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Show II TITS ABOUT IMBT Tho candy makers of Utah and Tda-"ho Tda-"ho are planning to tell the general pub-(lip pub-(lip the facts about the candy industry indus-try and about candy as a food product. prod-uct. They say: "Due to much misunderstanding and to a lack of n definite knowledge of the facts, the candy industry has been unjustly criticized and injured. Ask the average man or woman how much sugar goes into tho making of enndv and you will find that It is the gonera'l opinion that all the way from 25 per cent to 50 per cent of the coun'ry's production goes into candy making. j "This has led many peoplo to believe ! that if the candy factories were still I further restricted, or possibly put out I jof business, the sugar shortage problem prob-lem would bo solved.' But such would i Tint ho thn roon "Far from using 25 to 50 per cent, the candy industry in normal times, I before the war, used something loss than S per cent of tho sugar in this country .At present it is curtailed to I per cent. Even if tho entire amount were cut off from candy making tho sugar situation would not be relieved. "The candy makers contend that all should share alike in the saving of sugar. The manufacturers have already al-ready given until it hurts. There is no moro patriotic body of men than in the candy business, and thov have gladly given up their supplies. But they now feel that the business inter-! ests of the country call for a definite knowledge of the facts. "People must realize that tho candy industry alone cannot save enough sugar to solve the problem. Many people, peo-ple, without knowing tho facts, Iwve felt that the making of candv could be curtailed and tho sugar problem solved. "With these facts in miiwl n for,. ijniblic should bc willing to help share J in the conservation of sugar to the j end that the candy industry, built up' throuph many years, may survive and go through without further curtailment, curtail-ment, ns the curtailment now Is coming com-ing to tho point where tho future of tho industry is seriously jeopardized. "But the fncts in the case show that If no more candy were mado at all the amount of sugar saved would effect ljo real relief. Besides it would -work a genuine hardship upon all people, because each human body craves sweets (carbohydrates), which help to furnish the energy required for constant con-stant activity. "The United States government recognizes rec-ognizes the value of candy lo its soldiers sol-diers and civilians, and while It has cut the sugar supply of candy manufacturers manu-facturers to tho very extreme, it docs not want the Industry destroyed. Candy Can-dy is needed. With tho present sugar allowance to" candy makers, every por-son por-son In the United States is ontitlcd to and should have ono pound of enn-dy enn-dy each month." nn. |
