Show NATION OF CANDY CA ir EATERS the united states Is the greatest candy eating nation in fit the world this may tie be because we are leaders in the manufacture of high grade confectionery the candy manufacturing and selling industry has reached a point where it la 18 one of 0 toe the great employing and taxpaying industries of the nation men alen women and children eat candy today A few years ago it would have been a strange sight to see prominent business men go into a confectionery store and purchase candy for themselves today it Is a common thing tor for them to slip a bag in their pocket to eat occasionally during office hours at hotels and high class restaurants candy Is now sold and eaten in place of liquor in other words candy manufacturing Is 18 rapidly becoming an essential industry since it demonstrated its necessity as a food product during the trials of the great war |