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Show oo CANDY AND SUGAR Candy has been on trial by reason of the sugar shortage and tho resulting result-ing high price of sugar, according to tho Industrial News Bureau of Salem, Oregon, but the charge that candy is the thief who has robbed the sugar barrel is declared to be without foundation. foun-dation. "What are the facts," Is the question asked, and' an explanation Is given, "The public assumes that the candy manufacturers us an enormous amount of sugar and that most candy Is made entirely from sugar. "Nothing could be further from the truth. "The facts are that while sugar is the chief basic raw material used by candy manufacturers, there are many other kinds of ra.w" materials ued in largo quantities, such as : chocolate, molasses, frujts, nuts, corn syrup, starch and -various -other food products. prod-ucts. "Candy being composed of those various var-ious kinds of raw materials, is very high in food valu irwiiMii "The craving for 'something sweet' Is nature's call for carbohydrates, which supply fuel for the human engine en-gine and which is most acceptably supplied sup-plied in the form of candy. "The sugar shortage is, no doubt, due primarily to an increased household house-hold usage and not to increased usage by candy manufacturers. "The candy industry occupies an im-jportant im-jportant place in industrial affairs and employs 300,000 people. Since prohibition prohibi-tion went Into effect, it has become an essential food necessity but it Is i still classed as a luxury and charged 'with special excise lax .which consumers consum-ers must pay. i |