugar consiinn-d In the United States.'
It is estimated that about 30 per
cent of the sugar consumed Is man
ufactured into some product, while
the remaining 70 per cent goes tnto
homes In the powdered or granulated
shupe. At present surar prices are
advantageous for the buyer. Raw
sugar is down to a low point and
many well-informed <1< alers predict
that the Cuban crop will be In excess
of four million tons. The European
output of beet siit iir Is i xpccted to
be well over a million tons larger
than it was last year.
Plantings of sugar beetj in the
Intermountaln state* and in Michi
gan and Ohio have been lo avy and
a large crop Is anticipated. The
critical dry situation which has ex
isted since mid-April in Northern
Colorado has been relieved by soak
ing rains, ar.suring a good stand of
beets In all that region. It Is to be
noted that beet sugar normally la
quoted .40 of a cent lower than the
cane product.
The sugar market In Louisiana If
being marked at present by failure
or tne summer demand to develop
and declines In prices of raws and
refined product. The price of re
fined dropped 30 cent* a hundred
pounds in New Orleans last week. All
these factors tend to Indicate that
the price of sugar, one of the chief
constituents of candy, will remain
fairly stable for some little time to
como.
This, members of the National
Confectioners* Association feel,
means that the 3,000 or more estab
lishments devoted to the manufac
ture of candy at wholesale will be
actively operated with approximately
100,000 workers on their payrolls. It
Is held that the combined wholesale
and retail candy business furnishes
employment to not loss than 300,000
persons at present. Th? Industry,
however, has gotten well away from
hand production. Increased con
sumption demanded quantity output
and machinery to assure this has
been developed until hand produc
tion has almost disappeared.
Simple And Sure Cure For
Goiter If Taken In Time
Iodin Found by Youti? Physician* in Antipodes lo l?e Ap
parently a Certain Remedy for This Disease if Adminis>
tered Scientifically Before the Growth Develops
Ity O. L. St'OTT
(Coiti'tnl 1924, 8* Tkt Aduict)
Rochester. Minn., Juno 3.?Back:
in the uges when man was more of
a sea animal than a land creature ho.
developed an Inhereut taste for iodin
and that taste has remained. Take
iodin away entirely and goiter often
develop*. That fact has .led. the
Medical School of New Zealand into
an experiment that showed the dev
astating effects iodin will haVe on
uoiter as confirmation of findings hy
American scientist.* that show the
way to prevent this common L-landu
lar ailment.
Dr. William J. Mayo, of the Mayo
clinic has Just brought back from
tin- Antipodes the story of the scion-'
tiRc solution of the potter problem
in an interesting demonstration
which showed at once the inherent
iodin requirement of human beings
and the manner of relieving those
living in parts of the world where
Iodin is not Louivd. >
Man. in his wanderings since he
took to the land, has settb d in soin ?
places where the influence of the
sea has never reaehed and where io
din is not to be found in the food or
soil, in such places. Including cer
tain sections of the great lakes area
of the United States. Switzerland
and some parts of New Zealand, goi
ter flourishes.
Across the Pacific in Christ
Church, New Zealand, a city of 80,
000 inhabitants on the Canterbury
Plains, goiter was very prevalent. A
survey by the. medical school dis
closed a high percentage of school
girls suffering from the nilment, a4id
at the same time a study of the soil
showed nn absence of iodin.
On finding this condition, the uni
versity medical school obtained the
consent of the parents of all but five
of the girls suffering from goiter to
attempt an exparimant. The girls
were given iodin systematically and
in each case the goiter disappeared,
leaving the only girls in the school
Willi goiter, those who did not re
ceive the treatment.
These findings confirmed investi
gations of American research work
ers and showed ihe possibility of
preventing goit'-r. provided iodin Is
admlnist< r? ?l l>efore ? tttmQroui
growth Is well under way. After the
thyroid gland has become tumorous,
surgery ofTcr? the one cure.
Dr. Mayo ? iplalm that the study
of goiter is but one of the fields of
jmedical research In which the your.;
doctors of New Zealand and Austra
lia are distinguishing themselves. i!-?
has told of the discovery of a pall tu
ition for certain ailments, nervous Ir.
1 origin, df'-eovered hy y< . **r. I In r?
Iter of the rniversiry of Sydney, and
has also brought word of a valuable
I study of the developments of the
[brain.
Mesid'S their other findings, the
scientists of Australia and New Zea
land have now worked out an accur
ate diagnosis of hydatid disease, rare
I in this country, but extremely com
mon In the sheep-grazing sections of
Newr "Zealand, Australia and Argen
tina.
Dr. Mayo, renowned in the Ameri
can medical world, declares that
scientists have failed to realize the
strides being taken by physicians of
the newe; t part of the world In theli
research Into scientific subjects. Hie
reports on Australia and New Zoa
land, he hopes, will bring a bettei
understanding of the extent to wlilcl
medical research Is being carried.
WHAT DKHATIX<? HAS MKANT
TO MK
II) MAlUa KlilTK mtOTIIKHS
Wn-ksvlllr High School
Little (lid I realize the many ben
efits one could acquire from debat
ing. until 1 had a lit1experience of
my own. Dunne tlio first part of
our school term. the "debating
spirit" Mas aroused among us, the
students of Weeksville High; first,
as n part of our daily l<?sson? in Eng
lish. next, in the Hoys' and Girls'
Literaly Societies. I became in
tcrested from the first, probably be
cause it was entirely new to me. and
due to the fact that our faculty,
especially Mrs. Haley and Mr. Coats,
encouraged it.
Debating has brought to me many
things that possibly 1 would never
have known had I not been among
the ones that became interested in
entering tlie State triangular de
bate. The school victorious on both
sides was entitled to go to 'Jhapel
Hill, there to debate other victorious
teams. Hut this being our first,
year, we were all very timid at the
first attempt. My first experience
before an audience, which was the
Girls' Literary Society was trying in
deed. I felt as if everyone was
criticising me, but it was just that
I lacked self-confidence and that Is
one of the greatest ways in which
debating has helped me. It has en
abled me to speak before a crowd at
any time and with perfect ease.
Soon after my firat trial we all
became Interested and apparently
anxious to enter the triangular de
bate. and putting our whole heart
and soul in It, started to work. We
wrote for all available material,
sorted it out, then selected the most
important. Tho ability to do this
proved of great value to me
Then, the time came for the
preliminary. Four speaker*, two
representing the negntlve and two
the affirmative side of the query,
were to be chosen. I was among the
selected four. I then realised that
tho real work had begun. I had to
train myself to write clearly nn<t
concisely; to select the proper words
for the proper places. This had .to
be done, but not without difficulty.
I wrote and rewrote my speech in
order to make the changes that I
thought would make it stronger, for
that Is a scheme of each debater, to
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use the word with the most force, to
clinch his points and to impress the!
audience, especially the judges. It]
does not pay any one to merely;
make a statement, unless you can:
back it up with a concrete fact. This1
was another thing I learned, the|
value of true argument.
On May 28. both the negative and
affirmative teams of our school were
victorious in the triangle, and no one
can imagine how we felt when we
learned that we were actually going
to Chapel Hill. At that time, I was
willing to work even harder, for I
realized that we had started the
hardest task of aU, the attempt to
win tin* Aycock M^iorlal Cup. This
was the one hop" of our-dreams, and
although we w?*re inexperienced and
only amateur debaters, we did not
give up.
Wo left for "The Hill" on April
9, still determined to do our best,
with the heartiest wishes p.nd con
gratulations that our school could
give us. The preliminary up there
was li?*ld on Thursday night, and al
though the negative was elimlftaled.
the affirmative won and went on to
the sftiil-linals. They mad?> an cxcrtl
. lent showing, but w<;re unahte to de
feat Wilson, who went to the finals
to meet Durham, Wilson wlnnli.%' in
the final contest.
{ I received many benePts from my
trip, nod although we were not suc
cessful Ir. running the cup, I felt us
If we had been rewarded fo?- our
long weeks of lirr*I work. It proved
i to l?e of g*v.t valiv to me to heat
the other debaters, :?n*l th ? very fact
{that we 1 .st. ??".nc*. Via. Will.in wou
the cup, i lad ? u.; anr^ anc' more de
termined ts try again. Next >?? ar,
we hope to ic.r.l j.not!?er teal', to
SChapel H.U. ard !r tii.? f.-:ea b.- ind
, to ur, we wuuid like to bring back
! the run, put it In owr school, and
j then by put old \Vev!:?v?!lo High
[School on the map.
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