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Show ERA OF THE SWEET TOOTH The people ot tne United tSatca spent three-fourths of a billion dollars dol-lars for candy last year. If national prohibition ever gets completely established these figures will bo easily doubled. As a nation we are substituting caramels for cocktails and popcorn balls for highballs. Candy kettles and chocolate dipping dip-ping tables are being installed In breweries and sweet shops In saloons. The old time tippler is turning to bon bons and tho boozo fighter Is nibbling at walnut creams. Indirectly this means a boom for tho sugar beet industry for tho renl cstato dealer nnd farmer. Tho victims of tho sweet-tooth ago will not' have Buch evils to contend with ns dclcrlum tromons and cirrhosis cirr-hosis of tho liver and thero will bo nioro employment for labor. Tho west Is fortunato In having a number of big sugar companies that aro bonding every effort to develop sugnr beet raising and manufacture The Utah Idaho Sugar company which Is a good representative of the Industry has Just Issued a report which shows total assets of $33,030,-000.70 $33,030,-000.70 of wfilch over 18,000,000 aro permanent Tho company has 3400 stockholders and paid tho government gov-ernment over $1,250,000 incomq taxes tax-es in 1918 It manufactured 300,-000,000 300,-000,000 pounds ot sugar last season which put Into local circulation about $27,000,000. That's what Industrial development means. |
