CONFECTIONERY.
[To THE EDEMA. .07 THE "EFECTATOR."]
Bra,—I am sure the Spectator would not willingly mislead its readers. Apart from the fact that expensive sweetmeats form a very small proportion of the confectionery manufactured, con- fectioners most emphatically have not been "able to obtain as much sugar as they required." As a matter of fact, the amount of sugar which manufacturing confectioners have had, as•com- pared with pre-war times, is a very small quantity per head of the population, and a very small percentage of the total quantity consumed. It should not be forgotten that on the confectionery trade depends the livelihood of thousands of workpeaple, unfit for other occupations, engaged in its manufacture, and working in allied trades, and that of even more retailers, who, unlike the grocers, have only one article to sell, and are, many of them, obviously unqualified to carry on any other kind of business. The importance of the export trade at this time also must not be overlooked. Your readers who may be interested should consult a newly published pamphlet, The Case for Confectioners.—I am,
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