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Show DRY LAWS' EFFECTS ON CANDY EXPLAINED CHICAGO. May -!. Prohibition's i eMeet uperi th i army industry was I explained at Tuesday's session of the Associated Retail Confectioners, one j of the lour branches of the industry holding simultaneous gatherings here, by Vincent L. Price of St. Louis. ! "There are three kinds of drmk-I drmk-I ing men.' he said ''he one who ' drank because he had to have it, the other drank to qiiem h his thirst and i tho third who imbibed for soclabil- lty. The two latter clashes are the onus who have .been the greatest benefit ben-efit to Uim andj business. 'This Im especially true in th2 ' smaller towns, where the candy store is a soft of social center. Tlie whole family partakes of drinks, and more candy is sold. The savings bank wa-s the greatest gainer by tho closing of the saloons. I the soft drinks next, ice in-uni third, i movies ami theatres fourth and out Industry fifth." Mr. Price told the retailers that tho consumption of i onfecnonery laat year was 14 pounds per capita, com- pard with la pounds in the pre-war period. nn |