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Show CANDY EXPORTS PASS $12,000,000 Kxports of confectionery from the United Stntes reached record proportions propor-tions hi 1010", tho value of such exports, ex-ports, according to tho figures of tho department of commerce, being $12,305,082, or more than ten times that of tho 1018 exports. Tho total for that year was $1,225,928, and for 1917 $2,108,081. In pro war years exports of confectionery were below two million dollars In annual Value. - - . . Candy msnufacturersisrs, asking cw f ttMa,inittjm . - -, or n i uvcb'o t.t. on e'..it r.n.l U It place pass a law pL'Ing 1 .pi: eo rt 'py on iKilex of rom'jot'ltlei of m" :. factum , hnjjnlijf rnd retail r This would inalio t a. Inn r.ill'o f all and would app'v to inpri-tmn''; 3S liidu.ilrica which uro now rbir1- ' a luxury tax and vmi.IJ rIm the ;1o ernmnet ns grrat nn Jr.rnie .-.n work lass li.irdi.tilp tait t..o pro" 1 method. ' |